Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 4 Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: addonchat
Version: 4.0.2, 4.2.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 4 Aug. 2012
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x+, 4.2.x+

Overview

This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 4 forum or CMS. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 4 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?

• Completely re-written for vBulletin 4
• New Integration Options for vBulletin Social Networking Features (Blog, Albums, etc..)
• Updated to support RAS (Remote Authentication System) v2.1 providing extremely fine grain control over user privileges.
• New 'User is Banned' option in usergroup manager to easily prevent users belonging to specified usergroups from entering your chat room.
• Who's Chatting list is now (optionally) displayed on main forum page in the What's Going On box.
• Embedded Width may now be specified in percentage values (defaults to 100%)
• Option to display Chat Room Link in main navigation tab, community menu, and/or quick links menu.
• New in v4.0.1: Updated Link Code
• New in v4.0.1: Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• New in v4.0.1: SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• New in v4.0.1: Easy AddonChat control panel access through vBulletin AdminCP
• New in v4.0.1: vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• New in v4.0.1: Language Additions
• Changed in v4.2.0: Temporarily suspended pop-up feature. We advise customers to enable the Java 6+ Detach feature along with the pop-up after login options from their AddonChat control panel to emulate this behavior.
• Updated in 4.2.0: Support for new vBulletin 4.2.x navigation system

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin Forum/CMS and AddonChat
• After installation, set up and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting updates
• Optionally display the amount of users within your chat room on your chat navigation tab shown throughout your entire forum/CMS.
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support
• Supports both the AddonChat Mobile Edition & SSL Modules through automatic client/page detection.

Installation

Installation takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.TXT file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support

Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Which file do I download?

vBulletin 4.2.x+ users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-2-0.zip
vBulletin 4.0.x, 4.1.x users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-0-2.zip

[fishmaster]

Hard to believe no update on this yet..

Main reason I pay the fee..

[sixpackspeak]

I tried installing it on my Vbulletin board (Version 4.2 Patch Level 2). It says it installed via the plug in manager but I don't see the settings anywhere in my control panel.

Has anyone tried to install it on 4.2 and not just do a upgrade where you had it previously?

[GhostHunter2010]

downloaded but not installed yet will test it later on vb 4.2 thx for sharing

[fishmaster]

Installed on 4.2.0, appears to just be a link in the navigation manager. The old style that shows the number of people in the chatroom is not appearing.

[fishmaster]

Works fine... Running 4.2.0

Shows number in chat room as before.

[sixpackspeak]

Originally Posted by sixpackspeak

I tried installing it on my Vbulletin board (Version 4.2 Patch Level 2). It says it installed via the plug in manager but I don't see the settings anywhere in my control panel.

Has anyone tried to install it on 4.2 and not just do a upgrade where you had it previously?

I got it working. I had to upload each of the files manually and it showed up in the control panel. The importer didn't seem to work so I followed the manual directions.

It showed # of people chatting as well.

[Cicada]

just updated the plugin and it broke everything..no tab on my forumhome...no links or anything..can't really figure out what's going on :/

running 4.2.0 PL1

[Grim77]

Have you configured your chat room from the AddonChat section of the ACP, or is that not showing either?

[Gemma]

Just installed on vB4.2 PL2 - works perfectly, thanks

Only thing I needed to do was change the addonchat_embed template because it wasn't displaying correctly on my site (header/breadcrumbs etc). If anyone else is having display problems they might want to try changing this

Find:

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
{vb:raw headinclude}

Change it to;

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
{vb:raw headinclude}
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}

[Cicada]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Have you configured your chat room from the AddonChat section of the ACP, or is that not showing either?

it works if i go to myforum.com/addonchat.php and pops out (i have the java6 popout enabled in the addonchat CP as suggested) -- everything is configured correctly, so it loads, the only thing is the chat tab doesn't show on my forumhome. the tab _is_ enabled in the ACP Navigation manager.