Forum Home Enhancements - Who is chatting (for Flashchat)

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

The main features of the 3.6 version are basically the same as previous versions ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The hack is phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option (include or exclude groups).
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option
10. The option to record and display the Most Ever chatters has been added (v4.46+).

(Options are located in vBulletin Options > Who Is Using Flashchat).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from the 3.5 version you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information.

Please also note that I have no connection with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat functionality then their forums are located here.


History:

v4.30 : First vb 3.6 release, some code re-written.
v4.31 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v4.32 : Updated for Version Checking.
v4.33 : Added options to disable/change auto template insert.
v4.34 : Minor internal code change.
v4.35 : More internal code changes (not released).
v4.36 : Options moved to own settings group.
v4.37 : Minor phrasing changes.
v4.38 : Added new template for username display code.
v4.39 : Fix uncached template.
v4.40 : Moved auto-template options to mods main settings group.
v4.41 : Added 'Always Collapsed' Option to display.
v4.42 : ATCS options updated, Code Run option added, Include/Exclude option added.
v4.43 : Internal update, not released.
v4.44 : Minor code update, no functionality changes.
v4.45 : Defaults on first install updated.
v4.46 : Most Ever chatters option added.

[HolyKiller]

2 Paul M: Hups, srry, my bad .. ... thx

[yonglvnv]

Originally Posted by Gord

Thanks Paul!

It would be great if there was a tweak which worked on the vba portal. I know someone over there hacked yours, but they all seem to be debating it and it doesn't look reliable. Any advice?

Cheers.

Originally Posted by jiffy

I read through all the posts and I too would love to have this show with the "who's online" module in VBA. Can anyone point me in the right direction for this?

In case anyone is still looking for this, Paul has already provided enough info in the past posts to make it work in vba module. I just finally read through the entire thread and got it working. The key here is to change the plugin from "forum_home_start to global_start, then either create a new who's in chat module and place the variables $totalchatters and $chatters, or place the two variables where ever you want it. I'm assuming this will add 1 or 2 more queries.

[Scamorz]

Please help me

I have installed this mod but the homepage of my forum is blank.

I have installed "FlashChat Integration" too, the chat works fine, but this mod doesn't work.

[thumbsucker]

Same here. Got the blank forum page when I installed this and had to disable it.

[Paul M]

A blank page means you have php error messages disabled, enable them and see what actual error you get.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Paul M

A blank page means to have php error messages disabled, enable them and see what actual error you get.

How do you do that?

[Scamorz]

How i can enable them?

[Paul M]

Add this to the top of your config.php ;

PHP Code:

// PHP Errors //
ini_set('display_errors', 'On'); 


[Paul M]

Version 4.40 is simply a move of the Auto-template options from a shared group to this modifications own options group. There is no need to update.

[larrydude]

Great MOD.

The one problem that I am having is that some usergroups are not seeing the MOD. These are custom groups. I doube-checked and all the who's online items are set to yes.

Any suggestions on how to make these usergroups see who is online? Or....how do I remove the function so that everyone in every group can see?

Thanks much in advance!