Chat Modifications - Members who are chatting in Flashchat 5 or 6

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: I no longer use Flashchat, and development and support of it at Tufat appears to have died in 2010.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

Note: This is compatible with Flashchat 5.0.x only, it will not work with Flashchat 4.

* Flashchat 5 is no longer available - this should work with Flashchat 6, but this is not a supported option *

The main features are ;

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 option to record and display the Most Ever chatters can be enabled.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option (include or exclude groups).
9. The location of the Flashchat folder is an ACP option

(Options are located in vBulletin Options > Who Is Using Flashchat).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.


Further Notes:

This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that Flashchat stores this information.

I have no connection with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat functionality then their forums are located here.

Template Hook

Please note that this modification uses the following template hook in the FORUMHOME template ;

forumhome_wgo_pos2

This must be present in any customised template/style you are using, otherwise this modification will not display.


History:

v3.8.001 : First release for vb 3.8.x
v3.8.002 : Fix Most Ever Display Bug.

[centralss]

I reverted my forumhome template after saving the code first and then readded my mods to it and everything is fine now.

[Daryn]

Adding the template hook would be a lot easier for me. What is the hook for this? I know where it should go, but not what it should be.

EDIT: Nevermind, there are 5 hooks, and comparing the default style with my custom one they weren't hard to find.

[Chimpie]

Is there a way to get show who is chatting for vB 3.8 and FlashChat 4.7.12?

[Paul M]

No, there is currently no 3.8 version for FC4.

You could install the 3.7 version and I *think* it will work - but you will have to edit the xml to allow it to install on 3.8

[Paul M]

3.6 ?

This is for 3.8

[PNEInvincibles]

Is there any way of getting this to display on a page other than the forum home?

[Paul M]

Display what exactly ?

[PNEInvincibles]

List of members who are chatting, I must confess though I get slightly confused with the who is chatting and members using flashchat modifications, sorry.

I have a self contained area where people rarely go back to the forum home page but would want to know who is chatting.

[Paul M]

Sorry, the list is only built on the index (Forumhome) page.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by PNEInvincibles

List of members who are chatting, I must confess though I get slightly confused with the who is chatting and members using flashchat modifications, sorry.

I have a self contained area where people rarely go back to the forum home page but would want to know who is chatting.

I have an add-on for this hack that shows it on other pages. It builds on this hack, so this hack will need to be installed before installing mine. Check out the link in the Addons section of the first post of this hack for the link.