I've been blabbering a bit. Any automatic user registration feature comes with RaiderSoft's Platinum services. Not with the Professional service.
A slight change in plan then to overcome such a thing.

hi! i am trying to read the last page of this thread, but when i click on last or the arrows, i get this message.

Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

The request line contained invalid characters following the protocol string.

i need to update this script since raidersoft updated their chat script and i no longer have auto login. :)

amity

I've sent you a pm, amity

For the rest that used this:
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* Click on My Account
Allow Chat Room to be used from this website only:
http://www.yoursite.com/path/to/chat.php
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Well, don't do that. This setting in combination with chat.php can (and fairly regularly will) cause your users to get a message that chat cannot be accessed from that page. The reason for that is that chat.php uses variables in the url to call chat.

Hi Mike!

OK, finally did some updating and got the logout to close the window and get them back to my forum.

Still though, when you first logon it brings up the username and password box (not auto login). A user then can overwrite the username thats autofilled in, use any password they want and presto...there in.

I don't have a problem with upgrading to Platinum service if it will auto login the user as before (go directly to chat with no login screen whatsoever)....

Is that cabability in that service??

Thanks!!!

Auto-login is available in the professional service. It should work.

Maybe you have a link to your forums for me? And a test account :)

Whoooooo! It works!!! :D

You know what, it just stops at the login screen for me, Admin.

All other registered users it goes right to chat!!! :D I don't know how or why, but it works just as it did before!!!

I'm a happy camper...no need for platinum services ;)

Mike, just noticed your other post...if you need my account login to check out my settings, just PM me!

Well, if it works then things are ok :)

And I'm guessing your Admin account for chat has a password? Otherwise there's no reason for it to stop there.

Right! Admin is the only user listed with sigma chat, so it won't auto-login that user.....

All other users get right in and they can't change it because when they hit logout, brings them back to the forum....Its a wonderful thing :)

Actually, this is a good thing...at least I get the option of logging in as someone different ;)

Again, thanks for all you hard work with this hack...IT IS GREAT!

I'm using the FREE option of the chat. It all works fine, but I'm trying to work out how to stop people changing their usernames.

The system logs them in OK using their VBB username, but they can then simply use /nick or /n to change it.

I've found that if you add "nick" to the banned words list then they can no longer use /nick to change their nicknames.
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work for a single "n" as it then bans ANY word with an "n" in it :)

Any ideas on how to get this working ?

Not sure if it's in the free option but if you go to user account then select options there is a drop down for Disabling /nick command

Well, as Ghostsuit said. There's no other way to deal with this then through the SigmaChat Control Panel, but that's limited for the free service, and I don't know what is and isn't possible.

Anyone with the SigmaChat Professional Running on thier site? Post your URL, or PM it to me I would like to see a working chat and see what you guys did with it, before i purchase. Thanks.

OK, I cant get it to work PERIOD. Al I get when I try to use the chat is a blank screen. I have sigmachat professional, latest version of vb, and a WHOLE lot of stress right now. I have read throught this entire thread, I have tried EVERY single possibility to make it work and I still get the blank screen.

Any help will be appreciated

Well, I registered at your board and tried chat. Something is messed up. Did you modify the chat.php file in anyway? You might also want to check your php error log for any clues.

Quick possible fix: upload a fresh chat.php to your server (make sure it's uploaded in ascii mode). If you edit anything, use a text editor like Notepad, and definitely not someting fancy like Word.

Hope the quick fix is enough

Well I just installed the hack and everything to get chat running on my site and it seems to be working very well.

I'm running SigmaChat Pro from Raidersoft.com
This hack which is fabulous
Vbulletin 2.2.8 and vbportal 3.0

Everything is working great.

Is it the chat template I edit in order to get addional info on the chat page? I'd like to add a couple of HTML tables at the bottom with lists of commands to remind users. I think that would be useful. I'll take a look at that.

Plus I know it's been said a hundred times, but we need to pull our heads together and find a way to inform users about who's in the chat area. Although it would be nice to have a who's online deal, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.

For me I run two computers, so with one I try to stay in the chatroom as much as possible. That way I can be there in case people pop in. I'm also interested in modifying the areas around the chat page with info, links, or perhaps other stats or site info to entice users to at least click chat and take a peek. If they see people in there, then they just might join. Personally I think if a chatroom is active and popular on a site, then a who's online ( although great to have I know ), might not be so necessary.

I'm also allowing users to request subrooms to be added too, but it remains to be seen if any of this will take off. I'm determined though so I'll see. For now, they're just ideas at best.

<LOL> Just my 2cents. Thanks for listening.

Ricoche

Great hack though and no regrets definitely. Lot's to work with here. Thanks.

Any updates on a who's online for this addon? Hmmm.

Thanks,

Ricoche

Not working :(

I keep getting the following error...

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/niggapino/www/forums/chat.php(45) : eval()'d code on line 12

Someone please help.

I have implemented Sigma (paid for pro) and it seems to be working very well.

Just an FYI: your redirect script adds variables (height and width) to the chat.php script. If a site (like ours) has SIGMA restricted to launch from one page ONLY, (i.e. http://www.babynames.com/boards/chat.php ) it will fail if it is launched from chat.php?width=750&height=400. So I had to disable the redirect portion (screen options).

Here is a screenshot of our working SIGMA PRO chat:

http://www.babynames.com/boards/chat_screenshot.jpg

Thank you!!!

Hi, I have upgraded to SigmaChat Platinum and added the chat.php script to the forums directory and added the templates but still having terrible problems getting it to work.

One thing that happens on my Mac is that when the chat.php script is called it downloads it!!! If I add the ? and screen parameters in then it functions OK until the next point...

The chat loads within my vB environment but stops at the log-in page for the chat with a message that the Username or password is incorrect. I have made sure that the Username is not in the SigmaChat database and there is no password box. Also, I have checked that the settings are Ok in the SigmaChat control panel for User Options: Automatic user Registration is Disabled and Standard User List, Allow Guest is set to NO.

Auto log In parameter is set in the chatbit template.

URL for the chat is at http://www.pprune.org/forums/chat.php

You will of course have to register a username for the BB to get past the vB log-in and after that you should automatically be logged in to the SigmaChat but.... no luck!

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Capt PPRuNe, the current hack need guest access to be enabled. It just forwards names into the applet, and that autologs people in. No accounts are used. Access to chat.php is limited to registered members.

The Mac problem is weird, and I'm afraid you're on your own on that one. I don't have any knowledge in that area at all, and no one else has reported anything similar. I hope you can solve it, and if so, please post it here. I'm interested in the why of this thing.

94supratt, a late answer, but did you change the code? Uploading a fresh copy of chat.php will probable solve your problem. Or check the code you altered.

jamoss, that looks just great. You should send that pic to Raidersoft, and maybe they'll put it up on their screenshots page. It certainly looks way better then the pics that are there ;)
And yes, I was aware of the variables in the url, and I think I posted about it before. Ok, to be honest, I never realized it until Chris from raidersoft told me :D


As for news about the new script with the Who's Chatting, I've got the core ready for the Platinum and Enterprise version. That script uses vBulletin authentication (username and password), so no more guest access in chat :)
Unfortunately I'm in a bit of a bad situation. Maybe losing my job and all that kind of fun. I don't know when I can get myself to finish it.
Once it's finished though, it will be easy enough to alter it for use with the Pro (and free?) version of chat.

Right now the Who's Chatting is based on a "switch", set inside the database: inchat or not. But it relies on people logging out the correct way. If they don't, they'll show up in the Who's Chatting "forever". I'm not sure if that's the way to go

Thanks, Mike, for the kudos. Sorry to hear about the job :( - the market is so volatile for us techie people.

I tried doing a "whos in chat" using the db, but the problem was that they liked to surf the boards in another window, which would assume the member was elsewhere or had logged out. They also didn't use the logout button, so alas. According to Raidersoft, they will be adding this in their next release (due out around March) in addition to indicating which member is in which subroom. They said this would most likely cost extra, since it will add to their server load/traffic.

They are very open to suggestions, though-- seems like a good company with good support. Thanks again!

wot-Mike ... thank you for sharing this hack.

*clicks installed*

Destee

Tanks for this info, but i have a problem, I all ready did everithyng you said and sometiems I do not get the username to be registered at the chat and I have to tipeit by myself, any sugetion.

I've had it working for a while now. However, I now get a class not found error. When it tries to load. Did they change the applet?

A "class not found" error is a caching thing with your browser. Clearing the cache should work.

The correct way to do that is clear the cache, close all browser windows you have open, and then reload the chat. You might run into the same thing then. Hitting refresh (maybe a couple of times) should help then.

We've had this problem when Raidersoft upgraded a while ago. I've had it myself, and it was quite a sticky problem. I solved it back then by upgrading my java thingie from Sun. That definitely reinitiates the cache, hehe.


And RZ500, seems like you have a unique problem there. I think I need more info, but I wouldn't know what kind of info. Things work, or things dont work. When things work sometimes it gets really difficult. :confused:

I have upgraded my raidersoftware chatroom to platinum and am curious if I need to take off the "log-in" button as described earlier.

Auto-login is working because of the parameters I'm using.

I'm not sure I need all these with the auto log in.. :D

<applet
codebase="http://client.sigmachat.com/current/"
code="Client.class" archive="scclient6_en.zip"
width=700 height=$setheight>
<param name="port" value="9002">
<param name="room" value="XXXXX">
<param name="cabbase" value="scclient_en.cab">
<param name="USERNAME" value="$username">
<param name="autologin" value="yes">
<param name="exitURL" value="javascript: window.close()">
</applet>

I have no clue what "PORT" value to provide. I'm behind a firewall at work and at a loss since I can't see my chatroom to work on it at the moment.

ANother question about "mods"

I have a group of mods on my message boards and a separate group of chat team mods. (We've been using an AIM chatroom)

I'd rather this group of 40+ chat mods not have admin status.

Could I just designate them to show up as a mod in the chatroom (bold name or something) and if they need someone banned, could they send the name to a message board mod to "ban" them? This "chat team mod" is a different usergroup on my message boards: UsergroupID=41

I guess I'm confused. I'm assuming that this embedding doesn't check the username/password of the vb, but rather passes the cookie/username into the chatroom automatically.

So, I'm assuming if we ban a username, they can't access the message boards and thus, can not log in.

Is this why I need to remove the log-in button from the log-in page? Or are my parameters (from above) for the chatbit okay?

Thanks for your help. I'm very happy with this hack!

Yes, it only passes the username through, it does not check your authentication tokens (unless you add each user as a chat user through your chat admin, but that is a nightmare if you have a large userbase like we do).

SO, this is why you must remove the [LOGOUT] button-- or else they can logout and then choose their own username for chat.

Because we have paid subscribers, I also put in an authentication check at the beginning of the chat php file, just to make sure the user is subscribed and their account is not expired.

Jennifer.

I must remove the "chat" button or the "Log in" button? Now that I have "auto login" set in my parameters, I don't see a "log in" page anylonger. It bypasses the log-in screen. WIll this work? Do I have the correct version of the scclient_en.cab set in my parameters to remove the "log-in" button?

ALso, how did you set the authentication check at the beginning of your chat.php file? DOes it check for a specific usergroup?

Another question...how do mods/admin show up in the room? I don't see any distinction for an admin in the chatrrom. Are they designated with a * or bold?

I just don't get the "admin console" at all. WHen I log in there, I'm not in the chatroom and only have a small little console. How does this chatroom check for admins?

Did I miss a bit of the hack for the log-in to check for admin?

Thanks for your help. :D

I'm crying right now. We've had SigmaChat Pro for months now and I knew nothing about this hack. Kudos to the author(s)!

Anyway, Raidersoft just started a new support forum and they're asking for a link to this hack, and others like it:

http://support.raidersoft.com/forums...4&hl=vbulletin

I'll leave it up to the hack author to respond. Obviously, they'll have to register a copy of vB to read these forums, so someone might want to upload the hack to RaiderSoft's servers.

Kathy -- oops! I meant: you have to remove the LOGOUT button, which is configurable in your chat settings on the Raidersoft site.

Cheers,
Jennifer.

I took a different approach to popping up a chat window for my users. And it seems to actually work quite well.
So here is what I did:

1) Disabled Log Off Button:
SigmaChat Control Panel - Look & Feel - Options - Logout Button

2) Disabled Float Dock Button
SigmaChat Control Panel - Look & Feel ? Options - Float/Dock Button

3) Use ?Minimal? Display Option
SigmaChat Control Panel - Look & Feel ? Layout - Minimal Layout

4) Disabled "/NICK" command


5) Used the following ?applet code?
6) Since I wanted a separate chat page to welcome my users to the chat, I then duplicated "Chat.php" and made a "Chat2.php" file

7) I set the "Chat2.php" file to call 2 new templates "chat2" and "chatbit2"

8) I set "chat2" to be a basic HTML file that would NOT call my header and footer

9) I set "chatbit2" to have my applet code in it

10) I then set up a javascript in "chatbit" to call the "chat2.php" into a named window

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Why it works for me:

a) The new window is named, therefore all calls to my chat room will always open it in the same window, so the user can log in and out of the chat room ONLY in that window so when they reclick to open the window, it will just autolog them back into that window. ("_BLANK" should create a new window, which would cause a security problem)

b) Users can browse the forum while chatting at the same time (since they are in different windows)


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Faults:
* Pressing "Ctrl+N" will still open the window and will log off one user.
* Using a second browser (such as Netscape while using IE) will have the same effect (2 windows open at same time).
* A user technically could just type in "Chat2.php" and load the page 2 times in 2 windows (if they knew to do this)

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Why I am posting this. Because it is slightly different than what I have read and I thought maybe it would add to the creativity of new versions of this hack.

I am having this same problem- but it also has a bunch of jumbled code under the vbulletin footer... It looks like my sigmachat applet is crashing.. Wot-Mike or anyone is there any sort of fix for that? Will going to the registered version of SigmaChat make it any better? It doesn't do it that often but maybe one out of 15 times it does this for anyone using the chat.. The board is www.cuttingedgemuscle.com/Forum Thanks for the help.

Great hack by the way!
James

I found that placing the chat on another page (chat2.php) would STILL leave that jumbled code (1 out of every 10 times or so) on the bottom of my chat.php output. After playing with the code for some time I found that it has to do with 2 things.

1) GZIP
2) PAGE DIMENSIONS

I am not sure what the actual fix is for this, but I did notice that when I use the second page (chat2.php) the problem did NOT occur except for in the original chat.php which no longer had the applet on it (that means that the problem has NOTHING to do with RAIDERSOFT).

Also, it does not seem to occur for me when GZIP is not turned on.

I also found that hard coding the chat size in the redirect page and in the applet reduced the number of occurrences of the problem.


I however am having a new problem. For some users (and it is very rare) they get the chat window, and they can see what is being said, but they can't send any messages. Very odd.. I wrote to raiderSoft and am curious to hear what could cause this.

Th garbled code is rather a difficult problem. GZIP, yes, it has something to with it. There's three ways of compressing pages: through vBulletin's admin panel, through httpd.conf (mod_gzip) and through php.ini (obzhandler or something, I'm not familiar with this). Whichever method you're using, one rule applies: use only one of these methods.
I've had the garble show up when I used both vBulletin's option and mod_gzip, ages ago. It's never been a problem until I upgraded apache to some newer version. Turning off vBulletin's gzip did the trick for me. But apparently that doesn't help everyone :(

Hard coding the applet size, not sure if that works. The applet code is parsed by php, and the variables in there are replaced with hard coded sizes before it's send off to the browser. Ofcourse it's no foolproof method. The sizes depend on whatever the javascript in the redirect page returns.

It doesn't matter whether you use a free chat version or a Pro or whatever version. I think it's something on server level.

In trying to understand this, maybe it would be nice to know what people are running, which browser, but also what's running on the server (which apache version, which php version, which php.ini settings and so on). And even then, I'm no expert *sigh*


And yes, I've heared of people who logged into chat and could hear sounds, but do nothing. But it's indeed very rare though.

Taken from CPANEL 6 XSKIN:

Server Information:
Operating System Linux
Kernel Version 2.2.19-6.2.1ensim.smp-3.1.3-5
Last Reboot 6days, 30minmin
Apache Version 1.3.27 (Unix)
Perl Version 5.006001
Perl Path /usr/bin/perl
Sendmail Path /usr/sbin/sendmail
PHP Version 4.2.3
MySQL Version 3.23.54
cPanel Version 6.0.0-RELEASE
cPanel Build 80
cPanel Theme cPanel X v1.4
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Occurrences have been seen on newest versions of IE, and Netscape as well as some random older versions (I am thinking that browser version has nothing to do with it)

Operating systems used have been Windows 98SE, ME, 2K & XP (pro and home)

Hey thanks for the awesome hack! Install was flawless, the chat host you suggested is awesome, and my users love it since they've been hankering for a chat (and I wouldn't install one unless it used the vb database). This totally rocks.

If all goes well for the next few days, I'll throw some $$ at Raidersoft and go pro. It's so inexpensive, how can I not? It's even less expensive than the elderly version of Volano Chat my web host provides for $10 a month!

Excellant! Thank you so Much!

I'm a beginner, But I managed to get this to work properly by moddding it using the suggestions in several posts.

2 things I would like to ask.

1) I'm using jpilot, and I notice when a person logs in their IP is shown. How do I disable this?

2)My sounds don't work, Where are the commands located?
Its possible that just the address to the AU file is incorrect.

Love the Hack, Thanks :)

I'm not using jPilot myself, so I wouldn't really know how to deal with the things you've asked :(


As for the garbled code, I really don't know why it happens. I found some stuff about turning of HTTP 1.1 stuff in browsers (in IE it's one of the many things under Tools/ Internet Options/Advanced). That would disable the usage of gzip between the server and clients. But older browsers don't support zipped pages at all, and if those have the same problems, then using http1 instead of 1.1 isn't going to help.
Simply put, I've no idea, and since it only affects a small number of people, I'm thinking it's some server thing instead of clientside.

After having read all these threads AND successfully installing this hack along with registering with Raidersoft PRO, I find that for this to be truely useful, there needs to be a way to see who's in chat from the vb page.

PLUS: A way to INVITE an online member to chat. For this I came across this hack: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=&pagenumber=1
Has anyone installed this?

Thanks for all the helpful tips to install my first chat. Check it out at: www.noblood.org