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.

[Merriweather]

Gotta love a plugin that takes less than 1 minute to install and set up... thanks! :up:

[jmergener]

Originally Posted by Paul M

All the information is in the line you quoted - you must edit the plugin that uses forumhome_start to use global_start instead.

Thanks, I got it to work on all the forum pages. But, I am still having an issue with it displaying properly on the main page of the vBadvanced. Do you or anyone know which file I need to modify?

[Paul M]

Sorry, I can't help you with vba.

[dcpaq2xx]

Paul,

Im using this hack and down at the bottom on my main page, it uses the "Who's Online" gif image and is clickable to the integrated chat room.

How do I make this image not clickable or go to the chat room. I just want it to be an icon and nothing more.

Another thing is if the code edit is the same as what i did in the post provided below, i need to know where I would edit it. I beleive i need to do this in the xml file?

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225486

Thanks Paul

Doug

[Paul M]

Just edit the Display_Chatters template to remove the link code (<a> tag) associated with the icon.

I'm curious as to why you would bother doing this ?

[dcpaq2xx]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I'm curious as to why you would bother doing this ?

Paul,

Because I dont want members logging into the chat room this way, it doesnt take much to mess them up, they like things 'simple'. Trust me.

Thank you for the help, ill give it a try.

Doug

[beatyourtruck]

Hi Paul. I am having trouble and I hope you can point me in the right direction.

I am getting this error on the forum home page when I turn on this mod.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT connections.*, rooms.*, user.*
FROM flashchat_connections as connections
LEFT JOIN flashchat_rooms as rooms ON connections.roomid = rooms.id
LEFT JOIN byt_user as user ON connections.userid = user.userid
WHERE connections.userid > 0 AND connections.ip != '0.0.0.0'
AND connections.updated > DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 60 SECOND)
ORDER BY start;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'connections.userid' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054

Flashchat works fine (just installed the latest version) and the forum works fine when this mod is not turned on. I tried repairing tables etc and now I am helpless! LOL

My guess is there is a problem with a table? It looks like it is searching for "connections.userid'" and can not find it or it is corrupt? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling this mod a few times. Same error.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

[Paul M]

Your flashchat connections table seems to be missing a field.

[beatyourtruck]

OK! I have already tried reinstalling it so I will take this up with the dudes at FC.

Thanks for the help! 8)

EDIT:

FYI - just in case someone else has this issue/error: reinstalling FlashChat is supposed to repair bad tables (if it finds existing FC tables) etc but it does not work (or at least it did not for me). I deleted the connections table (the table that was giving me the error) and then reinstalled FC, it created an all new connections table and wallllllla! It works.

Thanks for a great mod Paul M. My users have been crying about not having it for the past few days! LOL

[Inaam]

i haved added, the mod, the text du is displayed at the top of my forum and flashchat has stopped working. Any solution?