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 AWS

Thanks, I'll send them the file changes.

Hello AWS,

if it doesn't work due to security restrictions of PHP5 then please remove the following line of the code I justed posted above:

PHP Code:

define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1); 


Only remove this line if you are connecting as a member and you get the error message "KEIN ZUGRIFF" which means "No Access". After removing the line above it should work like charm.

Cheers,

[Pseudomizer]

New Latest update

- new database option for version of DigiChat applets for easier upgrades ( 100% )
- no more chatconfig.php file ( 100%)
- 4 applet options ( unsigned, signed, lite and anti-pop-blocker ) ( 100% )
- all applets will reside now in vbulletin templates for easier upgrading ( 100% )
- all vbulletin templates will be in a new DigiChat template category ( 100% )
- all chatsettings now saved in the database ( no more file changes on the server ) ( 100% )
- new chatmaster launcher instead of embedded option ( 100% )
- new chatmaster applets signed, unsigned ( 100% )
- new DigiChat Hack uninstaller ( 100% )
- new DigiChat Hack updater ( 100% )
- new HTTP Tunneling function ( 100% )
- new Audio/Video enable/disable option per usergroup ( 100% )
- new DigiChat GUI in ACP of VBulletin ( 100% )
- switch to full database administration ( 100%)
- new option to create, modify or delete DigiChat Menu Locations in DigiChat Admin GUI ( 100% )
- new global option for the HelpURL in Chat ( 100% )
- global options organized in settings and permissions ( 100% )
- new chat_who.php with colours depending on the usergroup status ( 100% )
- database GUI to define these colours for the chat_who ( 100% )
- new german DigiChat Hack installer ( 100% )
- update of existing menus ( 100% )
- new global option to define specific usergroups invisible on the chat_who page ( 100% )
- new ability to define dynamically the chatmaster account ending ( 100% )
- new singlelog feature to email annoying user details to admins ( 100% )
- tracing option in chat_who updated ( 100% )
- new german phrases ( 100% )
- AdminCP Links to DigiChat Admin GUI ( 100% )
- new english phrases ( 50% )
- new english DigiChat Hack installer ( 50% )
- new DigiChat Hack upgrader for future versions ( 50% )
- new installation instructions in german ( 50% )
- new installation instructions in english ( 50% )
- new FAQs in german ( 0% )
- new FAQs in english ( 0% )
- new screenshots ( 0% )
- new manual in english ( 0% )
- new manual in german ( 0% )

Thanks for the feedback guys. I am trying to built in as many request as I can. I do not have any solution for the picture matrix problem so far. I think this we smooth this out in the next version. For now we have to stick to the manual process of creating the picture matrix. Let's see.

Still on the way ...

Cheers,

[Pseudomizer]

Hello,

I have just released my first BETA of DigiChat Integration V3. Here is the link:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=79911

Enjoy it.

Cheers,

[esology]

When you say HTTP Tunneling - do you mean people that are stuck behind firewalls at work using a proxy server (port 8080) can get in to chat?

I am using FlashChat as a last resort because RealChat gets blocked for so many of my users. Curious how this functions.

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by esology

When you say HTTP Tunneling - do you mean people that are stuck behind firewalls at work using a proxy server (port 8080) can get in to chat?

I am using FlashChat as a last resort because RealChat gets blocked for so many of my users. Curious how this functions.

Hello esology,

there are different ways of approaching this problem. Typically many chatter are behind a firewall. Some of them try to chat at work where the company's firewall is blocking chat access as well.

Most of these firewalls have many things in common like allowing access to specific ports like 25(SMTP), 110(POP3), 443(SSL) or 8080(Proxy Port).

DigiChat offers multiple ways of solving this solution. One if HTTP Tunneling where all packages are tunneled through e.g. Tomcat on Unix. DigiChat offers a library where you can specify tunneling with a specific port. Not easy to implement and you have to have deep knowledge of Unix and ports, networking, etc.

Another way of approaching this, is to start the chat server daemon on a specific port like the ones above. Doing this will allow every user behind a firewall to access the chat assuming that you do not have any other daemons running on your specified port.

I have placed the chat server daemon on port 443 because most of the companies allow SSL access to the internet and I received no complains so far but I am not able to use https on this specific server which I do not need at all.

Hope this helps to understand how tunneling works and what kind of workarounds are out there.

Cheers,

[Pseudomizer]

Hello,

this hack is no longer supported. I have released a new version of this hack with much more features and much better administrative options and support for DigiChat 5.1 and Audio/Video.

Here is the new hack.