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VSa - ChatBox (AJAX) · **Released**: 02-07-2010

Info:
Powerful AJAX-based ChatBox for vBulletin.

Main Features:
-One step installation (no file uploads, no manual template modifications required)
-Put ChatBox on any forum page by setting script name and adding variable to desired template
-"ChatBox Full" (always available on separate page)
-"Messages Archive" (available on separate page, with options to edit/delete messages)
-"ChatBox Search"
-Option to block usergroups from viewing ChatBox
-Option to delete messages older than x hours automatically
-"ChatBox Statistics" (new messages since last visit, messages in last x hours, total messages, top x chatters,...)
-View users active in ChatBox (available in CBFull and Archive)
-Text formatting options (color, weight, style, decoration,...)
-Advanced Smiliebox
-Smiliebox options: total smilies available, smilies per row, smilie clipping, disable smilies...
-A lot of customizable stuff, including: set new/old status icons, time/date format, box height, message order, auto-refresh intervals,...
-One-click actions: View all messages posted by user X, Delete all messages posted by user x, Ban/unban user from ChatBox, View last message posted by user X, View your last message, View first unread message
-"/me" action (used when you want to refer to yourself in the "third person")
...and more...

View screenshots for more details.

Installation:
-Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
-OPTIONAL: Download attached images and extract them to images/editor (contains smilies/remove format icons)

To add to desired template (example FORUMHOME):
1. Add 'index' to THIS_SCRIPT locations (Product options)
2. Add 'FORUMHOME' to template names (Product options)
3. Open 'FORUMHOME' template and put "{vb:raw vsachatbox}" to desired line (for example after '') -> Save

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > VSa - ChatBox

Versions:
v1.0 - Sep 15. 2007.
-First version
v2.3 - Sep 22. 2008.
-Latest vB 3.x version
v3.0 - Feb 08. 2010.
-Rewritten for vB4
-Known bugs fixed, code optimized
v3.0.1 - Feb 09. 2010.
-Fixed: Wrong title alignment in box/archive tables
-Fixed: Wrong expand/collapse button alignment in Safari
-Fixed: Wrong 'Smilies' alignment
-Fixed: XHTML errors
-New Setting: List templates where "{vb:raw vsachatbox}" will be enabled
v3.0.2 - Feb 09. 2010.
-Fixed: PHP error on CMS on some configs
-Fixed: 'Smilies' alignment
-Fixed: Minor bugs in PHP/HTML
v3.1 - Feb 14. 2010.
-New: CB Log-in/Log-out
-New Option: Stop auto-refresh if user inactive for X minutes
-New Option: Disable custom colors completely
-New Option: Random smilies
-New Option: Align messages to the usernames
-New: Remove text formatting button
-New: 'Smilies' replaced by image, arrrow removed
-Fixed: Move focus to input field when smilie inserted
-Fixed: 'Expand' button not shown after refresh
-Fixed: Now first item in color list is used as default
-Settings reorganized
-Several style/functionality bugs fixed
v3.1.1 - Feb 14. 2010.
-Fixed: Small JS issue on log-out
-New Option: Logged-out by default
v3.1.2 - Feb 16. 2010.
-Fixed: Errors with PHP 5.3
-Fixed: CB table messed up in footer
-Fixed: Several style errors, including XHTML incompatibilities
-New: Auto-insert on forumhome location - Below Forums
-New: Option to reverse message order in CB Archive
v3.1.3 - Feb 19. 2010.
-Fixed: Color selector dimensions
-Fixed: Minor bugs
v3.1.4 - Feb 20. 2010.
-New: Color Select replaced by Color Menu (and it's sexy)
-Note: Above fixes issues with Safari for Mac
-Fixed: Issue with Default color if it's in RGB format
-Note: Above will not change already posted messages
-Fixed/improved: Several style details
-Note: You may die if your templates are not reverted after upgrade
v3.1.5 - Feb 20. 2010.
-Fixed: Chrome not showing Color menu
-Fixed: headinclude_bottom added to <head
v3.1.6 - Feb 24. 2010.
-Fixed: Several style/functionality issues
-New: Set groups NOT able to edit messages
v3.1.7 - Jan 21. 2012.
-Fixed: Status images
-Fixed: Smilies button
-Fixed: Menu items invisible until highlighted
-Fixed: Several style issues (background, menus, colors, smilies)
-Fixed: https links not parsed automatically
-New: Show ChatBox in selected forum only
-New option: Automatically disable auto-refresh if server load is higher than X
-New Option: Set usergroups able to prune ChatBox
-New: 'Prune ChatBox' option available in the Main ChatBox drop-down menu
-Improved: Product menus re-organized
-Minor bugs fixed, codes optimized

mtlcore · #**1232** 06-30-2010, 05:48 AM

How can member's text color be 'remembered'?

Scitz0 · #**1233** 06-30-2010, 09:30 AM

Not sure if this has been asked before or not but how can I put this chatbox in a specific forum instead of FORUMHOME?
I would like to show the chatbox only in my admin forum, possible?

Khan_ · #**1234** 06-30-2010, 12:27 PM

will this cause high load on server ? cause the other DBtech shoutbox i used its causing high server load and i got my site suspended by webhost multiple times .. ajax.php was the issue which was causing high load on server .. i am just inquiring before installing .

Thanks for response in advance .

Skyrider · #**1235** 06-30-2010, 01:06 PM

Anyway this chatbox can have channel? Would be awesome to discuss private matters away from the public.

DeadRabbit · #**1236** 06-30-2010, 02:35 PM

How can I modify the permission of the forumer to view the chatbox via usergroup permission not post counts?

Videx · #**1237** 06-30-2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khan_

will this cause high load on server ? cause the other DBtech shoutbox i used its causing high server load and i got my site suspended by webhost multiple times ..

Yes. Any chatbox can be a primary source of resource usage. If you want an active chatbox on shared hosting, you want Addon Chat, which is hosted on their servers.

There are things you can do to tame it. Make it a "Shoutbox" by logging people out quickly. iow, don't let them idle there.

FYI AFAIK, the other 5-6 questions all around this one have already been answered in-thread.

fxwoody · #**1238** 07-01-2010, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CybaGirl

Installed and seems to work well.

But is there any way of changing the background colour of the chat box without editing the background colour of the style like this?

Style Manager > "Your Style" > StyleVars > blockrow_background

Thanks.

I had the same problem and made a new CSS class only for the input box and text area.
Simply add the new CSS in the vBulletin.CSS at the end with your background spec and replace it in the "vsa_chatbox_input" template in this code where you see my "BCKCHAT":

PHP Code:


			
<td class="blocksubhead" style="margin:0px;">

                <input type="text" class="bckchat" name="vsacb_entermessage" id="vsacb_entermessage" style="width:100%;font-size:{vb:raw vsacb_textsize};color:{vb:raw vsacb_colorfirst}" onkeydown="if (event.keyCode == 13) {return VSacb_postMessage(vsacb_post_form);}" onkeyup="VSacb_LimitChars('vsacb_entermessage', 'vsacb_counter','{vb:raw vboptions.vsachatbox_charlimit}');" onfocus="if(!this._haschanged){this.value=''};this._haschanged=true;vsacb_submitbutton.disabled=false;" <vb:if condition="$vsacb_cantpost">disabled="disabled"</vb:if> value="{vb:rawphrase message}..." />

Lestat78 · #**1239** 07-03-2010, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fxwoody

I had the same problem and made a new CSS class only for the input box and text area.
Simply add the new CSS in the vBulletin.CSS at the end with your background spec and replace it in the "vsa_chatbox_input" template in this code where you see my "BCKCHAT":

PHP Code:


			
<td class="blocksubhead" style="margin:0px;">

                <input type="text" class="bckchat" name="vsacb_entermessage" id="vsacb_entermessage" style="width:100%;font-size:{vb:raw vsacb_textsize};color:{vb:raw vsacb_colorfirst}" onkeydown="if (event.keyCode == 13) {return VSacb_postMessage(vsacb_post_form);}" onkeyup="VSacb_LimitChars('vsacb_entermessage', 'vsacb_counter','{vb:raw vboptions.vsachatbox_charlimit}');" onfocus="if(!this._haschanged){this.value=''};this._haschanged=true;vsacb_submitbutton.disabled=false;" <vb:if condition="$vsacb_cantpost">disabled="disabled"</vb:if> value="{vb:rawphrase message}..." />

this works fine, but I can't find the code for the text area (the output area)

thecelticway · #**1240** 07-06-2010, 04:14 PM

first class sir~~~~~~~ Installed:up:

ascender · #**1241** 07-06-2010, 06:29 PM

I've just installed this on a 4.0.4 forum and on Safari, the separator, remove text formatting and smilies text/graphics are all missing, just replaced with ? icons.

It looks fine under Firefox so I'm guessing the problems are something to do with vBulletin rather than this mod, but no joy with the search so far.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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