Who's in chat on forumhome.. (No eggdrop)
 

I don't know if any of you will find this useful but its something that I've wanted for a while. For me, the problem with all of the other "who's in chat" hacks is that most of them require something crazy to work (I have no idea what an eggdrop is). Anyway, this one is php/mysql based and should be easy to install.

Description: This will add a new section to your "What's going on?" block which will display a list of users who are currently chatting or viewing the included chat.php page (see screenshot). The list of current chatters is updated every 60 seconds by an auto-refreshing (hidden) iframe in the chat page.

This hack should work with any embedded (web based) IRC chat.

Installation overview:
*Files to edit: (1) -index.php
*Files to upload: (2) -chat.php & icon_chat.gif
*Templates to edit: (1) -FORUMHOME
*Templates to add: (3) -chat_main, chat_chatters, & chat_chatbit
*Queries to run: (1) Adds the chatters table.

After that you simply add the html code to embed your chat applet in the chat_chatbit template. You can then view your chatroom by going to yoursite.com/forums/chat.php.

Note: The list of chatters is updated every 60 seconds, so usernames will still be listed in the "who's in chat" box for up to a minute after they leave the chat page.

Credits: The idea for refreshing the iframe to update the chattime came from John's "extend session" feature in his V3Arcade hack. So thanks John. :)

this is good for people who only allow web based irc users into chat. But if you have MIRC users in the channel, they wont show up on this script :-/

Excellent hack, my friend. ;)

[high]* Boofo clicks the install button repeatedly![/high]

Aside from me waiting for one of my co-administrators who happens to be more of a chat authority than I am, could someone post any necessary information we might need in order to download/install a chat that is compatible with this hack? I would be very interested then. Right now I have PHPMyChat running and we've typically used mIRC servers before.

By all means I'll click install in the meantime so I can more easily keep an eye on this thread.

Check out the chat on my site and see if maybe that will work for you. If it will, PM me and I can help you get it set up. ;)

Boofo, i checked out the chat software you installed on your site....looks good, does it tend to lag the system when a lot of users are on?

Also, i sent you a PM wondering if that sweet flashing PM box is a private hack or available here?

The chat I use there is basically the same thing they use here. ;)

The flashing pm box on my site is my own but there was one also released here by Gary W. (I think). I have no problems sharing the code for it with you if you want. ;)

I checked your chat before (and just have again). The applet won't load for me. I think it's a local computer issue... refusing to load Java or something. I'll try redownloading/installing Java.

Does the chat work for you here? I use the same thing they are using here.

No. Also reinstalling it via both automated and manual methods doesn't help. I'm thinking my operating system must hate it or something (even though it's supposed to be supported [WinME]). I have no doubt a lot of my users could probably view it.