Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

The main features of Version 4.xx are basically the same as previous versions ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The hack is now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information. Please also note that I am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[SlimWicked]

Hi everyone!

Does anyone know how you can place the "Who is chatting" box at the top of the forum as well? Mybe right below the nav bar? Can this be done? I'm frying my brain trying to figure this one out.

[matt3830]

How can I uninstall it?

[Paul M]

With the product "uninstall" option.

[matt3830]

I disabled the plugin. But I'm not sure how to remove the 'who's chatting' box at the bottom of the forum.

[Paul M]

I take it you have an old version then ?

[matt3830]

Yes, I think I do. I actually kind of forgot about it. Is that 'who's chatting' at the bottom of the forum in a template somewhere?

[Paul M]

In versions prior to 4.10 it is in the FORUMHOME template.

[paulmjno]

The chatters list doesn't seem to display users who have a post count of 0.

[Paul M]

There is no check on the number od posts someone has.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

anyone know of a conflicting plugin?

I installed with no issues...but it just doesn't appear at all for my main skin.

It seems to work when I view it in my old original skin....but not for my main one (which has several forumhome plugins/edits). what would cause it to just NOT appear?



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ps. I realize covering custom skin eccentricities is not the scope of your responsibility, but just wondering if you might be able to point me in the right direction of what may cause conflict or someone had a simliar experience that they were able to fix.

great hack and much appreciated for your volunteered work.