Chat Modifications - Ideal Chat Lite (facebook style bottom chat/chatroom bar) v1.3.0

This modification adds a bottom bar chat system to your board.

Features

• Friend?s Online List (mutal or all friends)
• Integration with vBulletin's ignore system so users can block messages from people they want
• General Chat Room
• User-to-User Chat
  • Chat with friends
• Support for infinite number of open chats
• Automatic Updating of chat messages
• New message indicators
  • Indicator on Chat Tab for new messages
  • A sound plays for new messages
  • Page title flashes for new messages
  • Indicator for new messages on tabs out of view
• Multiple window support
  • Supports users having your site open in multiple windows/tabs
  • Changes in one window automatically apply to other windows
• Automatically disables chat bar for mobile browsers
  • Help save bandwidth for your mobile users

Settings

• Admin Settings
  • Chat online
  • Ban individual users from chat
  • Update stream time limit
  • Update stream delay
  • Settings & Chat Room link Positions
    • Change where the links show at, or hide them all-together
• Usergroup Settings
  • Can use chat
  • Can use chat room
• User Settings
  • Hide Chat bar
  • New message notification method

Change Log
For a full list of changes, please visit: http://community.idealwebtech.com/in...ngelog&file=15

Installation/Upgrade
See included readme file.

Demo
You can see a demo here (You can can register a new account, or use the Login, "Ideal Chat Demo", and password, "chatdemo") This demo is of the pro version which can be found here!

Support
This modification is released for free, and as such we don't officially support it; however, as time permits we will try to offer support on it. We will NOT be monitoring this thread on a daily basis, your best bet for a fast reply would be to go post here.

Common Issues/Topics
Chat Bar Don't Show Up?
Have you configured the usergroup settings? This is the most common issue we see, and 99% of the time it is due to usergroup settings not being configured properly. So if your bar is not showing up, please verify your usergroup settings before reporting it as an issue.

Messages Don't Show Up?
We are aware of an issue causing messages to not show up for some people, and are looking into fixes.

Modification Has Conflict With Another Product
There is always a chance that two products will conflict with each other! We are aware of some, but please feel free to tell us about any products you find to conflict via our Bug Tracker on our site.

Chat Doesn't Support Certain Characters
The chat can only support the characters your board itself can support! If you would like to support certain characters, you must have your board using a charset that supports them. We have only ever once noticed a chat that didn't support every character the board did, and we are looking in it.

Chat Kills My Server
We have tested the chat extensively for server friendliness, and have found it to be very gentle on servers. We have seen the script run with hundreds of active users without putting hardly any load on the server. However, an improperly configured server may result in any reverse-AJAX/push-AJAX/Comet based chat script killing the server. If you find that your server slows down after installation, you may want to talk with your host about raising your MySQL and Apache Max Connection Limits to a more appropriate amount!

[DNCL]

I think this version is stable, testing it now.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by istvan

what happens is when i install the chat, i see the bottem bar, but when i type something in the chat and hit enter the text i typed doesnt show in the chat then after an f5 the text is shown in other words that chat itself doesnt refresh

Hmm, do you have a url we can see this happening on?

Originally Posted by Robru

Thanks for v1.1.1

Question: Where I can translate the word: 'You'

Sorry, that word actually wasn't phrased apparently. I will make a note of that right now so that the next version will have it phrased.

Originally Posted by DNCL

I think this version is stable, testing it now.

Please let us know if you find any issues!

[basilrath]

Going to try this on test

[arrow816]

I have installed the new version.

The tabs appear but I am not able to actually open a chat window.
I have disabled all other mods.

www.tbngc.co.uk/forum and i am using 4.1.0 PL2
I have currently disabled it and returned to vbshout

[DNCL]

Error: please reload is very annoying, i have DBTech VBSHOUT installed and when connection drops or times out it keep retrying till it catch the connection again and list the updates and chats but the chat once it loses connection there is no way to get back until i reload the whole page and that's annoying comparing it to facebook, please consider adding something to the script so it keep trying to reach the connection once it lose it.

Thanks

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by arrow816

I have installed the new version.

The tabs appear but I am not able to actually open a chat window.
I have disabled all other mods.

www.tbngc.co.uk/forum and i am using 4.1.0 PL2
I have currently disabled it and returned to vbshout

Is there any chance we could take a look at this tomorrow or soon after?

Originally Posted by DNCL

Error: please reload is very annoying, i have DBTech VBSHOUT installed and when connection drops or times out it keep retrying till it catch the connection again and list the updates and chats but the chat once it loses connection there is no way to get back until i reload the whole page and that's annoying comparing it to facebook, please consider adding something to the script so it keep trying to reach the connection once it lose it.

Thanks

We found a bug that causes the "Error: please reload" error to show up when it shouldn't. A fix is already made, and the new version will be uploaded soon!

[pete_brady]

Originally Posted by arrow816

I have installed the new version.

The tabs appear but I am not able to actually open a chat window.
I have disabled all other mods.

www.tbngc.co.uk/forum and i am using 4.1.0 PL2
I have currently disabled it and returned to vbshout

same here, but on 4.15pl1

[arrow816]

Seems its not just an error on my side.

I really want to purchase the premium option but atm until i can even make sure lite will work I dont really want to spend money for something I cant use.

Also do you still want to look as if its not jsut me im guessing there is an error in the mod again.
[ps i checked the 1.1.2 version still the same error with every thing disabled]

[basilrath]

4.1.5

im still getting the sending request on and on

that said it shows the bar and stuff

[wullieclsfb]

is there no option to show as offline?