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VSa - ChatBox (AJAX) · **Released**: 02-07-2010

Info:
Powerful AJAX-based ChatBox for vBulletin.

Main Features:
-One step installation (no file uploads, no manual template modifications required)
-Put ChatBox on any forum page by setting script name and adding variable to desired template
-"ChatBox Full" (always available on separate page)
-"Messages Archive" (available on separate page, with options to edit/delete messages)
-"ChatBox Search"
-Option to block usergroups from viewing ChatBox
-Option to delete messages older than x hours automatically
-"ChatBox Statistics" (new messages since last visit, messages in last x hours, total messages, top x chatters,...)
-View users active in ChatBox (available in CBFull and Archive)
-Text formatting options (color, weight, style, decoration,...)
-Advanced Smiliebox
-Smiliebox options: total smilies available, smilies per row, smilie clipping, disable smilies...
-A lot of customizable stuff, including: set new/old status icons, time/date format, box height, message order, auto-refresh intervals,...
-One-click actions: View all messages posted by user X, Delete all messages posted by user x, Ban/unban user from ChatBox, View last message posted by user X, View your last message, View first unread message
-"/me" action (used when you want to refer to yourself in the "third person")
...and more...

View screenshots for more details.

Installation:
-Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
-OPTIONAL: Download attached images and extract them to images/editor (contains smilies/remove format icons)

To add to desired template (example FORUMHOME):
1. Add 'index' to THIS_SCRIPT locations (Product options)
2. Add 'FORUMHOME' to template names (Product options)
3. Open 'FORUMHOME' template and put "{vb:raw vsachatbox}" to desired line (for example after '') -> Save

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > VSa - ChatBox

Versions:
v1.0 - Sep 15. 2007.
-First version
v2.3 - Sep 22. 2008.
-Latest vB 3.x version
v3.0 - Feb 08. 2010.
-Rewritten for vB4
-Known bugs fixed, code optimized
v3.0.1 - Feb 09. 2010.
-Fixed: Wrong title alignment in box/archive tables
-Fixed: Wrong expand/collapse button alignment in Safari
-Fixed: Wrong 'Smilies' alignment
-Fixed: XHTML errors
-New Setting: List templates where "{vb:raw vsachatbox}" will be enabled
v3.0.2 - Feb 09. 2010.
-Fixed: PHP error on CMS on some configs
-Fixed: 'Smilies' alignment
-Fixed: Minor bugs in PHP/HTML
v3.1 - Feb 14. 2010.
-New: CB Log-in/Log-out
-New Option: Stop auto-refresh if user inactive for X minutes
-New Option: Disable custom colors completely
-New Option: Random smilies
-New Option: Align messages to the usernames
-New: Remove text formatting button
-New: 'Smilies' replaced by image, arrrow removed
-Fixed: Move focus to input field when smilie inserted
-Fixed: 'Expand' button not shown after refresh
-Fixed: Now first item in color list is used as default
-Settings reorganized
-Several style/functionality bugs fixed
v3.1.1 - Feb 14. 2010.
-Fixed: Small JS issue on log-out
-New Option: Logged-out by default
v3.1.2 - Feb 16. 2010.
-Fixed: Errors with PHP 5.3
-Fixed: CB table messed up in footer
-Fixed: Several style errors, including XHTML incompatibilities
-New: Auto-insert on forumhome location - Below Forums
-New: Option to reverse message order in CB Archive
v3.1.3 - Feb 19. 2010.
-Fixed: Color selector dimensions
-Fixed: Minor bugs
v3.1.4 - Feb 20. 2010.
-New: Color Select replaced by Color Menu (and it's sexy)
-Note: Above fixes issues with Safari for Mac
-Fixed: Issue with Default color if it's in RGB format
-Note: Above will not change already posted messages
-Fixed/improved: Several style details
-Note: You may die if your templates are not reverted after upgrade
v3.1.5 - Feb 20. 2010.
-Fixed: Chrome not showing Color menu
-Fixed: headinclude_bottom added to <head
v3.1.6 - Feb 24. 2010.
-Fixed: Several style/functionality issues
-New: Set groups NOT able to edit messages
v3.1.7 - Jan 21. 2012.
-Fixed: Status images
-Fixed: Smilies button
-Fixed: Menu items invisible until highlighted
-Fixed: Several style issues (background, menus, colors, smilies)
-Fixed: https links not parsed automatically
-New: Show ChatBox in selected forum only
-New option: Automatically disable auto-refresh if server load is higher than X
-New Option: Set usergroups able to prune ChatBox
-New: 'Prune ChatBox' option available in the Main ChatBox drop-down menu
-Improved: Product menus re-organized
-Minor bugs fixed, codes optimized

ti07shadow · #**1172** 06-03-2010, 04:42 PM

I love how this question is answered

How do you change the default black in the chat to white, and also how do you prevent the color from changing in the text field!

exel · #**1173** 06-04-2010, 06:08 AM

Is this backwards compatible?

Michlerish · #**1174** 06-04-2010, 09:27 AM

Super easy to install and I especially love the multitude of preferences I can set in Admin CP.

Thank you!

Oracle simsim · #**1175** 06-04-2010, 09:40 PM

I want to setup a cronjob that close the chatbox automatically in (let's say 9 pm) then open it again in (11 pm) utilizing the enable/disable feature in the wonderful chatbox product

How can do that

Can Valter add this option the chatbox product ? I mean add an option that enable us to enter the opening time and close time ?

there are good reasons to do that

1. The chatbox increase server load. So it can be enabled when the server load in minimum
2. The chatbox make members leave posing in forums and just chatting
3. when there is specific period time for enabling chatbox. it will make members know when they should go the chatbox page (in case it is enabled only in full mode)

Thank you

Michlerish · #**1176** 06-05-2010, 12:42 AM

Yeah, problem #2 was huge for me... today was the first day with chatbox enabled and we had hardly any posts in the forum! I have disabled it for now.

I was thinking of maybe enabling only during certain hours of the day/week, or setting a time limit between chat messages (eg. 30 minutes)

Videx · #**1177** 06-05-2010, 01:06 AM

I haven't really seen that. Oh, some useless 'chatter' now goes to the shoutbox, but if people want to discuss an issue they still use the forums.

Of course, one big difference perhaps is that I have mine set up as a shoutbox, not a chatbox. It idles them out after 5 minutes. And I would never consider adding any sort of chime or notice that a post has been made - those are for chatboxes, and not for shared servers.

Michlerish · #**1178** 06-05-2010, 01:14 AM

I think perhaps it's because my board is local and almost everyone knows each other... majority of the forum content is "chatty" type posts anyway.

If you idle them out after 5 minutes... how does that affect the user? Can they still "chat" whenever they want?

Michlerish · #**1179** 06-05-2010, 02:41 AM

Permissions need to be fixed for chatbox. I am deciding between two options:

I have a usergroup of users with 1000 posts or more, I would like to have the chatbox only accessible/viewable for them (and administrators/moderators, of course).

OR

Only Administrators or Moderators can post messages, but everyone can view (to use as a note to users kind of system).

As it stands, if a user belongs to "Regular Users" and is a secondary user of "Moderators", they cannot post messages.

edit: Actually, it's pretty messed up if you try to play around with which usergroupids can view, view but not post or are banned. I can't even figure out how it's working. I currently have ALL usergroupids banned, except for Administrator usergroup, and I can't even see the box as admin.

wuju · #**1180** 06-05-2010, 10:18 AM

Hallo ! ! !

:up: Is an very nice Addon

My Client needs an Sound for new incoming Messages. Tell me where is the Line in your Code, whitch controll for new Messages ?

Thanks
Wuju

ti07shadow · #**1181** 06-06-2010, 03:48 PM

Quote:

I want to setup a cronjob that close the chatbox automatically in (let's say 9 pm) then open it again in (11 pm) utilizing the enable/disable feature in the wonderful chatbox product

How can do that

Can Valter add this option the chatbox product ? I mean add an option that enable us to enter the opening time and close time ?

there are good reasons to do that

1. The chatbox increase server load. So it can be enabled when the server load in minimum
2. The chatbox make members leave posing in forums and just chatting
3. when there is specific period time for enabling chatbox. it will make members know when they should go the chatbox page (in case it is enabled only in full mode)

Thank you

Look on google on how to make a cron job that can run a php file then make a php script that runs and changes the on off status of the item, of course the php file must not be accessible client side, so keep it out of the www folder and have the cron job run that file.

in the php file have a if function like

if (date("h")=="11"){
mysql_query("UPDATE vsa_chatbox SET vsa_chatbox_status='1' WHERE id='1'");
}else{
mysql_query("UPDATE vsa_chatbox SET vsa_chatbox_status='0' WHERE id='1'");
}

of course that script there wont work without the correct table and column names along with the correct id for the where and the fact you need to connect to the database

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