Integration with vBulletin - Flashchat Integration for vB 3.5

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Flashchat integration with vBulletin 3.5

Note:
The latest versions of Flashchat include my integration as part of the standard Tufat supplied files - including the vBulletin 3.5 CMS file.


vB 3.5 integration allows ;

* Authorised members to be automatically logged in.
* All non authorised members are locked out (both are based on usergroup membership).
* If enabled, the users location is now displayed in WOL (use the plugin to avoid "Unknown Location").
* The CMS file no longer requires your vb licence code to be entered.
* Automatic login now works even if a member has not ticked "remember me".

Also ;

* Real ip detection when a proxy server is used (only if the proxy server passes on the details).
* Permanant, Private Rooms are loaded by Admins (and moderators in 4.5.0) (allows for Staff Rooms).


More notes:

* This integration is for Flashchat versions 4.7.0 upwards, support for versions prior to this has been withdrawn.
* If you use non standard usergroups you will need to edit the CMS file to give them permission to enter the chat.

[high]The CMS file assumes that you are installing Flashchat in your forum root folder - this is the same folder as your usercp.php file and includes folder. Installation will fail if you do not do this.[/high]

Support: Please check any file edits carefully, and make sure you have uploaded any edited files to the correct location - the vast majority of problems reported are due to an error made in editing [or uploading] a file. If you are still stuck and want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, an admin user, and ftp access details, without these I cannot help you. I will then look as soon as I have time.

Finally, I am not Tufat.com nor anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

2.53 - Support for customer role added.
2.54 - GetUser caching added.
2.55 - Lastactivity update added, caching altered to match main flashchat code.
2.56 - Support for 4.5.x photo feature added with choice of avatar or profile picture.
2.57 - Changes for local language translations. Session cookie cleared on logout.
2.58 - Security fix: Integrated login code altered to cut out the use of insecure userid cookie.
2.59 - GetUser caching re-enabled, Port fix added for pre 3.5 RC3 versions of config.php
2.60 - Added the ability to login direct to a room using ../chat/flashchat.php?username=_int_&room=n
2.61 - Changes to User and Role Caching.
2.62 - Minor fix to Get User for membergroupids.
2.63 - Security (anti-hacking) code added (as supplied by Darren).
2.64 - Usergroup settings moved to top of CMS file.
2.65 - Fixed error message when accessing chat admin area.
2.66 - Default role changed.
2.67 - Minor bug fix to Avatar detection, login code changes, tidy up.

[ImportPassion]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Socket Server cannot do auto-login with any of the current CMS files (not just vbulletin).

That said, I have an experimental (beta) 3.5 CMS file I have been working on, that can ......

oh crap, didn't read that anywhere. so how do we go about getting this mysterious file?

D

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by 7thgenCivic.Com

oh crap, didn't read that anywhere

I don't think Tufat actually mention it anywhere ........

Originally Posted by 7thgenCivic.Com

how do we go about getting this mysterious file?

I guess you could try asking the author of it if he will let you trial a copy.

[Omranic]

nice
installed & work

[schuelerd]

Originally Posted by Paul M

The product/plugin supplied in the zip file of this hack looks for getxml.php, did you import that at all ?

What you have done is actually edit some built-in vb code (yep, for some reason there is code in the stock vb code for chat.php - even though there is actually no such functionality within vb).

NO! My error and my apologies! I overlooked that! I reverted back to vanilla VB code and installed the product and all is well! Thanks.

[007]

I guess I'm missing where the vbulletin35CMS.php is supposed to go, or what we do with it. I've had Flash Chat already installed. What do I do with the vbulletin35CMS.php file?

[Paul M]

Replace the existing one - which is in ..../chat/inc/cmses/

[007]

Thanks, that worked. Does anyone know what file edits would be necessary to create more usergroups?

There's these: 'banned' => array( 1,8 ) , // vB usergroups banned from accessing the chat.

I'd think you would have to add a row there, then add a file to layouts, and define it in common, but that didn't work. I'm sure this is possible. Does anyone know where all the file edits would be? I'd like to create permissions based on different levels of usergroups.

[Paul M]

You don,t need to add any lines, you just edit the array section in each of the four lines to add extra usergroup permissions - i.e. in the example you gave 'banned' => array( 1,8,12,15 ) will ban usergroups 1,8,12 & 15.

[007]

But what if I want each usergroup to have different permissions in the chat and not all the same? That's what I meant, but I know that you didn't write FlashChat so if you don't know that's fine. See what I mean though?

[ronoxQ]

What does this error mean?

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: statement in /home/oadmin/public_html/forum/vbulletin35CMS.php on line 22