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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

franzis · #**1112** 05-18-2010, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cory_booth

Add an alert sound to new chats....

OK folks, this is not for the faint of heart and I know there must be a much easier way to do this, but until something better comes along....

BEFORE YOU BEGIN.

You'll need a wav file and access to your database.

STEP 1: UPDATE USER TABLE
Add new column of type "INT"
Name Column = "countvsachats"

STEP 2: MODIFY PLUGINS - (VSa - ChatBox - MN)

Find the following function "ccbmessages"
Add above: $vbulletin->db->show_errors();

PHP 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);

STEP 3: Scroll down and find .... if ($vsacb_box_totalmessages>0)
Add above (notice here I am loading a chat.wav from images\misc - you'll need to upload a wav and change accordingly):

PHP Code:


			
              if ($vsacurrent > $vsauser)

                {

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

                }

I have yet to try with FireFox but the idea is simple. Have a coulm in the user tabe keep track of the current amount of chats. When the chatbox refreshes, run a quick query to count the number of chats. If the chats in the query are larger than the entry in the user table - update the user table to match and fire off a sound.

I hope that there will be a good response to this and Valter might provide a similar solution?

Unfortunately, this extension runs only in the IE, in Firefox and Opera one hears nothing: (

Can who help there?

LG Franzis

Greight · #**1113** 05-18-2010, 11:08 AM

Thx for the nice mod. Can a bot be integrated in the chatbox when there are no users to chat to or when someone chooses to chat with that bot? A bot like the one below:

HTML Code:

http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=a6e5ca6e6e37472c

BobbyBig · #**1114** 05-19-2010, 01:14 PM

Anybody knows what to edit for showing Banned users by infraction as Banned also in the chatbox? by now they get displayed as non-banned.

jkcerda · #**1115** 05-19-2010, 01:43 PM

getting errors related to the CB
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...48#post2039848

anybody else have this issue?

Videx · #**1116** 05-19-2010, 02:03 PM

That log you quoted only shows chatbox tangentially, not as a core part of the problem. But there's no question HG's shared servers are being crammed full - all under the guise of 'unlimited' storage and bandwidth! And they aren't alone.

Nonetheless, as has been pointed out many times, any chatbox can be a real resource hog if you don't rein it in. Don't put it on every page, don't encourage people to sit in it all day long (forget sounds of any sort to notify them of new activity), do set your idle timeouts low.

obmob · #**1117** 05-19-2010, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zonaenlinea

I have the same problem PlissssssssssssssssssssssssThank

Check your language locale, if it is stablished, maybe you need to modify the time and date value in vSa's adding "#"

Or, you can remove the locale modifications, then, the code in vSa's should work.

vilhiem · #**1118** 05-19-2010, 07:10 PM

Great idea Franzis regarding the "Alert Sound"!

NOW ... can a "visual alert" somehow be added in case the window is minimized ... such as HIGHLIGHTING THE WINDOWS TASKBAR ...? To alert the user that a new Chat is posted

Thanks!

Gn_Snake · #**1119** 05-19-2010, 08:35 PM

I have setup ON the alert sound for new message, but not working?

franzis · #**1120** 05-19-2010, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gn_Snake

I have setup ON the alert sound for new message, but not working?

==> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1116

Unfortunately, this extension runs only in the IE

I hope it who can offer there soon a solution, the sound is very important.

LG Franzis

your24hourstore · #**1121** 05-19-2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greight

Thx for the nice mod. Can a bot be integrated in the chatbox when there are no users to chat to or when someone chooses to chat with that bot? A bot like the one below:

HTML Code:

http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=a6e5ca6e6e37472c

LOL if you have to talk to a bot

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