Chat Modifications - Flashchat 4 Integration for vBulletin 3.8

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: I no longer use Flashchat, and development and support of it at Tufat appears to have died in 2010.

vBulletin 3.8 Version
Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.

Flashchat 4 integration with vBulletin 3.8.

Note: This is compatible with Flashchat 4.7.x only, it will not work with Flashchat 5 or 6.

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


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 Navbar Quick Links or Community Links - 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.


More notes:

* This integration is for Flashchat version 4 only.
* 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.

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

Support: This modification is no longer supported. 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.

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

To use the this 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:

v3.8.001 : First release for vb 3.8.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by wacnstac

/forum/chat/includes/xml/bitfield_fc4_38.xml

Try this location instead, as it looks like you saved it to the chat folder instead of the correct vbulletin folder:

/forum/includes/xml/bitfield_fc4_38.xml

[wacnstac]

That fixed it.

[Saviour]

PaulM,

This post should actually be placed in your mod's description, somewhere...so others who are having the same issue after installing FlashChat can resolve it. It took me a day to actually find this answer. Must have been how I was going about it...

Anyhow...I know there has been a lot of issues about the popup menus from vBulletin's navbar disappearing behind the FlashChat window.

For a resolution, please see this thread located at Tufat's forum: http://forum.tufat.com/showthread.ph...in+menu&page=2

Hope you find it useful...

You might also want to include this with your other versions of this mod, as well.

[Paul M]

Hmm, interesting. I will ned to play with that myself first, but if it works, I'll probably add it to the instructions.

[wacnstac]

Hi Paul, installed this on another website without a hitch except for the "Who in the Chat" hack. It is displaying some weird characters:

[wacnstac]

Also there are a couple of other problems I am experiencing. First I get no window to enter text once in the chat:



Also it doesn't show the "A" next to me and I am the administrator.

[Paul M]

Please read the main post

Finally, I am not Tufat.com or Flashchat Support .....

[wacnstac]

Hmmm, thanks, I thought maybe my first question about the number in the chatroom looking corrupted might be hack related.

[wacnstac]

My other problems have been fixed.



What would cause the Who's on Chat plugin to do this?

[Paul M]

To do what exactly ? I dont know what your issue is.

Also, this thread is not the who is in chat mod, please post any questions about that in the correct thread.