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.

[Fungsten]

When I go to the control panel at your site it says that I have to upgrade. I thought we could set up individual chatrooms with this free Mod.

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by Goomzee

This Auther is not supporting anyone who knows how to fix this problem

i installed this mod but it's not working it's said service temporaily unavailable.please try again in a few minutes

Just to clarify -- this is completely untrue. As per the original post, we provide full support for this mod at support@addonchat.com or toll-free at 866.459.9810

A "service temporarily unavailable" message usually indicates that either the account number or server name was entered incorrectly; something we can resolve for you very quickly

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by Fungsten

When I go to the control panel at your site it says that I have to upgrade. I thought we could set up individual chatrooms with this free Mod.

You absolutely can use the free chat room You don't have to upgrade, but upgrading does provide a great deal more functionality. eMail support@addonchat.com with your account number if you'd like a trial upgrade.

If you're having problems getting the free room to work, just eMail us and we'll be happy to help!

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by Scan Cape Cod

Well, further proof that almost all problems such as my above one are caused by the installer and not the script itself. My only problem was a trailing / in the link I built into my navbar. I removed it and all is well. Sorry to waste the bandwidth, but I figured I'd follow up in case anyone else comes across the "problem".

Thanks for the update It looked like a web configuration issue to me when I first saw it. If you need any further assistance or suggestions, please let us know -- support@addonchat.com

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by aztecboi2003

Installed this but when i click on chat room it takes me to a new page that says:

Not Found

The requested URL /board/addonchat.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

How do I go about fixing this.

Sounds like the installation wasn't performed correctly. The additional 404 error you're receiving is a configuration issue with your web host. If you'd like assistance installing the mod, just eMail us at support@addonchat.com

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by Ba$im

this look like so good chat plug
but I didn?t get many point so let?s see
1- it?s free and unlimited user?
2- it hosted on your server? okay how much? I go to your website and so confused my forums may have at most 100 user chating on same time so how much it will cost me per month?

3- how you connect the vbulletin database if you hosted it on your server? by what?

4- my forum using arabic language and support utf-8 and all tanles of vbulletin do that does it will be any proplem?

5- this chat can be opining to visitor?

6- I have my forums on forums.3walim.com and my chat want it on chat.3walim.com
can it be done?

7- does it support voice? webcam ? or just writing chat

can you please give me links can I contact you through it?

thanks so much

Your answers:

1. Yes, free and unlimited; however for complete secure integration, we do recommend the Pro+ edition.

2. It is hosted on our servers, so you incur no additional bandwidth/server-related fees. The free edition, Pro edition, and Pro+ editions all allow for unlimited concurrent users.

3. With this mod, provided you have the Pro+ edition or higher, you get complete integration with your vBulletin user database, including automatic login and secure remote authentication. You can then control permissions in the chat room from your vBulletin usergroup manager

4. UTF-8 is fully supported in this version! We also support right-to-left languages including Arabic and Hebrew.

5. Guest access depends upon how you configure the chat room. But, yes, you can certainly allow guest access (not-registered users)

6. It's possible, but not a standard part of this mod and really not recommended. Since the service is fully hosted by us, and integrates directly on your site -- i.e., your users won't know their chatting on our servers -- using a separate subdomain is not necessary at all.

7. No voice, no webcam. I typically refer people to Digichat.com (we have no affiliation with that company, but I'm happy to tell people where to look) for that. A/V conferencing is somewhat more expensive when done properly, and we find that a lot of our customers find their users just don't want to video conference in their pajamas -- For corporate environments though, where you really need A/V or file transfer, I'd try DigiChat.

Again, we do offer two week trials to any service to anyone who asks if you think the free edition won't cover your requirements, just eMail us at support@addonchat.com

[Grim77]

We're looking for feature suggestions for the next mod update.

With winter coming up, people tend to spend much more time online, so we try to tell our customers that now is a good time to start trying various chat applications as October through February are the best times of the year to help build your online community with a real-time chat interface.

We've had some requests for multiple chat room support (for users who have more than one chat room) and a couple requests for an option to disallow access from the usergroup editor.

Any other suggestions you may have are appreciated. You can either post them here, or eMail us. We'd like to get another update online here fairly soon

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by Grim77

You absolutely can use the free chat room You don't have to upgrade, but upgrading does provide a great deal more functionality. eMail support@addonchat.com with your account number if you'd like a trial upgrade.

If you're having problems getting the free room to work, just eMail us and we'll be happy to help!

I sent the email.

[GoTTi]

any way to add the users in chat to the "whats going on" on forumhome?

[LanciaStratos]

I've been using AddOnChat in my community for a few weeks now and the reception has been very high. From an administrative point of view, I have also been very pleased with the service. Integration was absolutely seamless and the configuration options allow for a very high level of control. My only suggestion (which I've just sent to Chris via email) is better handling of chat logs. Keep up the great work, guys!