Chat Modifications - Cyb - ChatBox

Info:
Powerful AJAX-based ChatBox for vBulletin.

Main Features:
-One step installation (no file uploads, no manual template modifications required)
-Put ChatBox on any forum page by setting script name and adding variable to desired template
-"ChatBox Full" (always available on separate page)
-"Messages Archive" (available on separate page, with options to edit/delete messages)
-"ChatBox Search"
-Option to block usergroups from viewing ChatBox
-Option to delete messages older than x hours automatically
-"ChatBox Statistics" (new messages since last visit, messages in last x hours, total messages, top x chatters,...)
-View users active in ChatBox (available in CBFull and Archive)
-Text formatting options (color, weight, style, decoration,...)
-Advanced Smiliebox
-Smiliebox options: total smilies available, smilies per row, smilie clipping, disable smilies...
-A lot of customizable stuff, including: set new/old status icons, time/date format, box height, message order, auto-refresh intervals,...
-One-click actions: View all messages posted by user X, Delete all messages posted by user x, Ban/unban user from ChatBox, View last message posted by user X, View your last message, View first unread message
-"/me" action (used when you want to refer to yourself in the "third person")
...and more...

See screenshots for more details.

Installation:
1. Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
2. OPTIONAL (custom placement on forum page)
Open desired template and put "$cybchatbox" to desired line.

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cyb - ChatBox

To have ChatBox enabled on desired page:
1. THIS_SCRIPT must be defined in php file (by default all important vBulletin files has this)
2. Hack options - You must add THIS_SCRIPT value for target page to "Show ChatBox on" setting field
3. Main template called on target page must contain "$cybchatbox" variable

To have ChatBox enabled on vBa CMPS:
1. Hack options - Add "adv_index" to "Show ChatBox on" setting field (values in this field should be separated by commas) > Save
2. vBa CMPS Default Settings - add "cybchatbox" to "Portal Output Global Variables" field (values in this field should be separated by carriage return) > Save
3. [Optional] Template "adv_portal" - add "$cybchatbox" to line where you want ChatBox to appear (for example below "$navbar") > Save

Versions:
v1.0 - Sep 15. 2007.
-First version
v1.1-v1.6 - Sep/Oct 2007.
-Bug fixes, improvements, several new options added,...
v1.7 - Oct 07. 2007.
-Released at vB.org
v1.8 - Oct 11. 2007.
-Fixed bug where moderators can not delete messages
-New: Set auto-refresh interval for messages
-New: Set auto-refresh interval for active users
-New: Option to enable auto-refresh for guests
-New: Option to reverse message order (newest at bottom)
v1.8.1 - Oct 11. 2007.
-Fixed bug where colspan in Archive is not set correctly for moderators
-Added ability to disable date in mesages (simply leave date field blank)
-Added option to have ChatBox always collapsed by default (ChatBox Full not affected)
v1.8.2 - Oct 12. 2007.
-Fixed bug (reversed message order gives wrong results)
-New: Set timecut in minutes for active users listing
-New: Automatically parse links in messages (can be disabled)
v1.8.3 - Oct 13. 2007.
-Auto-prune setting field restored
-Fixed bug where some users are logged-out after posting message
-Improved detection and listing of active users
-If user is active in ChatBox it will be shown in profile and wol list
v1.9 - Oct 15. 2007.
-New: Not all smilies are loaded on startup. Set how many of them you want to show before user clicks "More".
-New: "/me" user action ("/me" in submitted message will be replaced by author's username, and message appears in color you set)
-Minor bug fixes
v1.9.1 - Oct 15. 2007.
-Fixed bug from previous version where message area height not follows your settings properly
v1.9.2 - Nov 06. 2007.
-New option in user menu: View messages posted by user
-Option to allow users to delete their own messages
-Fixed bug where admin with primary usergroup different than 6 is not able to delete all messages
-Fixed bug where links to member profiles in messages are broken at "/member.php"
-"Delete Selected" moved to phrases
v1.9.3 - Nov 20. 2007.
-New: Set groups able to view Chatbox but not post messages
-New: Set groups able to edit/delete all messages, and ban/unban users from ChatBox
-New: Customize color list in message posting interface
-New: Ban list
-Fixed default text color
-Fixed some compatibility issues for "/me" action
-Fixed bug where some users get db error when importing product
-Fixed bug where you need to refresh page after "Busy" message to continue chatting
-Minor bug fixes
v1.9.4 - Nov 21. 2007.
-Fixed bug with changing colors in IE
-Some code optimization done
v1.9.5 - Nov 26. 2007.
-Fixed bugs with stripping html tags and "/me" action
v1.9.6 - Nov 29. 2007.
-New: ChatBox Search
-New: Click on message icon in main box to open message for editing/deletion
-Fixed bug with page navigation
-Minor bug fixes/code improvements
v1.9.7 - Dec 01. 2007.
-New: Find first unread message
-New: Find your last message
-New: Find last message by user X
v1.9.8 - Dec 05. 2007.
-New: Ban certain BB tags from being used in the ChatBox
-New feature in user messages view: "Locate this message in Archive"
-New: Message icons in Main box now opens Archive where requested message is highlighted
-New in "Top Chatters": Click on number to view chatter messages
-New in "My Messages": Click on number to view your own messages
-Fixed bug where space after username is lost in "/me" action message
v1.9.9 - Dec 06. 2007.
-New: Users with post count less than X can not view ChatBox
-New: Log/view/resolve IP addresses in CB messages
-Fixed bug with searching last message by user X
v2.0 - Apr 30. 2008.
-New: "Locate message in Archive" option in search results
-CSRF protection added
-Compatible with vBulletin 3.7 Gold (may not work with Beta/RC releases)
v2.1 - Jun 24. 2008.
-Fixed bug (users always shown using their primary group display parameters)
-Fixed bug (if there are whitespaces in banned tags setting it will not work properly)
-You can now choose which usergroups are able to moderate ChatBox (not just switch between 5/6/7)
-"Below Forums" added to auto-insert locations (ForumHome only)
-New: Option to disable parsing of manually entered smilie codes
-New: Disable message time in ChatBox (Archive not affected)
-New: Submit button added
-New: Option to change text size (display)
-New: Option to set width of [code], [php] and [html] BB code blocks in ChatBox
-New: Limit message lenght
-Several minor bug fixes/code improvements
v2.2 - Jul 10. 2008.
-New: auto-hiding Status bar to inform you about ChatBox activities
-Improved ChatBox performance
-Improved char counter compatibility/look
v2.3 - Sep 22. 2008.
-Fixed XSS vulnerability in ChatBox Search
-Improved Tags Banning feature
-Fixed bug (user can add forbidden tags by editing already posted message)
-Fixed bug (user blocked by low post count can access ChatBox on separate page if url is known)
-Fixed bug (page shifting on refresh in IE)
-Fixed bug (Smilies menu breaks row on expand in Opera)
-Minor bug fixes

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[Michigan Morels]

Locking up on
Loading... and no mesages showing useing IE browser.
Any fix yet?

FF is fine

[RedFoxy]

there is a way to have less webserver load? when i active that chat on my forum http://www.softairmania.it/forum (only on index page) my apache2 web server got full cpu load (2xXeon 2,4ghz with 2gb of ram), take care that i've over 3/3,5 milions page view each day

[brvheart]

how can I remove this from just one style? I have a iphone style and I really dont need it there...and it is stretching the style out.....

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by RedFoxy

there is a way to have less webserver load? when i active that chat on my forum http://www.softairmania.it/forum (only on index page) my apache2 web server got full cpu load (2xXeon 2,4ghz with 2gb of ram), take care that i've over 3/3,5 milions page view each day

Pretty much that's dependant on your server's capablities + the traffic you generally incur.

Originally Posted by brvheart

how can I remove this from just one style? I have a iphone style and I really dont need it there...and it is stretching the style out.....

I haven't had a chance to check yet, but I think you can remove it from the style by removing a template hook.

[brvheart]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

Pretty much that's dependant on your server's capablities + the traffic you generally incur.



I haven't had a chance to check yet, but I think you can remove it from the style by removing a template hook.

ok thanks I will await your answer - remember just one style, I was thinking an
if (styleid != XX){ } somewhere in a plugin would work, I also read that in another thread but it did not seem to work for me....

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by brvheart

ok thanks I will await your answer - remember just one style, I was thinking an
if (styleid != XX){ } somewhere in a plugin would work, I also read that in another thread but it did not seem to work for me....

Try commenting out all the $template_hooks[] in your navbar and see if that takes care of it.

[brvheart]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

Try commenting out all the $template_hooks[] in your navbar and see if that takes care of it.

in the navbar template itself?

[RedFoxy]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

Pretty much that's dependant on your server's capablities + the traffic you generally incur.

I've 2 server, first is only for webservice and it's a 2xXeon 2,4ghz with 2gb of ram, the second is only for databases with mysql 5,1 and a Xeon quadcore 2,5ghz and 8gb ram.

When i active that chat the webserver load increase and reach full load (99% of cpu usage by apache2), if you want, i can send you my apache config, but i don't think that can help :P

[jaribas]

Hello I have the system of forums in Spanish and I cannot see the hour in chatbox, leaves [to me H: i].

I only can see it when I put it in English language.

Somebody could say to me that I must change and where to be able to cause that it leaves the hour to me in chatbox instead of [H: i]

Thanks.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by RedFoxy

I've 2 server, first is only for webservice and it's a 2xXeon 2,4ghz with 2gb of ram, the second is only for databases with mysql 5,1 and a Xeon quadcore 2,5ghz and 8gb ram.

When i active that chat the webserver load increase and reach full load (99% of cpu usage by apache2), if you want, i can send you my apache config, but i don't think that can help :P

I've not really researched it that in depth, but I believe it really all comes down to bandwidth. And that varies so much from host to host and what they want to price for it. I personally am on shared hosting, but my bandwidth is unlimited, so they time chat takes to load isn't really noticeable and I have NO_SCRIPT blanked out.