BB| Messenger 1.5

Please press install if you install this hack

Support Can Not Be Given For This Hack

BB|Messenger is a user to user messenger system for vb3 that runs off your user database.

This hack as been made for my own forums and has not been tested on any other forums, so its very likely that errors might be found on other system set up's.

To Install:

upload all the files in the same way that they are in side the zip.

once all files are upload load the page http://www.yourdomain.com/bbmessenger/
note that the address before bbmessenger/ will be the path to the folder on your site.

Follow the install page and your all done.

The only other thing that needs doing is the editing of the address's in the marquee.php file that you upload to your forums root.

Find:

PHP Code:

 echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td width=\"$marquee_width\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px inset #000000; background-color: #4C6CA4\" onMouseover=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#607DAE';\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#4C6CA4';\">\n";
    echo "<font size=1 face=\"Verdana, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Times\">\n";
    echo "<b><a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=" . $latestthread['threadid'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['title'] . "</a></b><br>\n";
    echo "Started by: <a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo "Last Post by: <a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['lastposter'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['lastposter'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo $numreplies;
    echo "\n</font>\n";
    echo "</td>\n</tr>\n\n"; 


and edit it to meet your own needs.

User linking to the messenger

put a link anywhere you like on your forums linking to /bbmessenger/index.php

How To's

To edit the colours edit the css in the files in the style folder.

Support

Can not be given via my self due to work load please do not e-mail or pm asking for help in anyway because the reply will more and likely be no, this does not stop user's from helping each other with probs in this topic and if a fix or addon is made i will update the zip with it up on the asking of doing so.

Fix's

1) check your vBulletin cookies Prefix in vb's config file is set to bb like below:

// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// For example
$cookieprefix = 'bb';

if not set it to the above, if setting it to the above gives you errors with other hacks follow the steps on page 3 for editing messengers cookie call's.

this fix's the login error.

2) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=164 Zip will get updated when next version is out.

[TTG]

Clean install on 3.0.1 .. great hack.

Not being a php coder .. one question .. how do I get the messenger to open in a seperate window ..<a href="bbmessenger/index.php">$vboptions[bbtitle]Messenger</a> - ?

[Tailfeathers]

Can you talk to several people at once? *hope so so that I could use this as a messenger and chat room*

TTG -- change
<a href="bbmessenger/index.php">

to
a href="bbmessenger/index.php" target="_blank">

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by Tailfeathers

Can you talk to several people at once? *hope so so that I could use this as a messenger and chat room*

Not in the same window but you can have muti windows open talking to people.

[MrFaldyn]

I got it working the way it should, but it kills the server speed

This is an amazing hack. Too bad I can't use it

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by MrFaldyn

I got it working the way it should, but it kills the server speed

This is an amazing hack. Too bad I can't use it

open bbm_messenger.php and find:

// choose processing delay, 1 second for windows, 0.2 seconds for everyone else (windows does not support usleep)
if (ONWINDOWS)
{
sleep(1);
} else
{
usleep(2000000);
}


==============================

play about with the 1 and 2000000 numbers making them bigger this is slow down the mssengers reload rate what will put less load on your server only down side is new messages will not be live you get them at what ever reload rate you pick.

[Steve123]

C.Birch ive tested it on a new install of 3.0.2 and people cant get msg's.

I even leave the message window open on both sides but it wont show up at all..

Its weird..

I am behind a proxy but ive tested it where there was no proxy and still wont work.. using normal ie browser with no pop up protection (which wont matter if the window is open already)

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by Steve123

C.Birch ive tested it on a new install of 3.0.2 and people cant get msg's.

I even leave the message window open on both sides but it wont show up at all..

Its weird..

I am behind a proxy but ive tested it where there was no proxy and still wont work.. using normal ie browser with no pop up protection (which wont matter if the window is open already)

not much i can do because it works for me on my server. useing both my pc and laptop and both ie and firefox. so i really am out of ideas because im only able to guess because im unable to get it to do the prob your having.

where do you have it installed or is it just a local server?

[FWF]

this hack looks awesome, i cant wait to see it go full release wow

[ChrisBaktis]

works fine for me - just looking forward to some new features...would love to see it where it asks if you want it on when you come to the site. Or maybe you can set it as a default in your settings so it does it automaticly (would be great to see this also as a registration choice).

Install

[DrkFusion]

Great work on this! I have implemented this seemlessly into my board and has come really useful for my case. *install*

[remlle]

Originally Posted by C.Birch

1) add the following java to the header:

<script language="Javascript1.3">
function launchbbm()
{
s001 = window.open("index.php?func=m_frameset", "", "width=233, height=450, address=no, toolbar=no, status=yes");
location.href="../index.php";
}

</script>


then where every you want your link add the link like this:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()">your link</a>

or any other type of link you want be it a img or what main thing is that the link stops as:

href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()">

because thats calling the java.

2) not me personaly because im to busy to support this hack but yes it can be done if someone feel's like it.

3) yes but again someone else will have to do it.

4) not really not with out doing alot of recoding and basicy aking the hack again.

5) no because it use's vb's cookies and user info.

i could be wrong about some points but like i say people are free to help out with this hack.

Has anyone else been able to get #1 to work? I LOVE the script my users are too lazy to press the link on the screen lol please help me.

[remlle]

Originally Posted by bitg

Thank you. Seems to have done the trick. However, I had the change index.php?func=m_frameset to bbmessenger/index.php?func=m_frameset.

What is the location.href="../index.php"; for?

The above fixed my issue as well. but here is another problem Im having.

i know there are people online and on the board but none are showing up in my buddy list. when I add someone who I know is on the website to my list they show up in the offline buddies. why is this and how do I fix.

[C.Birch]

because they dont have the messenger loaded, to show as online on the messenger they must have the messenger loaded there selfs also.

[remlle]

do you think it would be possible to have it message them or to put a message icon next to their name so you could messege them even when they are not using the system?

[NuclioN]

Maybe it can work together with the sms hack