still no possibility for that? :(

Datenpapst,

I responded to this a couple weeks ago: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....0&postcount=15

Please let me know if this did not adequately answer your question.

hmm maybe not ;)

looking for the possibility to have the chat above the forum overview, and inside the forums above all threads.

like here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...2&d=1258326007

I recently moved over from flashchat.. and now use the professional PLUS version of addonchat. This is one of the best moves i have made since starting my forum site.

the flashchat product.. while a very affordable $5 is hosted on your own server and requires a database hit each and every message... which was making my entire site drag.
add on chat however is hosted by addonchat and the chat room almost never lags unless people are posting a lot of images... ive had as many as 65 people in one room chatting up a storm and zero lag....

flashchat.. anything more than 25-30 people and it would just about shut my entire site down... 15-20 seconds to load the home page! (maybe there are some methods of speeding up flashchat that im unaware of). but my site flies since the change

the addonchat $125 per year is cheaper than purchasing an additional server just to host the flashchat.... addonchat also offers more definitive banning and is more easily customizable. yes it cost more... a lot more... but you get a lot more.
im sure the flashchat works for a lot of people especially the cost factor...heck i used it for over a year. i just think my site suffered because of it.

wanted to share my thoughts on this and thank the coders for this integration mod!

@CLUB AMPLE,

Thank you I'm glad the mod is working well for you. If you have any suggestions, please let me know :)

@Datenpapst,

This isn't really recommended. AddonChat is real-time chat system, and it is not a "shout box" or a simple HTTP/MySQL based interface. The popup method is the preferred way to go (which is an included feature) allowing users to continue browsing your forum while they chat in a separate window. Any secure, real-time based chat system will use a virtual machine of some sort (be it Flash, Java, etc..) and placing such applets on every page throughout your site (e.g., in a header) can be detrimental to the end-user experience. Another nice advantage of using the popup link method is that you can frequently retain visitors in your chat room even after they've navigated away from your site.

[quote=Grim77;1968657]@CLUB AMPLE,

Thank you I'm glad the mod is working well for you. If you have any suggestions, please let me know :)


i do actually (although most of my suggestions would be for the addonchat software itself... its just missing a couple items that could make user experience that much better..... anyway...

the height and width of the chat room seems to be an issue... i have had a heck of a time getting it to auto expand with browser size, i had to remove the reference to the option in the template and put the 100% value directly on the template.

i had a couple users who still have 800x600 resolution monitors lol i know ... when you pick yourself up off the floor from laughing so hard...
they had bottom portions of the room cut off even when i had it set to 100% on height.. so i settled with 100% width.. and 525 fixed height

and yeah this mod rocks...floating window option and whos chatting is the %$#$

absolutly agree :(

i think the photos are taken from the Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat
and not the free version ,but i can be wrong ,but 125 per year is way to much for a chat application imho
2 bad

2 other requests...

the option to put a separate background image for the popup chat window... differing from the main sites background....maybe just the option to type in the url.. and have it be placed in the popup template automatically..?? seem possible?


the other question is can we rename the url to something other than

www.mysite.com/addonchat.php?do=popup

a good % of my users can no longer sign on from work.. due to addonchat being blocked by workplace firewalls... so im wondering if we can fool them a bit by changing the url name..

and call it www.mysite.com/whatever.php?do=popup


ps im actually still using the 3.7 version of vbul and this mod.. so the questions apply to that version.. i can post this on that thread if you wish

now perhaps it is a stupid question but how to unban a user??
I had banned (IPban + cookie) one user for some test reason!
now I am not able to unban him :|