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

[sixpackspeak]

My counter never decreases. It just keeps adding users to the number of people chatting and when people leave the room - it never decreases. Any idea what could be causing this?

http://forums.sixpackspeak.com

[rajcolmo]

I installed 4.2.0 but I don't see changes. I can enable the tab but it opens embedded in the same window and there are no counts of "chatters" on the tab.

Thoughts??

[Grim77]

@sixpackspeak: Usually this is a result of your server being unable to communicate with ours. Most commonly it is a PHP configuration issue (no CURL or url_fopen directive) It could also be a firewall issue.

@rajcolmo: Give it at least 10 minutes before testing the Who's Chatting script, and ensure there is at least one user in your chat room during that time. The Who's Chatting count is updated as a scheduled task in VB. Ensure that the option is enabled in your control panel and your chat room functions correctly. If after that it is not working, ensure that either CURL is installed and working or the PHP url_fopen directive is enabled in the PHP configuration file. Finally, ensure that your server is able to communicate with ours.

If those suggestions don't work, e-mail support@addonchat.com for assistance.

[lamur]

I installed this mod, and if I go to the homepage down towards the bottom it has a list of all the users in the chat room.. THe only problem is there is no space between the usernames, so if 10 people are in there it looks like 1 long name. I need a comma or something to seperate them out.. Was there a fix for this? Thanks!

[lamur]

One other question, is there a way to make the chat room "float" still? I notice when I installed this mod it has one link that goes to the chat room but no link to "float" the chat room to seperate it.. Is that still possible?

[PattiOz]

Works well. I can't work out how to specify usergroups (I have the pro version). Addon Chat options do not appear under user my groups settings.

[justicechick]

Anyone interested in helping install this by any chance?

[lamur]

I don't have the option to change users to different groups in chat. I could usually play around with some and change their color but it won't let me anymore.. whys that?

[deverill2010]

Hi Grim I installed the free version which worked fine, I then upgraded to professional and now cant log in to my chatroom?

I keep getting 'invalid username or password'...

[deverill2010]

Originally Posted by Grim77

@sixpackspeak: Usually this is a result of your server being unable to communicate with ours. Most commonly it is a PHP configuration issue (no CURL or url_fopen directive) It could also be a firewall issue.

If those suggestions don't work, e-mail support@addonchat.com for assistance.

I am having the same issue and I have both of those things enabled.