Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 4 Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: addonchat
Version: 4.0.2, 4.2.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 4 Aug. 2012
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x+, 4.2.x+

Overview

This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 4 forum or CMS. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 4 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?

• Completely re-written for vBulletin 4
• New Integration Options for vBulletin Social Networking Features (Blog, Albums, etc..)
• Updated to support RAS (Remote Authentication System) v2.1 providing extremely fine grain control over user privileges.
• New 'User is Banned' option in usergroup manager to easily prevent users belonging to specified usergroups from entering your chat room.
• Who's Chatting list is now (optionally) displayed on main forum page in the What's Going On box.
• Embedded Width may now be specified in percentage values (defaults to 100%)
• Option to display Chat Room Link in main navigation tab, community menu, and/or quick links menu.
• New in v4.0.1: Updated Link Code
• New in v4.0.1: Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• New in v4.0.1: SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• New in v4.0.1: Easy AddonChat control panel access through vBulletin AdminCP
• New in v4.0.1: vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• New in v4.0.1: Language Additions
• Changed in v4.2.0: Temporarily suspended pop-up feature. We advise customers to enable the Java 6+ Detach feature along with the pop-up after login options from their AddonChat control panel to emulate this behavior.
• Updated in 4.2.0: Support for new vBulletin 4.2.x navigation system

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin Forum/CMS and AddonChat
• After installation, set up and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting updates
• Optionally display the amount of users within your chat room on your chat navigation tab shown throughout your entire forum/CMS.
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support
• Supports both the AddonChat Mobile Edition & SSL Modules through automatic client/page detection.

Installation

Installation takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.TXT file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support

Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Which file do I download?

vBulletin 4.2.x+ users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-2-0.zip
vBulletin 4.0.x, 4.1.x users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-0-2.zip

[beatyourtruck]

Originally Posted by worried

For several upgrades your plugin isn't lining up with the rest of the What's Going On section. It's to the left of everything else and the text is wrapping. Can you upgrade your plug-in now vB has moved to 4.1?

I ran into the same thing. Toss this in your additional.css file and adjust to your liking. I am sure there is a better way but this shoves the Whos Chatting over to the right and then adjusts the online users back to the left. **sigh** Seems silly but it is the only way I could get it to work. Someone else may have a better fix without having to push the online forum members back over? This works though!

PHP Code:

/*  left margin push for whos chatting and then push member list back over */
#wgo_onlineusers.wgo_subblock {
margin-left: 18px;
margin-bottom: 4px;
}

#wgo_onlineusers.wgo_subblock.section {
margin-left: -3px;
}

#wgo_onlineusers.wgo_subblock h3 {
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: -5px;
}
/*  end whos chatting on forum home tweak */ 


[worried]

Thanks for sharing that fix.

[beatyourtruck]

No problem! It was a pain (for me anyway) to get things shifted around......no need for you to suffer also. You may have to tweak some of the margins a little for your forum.

[zelgadis]

Originally Posted by beatyourtruck

I ran into the same thing. Toss this in your additional.css file and adjust to your liking. I am sure there is a better way but this shoves the Whos Chatting over to the right and then adjusts the online users back to the left. **sigh** Seems silly but it is the only way I could get it to work. Someone else may have a better fix without having to push the online forum members back over? This works though!

PHP Code:

/*  left margin push for whos chatting and then push member list back over */
#wgo_onlineusers.wgo_subblock {
margin-left: 18px;
margin-bottom: 4px;
}

#wgo_onlineusers.wgo_subblock.section {
margin-left: -3px;
}

#wgo_onlineusers.wgo_subblock h3 {
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: -5px;
}
/*  end whos chatting on forum home tweak */ 


You can find the fix for the WGO problem in the official addonchat forums.
The fix is here.

[pulsionpleinair]

Hello,

I am having difficulty installing the addonchat.
I can see it in Plugins &product, but I do not see the application Addonchat in my admincp? can youhelp me?

I have the version Vbulletin 4.1.1 and i am not advanced users.

I did fallow thos steps:
************************************
Installation (Not so Advanced Users)
************************************

1. Copy the contents within the upload/ folder to your main vBulletin
folder using an FTP client or similar. This folder is often called
forums/ or forum/.

a. The following files will be in your main forum folder:
addonchat.php
addonchat_auth.php
addonchat_close.php
addonchat_func.php

b. The following files will be in your includes/ folder:
functions_addonchat.php

c. The following files will be in your includes/cron/ folder:
addonchat_dbmaint.php
addonchat_who.php

d. The following files will be in your includes/xml/ folder:
bitfield_addonchat.xml
cpnav_addonchat.xml

e. The following files will be in your admincp/ folder
addonchat.php

e. The following files will be in your images/addonchat/ folder
wgo.png

2. Login to your vBulletin AdminCP and install the product-addonchat.xml product:

a. Login to your vBulletin AdminCP
(e.g., http://www.mysite.com/forums/admincp/)

b. Expand the Plugins & Products menu shown in the left hand side frame

c. Click 'Manage Products'

d. Click '[Add/Import Product]' from the Plugin & Products System page

e. In the 'Import Product' box, click the 'Browse...' button.

f. Select the product-addonchat.xml file and click 'Open' (or similar)

g. Click the 'Import' button to begin installation.


Thanks

Pierre

[Chrissy_Ratbag]

pulsionpleinair - It appears at the top of the admincp navigation panel.

I've installed, added etc but I can't see it on my forum page anywhere? Where am I suppose to look?

[Saviour]

I apologize if this has been covered before.

I'm using vb 4.1.2.

Everything seems to be working perfectly except for two things...

1. I've checked usergroup settings and have allowed guests to chat but not create rooms. If I logout of my board and visit the chat, the icon to add a room is still there and I'm able to add a room.

2. Who's Chatting display does not align with the rest of What's Going On? See attachment.

Is there a way to fix the above two items?

Thanks, in advance.

[Saviour]

I did my own fix for the above post:

Edit template addonchat_who
Just delete what's in that template and replace it with the following;

<vb:if condition="$addonchat['enabled'] == 1"> 
   <vb:if condition="$addonchat['user_count'] > 0"> 
      <div id="wgo_onlineusers" class="wgo_subblock section">
      <h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="images/addonchat/wgo.png" 

alt="{vb:rawphrase addonchat_whos_chatting}" />{vb:rawphrase 

addonchat_whos_chatting}</h3>
	<div>
		<p>
                   {vb:rawphrase addonchat_users_online, 

{vb:raw addonchat.user_count}}
                </p>
		<ol class="commalist" id="wgo_addonchat_list">
			{vb:raw addonchat_activeusers}
		</ol>
	   </div>
      </div>
   </vb:if>
</vb:if>

Now mine looks like the included attachment...

[attroll]

I know this was brought up before and I cannot not see where it has been answered.
Is there a way to create a widget that displays who is in chat?

[BF777]

A few questions.

1. Is there any way to adjust the setting so that user stats are picked up a little faster? Yesterday I was testing out the chatroom with a few members and the "Who's Chatting" box didn't update for at least 5 minutes. Same goes for the navbar "Chat Room (4)."

2. This looks great in FireFox. However, the same cannot be said of Explorer. When I open up the Chatroom in Explorer, the chat box is smaller and there's a big white block with vbseo (SEO mod I have installed) copyright information. Is there way to prevent the footer copyright info from being picked up like that in Explorer? This is not an issue in FireFox as the footer copyright info doesn't even show up in that browser.

Thank you for your assistance.