Chat Modifications - Ideal Chat Lite (facebook style bottom chat/chatroom bar) v1.3.0

This modification adds a bottom bar chat system to your board.

Features

• Friend?s Online List (mutal or all friends)
• Integration with vBulletin's ignore system so users can block messages from people they want
• General Chat Room
• User-to-User Chat
  • Chat with friends
• Support for infinite number of open chats
• Automatic Updating of chat messages
• New message indicators
  • Indicator on Chat Tab for new messages
  • A sound plays for new messages
  • Page title flashes for new messages
  • Indicator for new messages on tabs out of view
• Multiple window support
  • Supports users having your site open in multiple windows/tabs
  • Changes in one window automatically apply to other windows
• Automatically disables chat bar for mobile browsers
  • Help save bandwidth for your mobile users

Settings

• Admin Settings
  • Chat online
  • Ban individual users from chat
  • Update stream time limit
  • Update stream delay
  • Settings & Chat Room link Positions
    • Change where the links show at, or hide them all-together
• Usergroup Settings
  • Can use chat
  • Can use chat room
• User Settings
  • Hide Chat bar
  • New message notification method

Change Log
For a full list of changes, please visit: http://community.idealwebtech.com/in...ngelog&file=15

Installation/Upgrade
See included readme file.

Demo
You can see a demo here (You can can register a new account, or use the Login, "Ideal Chat Demo", and password, "chatdemo") This demo is of the pro version which can be found here!

Support
This modification is released for free, and as such we don't officially support it; however, as time permits we will try to offer support on it. We will NOT be monitoring this thread on a daily basis, your best bet for a fast reply would be to go post here.

Common Issues/Topics
Chat Bar Don't Show Up?
Have you configured the usergroup settings? This is the most common issue we see, and 99% of the time it is due to usergroup settings not being configured properly. So if your bar is not showing up, please verify your usergroup settings before reporting it as an issue.

Messages Don't Show Up?
We are aware of an issue causing messages to not show up for some people, and are looking into fixes.

Modification Has Conflict With Another Product
There is always a chance that two products will conflict with each other! We are aware of some, but please feel free to tell us about any products you find to conflict via our Bug Tracker on our site.

Chat Doesn't Support Certain Characters
The chat can only support the characters your board itself can support! If you would like to support certain characters, you must have your board using a charset that supports them. We have only ever once noticed a chat that didn't support every character the board did, and we are looking in it.

Chat Kills My Server
We have tested the chat extensively for server friendliness, and have found it to be very gentle on servers. We have seen the script run with hundreds of active users without putting hardly any load on the server. However, an improperly configured server may result in any reverse-AJAX/push-AJAX/Comet based chat script killing the server. If you find that your server slows down after installation, you may want to talk with your host about raising your MySQL and Apache Max Connection Limits to a more appropriate amount!

[DNCL]

Error: please reload is still there.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by arrow816

Seems its not just an error on my side.

I really want to purchase the premium option but atm until i can even make sure lite will work I dont really want to spend money for something I cant use.

Also do you still want to look as if its not jsut me im guessing there is an error in the mod again.
[ps i checked the 1.1.2 version still the same error with every thing disabled]

Yes, we would still appreciate being able to see this error in action as we haven't been able to replicate it.

Originally Posted by basilrath

4.1.5

im still getting the sending request on and on

that said it shows the bar and stuff

If you wouldn't mind, we would also appreciate being able to see this error in action too!

Originally Posted by wullieclsfb

is there no option to show as offline?

A user can show as offline for the chat by turning the bar off via the settings. In future releases, we may include a way to show as offline even with the bar on, but for now that is not an option.

[pete_brady]

Originally Posted by Ideal Web Tech

Yes, we would still appreciate being able to see this error in action as we haven't been able to replicate it.

if it's any help, i've just switched it back on but it's not enabled for guests

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by DNCL

Error: please reload is still there.

Hmm... Right now the only way you should see that is if you fail to connect 5 times in a row over a 3 minute period.

Does your internet have connection issues?
Does your website not always load correctly?
Have you ensured that you have the newest JavaScript by hitting CTRL+F5?

[pete_brady]

Originally Posted by pete_brady

same here, but on 4.15pl1

according to Firebug there's an error in shared.js on line 11 whenever either a username or Chat Room is clicked-

scope.getElementsByTagName is not a function

[arrow816]

Ignore,
You already noticed

[sapphiremagus]

Chrome is also throwing an issue with shared.js on line 11:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'nodeValue' of null

Not sure if that's relevant to anything, though. I haven't had time to test it fully but the chatroom doesn't load for me - rather, nothing happens when I click on the chatroom tab.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by sapphiremagus

Chrome is also throwing an issue with shared.js on line 11:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'nodeValue' of null

Not sure if that's relevant to anything, though. I haven't had time to test it fully but the chatroom doesn't load for me - rather, nothing happens when I click on the chatroom tab.

You most likely have the "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" setting turned on. We suggest turning that setting off for now. We will be looking into why that is causing the script to break.

[arrow816]

Following should be in the lite version also [if not already in pro then pro too]

Message Delete [Ability to delete messages]
Archive [Ability too see and search old messages]
User Mute [Ability to mute but user can still see chat]
Smiliey Button [Cause no convo is decent with at a smiley dude]
BBcode support [Really should be a basic I would think]
Message Characters [Character Amount Setting]

Maybe have a little expansion button on the side that brings up an advanced chat window with like the basic vb text box to make it easier if you have a few things to right

Really i was thin

[sapphiremagus]

Originally Posted by Ideal Web Tech

You most likely have the "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" setting turned on. We suggest turning that setting off for now. We will be looking into why that is causing the script to break.

Yeah, it's on our test/dev site where we pretty much have all the debugging options running. That does explain why (after installing on the live site) the chat room works on the live site and not the dev site.