Chat Modifications - Flashchat 5: Who is chatting (Add On)

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This hack has now been discontinued - this means that while it will remain available for download and use, there will be no further updates as this thread is no longer monitored. I am also not interested in doing paid work requests to update this hack at all.


IMPORTANT NOTICE 2: This hack only works with FlashChat 5 and later versions, and will not work with FlashChat 4.7.x.
There is version of this hack that will work with FlashChat 4.7.12, and can be downloaded here.


What Does This Hack Do?[hr]hr[/hr]
This is an add-on/enhancement to Paul M's Flashchat: Who is chatting hack.
This is the v3.8 port of my v3.7.x hack with extra 10 extra display locations, and enabling display locations per usergroup via usergroup permissions (no longer centrally, so allowing extra flexability).


What hacks need installing before installing this hack?

These hacks need to be installed in this order and working correctly, for this hack to work.

1. Tufat's FlashChat v5.x.x
2. Paul M's Flashchat 5 Integration for vB 3.8 v3.8.002
3. Paul M's Members who are chatting in Flashchat 5 v3.8.002
4. Then install this hack.

This does not change the functionality of Paul M's hack, this is just an enhancement to your installed version of Flashchat: Who is chatting.

The members on my forum requested that the Members currently using Flashchat box be moved to the top of the forums as it was a long way to scroll down to see who was chatting, at the top members could see who was chatting.

As members had to enter the chat or visit the forum homepage again to see who was chatting, I fixed it so that my members could also see who was chatting as they browsed the various forums and threads as well as on the who is online pages.

Paul M's has kindly given me permission to use some of his code in my Who is chatting add-on hacks.

Thank you Paul, for all your work on the Flashchat integration, it makes all our lives easier


What You Get

1. It displays the chat list under the navbar in the following locations:
   • Forum Home
   • Forum Display
   • Show Thread
   • Who is Online
   • Members Profile pages
   • Search pages
   • Tag Search
   • Social Groups
   • Calendars
   • FAQ
   • Albums
   • User Profile
   • UserCP
   • Private Messages
   • Subscriptions
   • Members List
2. The list view is collapsible, 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 currently using the chat." message is displayed.
6. Display the Most Ever chatters if enabled.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the AdminCP Options (independent of Paul M's hack).
8. The ability to select which locations this hack is displayed (independent of Paul M's hack).
9. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list (again, independent of Paul M's hack).

Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that FlashChat stores this information.


vBulletin Version Compatibility[hr]hr[/hr]
This hack can only be used with v3.8.0 and later versions.

For the unsupported v3.7.x version of this hack - check here. For the unsupported v3.6.x version of this hack - check here. For the unsupported v3.5.x version of this hack - check here.

NOTE: I will not be upgrading this hack to vBulletin v4.0.x.


Install/Uninstall Instructions[hr]hr[/hr]
The InstallInstructions.txt instructions file is included in attached .zip file.


Screenshots[hr]hr[/hr]
Show in this order:

• Usergroup permissions
• Who is Chatting box
• AdminCP options

Version History[hr]hr[/hr]
v3.8.005 - Friday 20th February 2009
-- Final v3.8.x Release
-- Updated: To bring in line with Paul M's Members who are chatting in Flashchat 5 hack v3.8.002 (rev 1.6)
-- Changed: Installation Instructions (now has uninstall instructions)
-- Added: VersionHistory.txt

v3.8.004 - Thursday 27th November 2008
-- Updated: To bring in line with Paul M's Members who are chatting in Flashchat 5 hack v3.8.002 (rev 1.5)
-- Changed: Installation Instructions

v3.8.003 - Tuesday 25th November 2008
-- Changed: Usergroup permissions code in all plugins
-- Changed: Installation Instructions
-- Changed: Screenshots
-- Removed: 1 plugin (no longer needed)
-- Removed: 17 AdminCP Options (no longer needed, now set via usergroup permissions)
-- Added: 17 Phrases
-- Added: 1 bitfield file

v3.8.002 - Tuesday 18th November 2008
-- Updated: To bring in line with Paul M's Members who are chatting in Flashchat 5 hack v3.8.001
-- Changed: Install code
-- Changed: Installation Instructions

v3.8.001 - Sunday 26th October 2008
-- Initial vBulletin v3.8.x Release
-- Added: 10 new plugins (for new display locations)
-- Added: 10 AdminCP Options


Thanks[hr]hr[/hr]
Thanks go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code.


Show Your Appreciation [hr]hr[/hr]
Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Daryn

I'm not suggesting that this be something you do in a future version... I was just hoping you could point me in the right direction. I'm sure I could figure it out, if I knew where to start.

Well for starters you can look at any of the plugins for this hack after Flashchat: Who is chatting Add On (1), all of the plugins are essentially the same (apart from the permissions part) and check out the Display_Chatters_Addon template for the html

[vitoreis]

Thank You for this mod!

One question: I have one left column, how to change the box to that column?

Thanks,

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by vitoreis

Thank You for this mod!

One question: I have one left column, how to change the box to that column?

Thanks,

That is something you will have to look at yourself, as vBulletin does not have a left column as default, so you probably have a custom style or hack installed that gives you that column, and if you read the first post about what I support, you would have read the below:

Originally Posted by 1st Post

Hack Support - snippet

Free support for this hack is in its unaltered form, and does not include supporting alterations to this hack, custom code, custom template edits and integration with other third-party hacks.

[swiper the fox]

I had this installed but had to uninstall it due to problems with it

it did not behave nicely with donation system (fullversion)

problems: click on username at top where you see private message would result in error about member not being registered (even though it was your own profile logged in )

when trying to edit a member via profile view area, it would say it was an invalid member, to contact admin

also, on any threads that contained multiple pages, all page numbers clicked would result in taking you back to page 1 only

How can I get the display to show up where I used to have it
under "who's online" and over "statistics " area ??
where would I put the hook and what is the hook name ?

Thanks

[swiper the fox]

I managed to get it all working properly finally.

what is the hook that I need or how can I change the location of the display ?

currently by default for home page, it displays at the TOP of the forum

I would like it at the bottom in between who's online and statistics.
Can someone help out here ??

Thanks

[swiper the fox]

anyone know how to move it to the bottom instead of in navbar area ?

[swiper the fox]

bumpety bump bump !!!

anyone ?

what's the hook and which template can I put it into ?
it was possible with previous version of "who's is flashcht " ?

[swiper the fox]

disregard
found hook
found appropriate location to place it in forumhome template
got rid of "who's chatting online add-on" which was messing it all up for me

and, all is fine again

[Mosh]

Update: v3.8.005 - Friday 20th February 2009
-- Updated: To bring in line with Paul M's Members who are chatting in Flashchat 5 hack v3.8.002 (rev 1.6)
-- Changed: Installation Instructions (now has uninstall instructions)
-- Added: VersionHistory.txt

[Bloodhound2922]

When I set the usergroup permissions to Yes, they automatically reset back to No, but create a copy of that usergroup with the permissions set to Yes....

Why is that happening?