Forum Home Enhancements - Who is chatting (for Flashchat)

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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.

[Paul M]

Edit the phrase (using_flashchat)

[ravencr]

Has anyone figure out how to move this up to the top of the page like where the user information is instead of at the bottom?

Chris

[ravencr]

Ok, I got it to put the who's online up top, but it only works on the main page. Anyone have any ideas on how to get it to work at the top of every page?

Chris
www.utvrally.com/forum

[ravencr]

I've installed 4.4 and the mod that moves it, but it doesn't appear to work. Has anyone fixed this yet?

Chris

[M_Portiss]

Hello. Just wanted to shoot you a quick question to pick your brain.

I installed the hack listed in the subject line a few days ago and I notice it does not accurately say who is in the chat room. The names it shows are User ID's 11 and 16. The members that were actually in the forum were user ID's 50 and 69. (It showed the names, but for all purposes, you get the point.)

Any ideas here?

Thanks!
Matt

[Paul M]

You have not integrated Flashchat with vbulletin correctly.

[doogie88]

Great. Thanks for this.
One question, is it possible to not have anything show up if no one is in?
My chat isn't going to be used that much, so I think it would be much cleaner for the board if there was nothing there if no one was there, and it only shows up if someone is actually in chat. Easy to edit?

[Paul M]

You could edit the Display_Chatters template - add a conditional around the whole template checking if $totalchatters > 0

[doogie88]

Can you break that down even simpler for me?

[Thx1133]

Installed.

Nice job