Embedded chat

This "hack" will allow you to run a semi-integrated (free or paid) chat room "inside" your forum:

+ It's quite generic and should work with several chat providers (made a seperate template, just for the applet code)
+ The chat room will be displayed within your forum's structure,
+ The chat applet will be sized according to the user's screen resolution (could get scary at 1600x1200 )
+ People will be logged into the chat room using their forum usernames (if the chat supports auto-login)
+ Invalid characters in usernames will be replaced before logging in to the chat, plus too lengty names will be shortened
+ Easy installation

- At this time there's no feedback from the chat room to the forum. A "chat monitor" is planned though (version 2)

The install docs and template examples are mainly focussed on the chat provider we use (http://www.raidersoft.com), but it shouldn't be a problem adjusting one or two things to get this thing to work with your own chat provider.

The sizes of the chat applet haven't been tested out fully. I have no clue how bigger resolutions work out. All the rest seems to work fine.

Hope you like it...

[update 1.4]Sizes can now be set more easily, just by editing the chatredirect template, nothing else.
Added support for raidersoft's ICE, which is more flexible with usernames.

[tweak]

thanx i will test this out

[ladyfyre]

ok...i have a somewhat silly question here:

The chat system I am now using uses a java applet, but one which is imbeded into a php file, with php code interspersed throughout it.

Won't putting the php into the template bomb it? Or will the template process the php?

[wot-Mike]

it's the other way round: php processes the templates, but I'm not sure I understand what you mean, ladyfyre ???

You want to use your own chat php file with these templates or such? Can you be a bit more specific about what you want exactly?

[Smoothie]

hey, i've been on a chat install mission all week. First i installed jakemans IRC chat hack, which worked fine. But this is way cool. Nice job!!

[wot-Mike]

*blushes*

Thanks! :classic:

[Smoothie]

I'm using the free version for now, but I just upgraded to the pro.

A couple of questions. How long does it take them to upgrade you to the pro version? And are there any changes I need to make once I upgrade? Or is it all done on their end?

[Smoothie]

another question? In the Preventing Identity Spoofing you have some confusion. It says find this:

You can do that by changing this line in your chatbit template:

PHP Code:

<applet codebase="http://freechat.raidersoft.com" archive="scclient.zip" code="Client.class" width=$setwidth height=$setheight> 


It should become:

PHP Code:

<applet codebase="http://freechat.raidersoft.com" archive="scclient4.zip" code="Client.class" width=$setwidth height=$setheight> 


But they look the same to me??

[Smoothie]

Never mind. I changed the code to what you said above. Works! No more logout button.

I was a little confused by the way it was phrased.

[RapCheck]

I've been in need of a chat hack for my board for awhile now but didn't want anything on my own server, and wanted something simple.

Just happened to see this today and got it all goin in about 10 minutes.

I just went with the raidersoft.com chat. Its a good chat, and this is nice.

thanks

[wot-Mike]

Originally posted by Smoothie
Never mind. I changed the code to what you said above. Works! No more logout button.

I was a little confused by the way it was phrased.

Well, my english could have been better...

The difference between those lines is this:
<archive="scclient.zip"> versus <archive="scclient4.zip">

I'm not sure if that's the same for the free version though? In case of doubt, log in to your account and click faq or support. It shows the possibilities somewhere.

As for the upgrade to the Pro version, after I ordered it, it was all done within minutes. Dunno if it's like that every time.


And thanks for the nice comments RapCheck