Integration with vBulletin - Toksta Chat Integration

toksta provides highly scalable instant messenger and chat solutions for online communities such as social networks, dating sites and forums. All applications are hosted by toksta and offer a rich design customization.

Integrate the toksta IM in less than 5 minutes and increase user engagement and time on site. Excite your community.

Steps to Install:-

1. Register an account with toksta - Add Application (Add Site) - Select Free Plan - Note the App ID and App Password

2. Upload toksta_controller.html to the root of your domain. The file must be available through www.your-domain.com/toksta_controller.html afterwards.

3. Import the Product -> go to vBulletin Option Settings -> Instant Toksta Chat -> enter your App ID and App Password and Enable the product.

4. Edit your footer template and add this at the very end:-

<!-- Toksta Chat -->
<if condition="!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 1, 8)">
<script type="text/javascript">
var TOKSTA_CONFIG = {
    app_id : "$tk_app_id",
    user_id: "$tk_user_id",
    user_hash: "$tk_hash",
    user_data: "$tk_user_data",
    generated : "1240098757",
    im : {
        advanced_search : ["gender","age","city","country","single"]
    },
    chatbar : {
        showUserData : ["gender","age"]
    }
};
</script>
<script src="http://embed.toksta.com/embed/toksta.js" type="text/javascript"></script></if>
<!-- End Toksta Chat -->

Steps to Uninstall:-

1. Uninstall the Product.

2. Remove the Toksta Chat code from the footer template that you added in Step 4.


Pros:- Looks cool, can bring some fun | No bandwidth, server usage as everything is hosted on their server.

Cons:- Not for everybody as it may bring down forum activity | Currently only Mozilla Firefox is supported but they are constantly upgrading their code so all browsers should be supported very soon.


FAQ:-

a) Should work for all 3.X version of vBulletin.
b) To disable chat for certain usergroups, simply edit the conditional part in the Step 4 code. Also note that I have already disabled chat for Guests and Banned usergroup (1 and 8).
c) If the chatbar doesn't show up - Make sure you have enabled the product (its disabled by default), and confirm your App ID and App Password.
d) About load - just 1 small global plugin, 0 queries.
e) Don't ask for a Demo please as I don't have one. It would take a minute to install this and test yourself.
f) Also check out the paid plans at their site if you are interested in a lot of customizations and higher limits. Free plan is very basic but sufficient for most of us.

Toksta now support integration with vbulletin officially. SO BETTER USE THEIR VERSION INSTEAD OF THIS.

Hope you like it. Please Mark As Installed.

Referance: Toksta Chat for vBulletin

[F0xy]

this looks interesting!

[Nordinho]

Looks good!

Is it integrated with the vb buddylist/contacts/friends?

[bakry3d]

how is't work?

[Chadi]

$39 a month for the cheapest non-ad supported plan. That's extremely expensive.

They have no demos or screenshots.

Thanks for the mod at least.

[JustinDG]

now thats cool
Thanks installed and works well

[NAZIA]

looking cool.. will try it...thanks for sharing...

Originally Posted by Nordinho

Looks good!

Is it integrated with the vb buddylist/contacts/friends?

My question is the same...
Is this tool will search the friends from the vbulletin users data base or from Toksta?

[Rickeo]

It's really good I have been waiting for something like this for a very long time.

The ads aren't even that to intrusive at all.

I would say though there are a few issues with this.

1) I keep losing connection to the server where the chat bar will disappear.
2) If you have a large forum with hundreds of people on at once it will probably crash or not display the chat there should be an option to allow it to show ONLY friends who are online a little like FaceBook.

All the same it's such a useful addition and for it to be offered free of charge is amazing let's just hope this doesn't end up like other mods that are usually this good in the modification graveyard.

[JustinDG]

I turned myself to offline and lost the bar
do you know how to get it back without having to uninstall and the reinstall it?

[Rickeo]

It's not because your going offline there is a major problem with there servers they keep going down my members are telling me it constantly disconnects from the server all the time.