Very cool hack.

Can you tell me what the difference between this and te vbPager hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hlight=vbpager) is?

Do I need this if I already have the other installed?

vB Pager is completely different, as it's a Instant Messenger without any interface... you don't need one or the other to run these... and they can work together in the same install.

this BB Messenger is more like a ICQ for the board... vB Pager is more like a PM with a popup...

this hack does not need any editing of vb files or database. its got its own messenger interface and was first coded about a year ago for vb2 along with support for vb3 beta and ipb and was let to be posted in the vb2 forums due to the fact the vb3 support made no edits to vb3 in anyway.

anyway vb pager is just basicy still a pm system apart from the fact the pm now shows up in a pop up. messenger gives your users live person to person chat with muti chats open at once eg like you can with ice, yahoo & msn and that.

also you dont need to reinstall this everytime you update your vb again due to the fact no edits to vb are made.

also due to the fact its stand alone and just use's vb's userdata base you dont need to have the forums open they my be closed because all you need open is the messenger interface.

it also tell's you if you have new pm's and also lets you send offline buddys pm's via clicking on there name on the buddy part of the messenger.

Well, then this is VERY cool indeed. Thanks for the info.

Looks great and i will use it (when it's final ;)) :)

hum.. i just had an idea about the system...

we had the idea to have a specific version modified t obe a Live Support... BUT!

why not having a specific block instead, displaying the admins/mods online ?!... replacing the New Threads with that one... would make it!

Very sweet. Installed perfectly. Thank you. A couple of questions/suggestions if you don't mind.

1. Can you tell me how to make the link from the forums popup the messenger directly instead of going to the "bbmessenger/index.php" file first?
2. Can you add an option to ask the user when they come to the forum if they want to run the BB Messenger?
3. If the answer to #2 is "yes" can it have an "On/Off" option in the ACP and the UserCP?
4. Can this messenger be expanded to act like a chatroom in addition to a one-on-one chat?
5. Is there a way to have the forum not show users as online if they are only running the messenger? I have users showing up as online when they goto my site and load the messenger and then close the site. It is misleading.

it is final i just posted it here because i have not used it for about 6 odd months and just wanted to make sure the zip was right and the files where not mix up with other ones.