Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

The main features of Version 4.xx are basically the same as previous versions ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The hack is now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information. Please also note that I am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[RMS-Chef]

No doubt Paul.
Thanks for the hacks.

[geoff4787]

Everything is working except one part. The area that shows who is in the chatroom never changes and neither does the number. Its always at 0 and says no one is in the chatroom when someone really is.

[Paul M]

At a guess I would say you have more than one set of flashchat tables in your database and the chat is using one, while the hack is using another. Make sure that in config.srv.php the "pref" setting is the correct prefix of the active flashchat tables. If you have a very old flashchat installation (3.9.x) that you have upgraded to 4.3.2 then the prefix may be nothing (' '), if you have a more recent installation then it may be' _fc_' - neither of which matches the default in the config file - which is 'flashchat_'.

[EasyTarget]

so what was updated? says updated yesterday?

[geoff4787]

Ok cool that was why Paul. I changed that and its working. Just when you logout it still shows you logged in. Anyone know how to fix that?

[geoff4787]

Nevermind, I got it!

[hotrod1]

For some reason it won't update the people in the chatroom, any solution? Thanks!

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

so what was updated? says updated yesterday?

Nothing, just a minor change to the post - this alters the last update message.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by geoff4787

Ok cool that was why Paul. I changed that and its working. Just when you logout it still shows you logged in. Anyone know how to fix that?

This has been mentioned a number of times over time but just to cover it again - technically it's user error, though some may say it's a flashchat 'issue' - it happens because you are not actually logging out of flashchat, but just closing the browser. Always log out using the red (top right) logout button. If you just close the browser then flashchat will try and run a pop-up to log you out - but browsers other than IE (such as firefox) block this.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by hotrod1

For some reason it won't update the people in the chatroom, any solution? Thanks!

Not unless you explain more, what do you mean "won't update" ?