Chat Modifications - Dream's Chatbox

This adds a simple Chatbox in your forum home page for your members to chat.

The Chatbox is like a thread, members leave small messages in it for others to see. Think of it as an off-topic thread that never ends. The Chatbox can also help keep chatting out of the threads.

This mod is light on the server, uses little server resources to work. The default refresh rate is set to 5 minutes. You can disable automatic refreshing entirely in the options.

What's the refresh rate? The chatbox updates the messages shown every given seconds, that's the refresh rate. It sends a request to the server asking for new messages every X seconds, that you choose in the options.

Warning: If you set your refresh rate to 10 seconds this mod stops being so server friendly. You can do it, but be sure your server can handle it.


Features:
- Ajax (no page refreshes)
- Pages
- Set refresh rate in seconds
- Hide Chatbox contents from certain user groups
- Set user groups that can't send messages but can view chatbox
- Moderator user groups that can delete messages
- Disable auto refresh for guests
- Prune messages by user ID, user name, days old or all
- Enable/disable smilies, bbcode and [ img ]
- Automatic URL parsing
- Users can delete their own messages
- Smilies popup with all smilies you can use in messages
- Who's Online Support
- Show message dates or not
- User names linked and colored with their user group colors
- Banned Users
- Hide refresh button
- /me code
- Optional message colors
- Bunch of options in the Admin Control Panel

Live Demos: (leave your live demo in this thread!)
http://www.fliz.ru/ (russian)
http://www.sustainabilityforum.com/forum
http://www.virtualorbit.com/
http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum


VERSION HISTORY



This mod is now final. It has all the features I think a chatbox should have, so I won't be adding more features to it. Anyone has my permission to use this as a base for another mod. It will still be updated for bugs though.

[Dream]

remove this

PHP Code:

<!-- Chatbox -->
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" colspan="2">
            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_chatbox')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_chatbox" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_chatbox].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            <a href="#" onclick="return openChatbox()">$vbphrase[chatbox_chatbox]</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_chatbox" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_chatbox]">
    <tr>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%" colspan="2"><div class="smallfont" align="center"><iframe src="chatbox.php?nofocus=1" width="100%" style="border: 0px" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<!-- / Chatbox --> 


also, add a <br /> before <!-- / Chatbox --> in the new code I gave you

edit:

not before <!-- Chatbox -->, before <!-- / Chatbox -->

[GXT Owner]

Thank you for all your help.

[Dream]

No problem

You added the <br /> in the wrong place, its before <!-- / Chatbox --> not before <!-- Chatbox -->

[GXT Owner]

<a href="http://www.xeon-gaming.net/forums/" target="_blank">http://www.xeon-gaming.net/forums/</a>

Why doesnt mine work now?

[Dream]

Updated, added "Delete messages older than XX days" in the Admin options. Just upload chatbox_admin.php again.

[dbirosel]

Question: How is the server load and does this add any queries? I just removed Shoutbox and i am looking for a reliable chat mod. Is this the one for me?!

[Dream]

This adds one query, two if you send a message or delete a message.

I wouldn't know the exact server load to tell you.

[dbirosel]

Would recommending setting autorefresh = 0?

[Dream]

Yep, if you have a busy forum and your load is too high.

Please click install if you use it

[dbirosel]

Looks great so far. Thank you dream. And sorry, i forgot to click Install.


www.CarAudioJunkyard.com/forum


Nothing big, but my collapse arrow isn't the same as my template skin. usually it's automatic and matches.

Also, suggestion, it would be great if the username has that certain color like the usergroups. But i assume that it will be too much ehh?


Thanks again!