Chat Modifications - Dream's Chatbox

This adds a simple Chatbox in your forum home page for your members to chat.

The Chatbox is like a thread, members leave small messages in it for others to see. Think of it as an off-topic thread that never ends. The Chatbox can also help keep chatting out of the threads.

This mod is light on the server, uses little server resources to work. The default refresh rate is set to 5 minutes. You can disable automatic refreshing entirely in the options.

What's the refresh rate? The chatbox updates the messages shown every given seconds, that's the refresh rate. It sends a request to the server asking for new messages every X seconds, that you choose in the options.

Warning: If you set your refresh rate to 10 seconds this mod stops being so server friendly. You can do it, but be sure your server can handle it.


Features:
- Ajax (no page refreshes)
- Pages
- Set refresh rate in seconds
- Hide Chatbox contents from certain user groups
- Set user groups that can't send messages but can view chatbox
- Moderator user groups that can delete messages
- Disable auto refresh for guests
- Prune messages by user ID, user name, days old or all
- Enable/disable smilies, bbcode and [ img ]
- Automatic URL parsing
- Users can delete their own messages
- Smilies popup with all smilies you can use in messages
- Who's Online Support
- Show message dates or not
- User names linked and colored with their user group colors
- Banned Users
- Hide refresh button
- /me code
- Optional message colors
- Bunch of options in the Admin Control Panel

Live Demos: (leave your live demo in this thread!)
http://www.fliz.ru/ (russian)
http://www.sustainabilityforum.com/forum
http://www.virtualorbit.com/
http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum


VERSION HISTORY



This mod is now final. It has all the features I think a chatbox should have, so I won't be adding more features to it. Anyone has my permission to use this as a base for another mod. It will still be updated for bugs though.

[Dream]

Glad it worked let me know if your users like the chatbox and how you use it.

[fpattberg]

Hi Dream.

I have installed the chatbox at:

www.sustainabilityforum.com/forum

If you want to use it as a demo.


Fabian

[TrIn@dOr]

Originally Posted by Dream

Download the 1.9 zip file again and try the new chatbox.php please.

:up: working like a charm!, thanks!!

[Flow Fusion]

I wish we had a 'thanks' button--

Nice work Dream!

[tycity]

Love it thanks! Installed and Voted! - http://www.VirtualOrbit.com. Feel free to use as demo, we are really loving it!

[Dream]

Thank you glad you are

[ssandgirls]

Installed and looking excellent, Members havent found it yet though.......hehe

[Mupetz]

Dream, you are the best

[Dream]

I know

Mupetz I like your forum style a lot, good job.

[agsguar]

Originally Posted by Dream

Change this code

while( $smilie = $db->fetch_array( $result ) ) {
echo '<td class="alt1" align="center">' . chatbox_make_smilie_link($smilie) . "</td>\n";
$i++;
if ($i >= $smiliecolumns) {
echo "</tr><tr>\n";
$i = 0;
}
}

for

while( $smilie = $db->fetch_array( $result ) ) {
if ($smilie[smiliepath] == '/images/smilies/general') {
echo '<td class="alt1" align="center">' . chatbox_make_smilie_link($smilie) . "</td>\n";
$i++;
if ($i >= $smiliecolumns) {
echo "</tr><tr>\n";
$i = 0;
}
}
}

If that doesnt work, try using '/images/smilies/general/' or 'images/smilies/general' or 'images/smilies/general/'

Also don't forget to redo the code change I told you about before.

Hi Dream.

I do this but not work
I try with:
'/images/smilies/general/'
'/images/smilies/general'
'images/smilies/general'
'images/smilies/general/'

but not appear any smilie.. do you have another idea??

Thank you in advance..

note: i made this changes in a fresh copy of 1.9 version.