BB| Messenger 1.5

Please press install if you install this hack

Support Can Not Be Given For This Hack

BB|Messenger is a user to user messenger system for vb3 that runs off your user database.

This hack as been made for my own forums and has not been tested on any other forums, so its very likely that errors might be found on other system set up's.

To Install:

upload all the files in the same way that they are in side the zip.

once all files are upload load the page http://www.yourdomain.com/bbmessenger/
note that the address before bbmessenger/ will be the path to the folder on your site.

Follow the install page and your all done.

The only other thing that needs doing is the editing of the address's in the marquee.php file that you upload to your forums root.

Find:

PHP Code:

 echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td width=\"$marquee_width\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px inset #000000; background-color: #4C6CA4\" onMouseover=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#607DAE';\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#4C6CA4';\">\n";
    echo "<font size=1 face=\"Verdana, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Times\">\n";
    echo "<b><a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=" . $latestthread['threadid'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['title'] . "</a></b><br>\n";
    echo "Started by: <a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo "Last Post by: <a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['lastposter'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['lastposter'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo $numreplies;
    echo "\n</font>\n";
    echo "</td>\n</tr>\n\n"; 


and edit it to meet your own needs.

User linking to the messenger

put a link anywhere you like on your forums linking to /bbmessenger/index.php

How To's

To edit the colours edit the css in the files in the style folder.

Support

Can not be given via my self due to work load please do not e-mail or pm asking for help in anyway because the reply will more and likely be no, this does not stop user's from helping each other with probs in this topic and if a fix or addon is made i will update the zip with it up on the asking of doing so.

Fix's

1) check your vBulletin cookies Prefix in vb's config file is set to bb like below:

// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// For example
$cookieprefix = 'bb';

if not set it to the above, if setting it to the above gives you errors with other hacks follow the steps on page 3 for editing messengers cookie call's.

this fix's the login error.

2) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=164 Zip will get updated when next version is out.

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Install Screen

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Launch Screen

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Messenger Windows

[M1th]

First to say thanks for the amazing hack! Well done dude!

[C.Birch]

hope it still works because the files i just pulled from off a old site due to me having to do a total format of my pc.

so if anythings missing from it let me know.

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by M1th

First to say thanks for the amazing hack! Well done dude!

thanx

[NuclioN]

Can't open it. The link to /forums/bbmessenger/index.php shoots right back to the loginscreen.

[M1th]

so far so good. One thing I'm wondering though... How much of a bandwidth this would eat for a board of size of about 400 online at the same time (on average).

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by M1th

so far so good. One thing I'm wondering though... How much of a bandwidth this would eat for a board of size of about 400 online at the same time (on average).

no idea because it was just made for my own use. but the mesaages just go to a temp table in the database and there removed from it soon the message is send to the other user.


NuclioN abit more info would be nice eg what are you trying to do, install or load the messenger it self.

an easy setting would be to have a permission based messenger, so users with permission are displayed only...

[NuclioN]

After the install you see this: "BB|Messenger is now ready for use
Click Here To Load BB|Messenger"

When i click on Load BB|Messenger it asked to login. Altough i was loggedin already, i've logged out and again logged in and tried again.
Then i see this:
"Click here to goto the login page
Once you have logged into the forum, load BB|Messenger again. "

??

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

After the install you see this: "BB|Messenger is now ready for use
Click Here To Load BB|Messenger"

When i click on Load BB|Messenger it asked to login. Altough i was loggedin already, i've logged out and again logged in and tried again.
Then i see this:
"Click here to goto the login page
Once you have logged into the forum, load BB|Messenger again. "

??

im guessing a cookie prob of some type.

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by nexialys

an easy setting would be to have a permission based messenger, so users with permission are displayed only...

only user's that have the messenger loaded show up as online anyway.

oh... ok then... good thing... btw, would be good also to have that permission thing, so only selected users/groups can access it...

i may be interested to a minimalist version where only admins can be chatting, so users can see the messenger, but can only chat with admins... this would make a real "Live Support"... isn't it ?! this can be easily done once the system integrate with vB permissions.