jIRC Chat Integration
 

This hack is very similar to other hacks already released, I know there are a few others out there - I made this for myself so thought I would release it just incase anyone else found it useful. This hack takes into consideration Who's On-line, is controlled by one template, and has less files to upload than a few other chat hacks. All the files you need to run IRC chat from your vBulletin are included in this distribution. This hack is configured to work with HashNet IRC [www.hashnet.org]. HashNet let's you register your username's as well as your channels, protecting it from any misuse. All the information you need for such processes can be found on the HashNet site. If you wish to use a different IRC server, or a channel name other than that of your vBulletin title, edit the '<para name' tags in your chat template [which you'll add in Step 2] of installation...

This distribution includes jIRC version 2.6.0. The original jIRC readme file is included in this zip file for copyright reasons. jIRC is Shareware [and as a result, you receive messages encouraging the admin to register when it is used] - if you like the product, and basically if you want it to work correctly you must register it.

Pricing can be found on the jIRC website [www.jpilot.com].

*Thanks to Jakeman, FireFly, TWT Commish and everyone else at vBulletin.org for the help they've given me with vBulletin hacking to date.*

Please click install if you use this hack! :)

Here is the zip file with the required files for jIRC version 2.6.0 and the installation instructions. The files included are as follows.

jirc_mss.cab > jIRC.
jirc_nss.zip > jIRC.
jirc_pure.zip > jIRC.
popup.js > jIRC.
chat.php > The vBulletin Chat file.
Readme > The original jIRC readme file.

Screenshot of the applet loading, asking for permission to run.

Screenshot of the applet once it has loaded.

Screenshot of Who's On-line, showing that a user is using the chat feature.

I did something similar with my forum, however, one of the problems that I noticed is, by having the user show up in who's online as doing chat, they are also considered to be on the forum and if they don't check new posts while they're chatting, they'll lose them as new posts and likely miss them.

Hmmm that's a good point. Not sure how to get around that one. What about FireFly's Who's On-line locations hack, does that deal with sessions differently?

what I did was remove the $session[sessionhash] in the link to main_chat.php but I guess this is what also removes you from the who's online list...(I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that worked and got around this problem for me)

sounds good :) Will install next year sometiem if i remember

Cool, works good:)

Anyone know where i would download the Java applet required for this?
Netscape automatically told me I needed the plugin, but IE did not.

Thanks:)