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.

[C.Birch]

link to your install would be nice that way we can see if its a user end prob or server side. eg if it loads for me on your site then its user side. if i get the same probs then its server side.

[NuclioN]

<a href="http://www.cyberty.nl/forums/" target="_blank">http://www.cyberty.nl/forums/</a> right above the footer is the link

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

http://www.cyberty.nl/forums/ right above the footer is the link

ok it defo looks like cookies

try the following:

in vb3.inc.php

find:

PHP Code:

// Returns an array of user details, or false depending on whether user's cookies are valid.
function boardmodule_user_authentication()
{
    global $VAR;
    if (!isset($_COOKIE["bbuserid"]) OR !ereg("^[0-9]*$", $_COOKIE["bbuserid"]))
    {
        return PERM_LOGGED_OUT;
    }
    if (!isset($_COOKIE["bbpassword"]) OR !ereg("^[0-9A-Fa-f]*$", $_COOKIE["bbpassword"]))
    {
        return PERM_LOGGED_OUT;
    } 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

// Returns an array of user details, or false depending on whether user's cookies are valid.
function boardmodule_user_authentication()
{
    global $VAR;
    if (!isset($_COOKIE["vbuserid"]) OR !ereg("^[0-9]*$", $_COOKIE["vbuserid"]))
    {
        return PERM_LOGGED_OUT;
    }
    if (!isset($_COOKIE["vbpassword"]) OR !ereg("^[0-9A-Fa-f]*$", $_COOKIE["vbpassword"]))
    {
        return PERM_LOGGED_OUT;
    } 


close all windows and remove all cookies and temp ineternet files and try again.

because my vb cookies save as bbpassword and so on where yours are saveing as vbpassword

[C.Birch]

heres a pic of how your cookie names are not the same as mine or vb.org's

[NuclioN]

Gives this error on top:

Notice: Undefined index: bbuserid in /bbmessenger/sources/boardmodule/vb3.inc.php on line 93
SQL ERROR: SELECT userid, username, usergroupid, membergroupids, password, salt, pmunread as unreadpms FROM user WHERE userid= LIMIT 1 [You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LIMIT 1' at line 1]
Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /bbmessenger/sources/boardmodule/vb3.inc.php on line 94

Maybe i must change the cookie prefix in config.php?

[C.Birch]

no in vb3.inc.php

find:

$user = db_query("SELECT userid, username, usergroupid, membergroupids, password, salt, pmunread as unreadpms FROM {prefix}user WHERE userid=" . $_COOKIE["bbuserid"] . " LIMIT 1");

replace with:

$user = db_query("SELECT userid, username, usergroupid, membergroupids, password, salt, pmunread as unreadpms FROM {prefix}user WHERE userid=" . $_COOKIE["vbuserid"] . " LIMIT 1");

[C.Birch]

there might be other parts in other files that might need the cookie call's editing from the bb ones to vb ones so it works with your cookies.

[NuclioN]

Ok it works Tnx for your help C. Birch. It's a great addon.

[C.Birch]

or you could just edit:

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

in vb's config.php as you said but that might kill your vbadvanced so it be best to edit messenger to work with your setup.

[Acido]

Instaled and Working 100/100

Great work !

Features suggested for next versions:

1) Ignore User
2) Set usergroups permisions

Thanx for this excellent hack !

[Reeve of shinra]

Very cool hack.

[Holidazed]

Can you tell me what the difference between this and te vbPager hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hlight=vbpager) is?

Do I need this if I already have the other installed?

vB Pager is completely different, as it's a Instant Messenger without any interface... you don't need one or the other to run these... and they can work together in the same install.

this BB Messenger is more like a ICQ for the board... vB Pager is more like a PM with a popup...

[C.Birch]

Originally Posted by bitg

Can you tell me what the difference between this and te vbPager hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hlight=vbpager) is?

Do I need this if I already have the other installed?

this hack does not need any editing of vb files or database. its got its own messenger interface and was first coded about a year ago for vb2 along with support for vb3 beta and ipb and was let to be posted in the vb2 forums due to the fact the vb3 support made no edits to vb3 in anyway.

anyway vb pager is just basicy still a pm system apart from the fact the pm now shows up in a pop up. messenger gives your users live person to person chat with muti chats open at once eg like you can with ice, yahoo & msn and that.

also you dont need to reinstall this everytime you update your vb again due to the fact no edits to vb are made.

[C.Birch]

also due to the fact its stand alone and just use's vb's userdata base you dont need to have the forums open they my be closed because all you need open is the messenger interface.

it also tell's you if you have new pm's and also lets you send offline buddys pm's via clicking on there name on the buddy part of the messenger.