Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

This modification is no longer available or supported.

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

The main features of Version 4.xx are basically the same as previous versions ;

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 hack is now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

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

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information. Please also note that I am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[indie]

Doh! Thanks, great support.

[007]

How would I put this number on a different page? The number in $totalchatters ?

[dprice]

Everything works great! Thanks for a great hack!

Is there a way to manually clear USERS CURRENTLY IN FLASHCHAT?

I have over 30 users showing logged in to Flashchat and they are really not there.

[Paul M]

I would guess you have a combination of ;

1. Quite a few FireFox users.

2. High values for the 'autologoutAfter' & 'autocloseAfter' settings [in the flashchat config file].

[dprice]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I would guess you have a combination of ;

1. Quite a few FireFox users.

2. High values for the 'autologoutAfter' & 'autocloseAfter' settings [in the flashchat config file].

WHat should the settings be? Its not logging ANYBODY out.

I have tried playing with those values in the config file, which was a no go.

I also sent you a PM with some login details so that you could take a look and see if that behavior is normal.

[007]

Can this number be made to show up in the Navbar? So a link that says "Chat (15)" etc?

[Paul M]

@007 - Not without changing where it runs.

@dprice - I have sent you a reply.

[zendiver]

Paul, I got a quick question, then I'll get out of your hair. Not sure which of your two threads to post this into, but seeing as how I got here first, this one will do. I have both of your easy to install hacks: Who Is Chatting & Whos Visited Today. Both are working as they should be with out any problems...so this is a cosmetic thing. Is there a way to have the Whos Visited Today on top rather than underneath Who is Chatting. I had first installed Who Visited Today and then WIS and it ended up on top, so I figured OK, I will do the install the other way, but no go....Is there a way to swap the two?

Thanks for all of your work...

[Paul M]

IIRC, the last one installed will be top, so uninstall WVT and then re-install it (just re-installing over the top will not work).

[zendiver]

No sir...that didn't work. I even unistalled both of them, then reinstalled in the order you suggested...WIC comes in above WVT.

In the previous version prior to 3.5, the latest install took priority, doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Any other suggestions? I know this isn't a bug, but it is more about me being anal about cosmetics and organization. I have that mentality as I do it all day long.

Thanks