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.

[Zaiaku]

I have a question about this. It reports a using is in the chatroom when they left a long time ago. Does the mod go by the flashchat timeout settings or vbulletin timeout settings?

I have the flashchat timeout settings to 3mins, but vbulletin time out settings in 15mins. So if a member goes to the chatroom and closes the window is it going to wait for 15min to say they left the chatroom. If the member is still active on the site but not the chatroom it still says they are in the chatroom.

[pakomen]

Originally Posted by stagmite

This integration isn't showing up on my new skin that I installed. Can you tell me how I can manually edit my html in order to get this to display in my Who' Online area? I'm currently running vb3.6.7.

Same here. Help!

[foulplay]

You have to edit the usergroup list in order for it to show

[Mrdby]

so 3.6.7 is ok?

[pakomen]

Originally Posted by foulplay

You have to edit the usergroup list in order for it to show

Thanks so much. That did it.

[foulplay]

Originally Posted by Mrdby

so 3.6.7 is ok?

yes you should be fine.

[Ceyhun]

You have to edit the usergroup list in order for it to show

Thanks

[winduff]

cheers, great mod. I have a request, is it possible to also use one query to like show a number of who's online next to the "chat" link?

Hence, add some small php/mysql query in one of the templates (nav)..... If that's possible... what is it

[loresfx]

No idea what i am doing wrong but it wont display anything on my forums.


www.rwc-clan.com/forums

[Paul M]

Could you please be a little more specific about your problem.