[CTech] Chat: IRC (Webchat)
 

About the Add-on
This add-on utilizes qwebirc to provide a web irc interface to your forums. I have created this for my site and releasing here for everyone (free to use). You are not allowed to remove the copyright text.

Features

• Easy to configurable admincp options
  • guest name/prefix
  • channels to join
  • server to use
• Automatic tab in navbar
• stylevars support

Features to Come

• some navbar related options (dropdown menu)
• chat window as a popup window (in menu)
• irc:// link in menu
• ability to work even if your site is closed (and may be during database problems too)
• facebook styled chat (might release it as a separate add-on though)

Supported vB Version
check above. It may or may not work on previous versions. I don't really care.

How to Install
Estimate Install Time: less than 2 minutes.

1. Extract the zip file in your computer
2. Rename the admincp folder to match your server admincp folder if you have changed it
3. Upload all the files in /upload to your forum directory
4. import the product XML using add product in admincp
5. Configure the product [ admincp > Crimson Tech Products > Chat: IRC ... ]
6. Enjoy!

Support
I will try to support this add-on and add-on users for as long as I can. But no support unless you click INSTALL!
Also, don't forget to rate the add-on.


Demo and Screenshot

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9...pturebe.th.jpg https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9914/capturebe.jpg
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Version History
0.0.1

• Initial Release

0.0.2

• Fixed two file names [ .\packages\ctech\chat_irc\plugins\ ]
  • wol_display.php => online_location_unknown.php
  • wol_process.php => online_location_process.php
• Fixed a typo in chat_irc.php that was affecting guest names
• To update: replace the files with new ones. Import the product xml if you wish.

Cheers.

PS: Up until now, I've only been modifying things to suit my needs. This is my first add-on created from scratch :)

Reserved for future use :)

Screenshot or demo?

added. thanks.

Uses outside content. would like to see one where the content was localhost

Cool idea though

you are free to host qwebirc on your "localhost" and tell this add-on to use that.
I will probably do it soon and when I do, i will integrate it even further.

So I've attempted to do this myself; but it's time to ask the experts.

I'm trying to get it to link to an EFnet server and channel. So, originally I just changed the server to "http://chat.efnet.org" but that took away the added functionality of knowing the forum-users name and default channels I specified.

I can do it that way and just force people to put in their usernames and the channel; but I'd rather have that information in there already when they click on "Webchat" along with the preset prefix I've defined for them.

I feel like I'm close... and maybe just not using the correct original link because I noticed that by default it is - http://qchat.rizon.net

It seems EFNet has two instances of webchat.

• http://chat.efnet.org
• http://chat.efnet.org:9090

We are looking for the 9090 one :)

is it possible to show users online in a navtab or somewhere on the home page?

Not with this add-on.

However, if you can run an irc bot on your server, it should be pretty easy to get online user list and display anywhere.