[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by intrloper9

1) I'd like a good chat room on our site that doesn't use mIRC. I only say this because the site will be a paysite in 2005, and I don't want people sneaking into our chat room through the "back door" of mIRC. (if there's a way to limit this though, say with that User Groups / Members Only option, I wouldn't mind sticking with mIRC)

With this hack you can control who (which usergroup) has access to your chat.php page but people could still join your IRC channel with their own chat client. No way to limit those by usergroup since the IRC channel is not connected with vbulletin in any way. The only way I can think of to have complete vbulletin based control over which users can access your chat is to ditch IRC and switch to a vbulletin database driven chat like vBchat. These are a bit slower than IRC and use more of your own resources but should give you the control that you want.

2) I love this new "Who's Online" feature for the Chat Room, but is there anyway to utilize on my site besides just in the forums? See, we're creating a User Box that will appear on every page of the entire website. This box will have a number of handy links, but will also be a way to login to the Forums, see if you have PMs awaiting, and will also be a way to "Join" the site if you're not a member.

But the feature I'd also love it to have is a "There are currently 5 Members chatting" type notification. Like your hack, it would refresh every 60 secs, and, if clicked, would open up our Chat Room page.

So is there anyway to intergrate this hack of yours to non-forum pages? Like, will intergrating the proper code into this handy "User Box" allow the "Members Currently Chatting" option to show up on all pages of the entire site?

That is possible but would require a completely different hack. I believe it would require adding an extra query to each page aswell which isn't worth it IMO.

3) And last, I'd like to have a directory of all the people currently IN the chat room once a member goes to our chat page (but before they actually enter the room). The best example I can give of this is on www.suicidegirls.com/chat/. It's a cool way to see which forum members are chattinge before you launch the room. Sort of like a lobby that tells you who's checked in before you enter the hotel. :cheeky:

Same as above... It can be done but would require a completely separate hack. You'd need to make a post in the request forum explaining exactly what you want (or just copy & paste this one). Then if a coder is interested in your idea and wants to add this to his own site he will make the hack and share it with you.

Dewayne