Add-On Releases - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 3.7.x Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: ac80_37
Version: 3.7.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 15 May. 2008
Compatibility: vBulletin 3.7.x

Overview
This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 3.7 forum system. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 3.7 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?
This script is a completely revamped edition of our previous integration script. Installation no longer requires any template or code modifications. Additionally, there are no PHP files to edit when setting up your chat room. We have added an "AddonChat" menu item in the vBulletin AdminCP that allows you to setup and configure your chat room with ease. Most users will simply need to enter their account number and password (as used at addonchat.com) and your chat room settings will be retrieved automatically, with your remote authentication system updated automatically as well. We have also improved character code support through better UTF-8 conversion allowing non-English speakers to use a vBulletin+AddonChat without issue. Issues relating to the Who's Chatting system causing problems have also been addresses; a scheduled task has been added to automatically optimize and repair AddonChat related tables daily in addition to improvements to the re-written Who's Chatting system.

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin forum and AddonChat
• After installation, setup and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Popup and Embedded Chat room link options
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting count updates
• Real-Time Who's Chatting list
• Display the amount of users within your chat room on your main navbar shown throughout your entire forum
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation/uninstallation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support

Installation
Installaion takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the readme.txt file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support
Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

[Boofo]

Looks you the allow_url_fopen directive is not enabled in your php.ini file.

[ogameclub]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Looks you the allow_url_fopen directive is not enabled in your php.ini file.

My hosting firm restricted this function because of security problems

[Boofo]

Well, at least you know now.

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by ogameclub

My hosting firm restricted this function because of security problems

That's OK, you can still use and set up the plug-in without the automatic-lookup feature. The only feature you won't be able to make use of is the Who's Chatting system, so I would recommend disabling the AddonChat Who's Chatting script from Scheduled Tasks in your AdminCP.

Short of that, if you're using remote authentication, the only thing you'll need to do is copy/paste the remote authentication URL shown in your AddonChat menu to your AddonChat account control panel under Settings -> Site Integration -> Remote Authentication

[Grim77]

The integration script has been updated. If you are currently using this script or the release candidate and are not having issues, you do not need to upgrade.


The update made today addresses the following issues:

• Script conflict issues with vBCredits plugin have been resolved
• Integration script will now use the CURL extension if allow_url_fopen directive is disabled.
• Navigation and template bits are now cached to provide slight performance boost.

If you do intend to upgrade, please uninstall your current AddonChat product from the AdminCP, download, and re-install this product. When uploading files via FTP, allow older files to be overwritten.

[Boofo]

Great little chat room so far. I am impressed.

[Paul M]

Posts removed. Please note that promotion of commercial products is not permitted on vbulleting.org. Thanks.

[Mrdby]

I'm sorry.. lol didn't mean anything..I will be installing!

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Cleaned the thread from more post discusing AddonChat, their versions and pricings.

Please restict posts to questions about the integration product as relerased here on vBulletin.org. Please do not use this thread to ask questions about AddonChat itself, their versions or pricing.

@Grim77
Links to external downloads also removed. We only allow modifications as attachements on our site, no linking to external files please.

[shlomot]

Installed Enterprise-25 on my little forum. Painless installation and permission handling.

Installed, Voted, Nominated.

One issue though: navbar is far behind on showing the correct number of users in the chat. It adds new users alright but doesn't deduct kicks, log offs, etc. until quite a few seconds later, even after refreshing page.