Add-On Releases - Who is chatting Add-On (for Flashchat)

Hack Support

This hack is now discontinued - this means that while it will remain available for download and use, there will be no further updates, nor will support be provided as the thread is no longer monitored.

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vBulletin Version Compatibility

This hack can only be used with vBulletin v3.6.x.


What Does This Hack Do?

This is an add-on/enhancement to Paul M's Who is chatting (for Flashchat) v 4.46.
This is a partial port of my v3.5.x hack with extras.

What hacks need installing before installing this hack?
These hacks need to be installed in this order and working correctly, for this hack to work.

1. FlashChat v4.7.x (v5.x.x has not been tested with this hack)
2. Paul M's Flashchat Integration for vB 3.6 v3.56
3. Paul M's Who is chatting (for Flashchat) v4.46
4. Then install this hack

This does not change the functionality of Paul M's hack, this is just an enhancement to your installed version of Who is chatting (for Flashchat), it will even display both boxes on the forum homepage if you do not turn off Paul M's version.

The members on my forum requested that the Members currently using Flashchat box be moved to the top of the forums as it was a long way to scroll down to see who was chatting, at the top members could see who was chatting.

As members had to enter the chat or visit the forum homepage again to see who was chatting, I fixed it so that my members could also see who was chatting as they browsed the various forums and threads as well as on the who is online pages.

Code that is used in this hack is mainly Paul M's and once again he has kindly given me permission to use the code in my Who is chatting add-on hacks. I have also used part of the description from his hack as well.

Thank you Paul, for all your work on the Flashchat integration, it makes all our lives easier


What It Does

1. It displays the chat list under the navbar on Forum Home, Forum Display, Show Thread and Who is Online pages.
2. The list view is collapsible, 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 currently using the chat." message is displayed.
6. Display the Most Ever chatters if enabled.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the AdminCP Options (independent of Paul M's hack).
8. The ability to select which locations this hack is displayed (independent of Paul M's hack).
9. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an AdminCP option (again, independent of Paul M's hack).

Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that FlashChat stores this information.

Note: There is no upgrade path from my v3.5.x version, you have to uninstall that one first before installing this one.


Installation Instructions

1. Unzip the downloaded file and upload file in the Upload/includes folder to the <forum root>/includes folder.
2. Import the XML into vB using the AdminCP Product Manager. If upgrading from an earlier version, then set Allow Overwrite to Yes.
3. In vBulletin Options > Who Is Using Flashchat, change Who is in Flashchat - Enable to No so there are not 2 "Members currently using Flashchat" boxes displayed on the forum homepage display.
4. In vBulletin Options > Who Is Using Flashchat (Add-On). Please change settings here to turn the hack on, select what groups can see this, select which locations you wish this hack to be displayed, if you want to turn the auto insert option off and make the template changes manually (use the contents of the Display_Chatters_Addon template to do so).

Version History
Note: Version numbers will be kept in sync with Paul M's hack

v4.46a - Saturday 24th Nov 2007
-- Final Release
-- Changed: Moved common code to file
-- Changed: Plugin code
-- Removed: Display plugins (not working correctly)

v4.46 - Friday 23rd November 2007
-- Changed: Brought up-to-date with Paul M's hack
-- Changed: Display template
-- Added: Extra AdminCP options

v4.41 - Monday 2nd April 2007
-- Initial Release


Show Your Appreciation

Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.

[jbd]

How do I open the chatroom in a new window of specified dimensions?

[needaltuna]

Does the "who is chatting" box become a permanent fixture on the forum main page once you've installed it, or can you configure it to appear only when someone is in the chatroom? I want to keep clutter to a minimum in my forum.

[conradb212]

Just for the record, in case someone else runs into this problem. I used a slightly older version of this plugin and it worked fine up to vBulletin 3.6.4, but when I upgraded to 3.6.8, I got a MySQL database error that kept the boards from working. After disabling the plug-in vBulletin worked again, and the latest rev (4.41) does not have the problem with vB 3.6.8.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by conradb212

Just for the record, in case someone else runs into this problem. I used a slightly older version of this plugin and it worked fine up to vBulletin 3.6.4, but when I upgraded to 3.6.8, I got a MySQL database error that kept the boards from working. After disabling the plug-in vBulletin worked again, and the latest rev (4.41) does not have the problem with vB 3.6.8.

If you are using my hack then please click Mark as Installed.

[Bludysky]

Did you ever decide if you would be doing a module for that Portal?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Bludysky

Did you ever decide if you would be doing a module for that Portal?

I never got a response for what portal he was taking about, so never bothered about it. But can have a look into it, if you have a decent free, regularly maintained portal in mind.

[Bludysky]

How about vBadvanced?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Bludysky

How about vBadvanced?

I will have a look at it Keep an eye out

[Mosh]

This hack has been updated to v4.46 - see first post for details.

Also have added an add-on hack for this hack for vBadvanced - Who is chatting vBadvanced Add-On (for Flashchat).

[Paul M]

JFYI, you could drop a lot of the common code currently on each hook in this by simply turning on the "Run Code on all pages" option in my modification (this was added in v4.42).