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,

[pagekeeper]

i have seen this done before it is possible... but i suspect its complicated.

can you access chatmaster on a linux server? if not how do you administer digichat ?

you can access it remotely ? such as accessing chatmaster on my windows computer to get it to communicate with the linux server ...?

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pagekeeper

i have seen this done before it is possible... but i suspect its complicated.

can you access chatmaster on a linux server? if not how do you administer digichat ?

you can access it remotely ? such as accessing chatmaster on my windows computer to get it to communicate with the linux server ...?

Hello pagekeeper,

this is totally independant of the operating system. The chat will run on the same or on a remote machine and you can administer everything remotely. You have to create the corresponding accounts in the DigiChat Admin GUI.

What you are talking about is, to run a remote shell script which uses the commander function ( only if you have licensed the commander feature ) to create these accounts in the DigiChat application with the corresponding rights.

This is a loooot of work to offer a premium service for some members and these premium members will have a blue color in chat. So you will have no way to differenciate between chatmaster accounts who can kick users and premium users. This will cause more confusion then it would help you. I would NOT recommend to go for this configuration.

But if you are interested in this, please read the DigiChat Manual. The section Commander function explains all remote features.

Cheers,

[docvader]

I've installed your wonderful hack with success, and I'm really impressed with it. However, I've got a problem whereby I had VBChat installed first. VBChat, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ghlight=vbchat works really well, but I like my Digichat much better, especially since I discovered your hack. The problem is now, for some reason, your hack won't work if the VBChat is working. I installed your hack after VBChat (and it worked great), then tried to make VBChat work (was successful, but it disabled your hack. Trying to uninstall VBChat without much success, there was some database modification. For some reason, VBChat has somehow integrated, and interferes, with the Digichat log in through your hack (my regular Digichat log in page works fine; this is just some sort of issue with your hack and VBChat).

My Digichat is at http://x.russbo.com/vb/chat.php Do you have any suggestions?

Appreciate it. Had your integration working, and I absolutely loved it.

rich
doc@russbo.com

[docvader]

OK, figured it out. The VBChat hack overwrites the "chat" template in its automatic install (and calls it CHAT). Got it working again.

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by docvader

OK, figured it out. The VBChat hack overwrites the "chat" template in its automatic install (and calls it CHAT). Got it working again.

Ok.

Cheers,

[mattster2002]

Good hack, worked fine on my DigiChat v5.0 installation at http://m1.mumsweb.com just had to edit all the applet's so that it directed to the right cab file, then was running swiot

Matt

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by mattster2002

Good hack, worked fine on my DigiChat v5.0 installation at http://m1.mumsweb.com just had to edit all the applet's so that it directed to the right cab file, then was running swiot

Matt

Correct. But this is due to the latest updates and you will have to update them again as soon as you install the Flash AV Version of DigiChat. But i would wait until all the small bugs are flushed out.

Enjoy the hack!

P.S.: Be careful with the chat_who if you upgrade DigiChat because the commander has changed and due to this the output as well. I am working on the update of the chat_who template/file.

Cheers,

[docvader]

Originally Posted by mattster2002

Good hack, worked fine on my DigiChat v5.0 installation at http://m1.mumsweb.com just had to edit all the applet's so that it directed to the right cab file, then was running swiot

Matt

Have you used digichat 4? Can you compare the two for us? I'm using 4 with this hack, which works superbly by the way. Just wondering.

[mattster2002]

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

P.S.: Be careful with the chat_who if you upgrade DigiChat because the commander has changed and due to this the output as well. I am working on the update of the chat_who template/file.
Cheers,

Was about to get that working but decieded not to yet. Good thing i read this. Looking forward to seeing what you can do in a new template sort of thing (and possibly a CPMS module?)

Matt

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by docvader

Have you used digichat 4? Can you compare the two for us? I'm using 4 with this hack, which works superbly by the way. Just wondering.

I am DigiChat User since Version 2.04. But my first Integration from me was done with 3.5 which was never published. My Version 4 hack was published.

The comparison is very easy:

Version 4:
- vulnerable because User can kick even admins
- can do HTTP Tunneling with Tomcat on Linux

Version 5:
- HTTP Tunneling does not work ( workaround to start chat on port 443 )
- you have an Audio/Video in Chat

Cheers,