Chat Modifications - Flashchat 5 or 6 : Integration for vBulletin 3.8

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: I no longer use Flashchat, and development and support of it at Tufat appears to have died in 2010.

Flashchat 5 integration with vBulletin 3.8.

Note: This is compatible with Flashchat 5.0.x only, it will not work with Flashchat 4.

* Flashchat 5 is no longer available - this should work with Flashchat 6, but this is not a supported option *

Note:
Standard Flashchat includes vBulletin integration as part of the Tufat supplied files. However, the standard integration does not include Direct Usergroup Integration or other extra's like the WOL Display & Flashchat on a vBulletin page. This Modification adds those features


Extra's added by this modification

* Direct login to a room.
* The WOL will correctly display Flashchat as the location (not 'Unknown Location')
* Flashchat can be displayed embedded inside a 'standard' vBulletin Page (i.e. not full screen).
* Direct Usergroup Integration - a section is added to each usergroup in the ACP Usergroup Manager to set the Flashchat permissions for that group.
* The plugin will try to automatically add a link to Flashchat in your Navbar Quick Links or Community Links - this feature can be disabled if you wish.
* The automatic link can have a prefix path defined - useful if you use something like CMPS.
* You can define a usergroup to login as Flashchats "Spy" mode.


More notes:

* This integration is for Flashchat version 5 only.
* The automatic link feature may fail if you have customised templates (it uses template hooks).
* For Flashchat inside a vBulletin page you need to link to .../misc.php?do=flashchat
* This modification does not add any links to Flashchat Administration in the ACP.
* You can set all members to login direct to particular room via the ACP.
* You can also add a room parameter to the url - i.e. .../misc.php?do=flashchat&room=3
* Spys can login into the chat but are not listed in the room - they cannot chat, just watch.

The CMS file assumes that you are installing Flashchat in your forum root folder i.e. (/forums/chat/) - this is the same folder as your usercp.php file and includes folder. Installation will fail if you do not do this.

Support: This modification is no longer supported. Please check the instructions, and make sure you have uploaded any files to the correct location - the vast majority of problems reported are due to an error made in editing or uploading files.

Finally, I am not Tufat.com or Flashchat Support - if you have questions about Flashchat, their forums are here.

To use the this upgraded integration simply download and unzip the file, then follow the instructions in the text file. Once installed, the Flashchat userlevel options for each usergroup will appear in the ACP usergroup edit screens - editing of the CMS file will no longer be required.


History:

v3.8.001 : First release for vb 3.8.
v3.8.002 : Fixed who is online location to work with FC 5.

[spirittina]

awesome thankyou very much

[goxy63]

Just two small questions
I installed previous version of this program 'Flashchat: Integration for vB 3.7'
Since than I upgraded Vb to 3.8.1 everything is still working just the same....

1.
Is it recommended that I upgrade to this version or not !?

2.
If I want to upgrade
just to owervrite uploaded files and set overwrite in "Add/Import Product Menager"

Just simple answer to these two

Thanks a lot for this great hack

[Paul M]

If everything is working as you want then you dont need to upgrade.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by gamerfu

Why do I recieve this error when I try to update Registered Users in AdminCP from having chat access?

Because you have removed another mod that used the field "pmthrottlequantity" - but not removed that mods bitfield file from your xml folder.

[joe1989]

How do I add moderators?

[smnet]

Hi Paul,

Has you (or anyone else) ever experienced a situation where users cant login?

There doesnt seem to be any recognisable reason why. some moderators cant access, some registered users cant - it doesnt seem to be related to usergroups.

I have checked the install, rechecked the install and made every check possible.

It's working for the vast majority of users but for a select few they are not auto logged in - they are asked for a user pass and this is rejected despite entering their forum credentials.

Do you have any idea what could possibly cause this?

Thanks

[joe1989]

...nobody's responding to my question...

How do you add a chatroom moderator?

[popowich]

What do you mean by chat room moderator? What do you want them to be able to do that they can't do?

Your vB admins and mods will have more privs in the chat rooms since they are in the vB admin and mod usergroups.

-Raymond

[MikeDVB]

Nevermind, I figured it out

[joe1989]

Originally Posted by popowich

What do you mean by chat room moderator? What do you want them to be able to do that they can't do?

Your vB admins and mods will have more privs in the chat rooms since they are in the vB admin and mod usergroups.

-Raymond

I guess I want separate users to be forum moderators and chat room moderators. I don't want them linked, if that makes sense. I want some users to have added permissions in the forums and some different users to have added permissions in the chat room. Make sense? I have a staff team with different tasks and responsibilities, and I want some of them able to "moderate" the chat room (so to speak), while others, a different usergroup, moderates the forums.

Does that make sense?