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.

[Paul M]

ACP > vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options , near the bottom.

[dgallek]

thank you, i'd never have found it there

[bobs409]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Try looking up the thread, about 7 posts.

I have and noticed post #112 was similar but not sure what that means. What do I have to set and where?

Thanks,

Bob

[Paul M]

ACP > vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options, near the bottom.

[bobs409]

Ah, success! I had my chat folder named Chat. That capital C was the problem.

Working good now.

Thanks for the great hack.

*Clicks install*

Bob

[Trevor Hannant]

Installed fine.

[Trevor Hannant]

Is there anything that sorts out the 'Who's Online' page?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Trevster

Is there anything that sorts out the 'Who's Online' page?

Sorry, i don't understand the question.

[Trevor Hannant]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Sorry, i don't understand the question.

See image attached. Does this plugin sort that (used the flashchat integration when installing rather than this one)?

Cheers.

[Paul M]

Yes, the plugin(s) sort that.