Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

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 Version 4.xx 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 now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


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 am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[shiola]

For displaying the number of chatters next to your 'Chat' link in the navbar - I just added $totalchatters next to the Chat link - it only works on your home page, but it's easy and is better than nothing.

Don't use brackets or a hyphen though, as it'll just look strange on all other pages.

Just thought I'd mention it.

[SuaveDebonaire]

If you want to display the current users on the navagation bar (on nearly every page, not just the forum home)

Change the Hook Location of the second instant to "global_start"
in that same instant change ['FORUMHOME'] to ['navbar']

then add the template chatters code to the navbar template

[Chadi]

My "who's in chat" on the right column is missing for some reason.

http://www.talkjesus.com/index.php?

How do I correct this? I'm on 3.51 with latest flash chat.

I have $chatwho in the field so it should work. This happened last time and somehow fixed itself (go figure).

[dc3dreamer]

Paul -- The other left-hand icons in the What's Going On have "tooltips" resulting from alt-tags on their images, so in who-is-chatting.xml (in 4.11 this is inside the hyperlink you added to jump to flashchat, so...):

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="Start chatting" border="0" />

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by chadi

My "who's in chat" on the right column is missing for some reason.

http://www.talkjesus.com/index.php?

How do I correct this? I'm on 3.51 with latest flash chat.

I have $chatwho in the field so it should work. This happened last time and somehow fixed itself (go figure).

Your forum is offline atm, so i cannot see what you mean.

Originally Posted by dc3dreamer

Paul -- The other left-hand icons in the What's Going On have "tooltips" resulting from alt-tags on their images, so in who-is-chatting.xml (in 4.11 this is inside the hyperlink you added to jump to flashchat, so...):

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="Start chatting" border="0" />

They probably need alt and title tags, maybe in 4.12 ......


BTW, SuaveDebonaire, chadi & dc3dreamer, none of you have install clicked .......

[Chadi]

Please try now. I turned it on.

[Paul M]

chadi, please click on install if you want support.

When you have done that, please explain your problem, since it looks fine to me.

[Chadi]

The right side column on forum home...it is not listing who's in chat like it should.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by chadi

The right side column on forum home...it is not listing who's in chat like it should.

Sorry, but it is now clear from your PM's and logging into your site that you are referring to something totally unrealted to this hack that you have added to your side column. This hack displays in the "What's Going On" section at the bottom of the ForumHome page and is working fine.

[temabu]

Using the Left column hack, can I put the FlashChat module in the left column? What code block/var do I need to use?

Thanks