Chat Modifications - Ideal Chat Lite (facebook style bottom chat/chatroom bar) v1.3.0

This modification adds a bottom bar chat system to your board.

Features

• Friend?s Online List (mutal or all friends)
• Integration with vBulletin's ignore system so users can block messages from people they want
• General Chat Room
• User-to-User Chat
  • Chat with friends
• Support for infinite number of open chats
• Automatic Updating of chat messages
• New message indicators
  • Indicator on Chat Tab for new messages
  • A sound plays for new messages
  • Page title flashes for new messages
  • Indicator for new messages on tabs out of view
• Multiple window support
  • Supports users having your site open in multiple windows/tabs
  • Changes in one window automatically apply to other windows
• Automatically disables chat bar for mobile browsers
  • Help save bandwidth for your mobile users

Settings

• Admin Settings
  • Chat online
  • Ban individual users from chat
  • Update stream time limit
  • Update stream delay
  • Settings & Chat Room link Positions
    • Change where the links show at, or hide them all-together
• Usergroup Settings
  • Can use chat
  • Can use chat room
• User Settings
  • Hide Chat bar
  • New message notification method

Change Log
For a full list of changes, please visit: http://community.idealwebtech.com/in...ngelog&file=15

Installation/Upgrade
See included readme file.

Demo
You can see a demo here (You can can register a new account, or use the Login, "Ideal Chat Demo", and password, "chatdemo") This demo is of the pro version which can be found here!

Support
This modification is released for free, and as such we don't officially support it; however, as time permits we will try to offer support on it. We will NOT be monitoring this thread on a daily basis, your best bet for a fast reply would be to go post here.

Common Issues/Topics
Chat Bar Don't Show Up?
Have you configured the usergroup settings? This is the most common issue we see, and 99% of the time it is due to usergroup settings not being configured properly. So if your bar is not showing up, please verify your usergroup settings before reporting it as an issue.

Messages Don't Show Up?
We are aware of an issue causing messages to not show up for some people, and are looking into fixes.

Modification Has Conflict With Another Product
There is always a chance that two products will conflict with each other! We are aware of some, but please feel free to tell us about any products you find to conflict via our Bug Tracker on our site.

Chat Doesn't Support Certain Characters
The chat can only support the characters your board itself can support! If you would like to support certain characters, you must have your board using a charset that supports them. We have only ever once noticed a chat that didn't support every character the board did, and we are looking in it.

Chat Kills My Server
We have tested the chat extensively for server friendliness, and have found it to be very gentle on servers. We have seen the script run with hundreds of active users without putting hardly any load on the server. However, an improperly configured server may result in any reverse-AJAX/push-AJAX/Comet based chat script killing the server. If you find that your server slows down after installation, you may want to talk with your host about raising your MySQL and Apache Max Connection Limits to a more appropriate amount!

[grey_goose]

I tried installing it as well and came up empty-handed.

[mikem164]

ok, VSA paypal donate, VSA chatbox, AND MicroClassified are confirmed killers of this mod(some stated earlier of VSA stuff). I found that VbOptimize4 also kills this. I have a 3rd test forum and this works perfect wtih those off. Have a few questions, 1st is how do I rid a chat? It saves them even if I clear my browswer and shut down window?
2nd, you have about 25 entries in Stylvars which one for Text color and which for background during a chat? I changed a few but they don't show I ASSUME because it's the same window due to it not deleting the current chat.
Thanks and keep up the good work

[basilrath]

As ive mentioned earlier this isnt unique to this mod ............... BoWoB Chat has some of the same conflicts when i ran on a test bed same issues

[Ideal Web Tech]

Thank you all for reporting this products with conflicts, we will be looking into them all and seeing what all we can do so later versions won't have them!

Originally Posted by strudinox

I've installed this, enabled in the settings, and configured usergroups, and no chat on any of my pages. I'm running VB v4.1.5

Originally Posted by grey_goose

I tried installing it as well and came up empty-handed.

Could both of you give us a link to your site, as well as a log in to see the issue?

Originally Posted by mikem164

Have a few questions, 1st is how do I rid a chat? It saves them even if I clear my browswer and shut down window?
2nd, you have about 25 entries in Stylvars which one for Text color and which for background during a chat? I changed a few but they don't show I ASSUME because it's the same window due to it not deleting the current chat.

1. Currently, when you close your browser and reopen it, it shows the last 24 hours of messages. It was the method we choose to go with for the moment until we have the the system in place to mark messages as read, after which it will only show unread ones. (Sorry if it bothers you)

2. I think the stylevars you are looking for are icbb_chat_bg & icbb_chat_color, if not, please let us know.

[basilrath]

ok added Bowob chat (same interface) and that works fantastic so hopefully this can be resolved without conflict

[Ideal Web Tech]

Hope everybody enjoys the update!

[DNCL]

Can't change sides.
EDIT: it disappeared totally now after refresh.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by DNCL

Can't change sides.
EDIT: it disappeared totally now after refresh.

I just went and tested that functionality again, and it worked fine...

Do you have a link so we can see the problem?

[DNCL]

Did you test it in FF5? cause it seems to be working with other browsers, plus there is no avatars in this version (default avatar for all users)

[strudinox]

That last update helped, but it's still not working as it should. Instead of not showing up at all, now it just hangs on a loading bar, and the Settings and Chat Room buttons are unresponsive.

Also, it doesn't show up at all on CMS pages. Just the forums.