Add-On Releases - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 3.7.x Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: ac80_37
Version: 3.7.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 15 May. 2008
Compatibility: vBulletin 3.7.x

Overview
This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 3.7 forum system. 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 3.7 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?
This script is a completely revamped edition of our previous integration script. Installation no longer requires any template or code modifications. Additionally, there are no PHP files to edit when setting up your chat room. We have added an "AddonChat" menu item in the vBulletin AdminCP that allows you to setup and configure your chat room with ease. Most users will simply need to enter their account number and password (as used at addonchat.com) and your chat room settings will be retrieved automatically, with your remote authentication system updated automatically as well. We have also improved character code support through better UTF-8 conversion allowing non-English speakers to use a vBulletin+AddonChat without issue. Issues relating to the Who's Chatting system causing problems have also been addresses; a scheduled task has been added to automatically optimize and repair AddonChat related tables daily in addition to improvements to the re-written Who's Chatting system.

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin forum and AddonChat
• After installation, setup and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Popup and Embedded Chat room link options
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting count updates
• Real-Time Who's Chatting list
• Display the amount of users within your chat room on your main navbar shown throughout your entire forum
• 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/uninstallation 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

Installation
Installaion 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.

[Maxman1544]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Sorry for not responding sooner. Apparently I missed one of the notifications and wasn't aware that recent posts have been made. Just an FYI for everyone -- please eMail us or call us for technical support and questions; it's the best and quickest way to get in touch with us.

Maxman1544 -- Technical support inquiries should be addressed to support@addonchat.com as stated in the product description. Please open up a ticket by eMailing us and provide as much information as possible. I suppose it's possible the issue is related to the 3.7.2PL1 release you're using, but that should not cause a MySQL error. It looks like the message you posted had the SQL cut off.

dxflw, Goomzee -- This almost always indicates that the chat room ID number and/or server is not set correctly. Please ensure you entered the SC- chat room ID number, and not your RC- customer ID number. If this doesn't help, please eMail us

queengoc -- I've submitted a request for an additional hook to be placed into the forum templates. With any luck we'll get it in a future release. Right now, to perform such a mod would require manual template edits; something we're trying to stay away from with this product as it makes upgrading your forum and/or changing templates/styles very difficult.

nitrohoss -- CSS popup windows currently display behind applets. There are some hacks to get around this, but they're limited to a few browsers and are very dirty. I hope to see the option to specify a z-index for applets in the future.

Thanks Chris.

[deathdlr]

I see the free edition includes advertising. Exactly what advertising is there?

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by deathdlr

I see the free edition includes advertising. Exactly what advertising is there?

There is an AddonChat advertisement image in the upper-right hand corner. No other advertising than that. The biggest disadvantage to using the free service is the lack of options. You can request a trial upgrade for two week to test out any service level if you'd like by signing up for a free account and emailing support@addonchat.com with your account number and the service level and modules you'd like to trial.

[Fungsten]

I reinstalled everything too. When I go to your website and get to my control panel it says I need the Pro Edition.

[lostinjapan]

Probably a wonderful tool if you purchase the paid-for version. Based on screenshots it has an excellent interface and is very clean.

However...too much of a pita to get a free copy functional for a small gaming guild/kin website. :down:

Am using Cyb's ChatBox instead. One file installed and it works. :up:

[queengoc]

Thanks Chris, I'm looking forward to that update.

[soundbarrierpro]

Does this only have full window chat or small for under navbar too? Can you add it to cmps?

[Grim77]

AddonChat embeds onto any web page, though since it is a full featured chat room and not a simple shoutbox, we recommend giving it it's own page, or better yet, use the popup link option so that your users may chat while they continue to browse your site/forums.

CMPS (vbAdvanced) integration should be fairly simply -- it would just be a matter of editing their menu template to include a direct link to the AddonChat page in your vBulletin forum -- right now though, there hasn't been too many requests for an integration product specifically catered to vBadvanced CMPS -- perhaps in the future if we get some more requests

[towermatt]

I've requested the trial upgrade to check it out, hope to be hearing back soon.

[UaECasher]

Originally Posted by lostinjapan

Am using Cyb's ChatBox instead. One file installed and it works. :up:

I agree with you =p I love Cyb's products