DigiChat Integration V2.0

DigiChat Integration Version 2.0

This hack is no longer supported. I have released DigiChat Integration 3.0.3.

The new hack can be found HERE

This is my update for VBulletin 3.0.x. Sorry for the delay but it took me some time to upgrade to vb3.0.0 and integrate all other hacks + develop my new upgrade hack. :nervous:

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. :devious:

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. :devious:

Are there many changes to be done ?
No, i try to keep my changes to a minimum and if it is possible not to touch any databases for obvious reasons. So this hack exists of:

- 8 new templates
- 2 template modifications
- 6 file uploads
- 1 php file modification

Do i need version 1.0 or version 1.1 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 2.0 has one config file which you have to edit before you go live. In the future updates i will add one table to the database which can be edited through the admin panel. This is not really important because the security will not change so often for chats but just in case someone wants to edit this configfile via the Admin CP i will offer this in the next version.

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 license from DigiChat to be able to do that. :tired:

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 but you never know. If there are parts still in german 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 2.0.1
I am very sorry, but i forgot to put one file into the zip file. The missing file is the chatlauncer.php for the javascript pop-up to log into the chats. So if you realized that you can only log into the chat with the extra option, then you know why. Again apologize for this. I have uploaded the new zip file and updated the install.html.

For those of you who installed it already just download the zip file and copy the chatlauncher.php into your forum root directory.

UPDATE 2.0.2
I added some bugfixing for the guest template and the chatlauncher.php. Thanks to Randomlove for pointing that out.

For those of you who installed it already just download the zip file and copy the chatlauncher.php into your forum root directory. After this open the template chat_start_guest and copy the text from the install.html file into your template.

Cheers,

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by Logician

Firstly it looks like a great hack so thank you for sharing with the community!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Logician

As you know digichat has 2 kind of installation: You can install it to your server and you can use their server. I wonder if your hack supports the chat rooms that are hosted in digichat servers too?

Yes, you can. The config file supports internal and external chat siteIDs.

Originally Posted by Logician

Also as far as I can see, the hack assumes you don't already have any user profile fields while creating hack profile fields but what if you already have some? Is it possible to rename hack fields "field1" "field2" etc.?

This topic is a little bit more tricky. Rather then creating new database tables, i used the user profile fields called custom fields. If you have only chat fields to add, then i suggest in my hack to rename "Additional information" to "Chat Profile". If not just add the new chat profile fields and you decide which of them should be visible in the members info page or not. By doing it that way i stick to the forum guidelines to have all information on one profile page and on one members info page. Otherwise you would have multiple config pages which would confuse a lot of people.

And the clue of this: It is all done if XML. So if you look into the template you will see how i check for each condition in the profile. So you can rename each field to whatever you want as long as you change the condition in the profile template as well for chat profile settings. Any other setting is not affected.

Originally Posted by Logician

And a small typo in chatconfig.php: 'englisch.lang' is I guess 'english.lang'

:-)

Upps. German way. Sorry for that. Will fix that in the next update of the ZIP file. Thanks for pointing that out.

Cheers,

[pgowder]

I'm having some problems with the Who's in Chat page. Take a look:

http://www.powwows.com/gathering/chat_who.php

It's showing 270 people logged in and then shows some strange messages and give js errors???

Thanks

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pgowder

I'm having some problems with the Who's in Chat page. Take a look:

http://www.powwows.com/gathering/chat_who.php

It's showing 270 people logged in and then shows some strange messages and give js errors???

Thanks

Hello pgowder,

what is your link to your stat file in the chat_who.php ? Did you enter the path correctly ?

I have attached a new debug version of the chat_who.php. Please replace the old chat_who.php with this new version and try it again.

Please provide feedback what message you get.

Cheers,

[pgowder]

I'll post that file and see if it helps. How do I find the stat file?

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pgowder

I'll post that file and see if it helps. How do I find the stat file?

I posted in my first post the following:

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

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 license from DigiChat to be able to do that.

Do you have the commander licensed ? Did you create the output ? Did you create the cron job for the output ? If you do not know how to do this then please read the DigiChat Manual. My script only works if the corresponding file is available.

If you do not have the commander licensed then you have no way to gather this information ( unless you write your own in JAVA bot to do that ).

Cheers,

[pgowder]

Nope, don't have commander. Is there another way to do it?

Or can I disable that feature in your hack?

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pgowder

Nope, don't have commander. Is there another way to do it?

Or can I disable that feature in your hack?

If you do not have the commander enabled then you can not use the chat_who.php. This file is dedicated for the specific output of the commander output.

The easiest way for you to disable this feature is to remove the link in the navbar template and remove the chat_who.php file from your server.

And if you ask for another way to get the numbers of users, then you have to write your own chatbot which is logged into your chat and this bot creates a list of users who are in the chat. This is not easy and you have to know java to be able to create such a bot.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

[pgowder]

Thanks

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pgowder

Thanks

You're welcome. But by the way: You can buy this feature from DigiChat in addition to your current license. Just for your information.

Cheers,

[pgowder]

Thanks.

I've already put in an email to sales. Do you know about what the cost is?