jPilot (IRC chat) Integration

JPILOT / vBULLETIN INTEGRATION by jake (first hack! wOOtie! )
-for jpilot 2.5.1 and vbulletin 2.2.6

to see this in action visit my site at www.macsubculture.com (there is a link in the nav column called IRC Chat)

please see http://www.jpilot.com/ for info on the jpilot chat applet.

instructions:
-upload all the jpilot files to your vb root. see jpilot site for download and instructions.
-upload both scripts in the scripts folder to your vb root.
-create the new templates in your vb admin cp. see templates folder... templates to be named the same as each file, etc.
-configure the jpilot params in the chatmain template. see the jpilot site for a list of all params and their functions.
-put this link in your header template or where ever you want the IRC chat link to be: <a href="chat.php?s=$session[sessionhash]" onClick="window.open('chat.php?s=$session[sessionhash]','key','WIDTH=600,HEIGHT=450,scrollbars=no,left=5 0,top=50,screenX=50,screenY=50');return false">IRC Chat</a>
-that's it!

how it works:
-link to the chat.php file first... this pulls the "chat" template which is an intro type of thing with info about the chat. put whatever "intro" type stuff you want in the "chat" template. the chat.php script does not check for registration.
-in the "chat" template that the chat.php pulls there is a link to the chatmain.php file which checks for registration. if the user isn't registered or not logged in they are directed to the "chatnoreg" template which gives them a note saying they aren't logged in, etc. you can customize the chatnoreg template to say whatever you want. if they *are* logged in then they are directed to the chatmain template which has the applet and the params which loads the chat.
-my jpilot params are set up so the user isn't even given a chat config screen. their name is auto filled in and they are auto logged into chat. i also have a param that disables the /nick command. only registered members can chat and they can't change their name in chat to impersonate people. if you want this set up differently it's all in the params (see the jpilot site for info).


--jake
*cream pie*

[wooolF[RM]]

irc.rizenet.org support long names

[opus]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wooolF[RM]
irc.rizenet.org support long names

[HellRazor]

I installed the JPilot integration as described in the first post, that part is working fine.

But I can't seem to get the "Who's in JIRC" hack to work. I followed the directions in whosinjirc_chat.txt, but the $chatters variable doesn't display anything.

Anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[Jakeman]

this hack doesn't have whois in chat functionality. are you confusing this with another hack?

...though, i was meaning to add whois in chat functionality, i just need to spend some time with it.

[HellRazor]

Elsewhere in this thread, someone posted a "Who's In Chat" hack that is supposed to work with this. Couldn't get it to work tho.

[HellRazor]

HACK ADDON:

JPilot IRC applet doesn't allow you to have spaces in your name. So if your VBulletin username is "Joe Blow", this hack will log you in to IRC as "Joe" because the JPilot IRC applet ignores everything after the space.

Here's a way to get this hack to substitute an underscore character "_" for a space so that you will log into IRC with your full username:

In your chatmain template, change:

<param name="NickName" value="$bbuserinfo[username]">

To:

<param name="NickName" value="$ircname">

In your phpinclude template, add:

$ircname = ereg_replace(" ", "_", $bbuserinfo[username]);

That's it! Hope this helps.

Hack works great, only one problem, i have installed vbportal as a home page, and the irc chat link only works now when it is clicked from within the forums area, and not on the home page? any suggestions?

check out to see what i am talking about at http://www.hack100.com

[Jakeman]

your links are correct. it should work. others have had problems with this hack and vbportal together. vbportal might do something differently that is jacking the jpilot.

maybe try removing the sessionhash in the link?

[Smoothie]

I'm IRC illiterate....I have all the files uploaded, and the templates added, now where do I go to connect to a server? Do I have to register a channel and nick? Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

[bitbender]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by moe@hack100.com
Hack works great, only one problem, i have installed vbportal as a home page, and the irc chat link only works now when it is clicked from within the forums area, and not on the home page? any suggestions?

check out to see what i am talking about at http://www.hack100.com