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VSa - ChatBox (AJAX) · **Released**: 02-07-2010

Info:
Powerful AJAX-based ChatBox for vBulletin.

Main Features:
-One step installation (no file uploads, no manual template modifications required)
-Put ChatBox on any forum page by setting script name and adding variable to desired template
-"ChatBox Full" (always available on separate page)
-"Messages Archive" (available on separate page, with options to edit/delete messages)
-"ChatBox Search"
-Option to block usergroups from viewing ChatBox
-Option to delete messages older than x hours automatically
-"ChatBox Statistics" (new messages since last visit, messages in last x hours, total messages, top x chatters,...)
-View users active in ChatBox (available in CBFull and Archive)
-Text formatting options (color, weight, style, decoration,...)
-Advanced Smiliebox
-Smiliebox options: total smilies available, smilies per row, smilie clipping, disable smilies...
-A lot of customizable stuff, including: set new/old status icons, time/date format, box height, message order, auto-refresh intervals,...
-One-click actions: View all messages posted by user X, Delete all messages posted by user x, Ban/unban user from ChatBox, View last message posted by user X, View your last message, View first unread message
-"/me" action (used when you want to refer to yourself in the "third person")
...and more...

View screenshots for more details.

Installation:
-Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
-OPTIONAL: Download attached images and extract them to images/editor (contains smilies/remove format icons)

To add to desired template (example FORUMHOME):
1. Add 'index' to THIS_SCRIPT locations (Product options)
2. Add 'FORUMHOME' to template names (Product options)
3. Open 'FORUMHOME' template and put "{vb:raw vsachatbox}" to desired line (for example after '') -> Save

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > VSa - ChatBox

Versions:
v1.0 - Sep 15. 2007.
-First version
v2.3 - Sep 22. 2008.
-Latest vB 3.x version
v3.0 - Feb 08. 2010.
-Rewritten for vB4
-Known bugs fixed, code optimized
v3.0.1 - Feb 09. 2010.
-Fixed: Wrong title alignment in box/archive tables
-Fixed: Wrong expand/collapse button alignment in Safari
-Fixed: Wrong 'Smilies' alignment
-Fixed: XHTML errors
-New Setting: List templates where "{vb:raw vsachatbox}" will be enabled
v3.0.2 - Feb 09. 2010.
-Fixed: PHP error on CMS on some configs
-Fixed: 'Smilies' alignment
-Fixed: Minor bugs in PHP/HTML
v3.1 - Feb 14. 2010.
-New: CB Log-in/Log-out
-New Option: Stop auto-refresh if user inactive for X minutes
-New Option: Disable custom colors completely
-New Option: Random smilies
-New Option: Align messages to the usernames
-New: Remove text formatting button
-New: 'Smilies' replaced by image, arrrow removed
-Fixed: Move focus to input field when smilie inserted
-Fixed: 'Expand' button not shown after refresh
-Fixed: Now first item in color list is used as default
-Settings reorganized
-Several style/functionality bugs fixed
v3.1.1 - Feb 14. 2010.
-Fixed: Small JS issue on log-out
-New Option: Logged-out by default
v3.1.2 - Feb 16. 2010.
-Fixed: Errors with PHP 5.3
-Fixed: CB table messed up in footer
-Fixed: Several style errors, including XHTML incompatibilities
-New: Auto-insert on forumhome location - Below Forums
-New: Option to reverse message order in CB Archive
v3.1.3 - Feb 19. 2010.
-Fixed: Color selector dimensions
-Fixed: Minor bugs
v3.1.4 - Feb 20. 2010.
-New: Color Select replaced by Color Menu (and it's sexy)
-Note: Above fixes issues with Safari for Mac
-Fixed: Issue with Default color if it's in RGB format
-Note: Above will not change already posted messages
-Fixed/improved: Several style details
-Note: You may die if your templates are not reverted after upgrade
v3.1.5 - Feb 20. 2010.
-Fixed: Chrome not showing Color menu
-Fixed: headinclude_bottom added to <head
v3.1.6 - Feb 24. 2010.
-Fixed: Several style/functionality issues
-New: Set groups NOT able to edit messages
v3.1.7 - Jan 21. 2012.
-Fixed: Status images
-Fixed: Smilies button
-Fixed: Menu items invisible until highlighted
-Fixed: Several style issues (background, menus, colors, smilies)
-Fixed: https links not parsed automatically
-New: Show ChatBox in selected forum only
-New option: Automatically disable auto-refresh if server load is higher than X
-New Option: Set usergroups able to prune ChatBox
-New: 'Prune ChatBox' option available in the Main ChatBox drop-down menu
-Improved: Product menus re-organized
-Minor bugs fixed, codes optimized

supadave · #**842** 03-08-2010, 03:45 AM

Valter, this product is not working with IE8. I have no issues with Fire Fox. What i have done;
Reverted all your templates.
Removed Product, and reinstalled most current .xml file.
Dissabled all mods (was getting the error before and after mod disableing) but chatbox.
Pruned through 50+ pages here to find the problem.

What error does;
does not allow type input in the message text field i.e. I cannot chat. Also the area where you type in the message txt is exploded, compared to Fire Fox, no problems with Fire Fox.

I noticed you said it works on IE8 on win 7 x64, what about IE8 32 bit (most users still run these older version) on Vista & XP?

Server info:
Apache server running php5x and mysql5x , new forum so forum size is small. Running VB4.0.1 about to update to latest patch fix. Side note: VB style is default, only color changes.

Webbstre · #**843** 03-09-2010, 06:04 AM

This is an excellent product, but I have one request: I would like to insert the chatbox as a forum block or cms widget. I haven't read through the 56 pages before this post, so it might have come up before, but is there a way to manage that?

eBola75 · #**844** 03-09-2010, 08:24 AM

Hallo,

I have strange problem.

When you go to forum page. "Smilies list" are displayed inside chat. When I refresh everything is OK.

See picture

bigjosh359 · #**845** 03-09-2010, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eBola75

Hallo,

I have strange problem.

When you go to forum page. "Smilies list" are displayed inside chat. When I refresh everything is OK.

See picture

I had this happen a couple times and mentioned it in a previous post, no answer but I havent had it happen since either.

eBola75 · #**846** 03-09-2010, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjosh359

I had this happen a couple times and mentioned it in a previous post, no answer but I havent had it happen since either.

it happens only first time loading page. Than never again.

But clear browser cache,cookies.
Reload...

and again

nyunyu · #**847** 03-09-2010, 10:38 AM

Is there an option to ban users?

Ozymandyus · #**848** 03-09-2010, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Webbstre

This is an excellent product, but I have one request: I would like to insert the chatbox as a forum block or cms widget. I haven't read through the 56 pages before this post, so it might have come up before, but is there a way to manage that?

Valter indicated a few pages back that he was finding it very difficult to make it work as a widget, due to Jelsoft changing the way the code worked, so he was not going to make a CMS widget a priority. Whether this means he will get it working eventually or not I don't know, but given that he seems a skilled coder, I would imagine that it will happen eventually.

I believe it's possible to do yourself by pasting all of Valter's chatbox code into a custom PHP widget. It would still require tweaking though. Hopefully we get an official version soon, I'm planning on donating at that point myself, as it's the last functionality I need to seamlessly integrate this into my board.

Webbstre · #**849** 03-09-2010, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ozymandyus

Valter indicated a few pages back that he was finding it very difficult to make it work as a widget, due to Jelsoft changing the way the code worked, so he was not going to make a CMS widget a priority. Whether this means he will get it working eventually or not I don't know, but given that he seems a skilled coder, I would imagine that it will happen eventually.

I believe it's possible to do yourself by pasting all of Valter's chatbox code into a custom PHP widget. It would still require tweaking though. Hopefully we get an official version soon, I'm planning on donating at that point myself, as it's the last functionality I need to seamlessly integrate this into my board.

Ok, it's not an essentially vital thing right now, I just thought I would ask.

Does anyone know how much of a load an active chatbox causes on their server?

mobe00 · #**850** 03-10-2010, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madotds

Ok the easiest way to do this is to go to the plugin we need to edit in this case
?VSa - ChatBox ? MN?
How? Admincp>>> Plugin and products>>>>Plugin manager Scroll down and find the VSa-Chatbox-MN plugin and next to that click edit.

Select everything in the php code box and copy it to a text editor of your choice ( I use notepad++ )

Once there you can use the find function and look for

Code:

$vbulletin->db->show_errors();

And add on the line above it (copy and paste)

Code:

$tvsacurrent = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT COUNT(ID) AS VSACURRENT FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."vsa_chatbox AS vsa_chatbox");
                while ($tvsacurrent = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($tvsacurrent))
                {
                $vsacurrent = $tvsacurrent[VSACURRENT];
                }
                $tvsauser = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT countvsachats AS VSAUSER FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."user WHERE userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] ."");
                while ($tvsauser = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($tvsauser))
                {
                $vsauser = $tvsauser[VSAUSER];
                }
                if ($vsacurrent > $vsauser)
                {
                $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET countvsachats = ".$vsacurrent." WHERE userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . "");
                }
                if ($vsacurrent < $vsauser)
                {
                $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET countvsachats = ".$vsacurrent." WHERE userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . "");
                }
                $vsacb_box_totalmessages = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($vsacb_get_msg_box);

Then use the search function again to find

Code:

$vsacb_box_totalmessages>0

And on the line above that add (copy and paste) the next bit of code

Code:

             if ($vsacurrent > $vsauser)
                {
                echo ('<div><table><tr><td><EMBED SRC="images\misc\chat.wav" HIDDEN="TRUE" AUTOSTART="TRUE"></EMBED></td></tr></div>');
                }

Once you have done that you can copy the whole lot back from your text editor into the plugin phpcode box replacing the original code and click save.

You then need to find a good wav file. you can TRY HERE and upload it to your images/misc folder ( make sure and name it "chat.wav )

Hope this helps
Mark

i did all of this..but still no sound playing ???

kiwi1342 · #**851** 03-10-2010, 08:14 AM

Hi,

I don't know if anyone asked this already, but it would be cool if (like an other chat posted in this forum but not as good as this one

) there would be the possibility to create a link in chat when a new post is made.

what do you think?
thx

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