VBJv | mEssenger v2.02

Vbulletin Java Messenger
v2: instant messenger for instant community.
Hello everyone, first i would like to point this to the 2 year old Hack

BB| Messenger 1.5 for VB 3.0.1

now this thread didn't have hardly any support, but after i waited for almost a year now for someone to port this over to the latest vb, i came accross it again a week ago and i said thats it its time for it to get ported, so i went to work going through all the scripts seeing whats needs to be changed

What is this?
this is a messenger for vbulletin that is in jave it uses the forum's user tables from your database to host the user system, so automaticly the users are signed up for the forum's messenger.

What i have to change?
templates - (1)

To install:
i have made the codes work where you upload the VBmessenger folder with in your forums folder, if you would like it else where you will have to edit a few lines which im not gonna go through right now.

upload the folder VBmessenger to your forum root
upload the php fiile marquee.php to the forum root as well

test to see if it works, it should work, if not and it says give VB ID number then go to forum/vbmessenger/sources/vbulletin_3.xx_plugin.php and on line 15 you will see this

$VAR["vbulletinlicenceid"]  = "";

enter your vbulletin id code "code goes here";
if you need help remembering or finding your vbulletin id code, then open up any vbulletin php file and at the top it gives you your id code

How To's
To edit the colours edit the css in the files in the Style folder.
so files:

• chatwindow.html.php
• messenger.html.php
• userbanned.html.php
• pleaselogin.html.php
• openmessenger.html.php

Makeing the marquee work right
you must update this in the marquee.php which is located at this point in your forum root

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://domain.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=" . $latestthread['threadid'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['title'] . "</a></b><br>\n";
    echo "Started by: <a href=\"http://domain.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo "Last Post by: <a href=\"http://domain.com/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";

How to add instant popup link instead of going to the domain.com/vbmessenger/ index to open messenger
add the following java to the header:

<script language="Javascript1.3">
function launchbbm()
{
    s001 = window.open("index.php?func=m_frameset", "", "width=233, height=450, address=no, toolbar=no, status=yes");
    location.href="../index.php";
}

</script>

then where every you want your link add the link like this:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()">your link</a>

or any other type of link you want be it a image or what main thing is that the link stops as:

href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()">

because thats calling the java.

You must add the javascript to the "headinclude" template for your forum, and you have to edit the code to reflect the proper path to your forum or else all you will get is your forum main page when you click the link.

Support and Help

I will try my best to help with anyone's problems but i can't offer full support im not extreamly good at codeing nor debugging, but i can try and help to my best.
i also don't mind if anyone helps fellow users with support that would be nice.
i tired to make the code as easy as possible to install with no bugs, the only thing you would need to change is probably on some boards maybe ur Vbulletin ID number thats about it, otherwise upload zip and enjoy


IF YOU USE THIS PLEAS DON'T FORGET THE MAGICAL BUTTON

i would like to give most props to the 2 users who made this in the first place

C.Birch and TomUK

TomUK is the original writer of this scripts for bb|messenger, he wrote it for his friend C.Birch who then later took it and made it work for vb, then after 2 years of complete no support i took it and made it into V2.0 to work with the new 3.6.1 Vbulletin, its a shame to see this project go down and lost like this its a great SIMPLE addon that is FULLY customizeable to all sites.
i have changed the name and i will work on a new style in a week or so after i get some other work done, if ANYONE would like to help with this project its would be very nice just pm me with ur changes/ your version i will take a look and update this thread and give some credit. as far as features go i have a big list of things i want to do to this, i just need someone to help in codeing the ideas.
in the original thread it was said that C. birch is no longer in charge of the script but it was not said who took over so i guess, i have now,
any questions feel free to ask

Updates

• v2.02 the code uses images that link read with /forum/ in it, i forgot to make thise read with ./ instead that way forums with the forum located at forums/ can also use this with no changes
• v2.01 i just added the final touch to the intergration code for 3.6, now this addon to your forum is THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD all you do it upload to forum root and start useing it, its that easy, the intergrator read your db and forum settings automaticly

Demo is hosted by user azn_romeo_4u at http://www.flyffworld.com/forums/vbmessenger/

[Shanj]

Is this just axpager or can I have a conversatin exchange on it - like a mini chatroom or MSN?

I got someone to install it (who I'll be paying) but I can't see anything different about my vb.
So I call up the vbmessenger url - which does appear but as a whole webpage not a tidy popup
I login (yet I'm already logged in to vb)
get sent back to my vb

Surely there needs to be a link beside people's usernames in order to open the messenger?

[Spikeman]

Ok, let me take a look for you.

[Agent0]

I was adding the messenger to my navbar template

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()"><font color="FF0000"><B>Chat</B></font></a>
<script language="Javascript1.3">
function launchbbm()
{
    s001 = window.open("vbmessenger/index.php4?func=m_frameset", "", "width=370, height=450, address=no, toolbar=no, status=yes");
}
</script>
</td>

When I access the forum through Admin CP everything works fine and the Messenger window pops up showing me that I'm logged in but when others login to the forum as common users without accessing the Admin CP, the Messenger says that they're not logged in.

Any idea how to fix this, so that all members could use the messenger?
:smoke:

[Agent0]

SOLVED!

As I see here this was a cookie problem and could be solved by checking "Remember Me" when login.


Btw, this should be Messenger v2 but it still uses the logo from the BB Messenger 1.5.


Here is a v2 version logo

[NuclioN]

Works in 3.6.4 but marquee forum info gives fatal error altough licencenr. is put in. Maybe there's something wrong with the way you put the licencenr there.

[WildSharky]

this should work with whos on line not buddys that would make it alot better..

As its not showing anyone there..

[vectorfc]

Works great, thanks!

NuclioN, the marquee.php file included in the download isn't accurate. Use Spikeman's replacement for it - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=38 - did the trick for me. Having said that, I took the marquee out entirely because I didn't like it, heh.

A question about the buddy list - does this pull user buddy lists from VB itself? Only I don't see any buddies in the offline OR online sections. It's not a big deal, just wondering. When I clicked on the "Contacts" link in the sidebar, nothing actually happened, so I'm wondering if the messenger uses its own buddy system that I should be seeing when I hit that button.

Otherwise, top effort. Easy to change the styles, easy to add and edit the emoticons.

Ooh, actually, I've got a question about the emoticon parser, too. If I add an emoticon with the code ) the parser just parses it as though it's a instead of a ). I assume it's doing that because it reads the and parses it right away, ignoring the character that comes after. Is there any way to get the parser to take following characters into account?

[waller99]

Is there anyway to have it play a sound when you get a message?

[carmichael1973]

OK gentlemen! I can use a bit of advise here! I have read everyone of these posts and followed your advise. However I cannot get the the messenger to login. It just shows a page that is much bigger than the pop window. If I go directly to the ..forums/vbmessenger/index.php I get to see the full screen of what is being displayed. Which shows this:

VBJv|Messenger - Please Login

Click here to goto the login page
Once you have logged into the forum, load VBJv|Messenger again.

Now no matter if you logout and login, check the remember me box or not.... This is all you get. Any help with what I am doing wrong or haven't done would be great!

Thanks in adavance! This place rocks!

[carmichael1973]

OK I fixed it by editing the cookie prefix in vbulletin_3.xx_plugin.php to my predefined cookie prefix in my forums/includes/config.php

Now lets see if it's functional!