Current IRC chatters on forumhome via mirc (no eggdrop)

Current IRC Channel Chatters on Forumhome Hack
-written by eyeball (aka supreemball) of http://www.somethingleet.com (ftp mirc script coded by Rich@home.nl)

NEW VERSION updated 01/02/03!
- added support for halfops
- added commas (no comma on last nick either )
- added 'total nicks ever on ' specified #channel

to upgrade from the previous version, replace the code in mirc and the forumhome_loggedinusers template. you don't have to overwrite the ftp.mrc file or mess with global.php while upgrading, nothing's changed with those.

This hack shows a specified IRC channel's current userlist, total # of users, and status of each user
(opped, voiced, or normal, including bold/italics for each category), all on your vb forum's main page.
This hack ONLY requires ftp access to the forum server, and <a href="http://www.mirc.com">mIRC</a> 5.91 or above (constantly connected to the channel). No bots or java irc crap needed! (mirc script code can be added to mirc-based bots though.)

A live demo of this hack is shown @ http://www.somethingleet.com/forum/index.php (shown below
the Current Online Forum Users list).

Files modified:
global.php
access.ini (used in mirc)

Templates modified:
forumhome_loggedinusers

Install.txt & needed files attached.

For support, reply to this thread or email eye@somethingleet.com.

(Hack only tested on vb2.2.6, but should work on all other 2.2.* versions)

NOTE: This hack assumes the mirc user (yourself or someone else) has full access to your ftp server via ftp. I'm not held responsible if you accidentally give this hack to someone using mirc (which in turn you would have to give the mirc user your ftp login info).

Enjoy

[Huron]

Your right DaTeX...I'm working on it now to see if I can fix it...

[supreemball]

huron, i can probably take a stab at it when i get around to it.. thanks for the mod, and it's nice to hear that the hack is actually making chatrooms fun

also an optional thing that could be coded in is # or % of ops in channel/voiced/regular users.. seems kinda like overkill, but just throwing out an idea.

[Velocd]

Excellent, just noticed the update. Thanks once again SupreemBall

[Schorsch]

I'm getting a parse error when I'm not connected to my channel!!! what the heck is that ??

thanks,
Schorsch

[SaM please help]

i have the same problem, but will work fine if i connected to channel.
I think a part of this hack is, to be connected with mirc.

But is there no other way?

I can?t be online 24h, only that my User can see who is in channel gre: .

(sorry for english)

SaM , www.highflyers.de

[Velocd]

I thought of yet another cool add-on for this hack, probably simple to do as well.

How might one go about grabbing the "MoTD" (or topic, whatever it's called) from the channel? Then this could be displayed on the forum home in the IRC online area. It could be of some interesting use

[snyx]

got it working, but do you have to run /getnicks everytime you want it to update the users in the room?

[XrayHead]

Nice hack mate.

[w596]

Haven't been able to get past the servers log in message (errors out). I've tried TheVoidz method but didn't work for me.

Any other suggestions? I'd really like to get this hack working it looks really cool.

[TheVoidz]

hmmm tell me what error you get