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.

[doogie1775]

Originally Posted by StakingAces

Can you tell me if I can rename it instead of saying Chatbox atop the heading of the box to something else? Please elaborate if so. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Dream

change the phrase chatbox_chatbox

I see where to rename the chatbox - thanks!....................but I would also like to rename the Smilie pop-up box to something else, where would I do that please?

[bornoffire]

Ok I installed 3.7 and now i get an error when I hit send. Is there a fix?

[Dream]

Upgrade the chatbox to the 3.7 version.

[Zaeolos]

Originally Posted by Dream

Upgrade the chatbox to the 3.7 version.

And this version is where?

[dennisuello]

Originally Posted by Zaeolos

And this version is where?

In the 3.7 Add-ons forum.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=167569

[phpnewbie]

Originally Posted by luckid

I have this problem over chat :

PHP Code:

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /global.php(237) : eval()'d code on line 2 


I can not solve this problem ....

You help my plese.... TNX in advance Luckid

Same question :|

got the error when upgrade php 4 to php 5

Updated: I solved it myself. Thank you. For who has the same problem:

Turn Off which plugin use style_fetch hook location ^^

[Dream]

sorry guys been like a year since I last checked the code of this mod. I use it though with no problems.

[kronnos]

any updates for 3.8.1?

[kNeeLy]

Edit :

I figured it out ;-)

[calyx]

greetings, I am having an issue with the chatbox ive attached a ss of the error i get




any ideas?

this is what happens after text is typed in the chat and tried to send.. any advice would be greatly appreciated