Chat Modifications - EzIRC 2.1

<font size="3">Modification Support has been dropped.</font>

Good day.

[toonysnn]

ChangeLog

• 2.1.1
  • WOL is not implemented, fixed. (bugid #12) by toonysnn (SNN)
  • Editing network causes database error (bugid #13) by Strassenflirt
  • Safe Mode and open_basedir causes cURL to error out (bugid #14) by KURTZ
  • Uncached Template for ezircvb4_wgo_pos2 (bugid #15) by KURTZ
• 2.1.0
  • Initial Release of 2.1
• 2.0.2
  • PJIRC Support with Color editing options
  • Multiple Channel Support
  • Ability to change Mibbit Settings hash
  • Updated PHP file to include proper regex for irc nicknames.
  • Select screen created
  • User Group Disallow and Deny Guest options, (temporary solution)
• 2.0.1
  
  • Rules Addition
  • Connect Info above IRC (hidable)
  • User Options ("IRC Options" below IRC Tab)
• 2.0.0
  • Initial release for vBulletin 4

How to Install

To install, you simply upload the contents of 'upload' to your forum directory. Once you've done so, go to the product manager and upload the product file included.

You can configure the modification (for the moment) at vBulletin Options > EzIRC for vBulletin 4

Also, it's been asked if I will be porting this back to 3.8 once completed. There is a strong possibility I will do that and treat the two versions as the same product (as it'd be near same source)

[abdobasha2004]

nice reserved
add some other screen shots if possible

[toonysnn]

I'll add them as the new features roll in
I'll work on this more tomorrow, done programming for the night where I can't even see straight haha. Learning vB4's new stuff is a bit tiring.

[AzzidReign]

This looks great! I'm going to give this a try once I upgrade.

[Floris]

Excellent, thank you for using irc.vbirc.com as the default.
I will link to your plugin(s) on our vbirc.com web site under the section : integrating with vbulletin.

[SİMAR]

thanks

[Floris]

There were about 50 people who joined the chat room while I was there, they asked a few questions, I will post them here as a FAQ:

Can users from the board auto login showing username?
Answer: We are looking into this, mibbit needs to support form input.

Can I get my own server?
Answer: Yes, you can pay for your own ircd shell account somewhere, or use the vbirc network at no cost (comes with irc support)

Can I get my own (registered) nickname?
Answer: Yes, everybody is free to join, change to a nickname, and optionally register it (so others can't use it).
Commands: /nick NewName (example: /nick JohnDoe) (nicks can't start with a number, can't have names, as per irc protocol)

Can I get my own (registered) channel?
Answer: Yes, everybody is free to join any channel. If you are the first to join an unregistered channel, you are creating it, and optionally you can register it. (To register a channel you must have a registered nickname, so the service bot knows who you are)
Commands: /join #channel (example: /join #chat)
Commands: /msg chanserv register #channel password description (example: /msg chanserv register #myownchannel secr3tp4ss My personal channel)

Can I be in full control of my own channel?
Answer: Yes, you will have founder access, you can add your own moderators, kick and ban users.

Can I update the plugin to point to my own irc server, or my own channel?
Answer: Yes, you can change the irc server, and/or channel name. See screenshot for example in above release post)

Can my forum home display who's online in the chat?
Answer: Yes and no. Yes, it's possible, but no, because I am still working on this irc.online.service

I don't use/like vBulletin 4, don't you have a version for vBulletin 3?
Answer: Yes, a back port is being coded, and might be available soon.

I remember pjirc java applet, will this plugin support that?
Answer: Yes and no. Yes it's possible and we're working on it, but it's not yet available.

I was in the channel, but nobody was talking. What up with that?
Answer: You joined during a time where people were not looking at the screen, try again, and give it a few minutes, allowing people to switch back to irc and see what is new and reply.

wth, why are there ads in the chat page?
Answer: Mibbit is a free service, they include the ads inside their widget. The ads there are not from author of ezirc, vborg, or vbirc chat network. We get nothing from those clicks. This is how mibbit monetizes their free service.

For example, I've upgraded my widget code to a premium account, ad-free; http://vbirc.com/chat/mibbit.php?chan=chat (example of ad-free mibbit)

Stay tuned!

[taffy056]

Floris thanks for that, its answered a few questions I want to control what chat room people are allowed to enter, along usergroups lines, is that possible? I need at least 3 or 4 different rooms can I run 1 channel with different rooms ? Also i need this to run about 50 people in chat, will it cope?

[Floris]

taffy: pjirc applet would allow a permission list of rooms, but I am not certain about mibbit. Worth looking into.

Not sure what you mean with usergroup lines. but .. the channels on vbirc network can have regular users, voiced users, halfops, auto ops, super ops and a founder. They each show a bit different, depending on this flag.

You can have basically unlimited amount of rooms on the vbirc network. Pending nobody else registered the room before you. First come, first go basis.

1 channel = 1 room.

Once a user is in 1 room, they can type: /join #anotherroom to go to 'anotherroom'.
Each room shows as a 'tab' in the 1 mibbit that's loaded.

Yes, the vbirc network uses about 10 servers, and currently supports up to almost 3800 concurrent users without causing network lag. We can extend this with batches of 1024 easily. That's something the network manages, and the channel owners don't have to think about this. At the moment every server is a completely different server, at a different data center, at a different data provider, at a different continent. So if 1 network has connection issues (broken switch or router) the other 9 stay online.
We currently hard-limit a channel to 1024, but we do offer the flag +L for a channel to Link a room to another room if a limit is reached. If we get a popular channel that needs 4096 users in it, we can change our network hard limit to 4096.

50 users is not a problem, at all.

Using the network we have one or more hubs, and leaf servers connecting, so if there's a load issue it's spread over all the servers. The main "irc.vbirc.com" actually has round robin dns, all the hubs and leafs are added to the pool. So if you go to irc.vbirc.com you end up on a server with least network load and lag. Allowing a quick and smooth experience.
To avoid firewall, nat and other issues we do not require identd to be running, and some of our servers even support port 8080, bypassing most work firewalls. (we have 6665-6669,7000,8000,8076,8080,9000,9999 and 6697 for ssl.

The vbirc network supports IPv4 , IPv6 , SSL , Multiple hubs , Multiple Leafs , quick connect , ChanServ and NickServ and HostServ , we auto set +x so users are 'anonymous' as their host is masked, and registered users can get a fake virtual host. We allow users to use clones, bots, and register multiple nicks and group them, and have multiple channels. And have idle or active, or very busy channels. As long as there's no racism, kiddie porn, or warez channels, we are pretty much fine with it all.