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.

[wireless0ne]

i have this setup in a vbadvanced window, and its great, but i would like to make the chatbox shorter, width is fine but i cant find where to do this?

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Dream

3.6.6 has some major changes in vB's javascripts.

I just use one vB javascript function in this mod, maybe two, there should be no reason to change their behaviors though, but we never know.

I've just upgraded to 3.6.6, although I've not done all the template reverts and edits yet....

However at this point the chatbox is still working fine.

I'm going to be manually applying the mandatory template changes so maybe I'm not the best person to ask, but it's working ok so far.

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by Dream

no

You need to add the lol.gif as a smilie in your AdminCP

yes

Ok, I moved it over into AdminCP under control examples with other GIFs and it still doesn't appear?

What is the command syntax?

"/me :lol" ?

Thanks

Badger

[arco]

Originally Posted by wireless0ne

i have this setup in a vbadvanced window, and its great, but i would like to make the chatbox shorter, width is fine but i cant find where to do this?

In the latest version, you change the height in Chatbox options. Also go to plugin manager and check that "Create $chatboxheight" is enabled. If not, enable it and move its hook location to global_start.

[arco]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Ok, I moved it over into AdminCP under control examples with other GIFs and it still doesn't appear?

What is the command syntax?

"/me :lol" ?

"/me :lol:"


Note the extra :

[Tork64]

Hmm, maybe its just me but in your instructions you say

"
Edit the navbar template, find

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//-->
</script>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

before that, add
"

however the text "//-->" is not there so i dont know where to inject the code.

trying this on 3.6.6 btw.

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Tork64

Hmm, maybe its just me but in your instructions you say

"
Edit the navbar template, find

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//-->
</script>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

before that, add
"

however the text "//-->" is not there so i dont know where to inject the code.

trying this on 3.6.6 btw.

The navbar code has changed and that line is not there any more.

Just put this at the VERY TOP of your navbar template:

<script type="text/javascript">

function openChatbox () {
	chatbox = window.open('chatbox.php','chatbox','height=330,width=650,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes');
}
</script>

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by arco

"/me :lol:"


Note the extra :

Thanks...

Ok, I type...

[high]

* BadgerDog :lol:

[/high]

... and I get my name Badger with an * in front and the :lol: phrase...

Looks like this * Badger :lol: * X



Regards,
Badger

[Tork64]

Originally Posted by Mark.B

---

that did it, thanks

[Bod1968]

Works fine except everything WITHIN the shoutbox is central WEIRD!
Installed on 3.6.6 gr8 possibly a skinning problem??