Embedded chat

This "hack" will allow you to run a semi-integrated (free or paid) chat room "inside" your forum:

+ It's quite generic and should work with several chat providers (made a seperate template, just for the applet code)
+ The chat room will be displayed within your forum's structure,
+ The chat applet will be sized according to the user's screen resolution (could get scary at 1600x1200 )
+ People will be logged into the chat room using their forum usernames (if the chat supports auto-login)
+ Invalid characters in usernames will be replaced before logging in to the chat, plus too lengty names will be shortened
+ Easy installation

- At this time there's no feedback from the chat room to the forum. A "chat monitor" is planned though (version 2)

The install docs and template examples are mainly focussed on the chat provider we use (http://www.raidersoft.com), but it shouldn't be a problem adjusting one or two things to get this thing to work with your own chat provider.

The sizes of the chat applet haven't been tested out fully. I have no clue how bigger resolutions work out. All the rest seems to work fine.

Hope you like it...

[update 1.4]Sizes can now be set more easily, just by editing the chatredirect template, nothing else.
Added support for raidersoft's ICE, which is more flexible with usernames.

[CmputerWiz]

Wow this hack is awesome! I've tried prolly 8 other chat solutions, including one with RealChat which was $500, and this one is by far the easiest and best hack IMO. Well done!!

www.SouthFloridaRacing.com/forums and the hack can be seen at
www.SouthFloridaRacing.com/forums/chat if you login.

Thanks again!
SR

[WhiteOx2]

Brilliant hack, thankyou
*clicks install*

[Amzadi]

Now if someone can just integrate this chat with VBulletin.
http://www.sizefetish.com:1235/docs/index.html

Once in the chat room, click EXTRA in the top menu and UPLOAD MEDIA. Upload a pic and see why this chat room is better than anything else on the market.

[jzhostpa]

What is the "Authentication URL" that I should use with SigmaChat Enterprise Level? I have vb 2.2.9

thx

[cjwinternet]

setup exactly as described.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function show_nopermission() in E:\Data\CW\airmech_vb_051005\forums\chat.php on line 49

VBulletin 3.5 on PHP5 on IIS6

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Well this is a hack for vB2, so it will 100% not work for vB3.5.

Even trying it, is risking your board.

[Rukbat]

I just upgraded from vBulleting 3.5.3 to 3.5.4.. I had sigma chat imbedded in the forum (sigma chat platinum) with the 'Chat' link in the navbar (had the drop dow to open chat room in window/float it/see who's chatting) unfortunately I did this upgrade at 2am when my brain is fuzzy but my board was clear of members. The upgrade went fine until i finished and had some templates vB asked if I wanted to revert. I accidentally (big mistake) reverted the navbar template! And my 'chat' link is gone.... also the <----!Sigma Chat----> code that was in two places that i remember in that template are gone.

any help to get it back would be appreciated.... I can't remember how I put the code nor where i got the code that was in there at this point....
my board members are supposed to have a 'scheduled chat' on 2/22 at 8pm US Eastern time...HELP!