Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 4 Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: addonchat
Version: 4.0.2, 4.2.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 4 Aug. 2012
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x+, 4.2.x+

Overview

This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 4 forum or CMS. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 4 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?

• Completely re-written for vBulletin 4
• New Integration Options for vBulletin Social Networking Features (Blog, Albums, etc..)
• Updated to support RAS (Remote Authentication System) v2.1 providing extremely fine grain control over user privileges.
• New 'User is Banned' option in usergroup manager to easily prevent users belonging to specified usergroups from entering your chat room.
• Who's Chatting list is now (optionally) displayed on main forum page in the What's Going On box.
• Embedded Width may now be specified in percentage values (defaults to 100%)
• Option to display Chat Room Link in main navigation tab, community menu, and/or quick links menu.
• New in v4.0.1: Updated Link Code
• New in v4.0.1: Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• New in v4.0.1: SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• New in v4.0.1: Easy AddonChat control panel access through vBulletin AdminCP
• New in v4.0.1: vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• New in v4.0.1: Language Additions
• Changed in v4.2.0: Temporarily suspended pop-up feature. We advise customers to enable the Java 6+ Detach feature along with the pop-up after login options from their AddonChat control panel to emulate this behavior.
• Updated in 4.2.0: Support for new vBulletin 4.2.x navigation system

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin Forum/CMS and AddonChat
• After installation, set up and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting updates
• Optionally display the amount of users within your chat room on your chat navigation tab shown throughout your entire forum/CMS.
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support
• Supports both the AddonChat Mobile Edition & SSL Modules through automatic client/page detection.

Installation

Installation takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.TXT file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support

Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Which file do I download?

vBulletin 4.2.x+ users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-2-0.zip
vBulletin 4.0.x, 4.1.x users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-0-2.zip

[Stormlilly]

One suggestion: It would be nice if the PM window contained the same options as the main chat room (at the very least the smilies).

I know they are parsed, but it would help to have these options.

[apokphp]

Installed...but the link in the navigation bar only appears in the default skin. It won't appear in the many custom skins I already have.

How to add it to the navigation bar so that it still shows the # of people currently chatting?

[Jaxel]

Since the who's chatting list is under the forum, its kind of useless... Hell, I never even use the forum list with the what's new feature. Is there any chance for an official addonchat who's chatting cms widget?

[Magz]

All I am getting at the moment, is

Service Unavailable, Please try again in a few minutes.

I have the professional Plus version, and have the current Java.

Support ticket sent, but anyone else encounter this with a work around?

Thanks

[Jaxel]

I have posted an issue with this mod here at the official Addonchat Forums:

http://forums.addoninteractive.com/s...ead.php?t=5514

[Jaxel]

I have created an extension to this product:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=250200

[speedracer68]

Originally Posted by Katoona

The number of people chatting is working, but it is not working properly. I had 3 people chatting yesterday, and today (even if nobody has been using the chat in over 20 hours) it still says "Chat Room (3)".

I have this same issue. I find that if I force the running of the scheduled task it clears it. I am assuming I have a problem with my scheduled tasks? I checked all the settings is the appear fine.

[aquabid]

Would like to see the Chat tab, have a drop down to be able to log in individual rooms

Store users settings

[Cicada]

the member count in my tab isn't working, and i dont have a chat page -- clicking on the "chat room" tab, opens it up in a new window every time... ?

[Whitesky]

Read many comments here n haven't seen this issue already:
Either this mod, or the AddonChat itself is causing the browser to completely close.

http://ascendedsouls.com/forum

Click Chat -or- Community Links -> Chat Room

NOTE - clicking the Chat will cause Firefox to close.

Any solutions to this before I attempt a complete uninstall/reinstall?

EDIT: sorry, getting permission from site owner to provide a test name to login with to access the addonchat page