Chat Modifications - Flashchat: Integration for vB 3.7

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Flashchat integration with vBulletin 3.7

Note: Flashchat Version 5.0.8 onwards now has the option for vbulletin 3.7 integration.

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


Standard vB 3.7 integration features

* Authorised members are automatically logged in.
* Automatic login works even if a member has not ticked "remember me".
* All non authorised members are locked out (this and the above are based on usergroup membership).
* If enabled, Flashchat updates the users session location (displayed in various vBulletin online location displays such as WOL).
* Real ip detection when a proxy server is used (only if the proxy server passes on the details).
* Permanant, Private Rooms are loaded by Admins and Moderators (allows for Staff Rooms).

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 try to automatically add a link to Flashchat in your Quick Links or Navbar - this feature can be disabled if you wish.
* The automatic link can have a prefix path defined - useful if you use something like CMPS.
* You can define a usergroup to login as Flashchats "Spy" mode. (Version 3.7.002 onwards)


More notes:

* This integration is for Flashchat versions 4.7.x or 5.0.x (seperate downloads).
* 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.
* 3.7.004 onwards has extra code to cope with VBs CSRF protection, which interferes with profile linking.
* 3.7.006 onwards is for Flashchat 5.0.x - The previous version for Flashchat 4 (3.7.005) will continue to be available for the moment.

The CMS file assumes that you are installing Flashchat in your forum root folder - this is the same folder as your usercp.php file and includes folder. Installation will fail if you do not do this.

Support: 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. If you are still stuck and want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, an admin user, and ftp access details, without these I cannot help you. I will look when I have time.

Flashchat 4 : If you have upgraded from 3.6 to 3.7 make sure you have edited the CMS entry in the Flashchat config.php file.

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


To use the this upgraded 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.



History:

v3.7.001 : First release for vb 3.7.
v3.7.002 : Option for Flashchat spy mode added.
v3.7.003 : Fix for 404 page not found error in certain situations.
v3.7.004 : Code added to allow profile views blocked by VB's CSRF protection.
v3.7.005 : CSRF Code changed.

v3.7.006 : Modified for Flashchat 5.
v3.7.007 : Removed 3.6 CMS file, Updated install code.
v3.7.008 : Fix bug in new install code - was using WIC option.
v3.7.009 : CMS file updated to check a users infraction groups.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by yotsume

Paul,

After updating your mod the profile button on the user's drop down menu in FlashChat no longer works. How can I fix this? Also their avatar photo which comes up next to the private message window no longer links to their profile as well. Is there a code setting I have to change to get these two items to point to their VB profiles again?

Have you installed the latest version, making sure the CMS files supplied with this are uploaded correctly. It would also help if you said what you mean by "no longer works".

Originally Posted by Yellow-06-GT

I have installed flashchat and this integration hack. Everything seems to be working properly with the exception of the user group permissions. They seem to have no effect. All users are able to chat, even if I set the user group to "no chat access" or even if I set the group to "Banned from chat".

What am I doing wrong?

As above, are you sure you have uploaded the supplied CMS files to the correct place, overwriting those that come with Flashchat.

[varkjie]

I'm a little lost I have flashchat and it's integrated but I just added new styles and I forgot where to go to add the flashchat link into the template... can someone please poitn me in the right direction?

[Yellow-06-GT]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Have you installed the latest version, making sure the CMS files supplied with this are uploaded correctly. It would also help if you said what you mean by "no longer works".


As above, are you sure you have uploaded the supplied CMS files to the correct place, overwriting those that come with Flashchat.

Thanks for the reply.

Thank you, that was sort of it. I did upload them; however, I had the old and the new. Like this:

vbulletin36cms.php
vbulletin36CMS.php
vbulletin37cms.php
vbulletin37CMS.php

So, not sure which one it is using I recopied the files from your zip file to both the upper and lower case CMS files.

That took care of the problem. Is it using the upper case CMS files?

Thanks again.

[Paul M]

They should be uppercase, where did you get the lowercase versions ?

[tldagent]

Originally Posted by tldagent

I'm still having and ongoing problem that I had originally posted here.

I installed new flashchat 5.0.7 and everything worked fine until I reinstalled this hack. The chat is there but the box to type in is not there. I've installed this over and over and still can't seem to get it to work. I'm using vb 3.7.2 and flashchat 5.0.7. It's not a problem with Flashchat as I stated before, it was working and the chat entry box was available all the way up until I installed this integration hack. Anyone have any ideas as chat on our forum has been down for months.

If I take the old vbulletin36CMS.php file and upload it, then the problem is gone. But if I use the file within this hack, the chat box (where you type chat) doesn't show up at all.

Solved! Thank you Paul for identifying the issue. Paul found that there were multiple permissions set for my admin and moderator usergroups and one was spy mode. In spy mode, a user cannot see the box to type in. So watch the spy mode thing because you cannot chat if your group is in spy mode you can only view.

Thanks again Paul for your assistance!

[Yellow-06-GT]

Originally Posted by Paul M

They should be uppercase, where did you get the lowercase versions ?

My FTP program (Total Commander) converted them to lowercase when it uploaded them.

Thanks,

Bob

[trilljester]

OK, I've got this installed on my 3.7.3 board. However, every now and then, I get this error message:

Fatal error: Call to a member function next() on a non-object in <forum path>/chat/inc/cmses/vbulletin36CMS.php on line 39

Line 39:

$rs = $this->getUserForSession->process($this->session);

Is something wacky going on with the session management? Is this a problem with Flashchat or the integration with 3.7?

I just refresh and the problem disappears and everything works. It happens when I'm modifying the Flashchat config as well.

[yotsume]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Have you installed the latest version, making sure the CMS files supplied with this are uploaded correctly. It would also help if you said what you mean by "no longer works".

As above, are you sure you have uploaded the supplied CMS files to the correct place, overwriting those that come with Flashchat.

I do not use flashchat5x because my vba mod for flashchat which uses some of your old code in the whochat.php file gets broken. I upgraded my vb site to 3.7.3 so I went ahead and updated this mod to this version you released here. However I use a 4x flashchat version. Did I make a big boo boo here?

Also, would you be willing to help me update my Flashchat Combo Mod so it will work with 5x? PRETTY PLEASE!

So without upgrading to Flashchat5x and using this version of your integration how can I get the profiles in the chat to link back to vb profile pages when you click on the avatar images or click on a user name in the chat?

[LCN2007]

Fatal error: Call to a member function next() on a non-object in /home/locavur7/public_html/forum/chat/inc/cmses/vbulletin36CMS.php on line 39

X2 im trying to install / upgrade and im getting this error when i try to complete step 2.

please help.

[Paul M]

Sorry, no idea, as far as I can tell that basically means it failed to connect to the database properly.