Ah, I was wondering! :P

I upgraded to 3.6.4
flashchat is up and working as usual (not upgraded)

I'm installing a newskin that did not adapt the flaschat button in the navbar.
(i want this to be my default skin)

anyone have a quick link or opinion on best way to do this, flashchat is mainly used m-f not weekends. so i have a little time in the next 2 days. TIA.

i've got extra usergroups, how do i modify the CMS to allow them access? (they're getting the wrong login error message when they try to access the chatroom).

nevermind, brainfart...

great hack Paul, thanks for all the hard work.

I installed this hack, working great. I have a couple qustions, is there a way to remove the default chat/index.php I would like to use strictly the integrated chat.

Also I am aware that you did not write the flaschat software but maybe someone can answer this question. I am concerned that if someone not logged in tries to log in, they could use a dictionary attack since I do not think this software stops someone from multiple log in attempts like vbulletin does. Any way around this?

I would imagine you could just delete the chat/index.php if you want.

AFAIK, There is no way to stop someone attempting a dictionary attack via an integrated Flashchat installation other than using passwords that are not found in a dictionary - it has no limiting/lockout code like vb itself.

Thanks for the prompt reply!

is it ok if flashchat in a differnt database?

No, that won't work.

Paul, I know this is not the right place to ask, but do you use, or recommend the SpeedChat addon?

I have to make a decision in a few days regarding either keeping or removing the Flashchat, and would appreciate the advice of if I should try that first before getting rid of it

I have no idea what that is.

Just installed. Where is the admin functions for flashchat?

Flashchat's admin is in ...../chat/admin/

Paul,

I get a white screen. I reinstalled twice. Same problem.

http://biblocality.com/forums/misc.php?do=flashchat

Seems fine to me.

Paul,

Ya the chat works fine, but I get a blank screen for /chat/admin

I don't see what that has to do with the link you posted then ?

For support on Flashchat functionality you need to visit the Tufat forums.

Paul, you gave the link yourself...../chat/admin/ then I gave you the full address in a followup post.

So as it stands I have no admin functions. The admin functions work maybe if flashchat is not integrated with vBulletin so I think the problem has something to do with your integration with vBulletin.

I remember seeing the chat/admin functions but prior to vBulletin integration.

Make sure you have error display turned on for php, I would guess you are getting an error, but it's not being displayed.

I changed error reports to "True" and it is still blank. I thought too that the CMS was suppose to be in the User CP because tufat says use the User CP of the bulletin board system you are integrating, and do not use the /chat/admin, but Paul, you said to use the chat/admin. Am I missing something?

My config says,

//your CMS system
'CMSsystem' => 'vbulletin36CMS',// defaultCMS - default CMS, blank - stateless CMS

That is exactly what I get is a "blank stateless CMS" admin screen.

Also, you know when you install flashchat and it says to make certain directories and files writeable, and then after installing to turn them back to non-writeable, but leave two of them as they were after install. Well I did that.

Tufat's instructions read, "Once logged in to the admin interface, it's fairly self-explanatory. Please note that PHP session support must be enabled to use the admin interface. If you're having difficulty logging in, but you're able to use FlashChat just fine, then you probably have some bug in your PHP session support. A quick hack to get around the login is to add 3 lines of code to the top of the file, after the include_once line, like this:

$_SESSION['userid'] = 1;
include( 'index.php' );
exit;

1) What is session support and how do I ensure PHP session support is enabled to use the admin interface?
2) I am able to use FlashChat just fine, but can't login to admin. I tried to use these instructions, but it just caused an error.
3) Why is there not a FlashChat admin in the User CP?

Tufat says, "As stated before, if you are using a CMS or Bulletin Board, you should use your CMS login. For example, on tufat I am using FlashChat integrated with phpBB. I would login using my phpBB administrator login. To manage users, I would actually use the phpBB administration interface, however, NOT FlashChat's admin interface.

I did the basic install twice the exact same way. What gives?

Which two ? 'templates_c' must be writable for the admin area to work.

Step 1 of flaschat install says keep /appdata/appTime.text and /uploaddir writeable after install, but change back all the other files that were changed to their original settings to non-writable for users and groups (that included templates_c).

By the way, the bot doesn't work. I entered /addbot Alice which added Alice, but then I typed /startbot Alice and it said there is no Alice.

Paul, do I make template_c writeable for both group and other or just other?

The admin panel shows up now by making it writable? I love my intuition. I knew it had something to do with writeable stuff. But, when I login now I get a white screen! But when I make chmod "other" writeable then I can see then some of the admin panel functions work. But it says to use the integration admin instead for some of its features such as "Chats", but there is no vBulleting admin in User CP is there?

Paul, you can see all the various things you have to chmod to writeable on the first screen you see of Install before actually starting the install.

Are there any of those other files I reverted back to their original chmod settings that need to be writable also? for bots or whatever.

I still have the same bot problem not recognizing the user when I type /startbot Alice

In Admin, for Chats and Users it says,

This option is not available when FlashChat is integrated with a custom CMS (content management system).
Please use the user administration tools which come with your system to add, edit, or remove users.

Sorry, but these are all questions relating to Flashchat functionality, not vbulletin integration. You need to be asking them at Tufat. I only happen to know about templates_c because it's not writable on my test forum atm. I don't even install the bots so I have no idea what folders they need/use.

Thanks Paul. You at least got it so I was able to login to /chat/admin when all I got was a blank screen before due to templates_c needing to be chmod, writeable for "groups" and "other". My mission now is to find out how to get "Chats" and "Users" options in Admin to work for Flashchat and vBulletin. Maybe I have to make one of the files writeable. I don't know.

Will there be an integration with vBulletin so admin obtions are in the User CP? I think people really would like that, but that sounds like a lot of work.

Not from me there won't. Once you are past the initial set-up I never find the need to use it, I haven't logged into our live Flashchat admin for months.

I see your point.

By the way are you able to use the functions of "Chats" and "Users" in Admin? What do they do? And would need to be done to activate them, because it says you can't access them due to the integration with CMS, in this case vBulletin.

I can't remember what 'chats' does - users does nothing when Flashchat is integrated because Flashchat doesn't have it's own users in that mode, it's simply linked to the forums users instead, so obviously you use the forum software to administer them.

Thanks Paul.

Installed it but do not see a link to FlashChat in my vb admin. Chat works fine just no way to access the chat admin via the vb admincp. How do I fix this?

There is nothing to fix, this does not add any links to the ACP.

Paul, How could I get this to work with the AJAX skin? The AJAX version is located at /forums/chat/ajax/index.php rather than /forums/chat/flashchat.php.

Sorry, no idea, I don't know anything about the AJAX skin.

Paul, I have ungraded this, but instead of over wrtting everything, i simply uninstalled it, deleted the database tables for the flashchat, deleted the flashchat files, uploaded new files, installed 4.7.7 and then installed your hack.

Everything works fine so far, but I noticed that your version on the actual Flashchat room did not change for me.

Product management says 3.08, but the room says 3.07 with your copyright.

1) i want to make sure it's the newest version
2) Did you (or I) miss something that was supposed to be changed?

In your xml I found this:

Should that be 3.08 maybe?

Yes it should, I forgot to change that when I updated it, I've done it now.

Upgraded to 3.08 like a champ.

Thanks Paul! ;)

Works like a charm on 3.64, also if you incorporate it within I-frames you can have as a forum.. like this..