SigmaChat Complete Integration & Authentication

Hack Info
Name: SigmaChat Complete Integration & Authentication Add-on
Version: 2.0.0
Author: Chris Duerr, RaiderSoft
First Introduced: 28 Mar. 2004
Last Modified: 15 Nov. 2004
Compatability: vBulletin 3.0.x

Overview
This addon allows you to fully integrate a SigmaChat Java? Chat Room (free or paid service; Platinum or Enterprise required for full functionality) with your vBulletin 3.0.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.

Features

• Chat room integrates via a single link in your vBulletin forum navigation bar, or via a forum link.
• Chat room may be placed in it's own vBulletin page, and/or as a popup window.
• Automatic user login option.
• Remote authentication script allows you to authenticate access into your chat room via your vBulletin user database.
• Complete control over which user groups are allowed access, allowed administrative access, or denied access.
• Real time "Who's Chatting" page allows you to show which users are currently in your chat room by interfacing with SigmaChat's "Who's Online Module" system.
• Makes use of vBulletin's template and phrase system for easy modification, and multilingual operation.
• Show who is chatting from your forums main page
• Automatic chat integration with your vBulletin user profiles, email, PM, etc..

Installation
Installation will require between 15 to 30 minutes of your time depending upon your proficiency in installing addons to vBulletin. Download the attached 'sigmachat.zip' file, and load the INSTALL.html file in your web browser for detailed instructions.

RaiderSoft may be able to assist you with installation should you require it. Please contact us for details.

Support
Support is provided by RaiderSoft for this script provided you have a Platinum or Enterprise SigmaChat account. Read the included instructions for details. I'll be happy to answer questions here as well regarding the script.

Screenshots are attached

The all new extension for vBulletin 3.5 has been released. For more information, please visit this link .

Download: VB3SC7_2.0.0.zip or download using the download link in the upper-right hand corner of this message.

[NeilStraker]

I've installed this, and it works perfectly, apart from the 'who's chatting' bit. I've read thro' this thread a dozen times and whatever I try doesn't work.

Also, I'm a bit concerned by dwh's comments!

[lazytown]

What is the current status of this? Is it working for most people?

-V

[msimplay]

I'm having a problem with whose chatting page it shows up white with no css

[speedracer68]

I had some help installing this and it never got finished. Then, the amature I am tried to finish it and killed it. Is there an easy way to uninstall it so I can start over?

[Jeep]

I get an error "Applet Halted. This chat room is closed."

But I cant seem to get iot going within the admin control...Newbie I guess but can someone giove me a heads up whats needed to be done. Im running VB3.03 and the free intergrated chat template. I modified everything to a T but still get the error.

any help would be appreciated...

[Grim77]

It's been a while since I've posted, sorry

dwh has some points. I'm not sure which parts of the code he considers buggy (please pm me any obvious bugs you've noticed and they'll be fixed ASAP) I do agree that the implementation could be more efficient. Using templates/phrases as they are now is a bit of a hack, the purpose being to produce the script quickly (we're not VB coders) without requiring major code changes to the VB core, and without creating dependancies upon certain databases.

That being said, the next version will be a rewrite, and will possibly be only MySQL based with a custom installer and configuration utility.

Most of our customers have little trouble getting it to work. The most common problems are not setting the chat room ID number correctly in the config file, and/or not having the url_fopen option enabled in php.ini (required for Who's Chatting updates)

If you have problems feel free to email support@raidersoft.com -- Providing your chat_global.php file, your SigmaChat account number is always helpful. Sometimes we need admin and ftp access to resolve problems.

Cheers!

[Kaelon]

Great tool! However, all Admins are showing up as just "Moderator". Here how I have my usergroups:

AUTH_ACCESS = Users (couple of usergroupids)
AUTH_ADMIN = Mods (one usergroupid)
AUTH_GRANT = Admins (one usergroupid)

When Admins log in, they have the AUTH_GRANT powers in the chat room, but on the Who's Chatting module, they're displayed as "Moderators", rather than "Administrator". Thoughts?

[007]

Does this work on 3.07?

[Kaelon]

Originally Posted by 007

Does this work on 3.07?

Apparently, only partly. I'm waiting on my query above.

[sross]

i just started having problems yesterday, my members used to click the chat link i setup and they autoloaded into the chat. Now I get a popup window and the background window changed dumps to the forum then closes, the chat eventually logs in but something is out of whack. I haven't changed any code, is anyone else having issues?