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.

[gsipromotions]

Very nice.
A flawless install (which is amazing with my luck - lol )
Very impressed Paul. I'd send you money but I'm a cheap SOB.

Just curious if there's a simple way to call a variable into my homepage to display a graphic. Basically a conditional like:

"if $totalchatters > 0 then graphic = chatlighton.gif
else
graphic = chatlightoff.gif"
<img src="graphic">

Or something like that. I'm sure I could figure out the correct coding if pointed in the right direction.
Basically just an indicator somewhere up top to show someone is in the chat room for those lazy people who don't look down to the bottom of the page to see who's in chat.

[Paul M]

@fiber_cut : I believe a [vba] module for this hack exists in the vba forums. What you appear to have done is used the flashchat supplied info.php - and as such it isn't really related to this hack - so I won't add it to this thread. Personally, I would suggest you post it in the vbadvanced forums.

[Reeftanksonline]

im having the problem of users showing loged in to chat after they leave is there a way to refresh the block on load?

[wacnstac]

Nice flawless install. It is working for the most part however I have a set of users who cannot see the who's online block at all unless THEY LOG OFF THE FORUMS. Very strange. Any ideas?

[Paul M]

Yes.

8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.

You have't set this for the usergroup they are in.

[wacnstac]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yes.

You have't set this for the usergroup they are in.

Ok, cool, I'm just not finding this ACP option straight away.

[Paul M]

All the options are in the same place, read the first post.

[MorrisMcD]

I noticed as I upgrade all your 'member that' products, it moves them above eachother.. Is there somewhere I can set the order or should I just reinstall in the order I want them?

[Paul M]

There is no foolproof method to order them as VB has no method to determine what order plugins are run, atm it's basically the order that mysql spits them out.

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by Paul M

There is no foolproof method to order them as VB has no method to determine what order plugins are run, atm it's basically the order that mysql spits them out.

Ok.. Thanks for the response