DigiChat Integration V2.0

DigiChat Integration Version 2.0

This hack is no longer supported. I have released DigiChat Integration 3.0.3.

The new hack can be found HERE

This is my update for VBulletin 3.0.x. Sorry for the delay but it took me some time to upgrade to vb3.0.0 and integrate all other hacks + develop my new upgrade hack. :nervous:

What is this hack ?
This hack is a complete integration of the Chatsoftware DigiChat ( which is NOT freeware ) into the latest version of VBulletin 3.0.x. :devious:

What does this hack do ?
This hack provides the ability to offer a complete front-end to the DigiChat software. So if you are running your own DigiChat server or your chat is hosted somewhere else, this hack will provide you for each member a specific profile, settings and whos in chat functionality.

For Admins and Chatmasters i am providing an extra Admin/Chatmaster login depending on their userstatus in your forum and they will get the extra tool to trace IPs from chatusers. Normal users will just see the names of the users in chat and a link to their forum profile. :devious:

Are there many changes to be done ?
No, i try to keep my changes to a minimum and if it is possible not to touch any databases for obvious reasons. So this hack exists of:

- 8 new templates
- 2 template modifications
- 6 file uploads
- 1 php file modification

Do i need version 1.0 or version 1.1 for this hack ?
No. I am providing both. An upgrade path from previous versions and also a new install path for complete new installations.

How long does it take to install this hack ?
If you are familiar with VBulletin and DigiChat it will take about 10 minutes to upgrade and 15 minutes for a new install.

Is there any support for this hack ?
Yes, from me but i will change the way of giving support now. I my previous version i posted my email address and the amount of emails was amazing. The bad thing was that no one shared this information in the thread. Due to this i will ONLY give support to people in THIS thread and ONLY if they clicked on the "INSTALL" button. I am sorry, but my time is limited and answering the same question 5 times via email is not very efficient. I hope you understand this.

Are there screenshots available for this hack ?
Yes. I have included them into the zip file and i will add them in this thread.

How to manage this Chat environment ?
This version 2.0 has one config file which you have to edit before you go live. In the future updates i will add one table to the database which can be edited through the admin panel. This is not really important because the security will not change so often for chats but just in case someone wants to edit this configfile via the Admin CP i will offer this in the next version.

Whos in Chat function does not work ?
Please make sure that you have the appropriate rights and the commander function enabled which produces the output file every x minutes who is in chat. You have to have a license from DigiChat to be able to do that. :tired:

Some words are in german ?
This should not be the case. I developed this on my domain and in german. I translated all the frontend but you never know. If there are parts still in german please tell me so i can translate them.

So enjoy this hack and happy chatting. After installing please click on this install link or on the install button at the top.

UPDATE 2.0.1
I am very sorry, but i forgot to put one file into the zip file. The missing file is the chatlauncer.php for the javascript pop-up to log into the chats. So if you realized that you can only log into the chat with the extra option, then you know why. Again apologize for this. I have uploaded the new zip file and updated the install.html.

For those of you who installed it already just download the zip file and copy the chatlauncher.php into your forum root directory.

UPDATE 2.0.2
I added some bugfixing for the guest template and the chatlauncher.php. Thanks to Randomlove for pointing that out.

For those of you who installed it already just download the zip file and copy the chatlauncher.php into your forum root directory. After this open the template chat_start_guest and copy the text from the install.html file into your template.

Cheers,

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pagekeeper

i was going to ask wether it was possible, to add a modertor login page ?
and maybe remove guest access ?

basically you have to be a member to access chat ... haha im soo evil

Sure you can. This is why i have added the file "chatconfig.php". In this file YOU define who will get access to which resource. So disable the guest access in that file and add the number of the moderator group to the allow chatmaster/admin applet group. All set all done !!!

Cheers,

[pagekeeper]

hey, no problem glad i can help ... ok well i havent got digichat just yet cause i need a
server ... can you access chatmaster on linux ?
just curious can i change the adspace also ? for example if i wanted to add javascript into the space ... i thought you may know since you've used it so long.

[Wential]

I am purchasing Digi-Chat AV/IM next month and really look forward to this hack integration in to VB. Thank you!

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pagekeeper

hey, no problem glad i can help ... ok well i havent got digichat just yet cause i need a
server ... can you access chatmaster on linux ?
just curious can i change the adspace also ? for example if i wanted to add javascript into the space ... i thought you may know since you've used it so long.

All my servers are running on either SuSe or Debian Linux. I would never run a windows server in the DMZ and spend my time patching windows. Sorry.

With adspace you talk about the advertising via banners? If yes, then the answer is NO to your question. You can not use javascript to implement a banner rotation because DigiChat have already a banner rotation implemented. You have to upload the files in the server/banners directory and then you define the order of the banners in the DigiChat GUI.

Cheers,

[dellow]

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

Hi @LL,


@dellow: I have users with all kind of special characters in chat and it works fine. What you are describing sounds like they click on "Go to chat" and they are automatically connected as guest? If yes, then your members have cookie problems.


Cheers,

I will give you example to see how my problem with spicial characters comes :

in this forum see this member profile ( Member name : #01 ) :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=25070

but the chat script send the data in this format so it will not apear and will be login as guest :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.ph...o&username=#01

but your name in this forum will apear if i replace #01 with Pseudomizer to be like this :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.ph...me=Pseudomizer


this is the problem so any user with special characters will not login as member but as guest .



Regards,

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by dellow

I will give you example to see how my problem with spicial characters comes :

in this forum see this member profile ( Member name : #01 ) :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=25070

but the chat script send the data in this format so it will not apear and will be login as guest :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.ph...o&username=#01

but your name in this forum will apear if i replace #01 with Pseudomizer to be like this :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.ph...me=Pseudomizer


this is the problem so any user with special characters will not login as member but as guest .



Regards,

Hi dellow,

this is an HTML problem. The username is given in the URL and special characters can not be processed correctly. If you need a fix for this you have to implement "htmlentities" into the code, so the username will be transformed into a URL friendly information.

Currently i do not have the time to implement this. If you are familiar with HTML you should be able to implement this in a very small amount of time. Otherwise you will have to wait for the next update of this hack because you are the first person who has problems with this and to be honest users should use correct names and not special characters. ;-)

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

[pagekeeper]

will there be a newer version ?

would it be possible for only premium members can create new rooms in chat ...?

seems like it could be a difficult task ...

[RobAC]

Originally Posted by Xabbu

Cheaper to set up an IRC server and a free java chat client.... they obviously aren't marketing to the small forum ops...

Yes, but how do you successfully do this? I've tried to connect to various IRC servers in order to set up a chat room, and I've never been successful at it.

Do you have to find someone with an IRC server??

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by pagekeeper

will there be a newer version ?

would it be possible for only premium members can create new rooms in chat ...?

seems like it could be a difficult task ...

Hello pagekeeper,

this is not possible because the DigiChat user administration is independant. There is only one guest account. So you can only set the permission for all guest users which are your members from your forum. Sorry, but there is no way for me to integrate this unless DigiChat offers such a feature.

And yes, there will be a new version but it will take some time to finalize it. At the moment i have so many things to do. It is overwhelming. But the new version will not offer any special great features unless someone is requesting some new features which are not implemented yet AND they can be implemented.

Cheers,

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by RobAC

Yes, but how do you successfully do this? I've tried to connect to various IRC servers in order to set up a chat room, and I've never been successful at it.

Do you have to find someone with an IRC server??

Sorry, but this is not the right thread for such questions. Please go to the corresponding IRC integration threads.

Cheers,