Members who are chatting in Flashchat 6.
 

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** This is not compatible with vBulletin 4.0.7 or Less **

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This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

Note: This modification is for Flashchat 6, it will not work with Flashchat 4, and may not work with Flashchat 5.

The main features are ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The option to record and display the Most Ever chatters can be enabled.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option (include or exclude groups).

Added in v4.0.2
9. The list view can be set to be always collapsed on page load.
10. The mod will try and detect if Flashchat is installed, and display an error if not.
(Options are located in vBulletin Options > Who Is Using Flashchat).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.


Further Notes:

This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that Flashchat stores this information.

I have no connection with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat functionality then their forums are located here.


Support

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This has been updated for style changes introduced in vBulletin 4.0.8. It will probably look ok in older versions, but will not be perfect.


History:

v4.0.1 : 25-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 14-Jan-2010 : Flashchat detection and always collapsed option added.
v4.0.3 : 26-Jan-2010 : Various updates.
v4.0.4 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer update.
v4.0.5 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.6 : 22-Oct-2010 : Fixed for WGO style changes in vB 4.0.8.
v4.0.7 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

yes! THX YOU!

Very Nice...

One 'feature' I would like to see (at least as an option) is to have the list recognize if a member has their 'invisible' flag set on their account and then not show it (except to those that have persmissions.) Like how the Currently Online list does.

That is deliberately not implemented as its pointless - if you login to the chat you will see them anyway.

Dear Paul,
great as usual! ;)

And thank you very much!

Only one question, please ... do you see a chance to generally realize this :

Attachment 108156
(Sidebar Forum 4 - not as widget)

I always thought and got the feedback too, that the information "who is online in the chat" in "Whats going on?" does not arrest attention, cause it`s placed at the bottom of the forum.

Thank you again and merry christmas!

Sorry, but not at the moment - I'll keep the request in mind for the future.

I agree that they would be seen in the chat, but there are reasons to not show up on the forum page. However, I understand why you felt it was unnecessary to implement.

THX! :)

Thanks for this and the integration Paul, great stuff! *Installed*:up:

I do have a question, the most users ever online at any one time gives a date of 1969. I'm not sure what the problem is, any ideas? I currently have it disabled via options until I can fix it...

Screenshot

There is nothing to fix, thats simply the default date as no one has used the chat on your forum yet.

Thanks! I'll be looking to install this when we upgrade.

Installed but when enabled I get the the following error when trying to view the forum.

I have installed the chat integration and it is working without issue.

Sorry, ignore this. I have just seen I am using an old version of the Chat software.

Thanks Paul!

Installed and working fine.......marked and tagged........thanks!

OK, I shouldn't attempt this stuff on almost no sleep, but I am trying to figure out how to change the "Flashchat 6.0.6" text that is displayed on the section. It seems to be tied to "wic.whotitle" but I can't figure out where to change it =(

In what way are you trying to change it ?

Would prefer it to say "ForumName Chat: Total Chatters Online: 0" instead of "Flashchat 6.0.6 : Total Chatters Online: 0"

Then you need to edit the phrase wic_chat_today

Hi Paul

Thanks for the mod :) just wodering? is there code in this that I could use to put into a module on the forum home page? is that even posible?

Mark

This already displays on the forum homepage, so I dont get what you mean.

+1 It was better....

I was just wondering if the was away of putting it in one of the forum blocks, That way I could have it showing near the top of the forum making it more visible to members.

Mark
Edit:
Sorry I see it was already posted here.

Thats what i was looking

It is not possible with this, no - it would require a completely new modification. ATM I have no idea how those sideblocks even work, I might look into it when I have some spare time.

Ok thanks for the reply and the great mods :)

Weird... I can't find wic_chat_today anywhere. =(

I thought I would contribute for once. =) I have a chat block "mod" that I posted here.

I recommend still using this mod (Members who are chatting in Flashchat 6) in case users have sidebar blocks hidden.

Its a phrase, search for it in phrase manager.

I know, I tried that and got no results. Not sure what is up with my install =/

Hi
I get this message in the forumtop:
now i deaktived the addon
greetings jo

Either your Flashchat is not installed correctly, or you have incorrectly set the language code in this mods options.

Hi
where I can adjust that?
Jo

As the main post says ;

Great product!!

Installed!

Do you write a version for 4.0.x???

This is the vb4 version .......

Yes but this is a version for 4.0.0 and not for 4.0.1 ;-)

I get this error...

Warnung: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/forum.php(78) : eval()'d code (Zeile 36)

This for all vb4 versions.

Also, see posts #29 to #32

Big thanks was my fault!!!

Did anyone get the widget for "whos chatiing" for the frontpage aswell as forumhome?

Thanks a lot :D