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.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

We have no control over the support an external site give to their products. Please try to work this out with them.

[ChrisBaktis]

How can I get the Whos Chatting box like it was setup for 3.0 - Under the Whats Going On box?

[Grim77]

Hi,

Yes, we're still very much supporting this product Your eMail never came my way, I'm sorry. I've been out on personal leave for a few weeks now. Please eMail me again at support@raidersoft.com -- mention my name in the eMail and it will be sent directly to me -- and include the following info:

1. Your account number
2. Your version of vBulletin
3. The exact version of the SigmaChat/VB hack you're using -- I strongly recommended the latest release.

Originally Posted by 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.

[croportal]

is this chat free or.....

[sledfreak]

No you have to register through Sigma Chat and purchase an platinum or enterprise package. $100 and $135.

[sledfreak]

Automatic login is not working, all I get is:

Logging In. Please Wait....
Verifying Password, Please Wait...
Invalid Username or Password. Please try again.

My settings are setup as follows:

<?php
################################################## ########################
# Edit the values below to match your chat room ##########################
################################################## ########################

#
# CHAT ROOM SETTINGS
#

# The following information can be obtained from the "Link Instructions"
# section of your SigmaChat control panel, or by looking at your current
# chat room HTML source code.

# E.g., client0.sigmachat.com or client1.sigmachat.com, etc..
$SIGMACHAT_SERVER = 'client1.sigmachat.com';

# !!! Do not include the preceeding "SC-" before your account ID number. !!!
$SIGMACHAT_CHAT_ROOM_ID = 'XXXXXX';

# Language Code, as used in the applet (HTML) link code.
# English = 'en'
$SIGMACHAT_LANG = 'en';

# Enable Automatic Login when chat room is started?
# Yes = 1, No = 0
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_AUTO_LOGIN = 1;

#
# CHAT ROOM AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS
#

# Are you using SigmaChat's remote authentication system (RAS) to
# authenticate access into your chat room? If so, set this value to
# 1. Setting this value to zero will disable the vb authentication
# mechanism included in this mod.
# Yes = 1, No = 0
$SIGMACHAT_VB_AUTHENTICATE = 1;

# Specify whether or not Guest access will be allowed within your
# chat room if making use of the remote authentication system.
$SIGMACHAT_AUTH_GUEST = 1;

# Specify the Primary User Groups that do not have access to the chat room.
# From your vBulletin Control Panel Home, Click on "Usergroups" then
# "Usergroup Manager" to determine which ID numbers are assigned to your groups.
$SIGMACHAT_AUTH_NOACCESS = array(4);

# Specify the Primary User Groups that have standard access to the chat room.
$SIGMACHAT_AUTH_ACCESS = array(1,2,3);

# Specify the Primary User Groups that have administrative (kick, ban, etc..) access to the
# chat room.
$SIGMACHAT_AUTH_ADMINACCESS = array(7);

# Specify the Primary User Groups that have both administrative access and grant access (the
# ability to grant temporary administrative privileges to non-admins within the
# chat room) in the chat room.
$SIGMACHAT_AUTH_GRANTACCESS = array(5,6);

#
# WHO'S CHATTING MODULE SETTINGS
#

# Enter your SigmaChat control panel password here. This is required when using the
# Who's Online Module to ensure security when deducting "Who's Online Module" hits
# from your account. Your password is kept secure via MD5 encoding when calling
# SigmaChat's Who's Online system.
$SIGMACHAT_CP_PASSWORD = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXX';


#
# REMOTE USER FUNCTION SETTINGS
#

# Specify the URL to your forum. Do not add "index.php" or similar.
$SIGMACHAT_FORUM_URL = "http://www.XXXXXXX.com/forum/";

# Specify a 0 (zero) or a 1 (one) for each option below to enable (1) or disable (0)
# the right-click commands in your chat room that link back to the forum for your forum
# user profile, find user's posts, email user, and private message user.
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_LINK_PROFILE = 1;
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_LINK_FINDPOSTS = 1;
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_LINK_EMAIL = 1;
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_LINK_PM = 1;
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_LINK_ADDBUDDY = 1;
$SIGMACHAT_ENABLE_LINK_FORUM_IGNORE = 0;
?>

[Ken Woods]

I am pointing to the right Sigma Chat room now. The only problem now is that it won't let me autologin. I am "Ken" on my forum, and the same Login with SigmaChat. When I click my "chat" link off my vbulletin website, the chatroom comes up and says the username or password are not correct. I have cross-checked my chat_global.php file with the id's for the user access. Since "Ken" is getting passed, I assume that the password somehow isn't getting passed. I have my Sigma Chat password in the chat_global.php file as well. Also, I have to turn on Guest access so all of the other members on my forum can automatically login to chat. I guess that since they aren't a SigmaChat user then they don't have to put in a password when they click on the link from my site. The only workaround so far is to allow "Guest" access which I don't want to do.

What am I missing concerning the password?

Thanks for the help!
Ken

[Ken Woods]

Has anyone else had this problem???

Originally Posted by Ken Woods

I am pointing to the right Sigma Chat room now. The only problem now is that it won't let me autologin. I am "Ken" on my forum, and the same Login with SigmaChat. When I click my "chat" link off my vbulletin website, the chatroom comes up and says the username or password are not correct. I have cross-checked my chat_global.php file with the id's for the user access. Since "Ken" is getting passed, I assume that the password somehow isn't getting passed. I have my Sigma Chat password in the chat_global.php file as well. Also, I have to turn on Guest access so all of the other members on my forum can automatically login to chat. I guess that since they aren't a SigmaChat user then they don't have to put in a password when they click on the link from my site. The only workaround so far is to allow "Guest" access which I don't want to do.

What am I missing concerning the password?

Thanks for the help!
Ken

[sledfreak]

Yes, and noone seems to be responding, including SigmaChat

I think I have found out what it was:

In chatbit template, FIND:

<applet
codebase="http://client1.sigmachat.com/current/"
code="Client.class" archive="scclient_en.zip"
width=$setwidth height=$setheight MAYSCRIPT>
<param name="room" value="XXXXXX">
<param name="cabbase" value="scclient_en.cab">
<param name="USERNAME" value="$username">
<param name="autologin" value="yes">
</applet>

REPLACE WITH:

<applet
codebase="http://client1.sigmachat.com/current/"
code="Client.class" archive="scclient_en.zip"
width=$setwidth height=$setheight MAYSCRIPT>
<param name="room" value="XXXXXX">
<param name="cabbase" value="scclient_en.cab">
<param name="USERNAME" value="$username">
<param name="PASSWORD" value="$password">
<param name="autologin" value="yes">
</applet>

Its missing the $password param.

[Ken Woods]

Mine looks like this:

<applet id="sigmachat" codebase="http://$SIGMACHAT_SERVER/current/"
code="Client.class" archive="scclient4_$SIGMACHAT_LANG.zip"
width="600" height="350" MAYSCRIPT>
<param name="room" value="$SIGMACHAT_CHAT_ROOM_ID">
<param name="cabbase" value="scclient_$SIGMACHAT_LANG.cab">
<param name="username" value="$SIGMACHAT_LOGIN_USERNAME">
<param name="password" value="$SIGMACHAT_LOGIN_PASSWORD">
<param name="autologin" value="$SIGMACHAT_AUTOLOGIN"></applet>

I have the Password in mine if this is the same code you are talking about. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place though. I'm looking at the sigmachat_embed code.