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.

[needaltuna]

Topnotch mod! Was a breeze to install and is working marvelously well in my board.

My only quibble is that the configuration options haven't shown up in the forum home page options of my admin panel. Any ideas why this is so? I'm using the latest versions of Flashchat and vBulletin.

Many thanks for the mod and your assistance.

[Paul M]

As it says;

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

[needaltuna]

Thanks for that. I was going by this:

7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.

[Paul M]

It probably was a very long time ago, edited.

[Nik9]

Hi,

where i can get the german .xmls for this Hacks ?
I see at http://vbhacks-germany.org that there are german xml but they were removed.

Regards
Nik

[Paul M]

I only provide the modification in English.

Have you tried the official German modifications site.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=156613

[Jezlad]

Hi guys

I'm having a problem where users are automaically logged out of the chat room after a certain amount of time. Is there anyway to stop inactive chatters auto logging out of the chat room?

Is it a flashchat or vbulletin setting?

Thanks

[Paul M]

That would be a Flashchat setting.

[afullcup]

Just installed but Who is Chatting is not appearing on any of my pages. I set it to ON, set "Run Code on all pages", allowed the "Automatic Template Changes System" and saved it. It doesn't appear to have added anything to FORUMHOME

I am obviously missing something, do please tell

EDIT: Found it - I hadn't updated the Usergroups allowed to view it. Thanks!!

[afullcup]

I have seen this asked so many times, and not really answered in a straight-forward way. Can someone please explain exactly how to move the Who is Chatting box from the bottom of the page to the top of the page? I have been all over the place trying to figure out how this thing is being called and I can't. Help is much appreciated