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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

x626xblack · #**1212** 06-18-2010, 12:19 PM

Works on vB 4.0.4.
Installed and running.

Samhayne-MMS · #**1213** 06-18-2010, 03:30 PM

Love the mod, installed and 5 star!

The only thing that would make it better for me would be if there was some flood or spam limiting settings, so users could only post say 3 posts every 30 seconds (make those settings Admin configurable). If they post more than than the flood settings, it sends a message to them that only they see that tells them, "You have reached the flood maximum for messages per second. Please slow down how quickly you are posting, thanks!" Or something like that.

Cheers!

Samhayne-MMS · #**1214** 06-18-2010, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ngoulas

Hi to all

i have 2 questions

1. i installed the newest version of Vsa Chatbox and i cannot find how to change the User name Color. Can anyone help me with this?

2. when i enable time settings, i get a h:i A and a d-m instead of displaying time and date. Why?

Thanks

For user name color, it's the color set for that usergroup. for example on our forums for Administrators we have their names in green. In the Usergroup settings for that usergroup we have

Code:

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: green;"> </span>

for the section

Quote:

Username HTML Markup (Specify an opening and closing HTML tag with which to display the names of users in this group. This applies to names that appear on Logged-in Users, Who's Online, Users Browsing Forum, Users Browsing Thread, Posts, Member List etc.)

Hope that helps!

Iron Star · #**1215** 06-22-2010, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oracle simsim

WOW, you are wonderful

I made a mistake in my last post. I meant that the chatbox should OPEN in (9 pm) then CLOSE in (11 pm)

I know how to setup any cronjop but I was in need to the php code itself

now regarding the vsa chatbox product itself and in the light of your code I can write the code like this:

<?php
if (date("h")=="9")
{
mysql_query("UPDATE setting SET value='1' WHERE varname='vsachatbox_enable_product'");
}
else
{
mysql_query("UPDATE setting SET value='0' WHERE varname='vsachatbox_enable_product'");
}

?>

then the only what I need to do is to set the cronjob to run once at 9:00 pm then run it again once at 11:00 pm

but I have questions about that:

1. As far as I know, the settings of vbullein are saved in cache for quick read without need to go to the database each time to read the settings

2. if the chatbox is running, will this stop it immediatly ? or it will just prevent new comers from entering the chat. ? (VSA Chatbox read the setting in each refresh or only when it loads first time ?)

3. How do I connect to the database properly ? OMG

in any way. I will try it on my test server.

Thank you ti07shadow

It doesn't work for me... the table is well modified, but chatbox stays open... Another table to modify?

bailz66 · #**1216** 06-22-2010, 11:46 PM

I am having almost the same issue as above. Does anyone know a possible solution to this.

There is obviously some other things that happen when starting and stopping the chatbox

(The issue im talking about is that the database gets updated but the page doesnt)

Someone mentioned something about a cache

CybaGirl · #**1217** 06-23-2010, 05:16 AM

Installed and seems to work well.

But is there any way of changing the background colour of the chat box without editing the background colour of the style like this?

Style Manager > "Your Style" > StyleVars > blockrow_background

Thanks.

bailz66 · #**1218** 06-23-2010, 05:34 AM

Regarding the Database start / stop using cron sessions

You need to update the datastore database as well

"vsachatbox_enable_product";i:0;s:22: needs to become "vsachatbox_enable_product";i:1;s:22:

In the Options title

fr?nk · #**1219** 06-23-2010, 07:24 AM

Hi,
nice chat addon, but my member complain that everybody is able to read the messages and it is more a shout box than a chat. I am sure there is a setting to disable the archive isn't it?
Would be happy to get some help / advice with this. Thanks! Fränk

Mr.David · #**1220** 06-23-2010, 07:30 AM

Translation Italy By Mr.David

bailz66 · #**1221** 06-24-2010, 05:10 AM

PHP Code:


			
$query = "select * from vb_datastore where title = 'options'";
        $result = mysql_query($query);
        $row = mysql_fetch_object($result);
        
        $data = $row->data;
        $data = str_replace("vsachatbox_enable_product";i:0;s:22:", "vsachatbox_enable_product";i:1;s:22:", $data);
        $data = addslashes($data);
        $query = "update vb_datastore set data = '$data' where title = 'options'";
        $result = mysql_query($query);

The above should enable the live chat for you

My new issue is getting more than 50 posts to display on one page in the archive. Anyone have a solution for that?

Thanks

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