Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

The main features of Version 4.xx are basically the same as previous versions ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The hack is now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information. Please also note that I am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[StuntFactoryX]

thank you. very easy install.

do you have a hack for cmps like this somewhere? or suggest a good 1 that is easy?

[Coldhands]

Out of nowhere, the "Members using chat" section is showing up twice in my FORUMHOME (index.php). I didn't change anything in that template, and it just started doing that, so do you have any idea what would cause this? What is the code snipit that is inserted in forum home?

[Paul M]

Display_chatters is the template.

[Lord Zedd]

Oke I have no idea what is wrong but when I enable the flash chat option it makes my forum crash !

I get this

Warning: Unknown(./chat/inc/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in \index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 6

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required './chat/inc/config.php' (include_path='.;C:\PHP\pear') in C:\Domains\stargateomega.com\wwwroot\forum\index.p hp(63) : eval()'d code on line 6

First of all I went to admin cp > plug in system> download /upload plug in

I uploaded it and got this
This file appears to be a Product, not a Plugin. Please use Manage Products to add this file.
But I somewhere read in this thread that someone was having trouble because he choose Product and not a Plugin ! So I choose for plug in ! And it didn't work. Than I went to admin cp > plug in system> manage products where I uploaded it. Ok no problem EXCEPT it made my entire forum crash. I so don't have any idea what is wrong with it ! It should work !

[Paul M]

The current instructions clearly say ;

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

As for the error message - it looks like your chat system is not located in the usual place - see point 9 on the main post.

[Lord Zedd]

Originally Posted by Paul M

The current instructions clearly say ;



As for the error message - it looks like your chat system is not located in the usual place - see point 9 on the main post.

my flash chat is in the folder chat ! Really got no clue why it won't work ! I am not very good with coding but I try to understand a bit but why it makes the forum crash when the feature is enabled......

[Paul M]

It fails because it can't find your chat at the location specified in your settings.

Without any links to your forum I can't tell you anything else.

[Mastar]

Also works with vb3.60 beta 4

[Strike3ForumsMH]

EDIT: Nevermind, after trying a few things, something must of worked and now this plug-in works perfectly.

Thank you Paul for the simple but quite useful plug-in!

[OttawaGolf]

Just installed and it's great!
I am hoping this will this work in 3.6 when the Gold is released. Does anyone know if it will?