Eggdrop IRC Manager
 

http://www.animesystem.com/temp/eim1-4.jpg

The Eggdrop IRC Manager (EIM) is a TCL script for NIX Eggdrop or Win32 Windrop.

It will allow you to refresh your forum home with information about your channel, such as the nicks currently in it, the record users, and the activity of the channel.

This is a port from my IRC Channel Manager, yet that hack was for MIRC and had some bugs.

I created a new thread for this hack as the audience is different. Most people seeking eggdrops wont look into the mIRC thread.

The eggdrop version is far better than the former, so I highly recommend you make the switch if you're capable of running eggdrop.

Demos:
http://www.animesystem.com/forums/
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/

Quick overview of features

• Uses MySQL database to store information.
• Stable, fast, easy to deploy and use.
• AdminCP interface for managing channels.

Only drawback currently is that you must run multiple bots with the script if you intend to update multiple channels. I will be working on a version that allows 1 bot to update multiple channels.

For those using IRC Channel Manager, making the upgrade is easy, just refer to the installation manual.

Examples attached. Enjoy! ;)

Notice 1:

Ah yes, I forgot to mention the two manual bot commands in the documentation.

As a bot owner, type !refresh to manually refresh the channel. Type !startact to do the initial start of the activity timer. Both these commands should be performed when you first place your bot on the channel or after you rehash it when installing the script. You wont have to run these scripts again, unless your bot exits the channel.

Notice 2:

Your bot will refresh your channel whenever someone leaves, changes nick, joins, is kicked, topic change, or a mode change occurs (such as someone being op'd, voiced, etc.)

On a large traffic intensive channel, this will make your bot very busy. Just be aware of this. I'll plan for a timer-version, where the bot updates every X minutes, in the future.

FAQ

What is an eggdrop?
http://www.eggheads.org/

Will this work with my java IRC client? (pjIRC, etc.)
Read what an eggdrop is. Once you figure it out, you'll know that they are completely independent things.

How do I start up my own IRC channel?
This thread isn't a beginners guide to IRC. For that, refer to Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...s+guide+to+irc

Will this work with vB 3.x.x?
More than likely, since there is little modification to vBulletin.

:up:

Nice job, I think i can definitly put this to use.

Great - is there a manual if I don't know how to start my own IRc channel?

I've installed this and the correct topic appears on my forum home, but I can't get it to list the users. I've done !refresh and !startact but that doesn't seem to make any difference. The topic does however change instantly when I change it.

OK, found the major problem, in irconline.php find and remove:

That causes a database error because the column doesn't exisit. Damn me for not checking my email till after I found that problem :p

Sorry for the inconvienances, it seems there were a few bugs (specifically I left half-op code while I had deleted the half-op rows in MySQL).

They've been fixed now, and EIM1.2 has been attached.

To upgrade, upload the new irconline.php, and replace the ircrefresh.tcl with the current. Then, do the file edits according to the installation guide for index.php

All is good. :up:

Is this work with vBxirc?

.. They are of two completely separate things. vBxIRC is a java IRC client. This is an eggdrop script.

I've installed this on my forum home, but I can't get it to list the users and the correct topic.
Bot is Up !!! :(

I would like some advices for my problems

Did you load the TCL script, by editing your eggdrop.conf and adding:

source scripts/ircrefresh.tcl

At the bottom.

Did you edit the "vb_key" variable value in ircrefresh.tcl to match that of the value in "irconline.php" ?

Did you edit the rest of the configuration in ircrefresh.tcl properly?

my eggdrop.conf:



my ircrefresh.tcl

my irconline:

Hey.. I'm going to be trying this later today, this is exactly what we're looking for...

Question:

Any way I can pull any of the data (such as total # of chatters, topic, or activity level) into the vBadvanced homepage template? :D I'd like to be able to call this data from there too.

Where is the sql table definition? All I see is a way to upgrade if you already have the mirc hack but nothing for new installs. Am I missing it?

Good grief. This is the second time I have totally missed something in a hack. I see it, now. Leaving my original question as an excercise in humility.

uomoragno you are missing the ".com" in your vb_script value.

Make sure your configuration is set exactly as to what values need be. (I'm assuming you didn't actually use "mysite" as your domain :rolleyes: )

Very easily. Just grab the edits made in index.php of this hack, and place them into your home page index.php. Remember to require the forum global.php (if not done so already). You'll have to do some template edits as well.

this is my error when i write the post

Hmm. Its not grabbing the topic.

I invite everybody to join the DevCore network.
This is the same network where the vBulletin.org and vBulletinTemplates.com and vBulletin-Germany.com official chat channels are listed. As well as many other channels from vBulletin sites and fan sites and stuff.

You can reach the server through host: irc.devcore.co.uk on port 6667
vBulletin.org : #vBorg
vBulletinTemplates.com : #vBTemplates
vBulletin-Germany.com : #vBGermany

and for the unofficial sites
vBulletin.nl : #vBnl
vBulletin.com : #vBcom (well, unofficial channel anyway right now)
vBulletin-fr.com and vBulletin-french.com : #vBFrench
vBpanel.com : #vBPanel

More: type /list



You are free to start your own channel.
You can do this by joining a none existing channel and register it with ChanServ.
To register a channel, your nickname must be registered with AuthServ first.

/msg authserv help register
/msg authserv help auth
/msg chanserv help register


That will get you started, and hope to see you soon!
We have setup aliasses for the devcore host, one could also use irc.vbulletin.nl and irc.vbulletin-netherlands.com -

To join the DevCore network irc chats, one can use the java chat here on vBulletin.org (see top menu 'chat' link) or goto http://www.vBulletin.nl/community/chat/






See you soon!
We run this hack through mIRC
and soon upgrade to setup our eggdrops to handle it :) Especially when the script can run 1 eggy for multiple channels.

As I make knowing if I have this Requirements ?

Floris, that's all nice but it's spam to the thread. :ermm:
Also, it's not really necessary to quote my whole first post.

That's not installed yet, but I will be looking into it. ;)

For anyone who currently has installed this eggdrop on their site and it's working, and if you would allow me to use your forum home as an demonstration to how this thing works in action, please PM me (with a link of your forum home). I'll edit the first post and include the links.

Yes... that is the wrong syntax.

You need to set the vb_script variable! Set it to where irconline.php is located.

You also need to upload it to your forums directory! For example, you own a site called "mycoolstuff.com", and your forum is located at "mycoolstuff.com/forums".

Then, the correct settings should be:
Quite simple.

Try changing the topic, using /topic, and seeing if it refreshed.

Check phpmyadmin to see if there is a value for the topic field. Ensure you have followed the steps correctly.

I'm going to reinstall this hack on my host to ensure I got all bugs out, though I'm quite sure I have.

but the script not write the information into mysql.

Uomorango, you're going to have to troubleshoot some.

I can't help you when not knowing the specifics.

PM your irconline.php and ircrefresh.tcl, if you want me to take a look at it.

Worked flawlessly for me, first time.

Thanks SO much for this. It's now live on our new site! :D

Would it be possible to make the topic part strip the colours off the topics? It gets extremely long with lots of colour codes in it doh.

I have it working at http://www.cnc-sector.com/system09/forums/index.php? (bar the topic part for now). Ignore the lame colours.. I'm still working on it :p

Great script btw :D

X Ravenheart

eggdrop and board are in the same server ?

Just noticed something weird.. When it lists out a lot of names from a chat room, it eventually stops and just does alot of , , , , , , ,

What's up with that? Any idea why this occurs? :)

Hmm, it might be stripping certain characters that those usernames happen to consist all of.

I'll look into it sometime today, when I have the time.

As for removing color codes, I'll check that out as well.

Different servers. It doesn't matter what server the eggdrop is on due to the fact that the eggdrop script uses the http module to send the details to the vB hack.

I just recently changed my IRC server for my site, since MIRC-X died, and on the new server, irc.rizon.net, my bot is handling the script much like your case.

It seems it is a server issue, and maybe data is being sent differently. I'll be checking it out.

EIM 1.3 has been released.

Bugs fixed:

• Incomplete listing of members on forum home (see this post)
  Note, you will have to recreate your channel through the vBulletin Admincp Irc page in order for this to take effect.
• Now strips color, bold, inverse, and underline codes from topic.

To update, just reupload ircadmin.php and overwrite your ircrefresh.tcl with the new file.

Nice job! Thanks for the update! :)

FINALLY I understand the problem :)

when in the Board --> Unregistered / Not Logged In --> Can View Forum--> NO

the hack don't work :) because th file .php don't execute the query :)

Installed, no problems, with the bot running on a different server. Thanks for the hack! Already clicked install.

Coupled with vbXirc, really ties the chat in as a seemless part of the forums.

A few questions: eggdrop, how do install that? Do I have to ask my host to install this???

Also our IRC server is quicknet.nl , is that compatible with eggdrop?

You'll have to do the research yourself on how to install eggdrop, and if your IRC server is compatible.

This thread isn't a support thread for how to install eggdrop.

As quoted from the first post:
Eggdrop is for unix, while Windrop is better suited for Windows.

There is also this easier bot to install called Winbot, but I don't know if it is compatible with TCL scripts.

<a href="http://www.egghelp.org/setup.htm" target="_blank">http://www.egghelp.org/setup.htm</a>

Easy instructions on how to set up an eggdrop can be found at the above link.

Thanks for the hack, it's something that i've been long looking for! The only thing i'd like to ask is how do i add support for half ops in your hack?

ive noticed that long topics can throw the formatting of the vbulletin index page off, so in irconline.php i replaced:

$topic = $_POST['topic'];

with:

$topic_maxlength = 50; // max # of topic chars to show

if (strlen($_POST['topic']) > $topic_maxlength) {
$topic = substr($_POST['topic'],0,$topic_maxlength)."...";
}
else {
$topic = $_POST['topic'];
}



so that only 50 characters (plus '...' , so 53 total) will show up from the topic, of course you can increase or decrease the number of characters you want to show you.

this mod is grrrrrreaT! :)

Can you explain a little more specifically about how the idleness meter works? Mine always stay at idleness, which is misleading when sometimes up to 10-15 of us are having a lively chat.. Can I reduce the math in this to allow it to understand it's actually active? :)

Alien,

the code in particular you are interested in is in admincp/ircadmin.php, it looks like this:

---- ircadmin.php ------------

if ($channel['activity'] > 100) {
$alevel = 5;
}

else if($channel['activity'] == 0) {
$alevel = 0;
}

else {
$channel['activity'] *= .05;
$alevel = round($channel['activity']);

if ($alevel < 1) {
$alevel = 1;
}
}

--------------------------------

basically, the part you should probably toy around with is the .05 value. $channel['activity'] is the value of the activity (range: 0 - 100+) that the bot will update the database with. This value is determined in ircrefresh.tcl. When the bot decides to update, it will update the database with the value that it currently has. Then ircadmin.php will fetch this value and call it $channel['activity'] and determine which image to display according to this value by multiplying that value * .05 and rounding it. It only does this calculation if ircrefresh reports an activity level < 100, otherwise it will display the 'most active' image.

In your case, since 15 users dont seem to be generating as much activity as you'd like, increasing the .05 should fix your situation. It would be a trial and error method until you get it just right for you channel.

hope this helps :)


- er0sion