BB| Messenger 1.5

Please press install if you install this hack

Support Can Not Be Given For This Hack

BB|Messenger is a user to user messenger system for vb3 that runs off your user database.

This hack as been made for my own forums and has not been tested on any other forums, so its very likely that errors might be found on other system set up's.

To Install:

upload all the files in the same way that they are in side the zip.

once all files are upload load the page http://www.yourdomain.com/bbmessenger/
note that the address before bbmessenger/ will be the path to the folder on your site.

Follow the install page and your all done.

The only other thing that needs doing is the editing of the address's in the marquee.php file that you upload to your forums root.

Find:

PHP Code:

 echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td width=\"$marquee_width\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px inset #000000; background-color: #4C6CA4\" onMouseover=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#607DAE';\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#4C6CA4';\">\n";
    echo "<font size=1 face=\"Verdana, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Times\">\n";
    echo "<b><a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=" . $latestthread['threadid'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['title'] . "</a></b><br>\n";
    echo "Started by: <a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['postusername'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo "Last Post by: <a href=\"http://community.ultimate-music.net/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=" . $latestthread['lastposter'] . "\" target='_blank'>" . $latestthread['lastposter'] . "</a><br>\n";
    echo $numreplies;
    echo "\n</font>\n";
    echo "</td>\n</tr>\n\n"; 


and edit it to meet your own needs.

User linking to the messenger

put a link anywhere you like on your forums linking to /bbmessenger/index.php

How To's

To edit the colours edit the css in the files in the style folder.

Support

Can not be given via my self due to work load please do not e-mail or pm asking for help in anyway because the reply will more and likely be no, this does not stop user's from helping each other with probs in this topic and if a fix or addon is made i will update the zip with it up on the asking of doing so.

Fix's

1) check your vBulletin cookies Prefix in vb's config file is set to bb like below:

// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// For example
$cookieprefix = 'bb';

if not set it to the above, if setting it to the above gives you errors with other hacks follow the steps on page 3 for editing messengers cookie call's.

this fix's the login error.

2) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=164 Zip will get updated when next version is out.

[Lizard King]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

whats the link of the program?

I also would like to see a working demo before investing some money in it.

[slinky]

Originally Posted by SoloX

if my opinion counts, I would like to suggest staying with Jabber. The clients can be customized easily and running a jabberd is easy as well. Java clients as you said cannot be customized a lot in their look and feel.
PLUS .. there is an option to churn out an integrated IM client which does vbulletin messaging as well as others (AOL, MSN, etc). The open source clients already do all that. We just need to provide back end connectivity to VB.

Jabber would be great but that involves installing the server and other components. I find that kind of administration challenging. Have any of you actually set it up or on a virtuate private server?

[aranthorn]

Well, I just installed, did the cookie tweak and seems fine so far. THX for sharing the hack

[Tigur]

ok i think I am blind... but how do i get it to stop auto popping up from a new message from another user while im typing to another? its starting to get slightly annoying ... lol

[aranthorn]

Originally Posted by Tigur

ok i think I am blind... but how do i get it to stop auto popping up from a new message from another user while im typing to another? its starting to get slightly annoying ... lol

in the file /bbmessenger/style/messenger.html.php

find:

PHP Code:

window["chat_{$VAR["sitecode"]}_" + id].focus(); 


and change it to:

PHP Code:

// window["chat_{$VAR["sitecode"]}_" + id].focus(); 


[animate]

Have installed but all users on this buddy list are displayed in the bbmessanger as Offline, but on the index site from vbb the buddys are online. i have installed on 3.0.6

[Aj2005]

Working nicely here, have it set up using the navbar js so it pops up straight away. Also added the relevant <if> tags to make it visable to members only. Great piece of coding, since we have an unlimited hosting package I have no complaints at all with regards to resource utilisation. Members love it, particularly for keeping in touch with admins when they need help.

[dsboyce8624]

Is it me, or does this weigh heavily on your server? I have a lower end box running my site, money, money, money, and I'm willing to upgrade it. i jsut want to know if the slow down when I open this is resources, or something I may have done wrong.

It does seem to work fine.

Dennis

PS - I'm also in favor of the Java system mentioned by Tom.

[geezzaa]

I love this prog ,
Can you help me out again please.
I want to add a link in the nav bar to run bb messanger when clicked, could you tell me how to do this please

[madkidz]

I tested it and for some reason other members cant recieve my bb messages. what could be the cause of that. I asked in the forum and it doesnt work for anyone.

[yoyoyoyo]

does this hack still work in 3.0.8? I amn reading varying results

[gbechtel]

Originally Posted by PitchouneN64ngc

Do you use a prefix for your tables? ($tableprefix in your ./includes/config.php) If yes, modify the table as this (search your wrong query before):

PHP Code:

FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread 


I know that this post is old but I did not see a solution that addressed what was causing the problem.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:

Invalid SQL: 
SELECT threadid, forumid, title, replycount, lastposter, postuserid, postusername FROM thread ORDER BY lastpost DESC LIMIT 20 mysql error: Table 'masscops_vbforum.thread' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146

Date: Sunday 21st of August 2005 04:12:33 PM
Script: http://www.masscops.com/forums/marquee.php
Referer: http://www.masscops.com/forums/bbmessenger/index.php?func=m_interface
Username: User
IP Address: **.**.**.**

What needs to be changed is in marquee.php line #38

Was....

// connect to the database and pull the info we need.

$latestposts = $DB_site->query("
SELECT threadid, forumid, title, replycount, lastposter, postuserid, postusername
FROM thread
ORDER BY lastpost
DESC LIMIT " . THREAD_LIMIT . ""
);

Changed to....

// connect to the database and pull the info we need.

$latestposts = $DB_site->query("
SELECT threadid, forumid, title, replycount, lastposter, postuserid, postusername
FROM vb3_thread
ORDER BY lastpost
DESC LIMIT " . THREAD_LIMIT . ""
);

FROM [add your prefix here]_thread

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by animate

Have installed but all users on this buddy list are displayed in the bbmessanger as Offline, but on the index site from vbb the buddys are online. i have installed on 3.0.6

thats because there offline on the messager. eg they dont have messager loaded, when they do have it loaded they show up has online.

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by C.Birch

thats because there offline on the messager. eg they dont have messager loaded, when they do have it loaded they show up has online.

will this be ported to 3.5

[MissKalunji]

n e one?