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Its actually easier to even give a example code then explain: To add what I'm talking about (assuming you have the vBulletin Suite), you need to make two additional modifications

1. Under Style Manager, create a new template. I called mine "navbar_chat_navtab" simply so I could group it with the navbar templates. Heres example code to add to the template

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'chat'">

<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="misc.php?do=flashchat">Chat</a>
				<ul class="floatcontainer">
					{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_start}
					{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_after_getnew}
					<vb:if condition="$show['pmmainlink']">
						<li><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase private_messages}</a></li>
					</vb:if>
					{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_after_pm}
					<li><a rel="help" href="faq.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase faq}</a></li>
					{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_after_faq}
				
					<li class="popupmenu">
						<a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">{vb:rawphrase community}</a>
						<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
							{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_community_menu_start}
							<vb:if condition="$show['quick_links_groups']">
								<li><a href="group.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase social_groups}</a></li>
							</vb:if>
							<vb:if condition="$show['quick_links_albums']">
								<li><a href="album.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase pictures_and_albums}</a></li>
							</vb:if>
							<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
								<li><a href="profile.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=buddylist" target="_blank"><vb:if condition="$show['friends_and_contacts']">{vb:rawphrase contacts_and_friends}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase contacts}</vb:if></a></li>
							</vb:if>
							<vb:if condition="$show['memberslist']">
								<li><a href="memberlist.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase members_list}</a></li>
							</vb:if>
							{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_community_menu_end}
						</ul>
					</li>
					{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_after_community}
					<li class="popupmenu">
						<a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">{vb:rawphrase forum_actions}</a>
						<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
							<li>
								<a href="forumdisplay.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=markread" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase mark_forums_read}</a>
							</li>
                                                        <vb:if condition="$show['member']">
							<li>
								<a href="profile.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=editoptions" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase edit_options}</a>
							</li>
							<li>
								<a href="profile.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=editprofile" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase edit_your_details}</a>
							</li>
							</vb:if>
						</ul>
					</li>
					<li class="popupmenu">
						<a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">{vb:rawphrase quick_links}</a>
						<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
							<li><a href="subscription.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase subscribed_threads}</a></li>
							<li>
								<a href="javascript://" onclick="window.open(getBaseUrl() + 'misc.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">{vb:rawphrase open_contacts}</a>
							</li>
							<vb:if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">
							<li>
								<a href="showgroups.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
		<vb:if condition="$vb_suite_installed">
			{vb:rawphrase view_site_leaders}
		<vb:else />
			{vb:rawphrase view_forum_leaders}
		</vb:if>
	</a>
							</li>
							</vb:if>
							{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_quick_links_menu_pos1}
							{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_quick_links_menu_pos2}

							{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_quick_links_menu_pos3}

							<vb:if condition="$show['wollink']">
								<li><a href="online.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" target="_blank">{vb:rawphrase whos_online}</a></li>
							</vb:if>
							{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_quick_links_menu_pos4}
						</ul>
					</li>
					{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_end}
				</ul>
			</li>


<vb:else />
<li><a class="navtab" href="misc.php?do=flashchat">Chat</a></li>
</vb:if>

You'll notice I added the "target=_blank" option to all the link tags that weren't popups, that way it'll leave the chat open and open a different browser tab/window for the link, rather then make you logout (another option would be to open a chatroom thats not style integrated for example your-site/chat/flashchat.php, but that takes away from some of the purpose of this integration hack to begin with).

2. In Plugin Manager, add two plugins.
Under the cache_tamplates hook:

PHP Code:

$cache[] = 'navbar_chat_navtab'; 


Under the process_templates_complete hook:

PHP Code:

if ((THIS_SCRIPT === 'misc') AND $_REQUEST['do'] == 'flashchat'){
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab'] = 'chat'; 
}
$template_hook['navtab_middle'] .= vB_Template::create('navbar_chat_navtab')->render(); 


That's pretty much it! here's mine as an example: