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.

[Paul M]

Via the Plugin Manager in the ACP.

[loonytune15]

i found it!! but sorry that didn't change anything..

[jw00dy]

Great hack! Thanks.

I however, am having the same trouble that loonytune15 is having. It's there, but it's at the bottom of the forums.

I also tried to change what you suggested and it didn't move.

Execution order in (1) is 5, execution order in (2) is 10 by default. I changed both to 1 and nothing moved.

[jw00dy]

Ha, never mind. Looks like the old 3.5.4 template was still there, and I needed to revert it to the new one. Which I did, however it's still not moving...

[loonytune15]

hopefully we can work out a fix for this..

[Paul M]

There is nothing broken to fix - it sounds to me like you are only changing the execution order for the pluginis in this mod - you have to change them for each mod, so (for example) you set these to 10, and then the who has visited plugins to 20 (or vice versa).

[jw00dy]

Thank you Paul, that certainly sheds some light! Some of us are just slower then others

[jw00dy]

Ok, I'm obviously lacking somewhere in the head, because I changed all three hacks to:

Members in Flashchat (1) - Execution Order = 10
Members in Flashchat (2) - Execution Order = 10

Members who have posted (1) - Execution Order = 20
Members who have posted (2) - Execution Order = 20

Members who have visited (1) - Execution Order = 30
Members who have visited (2) - Execution Order = 30

And nothing moved.

I do have your two other hacks for these installed as well:

Most Ever Visitors, Users or Chatters
Most Ever Users, Members & Guests

Though, I do not believe either of these would affect it, though I could be wrong as it's just a guess.

I'm really sorry to be a PITA

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by jw00dy

Ok, I'm obviously lacking somewhere in the head, because I changed all three hacks to:

Members in Flashchat (1) - Execution Order = 10
Members in Flashchat (2) - Execution Order = 10

Members who have posted (1) - Execution Order = 20
Members who have posted (2) - Execution Order = 20

Members who have visited (1) - Execution Order = 30
Members who have visited (2) - Execution Order = 30

And nothing moved.

That will (should) display them as ;

Members who have visited
Members who have posted
Members in Flashchat

[loonytune15]

hang on one tic...
In the example above:
So the last one to be executed being "visited" will show before the first one being "flashchat" ?