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Official SigmaChat Integration
Version: 1.00, by Grim77 Grim77 is offline
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Version: 3.5.0 RC2 Rating:
Released: 08-07-2005 Last Update: 10-16-2005 Installs: 40
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Product Info
Name: SigmaChat Official Integration Extension
Product ID: sc7400
Version: 1.0.4 (Version re-schemed)
Author: RaiderSoft (http://www.raidersoft.com/)
Last Modified: 17 Oct. 2005
Compatibility: vBulletin 3.5.0 Gold, 3.5.0 RC-2/3
Mirror: forums.raidersoft.com

Overview
This extension allows you to fully integrate a SigmaChat Platinum or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 3.5.x forum system, including the ability to authenticate access via your vBulletin forum system, and provide a "Who's Chatting" page list showing who is currently logged into your chat room.

Requirements
  • vBulletin 3.5.x
  • SigmaChat Platinum, or Enterprise. Please note that SigmaChat Basic and SigmaChat Professional are no longer supported. You may register for a SigmaChat account at www.sigmachat.com.
  • PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from SigmaChat servers.

What's new?
This extension dramatically improves upon the previous release by making use of the vBulletin Database to store Who's Chatting list updates. Additionally, the Who's Chatting box at the bottom of the main forum page has been removed in favor of showing a (nearly) real-time count of users in your chat room directly from the main navbar. Both embedded and popup chat room options are provided to your user. The Who's Chatting list has been cleaned up. Two additional remote functions (Add Buddy and Forum Ignore) have been added as well.

Features
  • Seamless integration between your vBulletin forum and SigmaChat
  • Popup and Embedded Chat room link options
  • Automatic (one minute interval) User's Chatting count updates
  • Real-Time Who's Chatting list
  • Display the amount of users within your chat room on your main navbar shown throughout your entire forum
  • Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
  • Automatic user login option
  • Remote authentication allows you to choose which vBulletin user groups are allowed chat room administrative privileges
  • Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the SigmaChat user menu
  • Uses the new vBulletin 3.5 XML product import architecture, making installation/uninstallation easier, requiring no modifications to the codebase.
  • Improves over previous versions by storing Who's Chatting list within it's own MySQL database table

Installation
Installaion will require between 10 and 15 minutes of your time. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.html in your web browser file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications are required as this script makes use of the new vBulletin XML Product system.

Support
Support is provided by RaiderSoft for this script provided you have a Platinum or Enterprise SigmaChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Updates
8/12/05 - vbsc7400_101.zip uploaded fixing the auto-login problem. To update from the previous release, simply download and extract the new archive and copy the 'chat.php' file to the root directory of your vBulletin forum. No other changes are required.
8/13/05 - vbsc7400_102.zip uploaded fixing minor issue with displaying users currently chatting. This may have effected all users using a custom table prefix.
10/5/05 - vbsc7400_103.zip uploaded fix minor issue relating to table prefixes. This script now been fully tested with VB 3.5.0 Gold.
10/17/05 - vbsc7400_104.zip uploaded. Users experiencing problems with table locking or the who's chatting list should download and install this update.

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Hi there, I'm all installed with this but my chat when it loads says logging in, verfying password and then invalid username or password. If I continue by logging in manually with my forum details it all works and I log into chat.
I have the same problem.
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Is your authentication URL set up correctly? Here are some things to check..

1. Make sure the authentication URL is enabled in chat_global.php
2. Make sure the user group arrays in chat_global.php are correct, and match user the user group ID's in your VB admin control panel.
3. If you're using a hack that changes the way VB passwords are stored internally, the autentication script will not work -- chat_auth.php would have to manually edited.
4. You have to be logged in to your forum if you're trying to get automatic login to work, and for automatic login to work, it too must be enabled in chat_global.php

If you're continuing to have problems, eMail support@raidersoft.com with the following info:

1. Your SigmaChat account number
2. A direct URL to your forum
3. A copy of your chat_global.php file
4. A valid username and password for your forum for us to test with
5. A complete description of the problem, and procedure to reproduce it.
6. The vBulletin version you're using. As of now, only RC2 has been tested.

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I have the same problem.
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I'm having the same problem. Auto-login does not work (in fact, it looks like no username/password is being pre-entered in the username/password fields at all, which is why an "Invalid Login" error is being returned), but manual logins work just fine. Everything else seems to be working.

cduerr -- I sent you an e-mail with all details at the support account.

Hopefully, we can get this fixed.

Thanks!
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Hmm.. most of these problems can be explained by not having a Platinum or Enterprise account. Auto-login will not work with the Professional service. Can someone send me a link to their forum with a valid username/password so I can test it out? You may eMail it to me at support@raidersoft.com or PM me if you prefer. Thanks!
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Hey Chris I emailed you a few days ago with the same problem, still waiting to here back from you. I'll PM and email you my username and password for you to check it out.
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Ok, folks

I got a couple emails and some private messages. It looks like the problem is that the auto-login code somehow never made it from development to distribution. I'll take a look at it tomorrow or this weekend and get a new revision out ASAP!

Aside from that, how is everything else working? The new Who's Chatting integration should be much better than the previous release, but I'm curious to hear how it's working.
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i couldnt understand the last installation part :S
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Hmm.. most of these problems can be explained by not having a Platinum or Enterprise account. Auto-login will not work with the Professional service. Can someone send me a link to their forum with a valid username/password so I can test it out? You may eMail it to me at support@raidersoft.com or PM me if you prefer. Thanks!
cduerr -- I have a Platinum account, and I send you the details to your support e-mail. Please e-mail me back and let me know any next steps I should take.

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Ok, folks

I got a couple emails and some private messages. It looks like the problem is that the auto-login code somehow never made it from development to distribution. I'll take a look at it tomorrow or this weekend and get a new revision out ASAP!

Aside from that, how is everything else working? The new Who's Chatting integration should be much better than the previous release, but I'm curious to hear how it's working.
Edit: Great to hear! Everything else seems to be working really well. Quick questions -- how much strain does both the cron job and the who's online tabular data (displayed on the navbar) place on the server load? Do they constitute additional queries?
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Edit: Great to hear! Everything else seems to be working really well. Quick questions -- how much strain does both the cron job and the who's online tabular data (displayed on the navbar) place on the server load? Do they constitute additional queries?
Yes, it does constitute additional queries, and it also opens a quick HTTP connection to our servers to download the latest data. As it is only run once per minute though, the effect shouldn't be noticeable.
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A new minor update was put online today correcting the automatic-login bug.

To update from the previous release, simply dowload and extract the new archive to your computer. After that, just copy (ftp) over the new 'chat.php' file to the root directory of your vBulletin forum. No other changes are required.
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