Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 4 Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: addonchat
Version: 4.0.2, 4.2.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 4 Aug. 2012
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x+, 4.2.x+

Overview

This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 4 forum or CMS. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 4 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?

• Completely re-written for vBulletin 4
• New Integration Options for vBulletin Social Networking Features (Blog, Albums, etc..)
• Updated to support RAS (Remote Authentication System) v2.1 providing extremely fine grain control over user privileges.
• New 'User is Banned' option in usergroup manager to easily prevent users belonging to specified usergroups from entering your chat room.
• Who's Chatting list is now (optionally) displayed on main forum page in the What's Going On box.
• Embedded Width may now be specified in percentage values (defaults to 100%)
• Option to display Chat Room Link in main navigation tab, community menu, and/or quick links menu.
• New in v4.0.1: Updated Link Code
• New in v4.0.1: Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• New in v4.0.1: SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• New in v4.0.1: Easy AddonChat control panel access through vBulletin AdminCP
• New in v4.0.1: vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• New in v4.0.1: Language Additions
• Changed in v4.2.0: Temporarily suspended pop-up feature. We advise customers to enable the Java 6+ Detach feature along with the pop-up after login options from their AddonChat control panel to emulate this behavior.
• Updated in 4.2.0: Support for new vBulletin 4.2.x navigation system

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin Forum/CMS and AddonChat
• After installation, set up and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting updates
• Optionally display the amount of users within your chat room on your chat navigation tab shown throughout your entire forum/CMS.
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support
• Supports both the AddonChat Mobile Edition & SSL Modules through automatic client/page detection.

Installation

Installation takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.TXT file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support

Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Which file do I download?

vBulletin 4.2.x+ users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-2-0.zip
vBulletin 4.0.x, 4.1.x users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-0-2.zip

[Grim77]

@Katoona: Send me an e-mail (or send it to support@addonchat.com) and we'll be happy to look into it. This could be anything from a simple configuration issue to a firewall issue, either way we'll check it out.

@Club Ample: We are considering a new release targeted for v3.8 to include many updates, but a lot of work needs to be done to catch up to the features available in the 4.01 release. No promises yet on a release, but if all you really need is the support for the mobile edition, that is something I can work with you on to edit the templates appropriately for the new link code. e-mail support@addonchat.com attn: Chris and I'll work with you to make the necessary template changes.

[CLUB AMPLE]

Originally Posted by Grim77

@Katoona: Send me an e-mail (or send it to support@addonchat.com) and we'll be happy to look into it. This could be anything from a simple configuration issue to a firewall issue, either way we'll check it out.

@Club Ample: We are considering a new release targeted for v3.8 to include many updates, but a lot of work needs to be done to catch up to the features available in the 4.01 release. No promises yet on a release, but if all you really need is the support for the mobile edition, that is something I can work with you on to edit the templates appropriately for the new link code. e-mail support@addonchat.com attn: Chris and I'll work with you to make the necessary template changes.

Super News Grim... I'd be happy to donate to further the cause. I really feel this addition would increase the daytime usage of my chat room at least 100%, because of work firewalls.
I'll email you there. :up:

[buurman]

Originally Posted by Katoona

Everything works perfect exepct that I can't see the number of "Users Chatting Count in Navigation Links". I am currently using the free edition, and could this be the reason? I am planning to go professional, but my site is not live yet, and it makes no sense to pay for something before I need it.

I experience the same, no counter in navbar. (free version)

Is it possible to post the solution here?

[Jeremy8]

You need Professional to Enable vBulletin Authentication? That mean's you can't have admins and moderators... then what's the point of the Free chat? If you can't moderate it, the members will do whatever they want and it will be chaos. Am I doing something wrong or does the Free version really not include this?

[josantos]

Works Perfect

[CybaGirl]

Is the http://www.addonchat.com/ site currently down?

As I cannot access it nor can I access http://www.addoninteractive.com/ for some reason.

Thanks.

PS: I don't have issues accessing any other sites.


EDIT: There seems to be an issue with your domain name not working. As I can access your site via your IP address but not your domain name.

[Grim77]

@CybaGirl - The problem was a DDoS attack on one or two of our nameservers. We're on top of it

[CybaGirl]

Yes thanks for getting back to me and everything is working again!

Awesome product with awesome support thanks very much!

[reefland]

I am looking for some documentation on ways to integrate this.

For example, using the vbulletin cms, if I created an article/static html page for a specific chat event, could this be embedded into the page or is it always on a single stand alone page that cannot be edited to show anything else?

More specifically, if I want to create a static HTML page and embed a ustream live event, can I embed addon chat right next to it? Then, when I do a different live show next week, create a new page and do the same thing?

[Grim77]

@reefland:

Yes, you can.

This mod, as-is, provides for integration on either the chat room's own page or a popup page, and there is also a CMS widget for a popup link + who's chatting display (see the included README.TXT file for instructions)

You can also add the chat room code manually to any CMS page, and it can be combined with whatever other content you'd like (such as ustream). The easiest way I know of to do this would be to create your own Static HTML Widget (vBulletin CMS -> Widgets) and add the HTML code manually. Your AddonChat link code can be found in the AddonChat control panel or in the original e-mail you should have received when first registering for the service.

If you run into any snags settings this up, feel free to e-mail support@addonchat.com for assistance.