Chat Modifications - [AJAX] cChatBox

cChatBox - AJAX-based ChatBox for vBulletin 3.6.8 & 3.7.x

by ChriStrato - vbulletin-italia.it



Features:

• Enable / Disable ChatBox
• Select if unregistred user can use or only show the chat.
• Ban Usergroup/Users from AdminCP
• Set Height of ChatBox
• Set Name Of BOT
• A BOT that answer when use a "action" or "command".
• The Number of message to be displayed is not influenced by messages of BOT because some mess of bot are visualizable only by who have used the "action" or "command".
• Command for users: /me /myip (show your ip, only you see) /stats (show statistics of chatbox)
• System of "Action" for Admin or other usergroup that you set in AdminCP.
• List of "Action": /help /topic /listaction /say /mute /unmute /lunarize /unlunarize /kennylize /unkennylize /removeactions /delmess /deleteall
• Into AdminCP you can select the allowed action.
• The Administrator by default can use the "Action"
• A Topic that is displayed at right of title "cChatBox". Can set Topic via AdminCP or with Action /topic <message>
• Select the Allowed BBCode into AdminCP.
• Into AdminCP can select the usergroup can edit/delete all messages and if users can edit/delete their own message.
• Can select if show the ChatBox on template FORUMDISPLAY (Forum List) or SHOWTHREAD (Thread List) and the Position.
• Can Enable the Users List at right of ChatBox
• Send Private Message from the menu of Users List.
• Select if display (on Users List) all user logged or only who have write on ChatBox and set the Width.
• Double Click on messages for display the Editor for Edit/Delete message.
• Editor with image of the style: Bold, Italic, Underline, Color, Smilie, URL, IMG & Remove Text Formatting
• vBMenu Popup for: Color, Smilie & Fonts.
• Border of Editor image change color when select (highlight) / deselect (default).
• Statistics of ChatBox is only visible by command "/statistics", show: Tot Mess, Your Mess & Top 5
• Can delete all message (action: /deleteall) for clear chatbox or database and not lose statistics.
• This "Action" affect the message of users: /mute (Mutes user) /lunarize (User talk funny) /kennylize (Message will be affected)
• If you can use "Action" the /help command retrieve the list of "Action" allowed, else show you the list of command.
• Can enable and insert a "Announce" and show it below chatbox.
• Select various tag for the username.
• The cChatBox is disponible in 2 language: English or Italian.
• ChatBox and Users List are autorefresh
• Select if use the class "smallfont" for the text of ChatBox
• Preview of smilies into popup
• ... and more ...

Installation:

1. Download the file "product-cchatbox-1.4.1_eng.zip" if you use English language on your forum, if you use Italian language download the file "product-cchatbox-1.4.1_ita.zip".
2. Upload file 'cchatbox.php', directory 'includes' and directory 'clientscript' into forum root.
3. Import XML File: AdminCP -> Plugin System -> Manage Products -> Add / Import Product
4. Go into: "AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> cChatBox" and set options for the ChatBox.

Note:

This product is compatible with vbulletin 3.6.8 and 3.7.x.
I have tested only with this version of vbulletin.

I've write also a little tool for convert the statistics of VBSHOUT for the cChatBox! You can find in the directory: "not upload/tool_cchatbox.php".
Use of this tool: Upload file "tool_cchatbox.php" in the root directory of forum and start the script only if you have installed the product cChatBox.


ATTENTION:

If you update from the version 1.0 or 1.0.1 you must delete all messages with the command /deleteall, because in the new version the "userid" of BOT is different.


History:

v1.0 - (02/05/08)
First Public Release

v1.0.1 - (02/05/08)

Fix: Underline / Italic button
Fix: Add TABLE_PREFIX on a table of query for Users List

v1.1 - (02/12/08)
Fix: Output Date/Time for message visble only by who have write the message
Fix: Action: mute / lunarize / kennylize / topic
Fix: Message counter for statistics.
Add: Select if unregistred user can use or only show the chat.
Add: Usergroup/User that can use the "Action", although affected by them, they can use them.
Add: Send Private Message from the menu of Users List
Add: Show Button URL and IMG if select into admincp
Add: Select various tag for the username
Add: Can enable and insert a "Announce" and show it below chatbox.

v1.2 - (02/13/08)
Fix: Problems with a query of users list
Fix: Value of "Messages Time Limit (in hour) for Users List" options. Now can select 1 and the users list work.
Add: Can select if use the class "smallfont" for the chatbox.
Add: Can set the number / row of smilies into popup from the admincp.
Add: Preview of smilie when mouse is over the smilie.

v1.3 - (02/18/08)
Add: Expire time for this actions: mute, lunarize, kennylize.
Add: Checkbox for select the usergroup into admincp.
Add: Check if user is invisible and not show into users list. Are visible only by usergroup can see hidden users.
Add: Can select the position (up or down) of editor toolbar.
Add: Set the refresh time of ChatBox and Users List
Add: ONLY FOR 3.7.x VERSION: Can add friend from Users List menu.
Add: ONLY FOR 3.7.x VERSION: Show "+" after username into Users List if the user is a friend.

v1.3.1 - (02/18/08)
Add: 5 and 15 minutes for expire time of actions
Fix: Now can see the Toolbar for FORUMDISPLAY and SHOWTHREAD templates

v1.4 - (03/12/08)
Fix: Problem with users list when use the action "/say".
Fix: Query for show users list.
Mod: Modified the principal template "cchatbox".
Add: Hook system.
Add: Javascript engine.

v1.4.1 - (08/16/08)
Fix: Query for show users list for the "All Online User" option.
Fix: Select of colour.
Fix: SQL Injection problem.

v1.5 - (08/28/08)
Fix: Friend Request via "User List".
Add: Update Session when write a message.
Add: Set min posts for use the cChatBox



Thanks to:

Enzo and all community of vbulletin-italia.it that they have supported to me for this project.



Click INSTALL if you use this product TNX

[powerful_rogue]

Ive just had to uninstall as I had 20 emails in my inbox reporting various database errors for this mod.

[snunhuck]

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

Ive just had to uninstall as I had 20 emails in my inbox reporting various database errors for this mod.

What were the database error(s) you encountered?

[JAuthement]

not sure what's going on but on my site, the chatbox is stuck on Loading... Please Wait...

[powerful_rogue]

Originally Posted by snunhuck

What were the database error(s) you encountered?

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Too many connections
/mnt/web3/33/26/51532726/htdocs/vbtest/includes/class_core.php on line 316

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'bonanna.store' (4)
/mnt/web3/33/26/51532726/htdocs/vbtest/includes/class_core.php on line 316

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't create a new thread (errno 11). If you are not out of available memory, you can consult the manual for a possible OS-dependent bug
/mnt/web3/33/26/51532726/htdocs/vbtest/includes/class_core.php on line 316

All the above errors x6 each. Each error related to this mod.

Regarding the too many connections -Im using this on a test site, im the only user that has access!

Ive had to uninstall it for now, hopefully these issues can be resolved as it looks like the making of a very good chatbox.

[thenutthouse]

currently I use Dream's Chatbox, but I have been looking for one to use that has more options. The only thing missing from this one is the ability to add [img] tags. How can I add this to mine as this ability has become very popular on my site, and would hate to loose it.

Thnx,
~thenutthouse

[Medtech]

My host deactivated my cchatbox....they sent me this:

Upon a recent check on our pandora server, we have been forced to disable your script at /home/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/public_html/forums/cchatbox.php. This script had roughly around 40-45 incoming apache connections (at any given time), having an adverse effect on the load and, therefore, impacting the otgher servers from our shared server.

After we have disabled your script, the load on the server dropped from a dangerous value of 14-16 to a much safer 5-6.

Please consider adjusting your scripts so that such issues will not reoccur, as your account is currently using (mainly due to the disabled scripts) an average of 15% from the entire CPU power, which is an unnacceptable value for a shared environment.

Thank you for your attention on this important matter.

i had about 300 users online at the time, good thing all 3,600 weren't online.
is there anything that can be done to fix this so i can use it?

[cajunboy2208]

Yea, my host made me take it down as well.
We were using over 95% of the server resources!
YIKES!
So, I guess this is the end of this chatbox unless you are on dedicated hosting...

[poolking]

I have a problem in firefox using this when I want to change the font colour.

I go to click on a font colour it then loads up a blank white page and I have to press the back arrow key to reload the forum homepage then I can type in the font I chose.

Checked it in IE7 and it works as intended.

So what is the problem in firefox?

I am using firefox 2.0.0.13.

[gkaradagan]

hımmm very nice...

[dcw]

I just installed this and in the ACP I get these

Allow Actions
Select the allowed action for users that can use actions.
By default the Administrator(Usergroup ID = 6) can use All Actions.
An error occurred while processing the bitfield files, the following information was returned:

Allowed BBCode
Select the allowed bbcode for the ChatBox.
An error occurred while processing the bitfield files, the following information was returned:

And my chatbox says loading and when I type it brings me to a blank page.