Chat Modifications - Dream's Chatbox

This adds a simple Chatbox in your forum home page for your members to chat.

The Chatbox is like a thread, members leave small messages in it for others to see. Think of it as an off-topic thread that never ends. The Chatbox can also help keep chatting out of the threads.

This mod is light on the server, uses little server resources to work. The default refresh rate is set to 5 minutes. You can disable automatic refreshing entirely in the options.

What's the refresh rate? The chatbox updates the messages shown every given seconds, that's the refresh rate. It sends a request to the server asking for new messages every X seconds, that you choose in the options.

Warning: If you set your refresh rate to 10 seconds this mod stops being so server friendly. You can do it, but be sure your server can handle it.


Features:
- Ajax (no page refreshes)
- Pages
- Set refresh rate in seconds
- Hide Chatbox contents from certain user groups
- Set user groups that can't send messages but can view chatbox
- Moderator user groups that can delete messages
- Disable auto refresh for guests
- Prune messages by user ID, user name, days old or all
- Enable/disable smilies, bbcode and [ img ]
- Automatic URL parsing
- Users can delete their own messages
- Smilies popup with all smilies you can use in messages
- Who's Online Support
- Show message dates or not
- User names linked and colored with their user group colors
- Banned Users
- Hide refresh button
- /me code
- Optional message colors
- Bunch of options in the Admin Control Panel

Live Demos: (leave your live demo in this thread!)
http://www.fliz.ru/ (russian)
http://www.sustainabilityforum.com/forum
http://www.virtualorbit.com/
http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum


VERSION HISTORY



This mod is now final. It has all the features I think a chatbox should have, so I won't be adding more features to it. Anyone has my permission to use this as a base for another mod. It will still be updated for bugs though.

[Dream]

You can remove the code from your navbar template. To remove it only from the cmps page I wouldn't know how.

[SNATCH3R]

thanks for the mod Dreams....already downloaded..will install it after setting up my forum completely.....i just want to ask..will the chatbox appear in the vba CMPS home page or only on the Forumhome page.....

thanks once again..

[SNATCH3R]

Installed.....thanks....but i find some issues with FF. its workin fine with IE...neways gr8 work....

Can anybody tell is it possible to see the online users in the Chatbox....thanks in advance

[mortydot]

Hmmm strange I think I'm the only one but when i want to import the cpnav_chatbox.xml as a new product for vbulletin trough the "browse" button or through the server i Get this error:

Invalid File Specified

Using Chatbox 2.0 and VB latest version.

[mortydot]

How stupid can i be...... wrong xml file.... needed the other one.... excuse me...

[marko42m]

I have this message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in D:\Inetpub\webs\myweb.com\rcforum\index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 1

pls. help

[tikichick]

I love this mod!! Thank you thank you thank you!

Is there a way to play a sound to indicate new activity?

[kronnos]

Hi, I just downloaded the chatbox and really love it but cant get it to stay right were i want it.

Tried so many ways to make it fit right put just dont knwo enough code to do it.

I uploaded an image showing were i want it and how it turned out in the first line of forum details. I edited in photo editor How I would want the chat box to be places like in the last line of forum detailed. i tried to be as detailed as possible in the image Thank You!

Or Like in this image: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...0&d=1180656301

[Dream]

Originally Posted by tikichick

I love this mod!! Thank you thank you thank you!

Is there a way to play a sound to indicate new activity?

Sorry I stopped adding new features to this mod.

[Dream]

Originally Posted by kronnos

Hi, I just downloaded the chatbox and really love it but cant get it to stay right were i want it.

Tried so many ways to make it fit right put just dont knwo enough code to do it.

I uploaded an image showing were i want it and how it turned out in the first line of forum details. I edited in photo editor How I would want the chat box to be places like in the last line of forum detailed. i tried to be as detailed as possible in the image Thank You!

Or Like in this image: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...0&d=1180656301

Use the "chatbox in Whats Going On box.txt" instructions, but instead add the code before this

</table>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->

I *think* that should do it.