Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 4 Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: addonchat
Version: 4.0.2, 4.2.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 4 Aug. 2012
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x+, 4.2.x+

Overview

This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 4 forum or CMS. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 4 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?

• Completely re-written for vBulletin 4
• New Integration Options for vBulletin Social Networking Features (Blog, Albums, etc..)
• Updated to support RAS (Remote Authentication System) v2.1 providing extremely fine grain control over user privileges.
• New 'User is Banned' option in usergroup manager to easily prevent users belonging to specified usergroups from entering your chat room.
• Who's Chatting list is now (optionally) displayed on main forum page in the What's Going On box.
• Embedded Width may now be specified in percentage values (defaults to 100%)
• Option to display Chat Room Link in main navigation tab, community menu, and/or quick links menu.
• New in v4.0.1: Updated Link Code
• New in v4.0.1: Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• New in v4.0.1: SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• New in v4.0.1: Easy AddonChat control panel access through vBulletin AdminCP
• New in v4.0.1: vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• New in v4.0.1: Language Additions
• Changed in v4.2.0: Temporarily suspended pop-up feature. We advise customers to enable the Java 6+ Detach feature along with the pop-up after login options from their AddonChat control panel to emulate this behavior.
• Updated in 4.2.0: Support for new vBulletin 4.2.x navigation system

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin Forum/CMS and AddonChat
• After installation, set up and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting updates
• Optionally display the amount of users within your chat room on your chat navigation tab shown throughout your entire forum/CMS.
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support
• Supports both the AddonChat Mobile Edition & SSL Modules through automatic client/page detection.

Installation

Installation takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.TXT file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support

Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Which file do I download?

vBulletin 4.2.x+ users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-2-0.zip
vBulletin 4.0.x, 4.1.x users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-0-2.zip

[cricko]

Has addon chat gone into oblivion as my forum shows it as not found....I brought it last year?

[NNJJ]

OMG i wish i saw this post before i got that www.cometchat.com
lol

[Grim77]

Version 4.0.1 of the AddonChat Product for vBulletin 4.0.x is now online. The following updates have been made:

• Updated Link Code
• Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• Easy AddonChat control panel access via the vBulletin AdminCP
• vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• Pop-up Links now hidden for unregistered users when guest access is disabled.
• Language additions

Users upgrading from the previous (v4.0.0) version of this module need only read the included UPGRADING.TXT file to get started. All of your current settings will be preserved during the update.

Instructions for setting up the vBulletin CMS widget (which displays the amount of users chatting and a pop-up link to your chat room) can be found in the included README.TXT file.

Both the Mobile Edition and SSL modules are currently in Beta, but trials can be requested by e-mailing support@addonchat.com. They should be released by the end of June, with additional mobile devices to be supported soon.

[vilhiem]

Looks great!

Does this, or can this, do some kind of FlashWindow function, where it would alert users of new messages if it's not the active window ...?

Thanks!!!

[Grim77]

vilhiem: There is both an audible and popup alert option that can be enabled as a default within the control panel and/or directly by the end-user; however there is currently no mechanism in Java to enable direct control over the end user's window manager, such as flashing the task bar.

[vilhiem]

Thanks Chris!

But will the "pop-up alert" be displayed if the user's window is minimized (in other words, if he is in another application, like Excel) ...?

[Grim77]

Yes, it should on most all operating systems The feature is available in the free edition, and can be easily tested or you can just e-mail addonchat at support@addonchat.com if you want to request a trial.

[SBoards]

Very, very well done. Installed and Rated.

[Cort]

I received a notice regarding mobile phones.....

Honestly until I read this I assumed there was no reason for me to upgrade..Since I'm not interested in mobile phones

[dollster68]

Hello. Thank you for the update. I just upgraded everything to 4.0.1 and I tried logging into the chat w/ my iPhone and it didn't work.

I clicked on the chat room, then I got a 2nd page that said "click to start Chat Room." I clicked and it went to a 3rd page that said "connecting" and then it blanks out, disappears, and goes back to the "click to start chat room" (2nd page) screen. Any ideas?

Our forum has scheduled chats and I'm often "on the road" so it'd be nice to be able to participate via my phone. I'm so happy to see this update, but so far it doesn't work for me. I would appreciate any help.