Chat Modifications - Flashchat 6 Integration for vBulletin 4.x

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: I no longer use Flashchat, and development and support of it at Tufat appears to have died in 2010.

vBulletin 4.x Version

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Flashchat 6 Integration with vBulletin 4.x.x
Flashchat 4 & Flashchat 5 are not supported by this Integration.

vBulletin 4.0.1 broke the automatic login of vb members into Flashchat, this is fixed in mod version 4.0.5 onwards.

Note:
Standard Flashchat includes vBulletin integration as part of the Tufat supplied files. However, the standard integration does not include Direct Usergroup Integration or other extra's like the WOL Display & Flashchat on a vBulletin page. This Modification adds those features


Extra's added by this modification

* Direct login to a room.
* The WOL will correctly display Flashchat as the location (not 'Unknown Location')
* Flashchat can be displayed embedded inside a 'standard' vBulletin Page (i.e. not full screen).
* Direct Usergroup Integration - a section is added to each usergroup in the ACP Usergroup Manager to set the Flashchat permissions for that group.
* The plugin will automatically add a link to Flashchat in your Navbar Quick Links or Community Links - this feature can be disabled if you wish.
* The automatic link can have a prefix path defined - useful if you use something like vBA.
* You can define a usergroup to login as Flashchats "Spy" mode.


More notes:

* The automatic link feature may fail if you have customised templates (it uses template hooks).
* For Flashchat inside a vBulletin page you need to link to .../misc.php?do=flashchat
* This modification does not add any links to Flashchat Administration in the ACP.
* You can set all members to login direct to particular room via the ACP.
* You can also add a room parameter to the url - i.e. .../misc.php?do=flashchat&room=3
* Spys can login into the chat but are not listed in the room - they cannot chat, just watch.

Note: This modification is not Flashchat - you must obtain and install that first - this is just vBulletin / Flashchat Integration. You must also install Flashchat into a folder called 'chat' in your forum root folder i.e. (/forums/chat/) - this is the same folder as your usercp.php file and includes folder. This modification will fail if you do not do this.

Finally, I am not Tufat.com or Flashchat Support - if you have questions about Flashchat, their forums are here.

To use the this integration simply download and unzip the file, then follow the instructions in the text file. Once installed, the Flashchat userlevel options for each usergroup will appear in the ACP usergroup edit screens - editing of the CMS file will no longer be required.


Support

This modification is not supported.
Please check the instructions, and make sure you have uploaded any files to the correct location - the vast majority of problems reported are due to an error made in editing or uploading files.


History:

v4.0.1 : 25-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 26-Dec-2009 : Fix bug in CMS file for CSRF on profile pages.
v4.0.3 : 27-Dec-2009 : Fix bug when using admin message list + minor phrase changes.
v4.0.4 : 05-Jan-2010 : Minor display changes (not released).
v4.0.5 : 13-Jan-2010 : Fix broken autologin in vb 4.0.1 +
v4.0.6 : 26-Jan-2010 : Various updates.
v4.0.7 : 27-Feb-2010 : Style code updates for vB 4.0.2.
v4.0.8 : 13-Jun-2010 : Added error message if Flashchat installation cannot be detected.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

[Bounce]

auto login no longer works in 4.1.3 .. oh well

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

auto login no longer works in 4.1.3 .. oh well

Im not aware of any change in 4.1.3 that would break it.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Im not aware of any change in 4.1.3 that would break it.

am getting Incorrect Username or Password error paul

[junaid]

Paul M please help to remove forum is in debug mode

[junaid]

Thanks I fixed my issue

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

am getting Incorrect Username or Password error paul

As I said, Im not aware of anything, but since I no longer have it installed anywhere I cannot test or check it.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by Paul M

As I said, Im not aware of anything, but since I no longer have it installed anywhere I cannot test or check it.

aye cool paul never expected help as read the addon wasnt supported by you any more, cheers :up:

"FlashChat was unable to detect your MySQL login setting from the vBulletin 4.0 configuration file. "

I saw that one other person has this error. Has anyone else sorted it out? My users use the hell out of my chat room, and there doesn't seem to be many other options out there.

[nfortin]

Installed this and very pleased with it. I'd like to add a button above the navbar next to where the "Forum" and "What's New" button are. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Hm, still getting the unable to detect settings error.

- VB 4.1.3
- Uploaded FC6 chat folder to forum/chat
- Uploaded the CMS file from this installer (tried it with both, actually)
- Ran the installer
- Clicked the CMS integration box
- PHP 5.2.17

Not sure what I'm missing. In the integration notes it says to put your license information in, but it's for old versions of VB3 and I assume it's outdated. (Plus, I don't see an option in the current CMS file).

I haven't tried directly inputting my DB settings into the CMS file for fear of hosing things. Anyone else have luck getting past it?

Edit: Actually I found the answer here.

http://forum.tufat.com/showthread.ph...ghlight=detect

Adding that line to the .htaccess file in /forum got past Step 2.

However, now I get the following:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Headers already sent in /(my folder)/funcs.php on line 2. Cannot send log data to FirePHP. You must have Output Buffering enabled via ob_start() or output_buffering ini directive.'

Which is fixed by dropping all of the old flashchat tables before re-installing. Edit: And it works!