Chat Modifications - Flashchat 6 Integration for vBulletin 4.x

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: I no longer use Flashchat, and development and support of it at Tufat appears to have died in 2010.

vBulletin 4.x Version

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Flashchat 6 Integration with vBulletin 4.x.x
Flashchat 4 & Flashchat 5 are not supported by this Integration.

vBulletin 4.0.1 broke the automatic login of vb members into Flashchat, this is fixed in mod version 4.0.5 onwards.

Note:
Standard Flashchat includes vBulletin integration as part of the Tufat supplied files. However, the standard integration does not include Direct Usergroup Integration or other extra's like the WOL Display & Flashchat on a vBulletin page. This Modification adds those features


Extra's added by this modification

* Direct login to a room.
* The WOL will correctly display Flashchat as the location (not 'Unknown Location')
* Flashchat can be displayed embedded inside a 'standard' vBulletin Page (i.e. not full screen).
* Direct Usergroup Integration - a section is added to each usergroup in the ACP Usergroup Manager to set the Flashchat permissions for that group.
* The plugin will automatically add a link to Flashchat in your Navbar Quick Links or Community Links - this feature can be disabled if you wish.
* The automatic link can have a prefix path defined - useful if you use something like vBA.
* You can define a usergroup to login as Flashchats "Spy" mode.


More notes:

* The automatic link feature may fail if you have customised templates (it uses template hooks).
* For Flashchat inside a vBulletin page you need to link to .../misc.php?do=flashchat
* This modification does not add any links to Flashchat Administration in the ACP.
* You can set all members to login direct to particular room via the ACP.
* You can also add a room parameter to the url - i.e. .../misc.php?do=flashchat&room=3
* Spys can login into the chat but are not listed in the room - they cannot chat, just watch.

Note: This modification is not Flashchat - you must obtain and install that first - this is just vBulletin / Flashchat Integration. You must also install Flashchat into a folder called 'chat' in your forum root folder i.e. (/forums/chat/) - this is the same folder as your usercp.php file and includes folder. This modification will fail if you do not do this.

Finally, I am not Tufat.com or Flashchat Support - if you have questions about Flashchat, their forums are here.

To use the this integration simply download and unzip the file, then follow the instructions in the text file. Once installed, the Flashchat userlevel options for each usergroup will appear in the ACP usergroup edit screens - editing of the CMS file will no longer be required.


Support

This modification is not supported.
Please check the instructions, and make sure you have uploaded any files to the correct location - the vast majority of problems reported are due to an error made in editing or uploading files.


History:

v4.0.1 : 25-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 26-Dec-2009 : Fix bug in CMS file for CSRF on profile pages.
v4.0.3 : 27-Dec-2009 : Fix bug when using admin message list + minor phrase changes.
v4.0.4 : 05-Jan-2010 : Minor display changes (not released).
v4.0.5 : 13-Jan-2010 : Fix broken autologin in vb 4.0.1 +
v4.0.6 : 26-Jan-2010 : Various updates.
v4.0.7 : 27-Feb-2010 : Style code updates for vB 4.0.2.
v4.0.8 : 13-Jun-2010 : Added error message if Flashchat installation cannot be detected.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

[ggsinc]

Originally Posted by shuett

Hi
Thanks for the great mod.

I just get a blank page here:
http://www.tasmaniaforums.com.au/mis...ashchat&room=1

Flash chat is installed correct because when I load chat at www.tasmaniaforums.com.au/chat I get the login page as expected.

Can you help?

Kind regards, Sandy

I have this same issue.

If I load it www.mysite.com/chat it works fine. (Well, the autologin doesn't work, but that's a tufat issue, not the mod I'm assuming)

But if I load it from the link in the menu www.mysite.com/misc.php?do=flashchat&room=1 I get an autoload attempt followed by the dreaded flashchat *oops* sound and the error message: Incorrect user name or password. Please try again.

[kingmotox]

how can i show "chatters online" below "users online" on the bottom of the forum?

[rockabilly]

Hello,
I installed flashchat 6.08 to my vb4.0.3 and it works perfectly, except when you click on a user to view their profile. I get this error message:

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

I saw an earlier post in this thread by a guy who had the same problem, but I did not see any fix posted for it. This is the only bug I have with this great integration mod. I hope there is a fix for this.

Thanks in advance!

[Paul M]

There is no fix because it works fine. I have 6.0.8 and 4.0.3 installed.

Make sure you are using the CMS file supplied by this mod, not the default FC version.

[Xencored]

Hi Paul
Am new to this flash chat. i bought the chat installed it fine and installed your mod fine.
now this is my problem (like i said am new to this) when i did a test chat it says this
[Vodkaholic] 3:59 am [undefined]:

Am not sure if its this mod or the Flash chat side i know you posted about not been chat support (if this is to do with them) than i will post in there forums

But anyway if you could tell me which side this problem is i know where i am

[Paul M]

That is a Flashchat issue.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Paul M

That is a Flashchat issue.

Thanks mate

[arob42]

I was unable to install flashchat 6.0.8 and integrated into vBulletin 4.0.4 using the vbulletin40CMS.php file contained in this zip. Has anyone successfully done this yet? I get to step 2 of the flashchat installation and it reported that it was unable to detect my login settings. I understand this problem was fixed with 4.0.3 but it may be back again.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by arob42

I was unable to install flashchat 6.0.8 and integrated into vBulletin 4.0.4 using the vbulletin40CMS.php file contained in this zip. Has anyone successfully done this yet? I get to step 2 of the flashchat installation and it reported that it was unable to detect my login settings. I understand this problem was fixed with 4.0.3 but it may be back again.

The CMS file in this zip works fine. I have it working with 4.0.4 & 6.0.8. I dont know what you are referring to with 4.0.3, no problem existed to fix. The only CMS issue was back when 4.0.1 was released in January, and that was fixed back then.

[beatyourtruck]

Hi Paul. I think I messed this up by uploading the current CMS file instead of the new one, then I imported the XML. Yes I read the "(Make sure you do this before step 4)" and thought I did LOL Wrong file, stupid one on my part. The link shows in the Community dropdown but it gives me this:
vBulletin Message
Flashchat does not appear to be correctly installed.

So disabled it, reuploaded, still get the message. Tried uninstalling it, reuploaded and still the same message.

Looks like I messed something up! I can still just add a tab and link it that way as it seems like the only thing not working is the link? Login integration works nice when I just paste the FC link into a browser when logged onto my forum. Takes me right in and shows me as the admin.

Thanks for any help....sorry for the slip up.

vB 4.03 by the way....doesn't sound like that matters.