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.

[Boofo]

Well, if this works out and is as good as it looks to be, then I see some upgrading in the future. Any words of advice before I jump into this?

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Well, if this works out and is as good as it looks to be, then I see some upgrading in the future. Any words of advice before I jump into this?

Nope -- The only thing I suggest is having the allow_url_fopen directive set to 'On' in your php.ini file, but it is not required.

Give it a try with the free edition (most of the plugin features won't work, but you'll have a basic chat room) then eMail us (as per my previous post) and request a trial run to fully test out all of the features

[Boofo]

I must have the allow_url_fopen directive enabled as it showed me on the list of chatters on testing. Very seemless integration and easy setup. I'm looking forward to testing this out further.

How do we got about editing the background color around the chat window on the page and make the window fit the page better?

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I must have the allow_url_fopen directive enabled as it showed me on the list of chatters on testing. Very seemless integration and easy setup. I'm looking forward to testing this out further.

How do we got about editing the background color around the chat window on the page and make the window fit the page better?

Hi Boofo,

What you'll want to do is edit the applet background color from the AddonChat control panel. Login at http://www.addonchat.com/login.html and click over to Look & Feel -> Colors to edit this. Color selection is fairly limited for our free accounts.

The page itself uses your standard vBulletin templates for the header/footer and other related content, so if you really want to change the background color of the page itself, you'd have to modify vB style settings. I'd recommend just modifying the AddonChat colors to match the background instead

[7lanet]

I have a problem with the Arabic language
See

Login
Password
http://www.7lanet.com/vb/addonchat.php
Yatta and do not have the file

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by 7lanet

I have a problem with the Arabic language
See

Login
Password
http://www.7lanet.com/vb/addonchat.php
Yatta and do not have the file

We've tested the 3.7 integration script with Arabic without issue. It's possible you do not have the font set up correctly to display Arabic characters within the chat room; but it's hard to know as you didn't provide any information.

Please submit a support ticket including your account number, and a valid username/password to test with by eMailing support@addonchat.com.

[7lanet]

Login:7lanet
Password:7lanet

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Hi Boofo,

What you'll want to do is edit the applet background color from the AddonChat control panel. Login at http://www.addonchat.com/login.html and click over to Look & Feel -> Colors to edit this. Color selection is fairly limited for our free accounts.

The page itself uses your standard vBulletin templates for the header/footer and other related content, so if you really want to change the background color of the page itself, you'd have to modify vB style settings. I'd recommend just modifying the AddonChat colors to match the background instead

I got the size figured out in the settings. I will log in their and set what I can figure out. Thank you, sir.

I do have one suggestion though. I have a skin that uses a different class for the link in the navbar. The way you have the link template done, it screws up the listing in the drop down menu if I change the class. It looks like the template is not done like the other drop downs in the navbar. Otherwise, things are looking good.

[Grim77]

Boofo -- You may have to edit the addonchat_nav_link template to get it to match your custom template. Some custom styles seem to be doing some fairly exhaustive template modifications instead of just changing the associated CSS with the <TD> column. Usually it's just a matter of getting the addonchat_nav_link <td...> values to look similar to your other nav link settings.

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by 7lanet

Login:7lanet
Password:7lanet

Yeah -- Just as I suspected, you have a free account. Request a trial upgrade (see my previous post concerning this) and then follow the instructions at http://support.addoninteractive.com/...=kb&article=63 to display Arabic characters properly. You may also wish to modify your VB phrases (those that begin with 'addonchat') to translate the integration script output from English to Arabic.