SigmaChat Complete Integration & Authentication

Hack Info
Name: SigmaChat Complete Integration & Authentication Add-on
Version: 2.0.0
Author: Chris Duerr, RaiderSoft
First Introduced: 28 Mar. 2004
Last Modified: 15 Nov. 2004
Compatability: vBulletin 3.0.x

Overview
This addon allows you to fully integrate a SigmaChat Java? Chat Room (free or paid service; Platinum or Enterprise required for full functionality) with your vBulletin 3.0.x forum system, including the ability to authenticate access via your vBulletin forum system, and provide a "Who's Chatting" page list showing who is currently logged into your chat room.

Features

• Chat room integrates via a single link in your vBulletin forum navigation bar, or via a forum link.
• Chat room may be placed in it's own vBulletin page, and/or as a popup window.
• Automatic user login option.
• Remote authentication script allows you to authenticate access into your chat room via your vBulletin user database.
• Complete control over which user groups are allowed access, allowed administrative access, or denied access.
• Real time "Who's Chatting" page allows you to show which users are currently in your chat room by interfacing with SigmaChat's "Who's Online Module" system.
• Makes use of vBulletin's template and phrase system for easy modification, and multilingual operation.
• Show who is chatting from your forums main page
• Automatic chat integration with your vBulletin user profiles, email, PM, etc..

Installation
Installation will require between 15 to 30 minutes of your time depending upon your proficiency in installing addons to vBulletin. Download the attached 'sigmachat.zip' file, and load the INSTALL.html file in your web browser for detailed instructions.

RaiderSoft may be able to assist you with installation should you require it. Please contact us for details.

Support
Support is provided by RaiderSoft for this script provided you have a Platinum or Enterprise SigmaChat account. Read the included instructions for details. I'll be happy to answer questions here as well regarding the script.

Screenshots are attached

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[ChrisBaktis]

I dont know what is wrong but that template keeps clearing out for me, going blank again. Thus removing the box.

[mavherzog]

This integration hack is GREAT! Love it.

Using the free version of SigmaChat right now...but with the integration with my board, I'm thinking I'm about to spend $75.

[dwh]

If you want to speed this up a bit, make sure to cache the templates.

Add

PHP Code:

'sigmachat_wc_list'
'sigmachat_wc_embedne', 


to

PHP Code:

$globaltemplates = array( 


in index.php

and
in chat.php add

PHP Code:

$globaltemplates = array(
'sigmachat_embed'
); 


Before

PHP Code:

       require_once("./global.php"); 


[dwh]

I've just gone through a good chunk of this code. I'm amazed who's online works at all for anyone. Phrases and Templates were not meant to be updated this way through cron IMHO and the whole approach is very inefficient. The number of queries in the cron file is downright wasteful. It would have been much better, especially with buggy code, to create a totally separate table and update the fields there.

[vonedaddy]

I finally got the Who's Online box showing now but it never shows anyone in chat. Also when I click on Who's Chatting I see this error:

PHP Code:

Warning: file(http://client1.sigmachat.com/scwho.pl?plain=1&id=56771&roompw=********************): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/u1/vonaone/html/forums/chat_online.php on line 20

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/u1/vonaone/html/forums/chat_online.php on line 23 


Any ideas?? Maybe this has something to do with why its not working?

[vonedaddy]

I also figured something else out. Everytime someone logs into the chat room it clears the whole sigmachat_wc_embedne template (I added the template so it would show the box all the time).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dwh]

In my opinion, this entire implementation of sigmachat integration should be chucked entirely. I believe it is dangerous to implement. Maybe I'm being overly cautious, but updating the templates and phrases directly on a cron schedule is just not a good idea. As I said before, especially on buggy code, they should have created a table dedicated to whos chatting and update that. So if there's an error or problem, it won't mess up something as integral to vb as the template AND phrase system.

It works if you fix the bugs in their code, but the approach is wrong. I'm amazed that the same people who wrote such a good chat did such a bad job of writing the integration program.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by vonedaddy

I also figured something else out. Everytime someone logs into the chat room it clears the whole sigmachat_wc_embedne template (I added the template so it would show the box all the time).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Same problem here

Wots the point in havin a box that disane appear till someone's in chat

isn't the whole point in having a "who's chatting" box is to get people to go into chat?

keeps clearing

otherwise works great

[vonedaddy]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

Same problem here

Wots the point in havin a box that disane appear till someone's in chat

isn't the whole point in having a "who's chatting" box is to get people to go into chat?

keeps clearing

otherwise works great

Anyone have any ideas??

[kangta]

I've created an addon that will generate a random guest username if you're having problems with "Unregistered" users bumping each other or being denied access when you're using vB authentication. Enjoy