SigmaChat Complete Integration & Authentication

Hack Info
Name: SigmaChat Complete Integration & Authentication Add-on
Version: 2.0.0
Author: Chris Duerr, RaiderSoft
First Introduced: 28 Mar. 2004
Last Modified: 15 Nov. 2004
Compatability: vBulletin 3.0.x

Overview
This addon allows you to fully integrate a SigmaChat Java? Chat Room (free or paid service; Platinum or Enterprise required for full functionality) with your vBulletin 3.0.x forum system, including the ability to authenticate access via your vBulletin forum system, and provide a "Who's Chatting" page list showing who is currently logged into your chat room.

Features

• Chat room integrates via a single link in your vBulletin forum navigation bar, or via a forum link.
• Chat room may be placed in it's own vBulletin page, and/or as a popup window.
• Automatic user login option.
• Remote authentication script allows you to authenticate access into your chat room via your vBulletin user database.
• Complete control over which user groups are allowed access, allowed administrative access, or denied access.
• Real time "Who's Chatting" page allows you to show which users are currently in your chat room by interfacing with SigmaChat's "Who's Online Module" system.
• Makes use of vBulletin's template and phrase system for easy modification, and multilingual operation.
• Show who is chatting from your forums main page
• Automatic chat integration with your vBulletin user profiles, email, PM, etc..

Installation
Installation will require between 15 to 30 minutes of your time depending upon your proficiency in installing addons to vBulletin. Download the attached 'sigmachat.zip' file, and load the INSTALL.html file in your web browser for detailed instructions.

RaiderSoft may be able to assist you with installation should you require it. Please contact us for details.

Support
Support is provided by RaiderSoft for this script provided you have a Platinum or Enterprise SigmaChat account. Read the included instructions for details. I'll be happy to answer questions here as well regarding the script.

Screenshots are attached

The all new extension for vBulletin 3.5 has been released. For more information, please visit this link .

Download: VB3SC7_2.0.0.zip or download using the download link in the upper-right hand corner of this message.

[scottct1]

Perhaps it could be written so it pulls the information from the database, and if the database info is more then say 15 minutes old then it hits the SigmaChat server for an updated list.

[SVTBlackLight01]

Actually, I was just thinking about that. In the end, I don't think it would be worth the trouble, but there may be a work around.

[gc1]

Works great, thanks for sharing

[NS_007]

Originally Posted by gc1

Works great, thanks for sharing

Anyone else having users who can't log in any more? When they click the links they are only getting white screen?

If so, did you find a solution? And could you please post the solution?

[sross]

Hi I'm having problems, I installed per instructions but when I click my chatlink, appears to autologon -that's fine- but then it fails saying invalid user. i know my paths are right to the auth file, hmm

[Grim77]

Hi -- Is the remote authentication system enabled, or are you using SigmaChat's built in user database? If you're using the built-in database, autologin will not work with password protected accounts...

Originally Posted by sross

Hi I'm having problems, I installed per instructions but when I click my chatlink, appears to autologon -that's fine- but then it fails saying invalid user. i know my paths are right to the auth file, hmm

[sross]

well i got a little further, it did login my account which is admin user, but when I logged off, shutdown the browser, went back and logged in as a regular member it didn't autologin. I'm pretty sure everything is set right. I'll check the group id's again..

[SVTBlackLight01]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Hi -- Is the remote authentication system enabled, or are you using SigmaChat's built in user database? If you're using the built-in database, autologin will not work with password protected accounts...

I think a list of settings that affect this hack and what they need to be set to would be helpful. I was having the same problem as well, and after playing with all the settings for a good while, I found out it was being caused by the remote authentication system.

[Grim77]

I tried to make this all clear in step #9 in the installation...

Also, if you're using the authentication script in conjunction with the automatic login feature (as set in chat_global.php) we strongly recommend setting the Exit URL in your SigmaChat control panel to the URL of your forum system. When the automatic login is used in combination with the authentication script, you can only login to your chat room from your vBulletin system during the automatic login as password authentication is special for this type of set up. You can find the Exit URL setting in the "Web Sites" -> "Settings" section of your SigmaChat control panel.

Basically, when the auto-login is used with remote auth, the password is sent through the applet md5 encoded, and the authenticator does a simple byte for byte comparison with the VB database..

[sross]

Originally Posted by Grim77

I tried to make this all clear in step #9 in the installation...


Basically, when the auto-login is used with remote auth, the password is sent through the applet md5 encoded, and the authenticator does a simple byte for byte comparison with the VB database..

ok i found the problem, i think. seems ok now. It looks like the group id's have to be in sequential order. I had 2,7,5 and when changed to 2,5,7 seemes to be working now. yay