Integration with vBulletin - Toksta Chat Integration

toksta provides highly scalable instant messenger and chat solutions for online communities such as social networks, dating sites and forums. All applications are hosted by toksta and offer a rich design customization.

Integrate the toksta IM in less than 5 minutes and increase user engagement and time on site. Excite your community.

Steps to Install:-

1. Register an account with toksta - Add Application (Add Site) - Select Free Plan - Note the App ID and App Password

2. Upload toksta_controller.html to the root of your domain. The file must be available through www.your-domain.com/toksta_controller.html afterwards.

3. Import the Product -> go to vBulletin Option Settings -> Instant Toksta Chat -> enter your App ID and App Password and Enable the product.

4. Edit your footer template and add this at the very end:-

<!-- Toksta Chat -->
<if condition="!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 1, 8)">
<script type="text/javascript">
var TOKSTA_CONFIG = {
    app_id : "$tk_app_id",
    user_id: "$tk_user_id",
    user_hash: "$tk_hash",
    user_data: "$tk_user_data",
    generated : "1240098757",
    im : {
        advanced_search : ["gender","age","city","country","single"]
    },
    chatbar : {
        showUserData : ["gender","age"]
    }
};
</script>
<script src="http://embed.toksta.com/embed/toksta.js" type="text/javascript"></script></if>
<!-- End Toksta Chat -->

Steps to Uninstall:-

1. Uninstall the Product.

2. Remove the Toksta Chat code from the footer template that you added in Step 4.


Pros:- Looks cool, can bring some fun | No bandwidth, server usage as everything is hosted on their server.

Cons:- Not for everybody as it may bring down forum activity | Currently only Mozilla Firefox is supported but they are constantly upgrading their code so all browsers should be supported very soon.


FAQ:-

a) Should work for all 3.X version of vBulletin.
b) To disable chat for certain usergroups, simply edit the conditional part in the Step 4 code. Also note that I have already disabled chat for Guests and Banned usergroup (1 and 8).
c) If the chatbar doesn't show up - Make sure you have enabled the product (its disabled by default), and confirm your App ID and App Password.
d) About load - just 1 small global plugin, 0 queries.
e) Don't ask for a Demo please as I don't have one. It would take a minute to install this and test yourself.
f) Also check out the paid plans at their site if you are interested in a lot of customizations and higher limits. Free plan is very basic but sufficient for most of us.

Toksta now support integration with vbulletin officially. SO BETTER USE THEIR VERSION INSTEAD OF THIS.

Hope you like it. Please Mark As Installed.

Referance: Toksta Chat for vBulletin

[JustinDG]

OK I have logged into my site with my laptop and it works on it. I log in with my cpu and it doesnt work.

I have the latest update for firefox on mt desktop and an older version of firefox on my laptop.
I am assuming that this is the reason why it works on my laptop and not my desktop.

Am I safe to assume this?

[wottech]

I have it installed and running, but I agree that it seems like the connection gets dropped a lot. I have yet to get anyone to try chatting with me, but I have sent out a couple of requests, only to lose the server connection before anything comes back.

[Rickeo]

I have had to disable this on my forum due to the constant connection loss and the chat bar disappearing randomly this modification is unusable.

*WAITS FOR BETTER/FIXED RELEASE*

[veenuisthebest]

Originally Posted by Nordinho

Looks good!

Is it integrated with the vb buddylist/contacts/friends?

No, its not. It has its own Friends/Contacts feature. It you look at their Pricing Chart, they provide Simple API (e.g. sync friends) only for Lite plans and above. As said, Free plan is really basic.

Originally Posted by Rickeo

1) I keep losing connection to the server where the chat bar will disappear.
2) If you have a large forum with hundreds of people on at once it will probably crash or not display the chat there should be an option to allow it to show ONLY friends who are online a little like FaceBook.

Thats correct. I read somewhere that Free plan won't handle more than 50 users online at a time. I remember that when they launched this service, they had most of the Pro features available in the Free one too. But now with their new code (that has changed just 3-4 days back) , they have gone very limited in their Free plan. You can compare the features in the Pricing chart. Also give some time reading their FAQ, has lots of info.

Originally Posted by JustinDG

I turned myself to offline and lost the bar
do you know how to get it back without having to uninstall and the reinstall it?

If you turned yourself offline (in the chatbar), the Chatbar still remains there. You just need to set your status back to online.

Originally Posted by JustinDG

OK I have logged into my site with my laptop and it works on it. I log in with my cpu and it doesnt work.

I have the latest update for firefox on mt desktop and an older version of firefox on my laptop.
I am assuming that this is the reason why it works on my laptop and not my desktop.

Am I safe to assume this?

*Browser* is a big problem they are facing atm. btw I am using firefox 3.0.9 too, works well.

[veenuisthebest]

Originally Posted by Rickeo

*WAITS FOR BETTER/FIXED RELEASE*

lol this integration plugin has nothing to do with it, just have a look at the code. Everything is hosted/processed and done off their server. If you're getting disconnected etc, then its their problem. You can ask via support ticket to them, they do reply.

Their service is really new and they are working constantly in improving and making it more stable. This is one reason the whole app is hosted on their server in order to upgrade easily for all.

[Mellymonster]

hmm this is what I am wanting, BUT, it doesn't seem to be working for me

[Mellymonster]

Ok I got this to work, but its telling me that no one is online, when there is 15 members online.

[Mellymonster]

Got it to work, thanks

[JustinDG]

great mod bro thanks
the members at my site love it
thanks again

[Mum]

Great idea but uninstalled. Too slow, and no group chat. Will keep an eye on it though and try again in a few months.