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]

See point 8 in the features list.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Hey Paul - thanks for the great mod.

One thing... it seems that it keeps resetting itself to " " (yes, blank) for the # of chatters and the date goes back to 1969.

Any ideas?

[Paul M]

Do you have CMPS installed ?

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Do you have CMPS installed ?

Yes I do... latest version.

[Paul M]

There is/was a CMPS module that is faulty and breaks the most ever counts.

BTW, this is not actually the most ever chatters support thread, I'll probably move these posts later.

Edit: It is the online users module - it's wrongly written and breaks the counts.

[R1lover]

How can I change the description of "Members who are using flash chat" in the Whats going on area of the forumhome.

I have looked and looked lol

Thank you

[ttacademy]

Originally Posted by Paul M

See point 8 in the features list.

Sorry... I can't fin it really...:surprised: :surprised:

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by R1lover

How can I change the description of "Members who are using flash chat" in the Whats going on area of the forumhome.

Edit the phrase (using_flashchat).

Originally Posted by ttacademy

Sorry... I can't fin it really...:surprised: :surprised:

I don't quite understand what you are saying, what can't you fin(d) ?

[ttacademy]

I cannot find in the ACP the option to allow customized usergroups to see "who's in chat". Thx

[R1lover]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Edit the phrase (using_flashchat).

I don't quite understand what you are saying, what can't you fin(d) ?

Thank you