Official SigmaChat Integration

Product Info
Name: SigmaChat Official Integration Extension
Product ID: sc7400
Version: 1.0.4 (Version re-schemed)
Author: RaiderSoft (http://www.raidersoft.com/)
Last Modified: 17 Oct. 2005
Compatibility: vBulletin 3.5.0 Gold, 3.5.0 RC-2/3
Mirror: forums.raidersoft.com

Overview
This extension allows you to fully integrate a SigmaChat Platinum or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 3.5.x forum system, including the ability to authenticate access via your vBulletin forum system, and provide a "Who's Chatting" page list showing who is currently logged into your chat room.

Requirements

• vBulletin 3.5.x
• SigmaChat Platinum, or Enterprise. Please note that SigmaChat Basic and SigmaChat Professional are no longer supported. You may register for a SigmaChat account at www.sigmachat.com.
• PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from SigmaChat servers.

What's new?
This extension dramatically improves upon the previous release by making use of the vBulletin Database to store Who's Chatting list updates. Additionally, the Who's Chatting box at the bottom of the main forum page has been removed in favor of showing a (nearly) real-time count of users in your chat room directly from the main navbar. Both embedded and popup chat room options are provided to your user. The Who's Chatting list has been cleaned up. Two additional remote functions (Add Buddy and Forum Ignore) have been added as well.

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin forum and SigmaChat
• Popup and Embedded Chat room link options
• Automatic (one minute interval) User's Chatting count updates
• Real-Time Who's Chatting list
• Display the amount of users within your chat room on your main navbar shown throughout your entire forum
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Remote authentication allows you to choose which vBulletin user groups are allowed chat room administrative privileges
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the SigmaChat user menu
• Uses the new vBulletin 3.5 XML product import architecture, making installation/uninstallation easier, requiring no modifications to the codebase.
• Improves over previous versions by storing Who's Chatting list within it's own MySQL database table

Installation
Installaion will require between 10 and 15 minutes of your time. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.html in your web browser file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications are required as this script makes use of the new vBulletin XML Product system.

Support
Support is provided by RaiderSoft for this script provided you have a Platinum or Enterprise SigmaChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Updates
8/12/05 - vbsc7400_101.zip uploaded fixing the auto-login problem. To update from the previous release, simply download and extract the new archive and copy the 'chat.php' file to the root directory of your vBulletin forum. No other changes are required.
8/13/05 - vbsc7400_102.zip uploaded fixing minor issue with displaying users currently chatting. This may have effected all users using a custom table prefix.
10/5/05 - vbsc7400_103.zip uploaded fix minor issue relating to table prefixes. This script now been fully tested with VB 3.5.0 Gold.
10/17/05 - vbsc7400_104.zip uploaded. Users experiencing problems with table locking or the who's chatting list should download and install this update.

Screenshots are attached.

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by 2fast4ya

in the installation readme, it states under the "Required to
install" section that i need something called Platinum or Enterprise. Is this something i need to purchase or download before installing this? please advise as i am about to install

Yes. You'll need to register for a free account at http://www.sigmachat.com/ then upgrade your account to either a Platinum or Enterprise account from your control panel.

[2fast4ya]

and once i do that, and upgrade, can i remove the giant sigmachat logo from the chat room and replace it with my own logo? also, do you guys offer an installation for members who pay?

[moonclamp]

Originally Posted by 2fast4ya

and once i do that, and upgrade, can i remove the giant sigmachat logo from the chat room and replace it with my own logo? also, do you guys offer an installation for members who pay?

You won't need installation help ... it's easy to install. My dog could do it.

You can remove all branding too ... you don't even have to use their help files.

[2fast4ya]

your dog might be smarter than me when it comes to this stuff. lol

[2fast4ya]

I'm having some trouble understanding how to install this. i purchased the upgrade , and im trying to put it on my forums, and i dont understand the chat_global file and what im supposed to do with it.

[2fast4ya]

can someone help by installing this for me and setting it up? i need the help bad. is there somewhere i can pay that will set it all up for me?

[rharbison]

This is very nice! Easy to install, doesn't need any mods (love that part) and it works quite well. I'm very pleased with it.

One question though... Where do I fix this "http://www.mydomain.com/forums/" and put my forum's url in so the stuff like profile works?

[RMS-Chef]

Integration is working fine. I have a strange issue where when using the "float" option if I just close out the window with the standard windows "X" in the upper right corner, ALL my open IE windows close. Strange as is does not seem to happen if I hit the logout button then close. Any ideas?

EDIT:
Just noticed each time it happens I get a file dumped to my desktop with file names like "hs_err_pid3472.log".

It has a bunch of Java related things in it and the top line is:
An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:

[clearchannel]

How do I remove guest access from the chat? I've looked in the chat_global.php and changed the following

# Specify whether or not Guest access will be allowed within your
      # chat room if making use of the remote authentication system. 
      $SIGMACHAT_AUTH_GUEST         = 0;

to both 0 or 1 and guest still have access to the chat room. I have remote authentication turned on.

thanks in advance

[clearchannel]

Is Sigma no longer supporting this hack? I sent sigma support an email 5 days ago, received a response requesting more info, responded with the additional info, and have not heard back.

I paid for a year of premium service. Not a very nice way to handle support for a paid product.