Digichat Hack v2.0 Semi-Live Whose in chat

Ok I'll be honest here. I wasn't going to release this, after the problems I had with the last one, and the problems with the last install proggy I made for hacks. I'm sorry my board is really hacked up and I'm just a tinkerer more than a hacker. So here goes.

What this hack does.

Allows moderators and users to have seperate entrances.
Mods have a second option to hide from the whose in chat option.
Whose in chat updates every 10 seconds so it's close to live.

Things still do to:

Make digi-chat user info preload into chat screen.

It's been running on my board now for about 4 weeks and it runs perfectly.

[grb123]

Originally posted by GeorgeofCS
In forumdisplay.php at the very bottom you will find

eval("\$onlineusers .= \"".gettemplate('forumdisplay_loggedinusers')."\"; ");
}
}

it should be right above the

?>

This is still installed on my boards, however I'm in the process of finding a new chat room.

Ah, must be a version thing then, as I'm still using 2.0.3 and I guess igowoofwoof is as well and it's nowhere in forumdisplay.php (but I guess you could put it anywhere you wanted to show who was online?)

Any reason why you're changing chat service? I've just signed up with DigiChat because I was so impressed with your hack so if you're not happy with them please let me know!

[GeorgeofCS]

I built this hack on 2.2.1 So yeah could very well be a version thing. I should still work though if you put it at the very end of the forumdisplay.php file, but I'm not positive.

Digi-chat is an ok service. To be honest it's still the best I've seen, but around christmas time my chat room crashed and trying to get tech support was like pulling my own wisdom teeth out. I ended up without a chat room for almost 2 weeks before I connered someone. Then at the end of Janurary someone finally contacted me to "fixed" the problem I had with the chat room. That's the only reason I left.

[grb123]

OK, Thanks very much for getting back to me. I'll give DigiChat a try and see how it goes - we've signed up on a quarterly basis so can cancel fairly easily (theoretically!). Your hack is so simple yet based on the one on your site it is really good so here's hoping all goes well!

Thanks again for your help.

[pgowder]

I've installed everything, how do I call the chat room now??

[pgowder]

Nevermind, got it working!!

Now, how do I see a who's chatting feature?

[pgowder]

When a moderator tries to login, they get an error about the password is not valid???

[grb123]

You need to create an account using ChatMaster for your moderator and assign the same password they are using for vB. They will be prompted for their password when they open the chat.

The Users Online feature doesn't work for me - there's an error with lastchatactivity somewhere and I haven't bothered to try to fix it.

[pgowder]

Thanks!

Is there a way to sync passwords.

What happens if a mod changes there password?

[grb123]

There may be a way to sync passwords but I don't think this hack can do ti. If a mod changes their password it must be changed in both vB and DigiChat.

[pgowder]

Ok, I have several other user groups beside the standard ones like Senior Moderator.

How can I add them into this hack?