Now you have to do the following on your machine:

Create a new directory called stats in your $CHAT_WEBSERVER_ROOT/DigiChat/DigiClasses/Resources/$CHATNAME/ directory.

On Unix create a crontab job and let it every x minutes execute the following script:

Script getchatusers.sh
Please replace the following variables above with your input:
$PATH_TO_JAVA = e.g. /usr/bin/java1.4.2/bin/java
$SITEID = e.g. 1000
$CHATNAME = e.g Default or your given name like MyCHAT
$CHATHOST = IP or URL
$PASSWORD = Commander password which you have to set
$CHAT_WEBSERVER_ROOT = /www/htdocs/domain/
digiakt$SITEID.txt = e.g. digiakt1000.txt

On Windows create a getchatusers.bat file instead of the getchatusers.sh with the same script source from above and replaced variables and create an AT job which runs every x minutes.

Then you can specify the path to this outputfile which is created every x minutes in my hack.

ALL SET ALL DONE !!!

P.S.: If you wish to block all users from reading this file without permission you can create an .htaccess file in the stats directory and enter the IP of your server and deny all others. I would recommend this.

Cheers,

Okay, please excuse the dumb question. I currently run vBulletin Version 3.0.1. I am strongly considering purchasing DigiChat 5.0. I spoke with the DigiChat rep and he told me about the ability to integrate the two programs. He said that DigiChat would enhance the 'stickiness' of my board. Okay fair enough.

I first came across DigiChat here http://www.itshappening.com/chat/hchat.htm

THE THING I liked most about this interface was the brainless aspect. IOW, it's idiot proof. My concern is that if I integrate vBulletin and DigiChat, it will not be as idiot proof. I am correct in assuming http://www.itshappening.com/index.php (vBulletin forum) is NOT integrated with DigiChat, right?

To integrate or not?

Please advise.

Footnote: I get a fair amount of visitation to my forum but membership is less than I would like. My forum is highly controversial, politically speaking and so I want users to be able to chat with as few impediments as possible and who will later join my forum.

Hi,

i tried to have a look at your example but i received this answer:

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."

Please tell me when your example is ready for review. I would highly recommend not to put the chat onto the same server if you already reach your limit with vbulletin load ?

Cheers,

Both are coming up for me now.

Hi,

the example to which you are referring to is not integrated into VBulletin. It is the standard guest login for DigiChat.

Advantages:
- Very easy to use for non-members
- everyone can choose a name he likes to connect to the chat
- this is just one plain HTML file in a template to offer a DigiChat guest login.

Disadvantages:
- your members have to type in their name to log into the chat even if they are registered users.
- your members have to select an icon every time after logging into the chat even if they are registered users.
- your members do not have any exit message
- your members do not have any comments in their chat profile
- your members have no link to their forum profile or their homepage
- ALL of your members can be faked by other guest users

Summary:
The solution you showed me is just a copy and paste of the guest access into a vb template. This is the easiest way to offer a chatlogin. But there is integration between vb and DigiChat. Your example is ONLY idiot proof for guest and that's it. Your registered members have no reason to register on your page if they are no forum posters and if they are only chatter.

What i tried to offer here is an integration where you can offer a guest login if you wish ( can be disabled ) and a member login. The guest login is restricted to get a random given name and no permanent chat settings. Your members have all options which are available in DigiChat in their forum profile and they are permanent. So they just set them once and they do not have to think about anything else.

So my offer should be ( to use your words ) idiot proof for guest by just entering the chat without any input or complications and my offer is idiot proof for your members because they have all settings permanent which they can adjust in their forum profile. So you encourage your chat people to register on your page to get the advantage to use all features of DigiChat mananed from the forum profile. And this is what you want to achieve.

I hope this helped you in your decision.

Cheers,

Excellent information. Thank you. Could you please give me an example or examples of vBulletin forums who have integrated. Ideally yours, where I could go and chat with you some more maybe or not. I remember what you said above about not liking to repeat yourself. I don't blame you. I hate repeating myself too. But I would like to see an example of vBulletin and DigiChat integrated. Thanks again!

Hi Jimmy,

you can take my first domain in my signature. It is a german site but you can choose the language english in the language options. This is a complete DigiChat Integration.

Cheers,

Thank you Pseudo,

I'm looking and don't see the language options?

I did this for you. Now you should have the english menu.

Cheers,

Yes, I see it now. I just wanted to look at the layout and it's great. I like the integration. I really can't imagine doing it now without integrating. Now on to getting DigiChat, installing it and then integrating it with vBulletin.

Any tips or suggestions?

Thank you very much.