Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

The main features of Version 4.xx are basically the same as previous versions ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The hack is now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information. Please also note that I am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[nymyth]

Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 2

I get this error when uploading the xml file ..... any ideas??

Peace

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by nymyth

Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 2

I get this error when uploading the xml file ..... any ideas??

Peace

Have you set this correctly ?

9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option.

[nymyth]

^^thanks mate, didnt see that one....appreciate it

Peace

[funinthesun]

Quick and easy to install. Works perfectly

Thank you

[Wachtmeister]

I have a "," in front of my usernames... How can i fix this?

[Paul M]

I would guess you have a bot in your chat.

It's a known issue due to the way bot names are stored. At the moment it will count the bot and try to display the name, even though it can't. It will be fixed when I do the next release.

[Wachtmeister]

I don't use bots. I noticed, that the "," is gone now

I'll keep an eye on it. Thank you

[bobs409]

Can someone help, I'm getting this error:

Warning: Unknown(./chat/inc/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 8

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required './chat/inc/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/n484092/public_html/forum/index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 8

thanks,

Bob

[Paul M]

Try looking up the thread, about 7 posts.

[dgallek]

Since installing who-is-chatting, I have added a new usergroup. When I login as a member of this new usergroup, I do not see the Who's Chatting. If I login as one of the default vBulletin usergroups, I do see it.

How do I give this new group permissions to view the Who's Chatting?

the note at the top of this page say:
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.

but does not say where in the ACP that option is found

i've been looking thru the ACP but cannot find an option for allowing or denying access to the who-is-chatting info