[RELEASE vB 2.0] MSN Message Center like available on http://www.msn.com

I could manage to implement the Messege Center from msn.com to vBulletin.
It doesn't work yet like the online indicators for Yahoo or ICQ, but that can perhaps be added by editing the VBS file.

Anyway, it offers the function to access your hotmail account, to create a new one, to download MSN Messenger, to start it and viewing the contacts in real time (without to have to refresh the page).

You can look at it here:

http://www.knowledge-emporium.com/tke/forum/index.php


I'm currently writing the instructions how to install it!


But before I release it I need to know one thing:

If someone has the MSN Messenger NOT installed, please go to our site and tell me if there is a link shown where you can download it!
I don't want to uninstall it just to see if it works!

This is cool,
But is there anyway that we can get the online names to appear in rows of 4 or 5 next to eachother?

If you have 30 names and all the names are under eachother it would look tore up from the floor up

Just wondering.
Cool hack

[Christian]

First of all 30 online contacts is very much!

I never have 30 of my ppl online the same time although I have about 70 in my list!


Then the problem with the tables is that you can't do that in the template!

You would have to edit the VBS script!
But if you find a solution you can tell me!

[Christian]

Sarge, here is the code which list the users online:

If I_>0 Then
Dim Z_,ol,nc
Z_=""
ol=0
nc=30
Dim i
i=0
While i<I_ And ol<nc
Dim s
s=H_(i).State
If s AND 2 Then
ol=ol+1
Dim h,AB_
h=" href="""&"vbscript:op("&i&")"""
AB_=fixName(H_(i).FriendlyName,130)
Z_=Z_&"<a"&h&">"&getStateImage(s)&"</a> "&"<a"&h&" title="""
Z_=Z_&"Send an instant message to"&" "&AB_&"."
Z_=Z_&""" class=mclink>"&K_&AB_
Z_=Z_&"</font></a><br>"
End If
i=i+1
Wend
If ol>0 Then
W_="block"

What you could try is to make let this loop run until let's say 10 contacts.
Then make a new loops which runs from 11 to 20, and so on.
Give the class always a different name like mclink1, mclink2, ...
Then you can try if you can create several columns in the table row containing the online contacts in the template, by using clas mclink1 for the first comlumn, mclink2 for the second, and so on.

I think that is the only way to seperate the online users and put them in different tablerows or columns!

[Christian]

What I meant with the creating of the classes mclink1 and mclink2 is the following line:

Z_=Z_&""" class=mclink>"&K_&AB_

But I really can't say if this commands creates this class or calls it!

You have to ask some Visual Basic coders!

They will know what to do in your case!

[Wayne Luke]

I thought about doing this, the thought of redistributing Microsoft's code didn't please me. Especially when it specifically was not released for public distribution and they went to a decent amount of effort to obfuscate it to prevent it from being stolen.

tnx a lot for the dutch installation version!

Johnny

[Christian]

Originally posted by wluke
I thought about doing this, the thought of redistributing Microsoft's code didn't please me. Especially when it specifically was not released for public distribution and they went to a decent amount of effort to obfuscate it to prevent it from being stolen.

First of all they did not do any effort to prevent it from being stolen!

Second is that it is NO service that runs from their server!

The Message Center does nothing but reflecting the status of your local running program to an internet site!

It would be something different if you would get access to the MSN main server where the online status is stored so that you could display if a user is online in MSN WITHOUT having to start the program! That would be access to their services!

All it does now it showing your own contacts only to you!

I removed this hack.

It is a good idea, but it looks like crap (to much wasted space). I will wait for a newer release

[Christian]

What exactly do you want to look it like?

i dont like how all the names are undereachother.

I had 12 people on the other day and that table was huge.

It would look more sweet if the names were next to eachother and wrapped.

Also if the login boxes were next to eachother also