DigiChat Integration V3.03

Hello,

I am proud to present my latest version of my VBulletin DigiChat integration. It has been quite a while since my last update of this hack but due to the many new features and functions I had to do some modifications and changes.

But let's start with the new release.

For new people:

What is this hack ?
This hack is a complete integration of the Chatsoftware DigiChat ( which is NOT freeware ) into the latest version of VBulletin 3.0.x.

Tested on VBulletin 3.0.5, 3.0.7 with PHP 4.3.11 and 5.0.4.

What does this hack do ?
This hack provides the ability to offer a complete front-end to the DigiChat software. So if you are running your own DigiChat server or your chat is hosted somewhere else, this hack will provide you for each member a specific profile, settings and whos in chat functionality.

For Admins and Chatmasters i am providing an extra Admin/Chatmaster login depending on their userstatus in your forum and they will get the extra tool to trace IPs from chatusers. Normal users will just see the names of the users in chat and a link to their forum profile. The updated chat Who page has now been combined with the invisible option from VBulletin. Total user count will show the total number including the invisible users but only the specified usergroups will see the invisible users on the chat who page.

In addtion the latest feature from DigiChat has been incorporated which is Audio/Video.

For all features a complex permission system has been setup. Now everything can be allowed or denied via the new DigiChat admin GUI in your ACP.

On top I have implemented a menu system to administer the menu links in DigiChat via this new DigiChat admin GUI in your ACP.

The most important improvement is the ability to update your DigiChat to any newer version and just change one parameter in the new DigiChat admin GUI in your ACP and all settings will be made automatically. No more file editing or template editing for any DigiChat upgrade.

Are there many changes to be done ?
No, i try to keep my changes to a minimum and due to this I have included an installer for my new hack. So this hack exists of:

- 1 template modifications
- 10 file uploads
- 2 php file modification
- new installer in german and in english

Do i need version 1.0, 1.1 or version 2 for this hack ?
No. I am providing both. An upgrade path from previous versions and also a new install path for complete new installations.

How long does it take to install this hack ?
If you are familiar with VBulletin and DigiChat it will take about 10 minutes to upgrade and 15 minutes for a new install.

Is there any support for this hack ?
Yes, from me but i will change the way of giving support now. I my previous version i posted my email address and the amount of emails was amazing. The bad thing was that no one shared this information in the thread. Due to this i will ONLY give support to people in THIS thread and ONLY if they clicked on the "INSTALL" button. I am sorry, but my time is limited and answering the same question 5 times via email is not very efficient. I hope you understand this.

Are there screenshots available for this hack ?
Yes. I have included them into the zip file and i will add them in this thread.

How to manage this Chat environment ?
This version 3.0 can be fully administered through the new DigiChat admin GUI in your ACP. Please see screenshots.

Whos in Chat function does not work ?
Please make sure that you have the appropriate rights and the commander function enabled which produces the output file every x minutes who is in chat. You have to have a Commander license from DigiChat to be able to do that.

Some words are in german ?
This should not be the case. I developed this on my domain and in german. I translated all the frontend and placed all of them into phrases but you never know. If there are parts still in german and you do not understand them please tell me so i can translate them.

So enjoy this hack and happy chatting. After installing please click on this install link or on the install button at the top.

Update Version 3.0.1 BETA

Following fixes have been applied now:

Chat Who page:
- Counting of invisible users was wrong
- Table was hardcoded in chat_who.php and not in VBulletin CSS style
- German wording for number of users in chat was wrong
- templates were not cached and PHP 5 terminated PHP script

Menu Creator in DigiChat Admin Panel:
- numbering is 10,20 and 30 for the examples. DigiChat does not allow this kind of numbering. It has to be contigous. Note has been placed and examples adjusted.
- addition of new menu reduced from +10 to +1

Installer:
Installer did not create Table Prefix for the database column.

DigiChat_admin:
Update query in digichat_admin did not use the Table prefix.

Template Chat Icons in install.html
The icon order has now been adjusted from 01 to 75 in contiguous order.

Upgraders from 3.0.0: To apply the new fixes from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 please run the deinstaller in your ACP from your current version. Then upload all new files and overwrite the existing files and run a new install of this hack. Should run very easy.

Optional: To have the chat icons in contiguous order please replace the existing userfield template with the update userfield template from the install.html file.

Update Version 3.0.2 BETA
- expanded IP field from 15 characters to 20 ( max 40 ) for chats running on different ports
- translation problem of english chat and chat_who navigation text - fixed
- guest activate/deactivate didn't work due to missing code - fixed
- removed javascript in digichat_admin.php due to bug with some PHP Versions - fixed

Update Version 3.0.3 FULL RELEASE
- fixed wrong URL conditions in chat.php and chatlauncher.php for the member link in chat


If any problems occur please post it here. Enjoy this hack.

Get ready to rumble. ;-)

P.S.: Before you ask for the VB 3.5 Integration: As soon as the VB 3.5 is GA and the new Plugin System has been finalized, I will port my hack into the new Plugin System.

Cheers,

Pseudomizer

[Pseudomizer]

Here are the Screenshots:

Cheers,

[sensimilla]

does DigiChat require special hosting ? or can i manage it on my own server ? TIA

great looking hack btw..

Originally Posted by sensimilla

does DigiChat require special hosting ? or can i manage it on my own server ? TIA
great looking hack btw..

DigiChat is a commercial chat system that require to be leased, so you need to go to their website for information... http://www.digichat.com/

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by sensimilla

does DigiChat require special hosting ? or can i manage it on my own server ? TIA

great looking hack btw..

Hello sensimilla,

you can either buy the software to run it on your own server or you can go for the hosted offer from DigiChat or you can rent a chat from multiple other ISPs in all GEOs.

E.g. I am in contact with one ISP from the Australian region, I am hosting chats in Europe and DigiChat are hosting chats in US. So you have multiple options.

Hope this helps.

[sensimilla]

thanks alot for well explained issue
sensi

[Pseudomizer]

Hello,

a bug has been reported which affects the german part of this hack. In the install.html file you copy the template for the user options which is used in the vbulletin profile. The complete fields and the questions are in english in this text which you copy into the template in your ACP.

I apologize not having thought about that issue. I created everything for english and german and I forgot to place 2 options into the install.html file ( especially for a hack which has been developed in the first instance in pure german ).

If anyone is interested in the german template please post it here. I will post the german template then.

Cheers,

[ummahforums]

Hi,

I noticed that when users have an apostrophe (this character: ' ) in their username, it causes cause SQL errors in chatlauncher.php. You just need to add slashes (using the PHP function addslashes) in the DB queries where usernames are mentioned, i.e. lines such as these:

PHP Code:

$userprofilefields=$DB_site->query("SELECT homepage
                                  FROM user
                                  WHERE username = '$bbuserinfo[username]'"); 


What I did to fix it was to add this at the start:

PHP Code:

$slashedusername = addslashes($bbuserinfo[username]); 


Next I changed the $userprofilefields line quoted above to this:

PHP Code:

$userprofilefields=$DB_site->query("SELECT homepage
                                  FROM user
                                  WHERE username = '$slashedusername'"); 


I also made use of the htmlspecialchars function so that usernames with apostrophes wouldn't mess up the HTML. So line 68 of chatlauncher.php (English version) becomes:

PHP Code:

$nickname=htmlspecialchars($bbuserinfo[username], ENT_QUOTES); 


Line 217 becomes this:

PHP Code:

$realname=htmlspecialchars($bbuserinfo[username], ENT_QUOTES); 


And finally line 206 becomes this:

PHP Code:

$applet_string = htmlspecialchars((implode(",",$buddy_names)), ENT_QUOTES); 


Similar things will have to be done for exit message etc., but this fixes the main problem for my site (as we have a few users with usernames like this: user'name).

[Pseudomizer]

Hello ummahforums,

thanks for this information but this was no error. I do not allow this kind of nick names in my forums because the Audio/Video Communication server can not work with this kind of names. This is a bug from Macromedia.

Due to this I did not implement this check but you are right that this should be in there. I will add them in the next update.

Thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,

[enferknow]

i am getting this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL: SELECT *
FROM profilefield
WHERE editable = 1
ORDER BY displayorder
mysql error: Table 'naughtykats_com.profilefield' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146

Date: Wednesday 06th of July 2005 10:54:27 PM
Script: http://www.naughtykats.com/forum/chat.php
Referer: http://www.naughtykats.com/forum/index.php?
Username: admin
IP Address: 68.44.171.124

could you please help out?!