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.

[titodj]

How can I find out what version is that I have installed?
I want to upgrade the plug in but I dont remember what version I have...

[Paul M]

Look in your product manager

[EasyTarget]

hey paul, could you help me modify this so that it only shows if selected usergroups are in the chat? I'm using flashchat with the support/help option which creates private rooms when someone logs in so I was wondering if this hack could be used to show people if any admins/techies are available.

thanks

[cfgray]

(I had posted this earlier on a worng thread, sorry)

Hello, Paul M, Master Coder,

I receive the following error code

Warning: Unknown(./chat/inc/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 101
Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required './chat/inc/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/services/vux/lib/php') in /data/6/0/55/20/381672/user/388497/htdocs/ww1docs/forums/index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 101

when trying to open our vB 3.5.4 with FlashChat 4.5.7

When I disable the install our Forum works, when the install is enabled all I get is the error code and the Forum will not open. Can you offer some advice on how to fix this? I've probably doing something wrong.
Thanks,
cfgray
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After reading the above post on the wrong thread, nonetheless Paul M was kind enough to suggest a cause for the problem, but the chat folder is within the forums folder so that can't be the cause.
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[Paul M]

What have you put in this setting ;

9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

[Chadi]

What is the prhase to list the members currently in live chat? I had it in my forumhome's "what's going on" section but I deleted that entire area and forgot to move the phrase to the side menu where I currently want to place it.

[dwbro1]

weird I just installed this and all of a sudden my flash chat won't load anymore. I uninstalled it and nada ..

[AndyP]

Great mod, PaulM.
Coupled with the navbar link, this mod completes the FlashChat integration nicely.

One thing I did change though was for flashchat to open in a new window when you click on the icon, instead of the same window. (Most of the members prefer to continue browsing the forum while chatting).

[southernlady]

One thing I did change though was for flashchat to open in a new window when you click on the icon, instead of the same window. (Most of the members prefer to continue browsing the forum while chatting).

Have you tried right clicking and telling it to open in a new window? I do that all the time. Liz

[AndyP]

Originally Posted by southernlady

Have you tried right clicking and telling it to open in a new window? I do that all the time. Liz

I know, but you know how lazy people are.