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.

[BlueKnight]

Ok I have this installed and working but heres the deal Member in the chat room the lettering is black. The room list in the center is black. I have changed the room names to white i.e. info embedded but I cant find anywhere how to change the other text to white. Please see at http://pnwfs4x4s.com

[Paul M]

Any queries about Flashchat itself need to be directed to the Tufat forums.

[BlueKnight]

according to flashchat this is the add ons fault. not flashchat

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by BlueKnight

according to flashchat this is the add ons fault. not flashchat

Sorry, but as far as I can tell from your post - you are talking about Flashchat itself- if you aren't then you need to be much clearer about what you mean - since you mention room lists (there is no room list in this) and info_embedded.php which is a Flashchat file, again nothing to do with this WIC mod.

[Spikeman]

Excellent, thank you paul

[SCRIPT3R]

hi Paul... in regards to my previous post here.

for my navbar code; would the number of active users should appear next to the link, as with forumhome_start, as long as i copy the Plugin PHP Code to hook location forumdisplay_Start? changing the template cache accordingly. i know it's a lot of unnecessary code. can you specify the specific i would need to call the correct number for $totalchatters?

		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="chat/flashchat.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Flashchat: $totalchatters</a></td>
		</if>

[Paul M]

Change the hook that this uses to global_start and $totalchatters will be available on any page (note, obviously it will run the query on every page as well).

[SCRIPT3R]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Change the hook that this uses to global_start and $totalchatters will be available on any page (note, obviously it will run the query on every page as well).

thnx paul - that worked.

[Gord]

Thanks Paul!

It would be great if there was a tweak which worked on the vba portal. I know someone over there hacked yours, but they all seem to be debating it and it doesn't look reliable. Any advice?

Cheers.

[Phaedrus]

Quick question:

Users who have elected to Browse the Forums invisibly can be seen on the forumhome while in the Chat, is there a way to change this?