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]

Originally Posted by agsguar

Sorry Dream but doesnt work.. no appear any smilie.

Or I can write mannualy the 20 (url) smilies that I whant?

Thank you for your help.

try

if (substr_count($smilie['smiliepath'], 'images/smilies/general') > 0) {

[Dream]

Originally Posted by haytham

Hey Dream..I have 1 problem...I can't write full sentences..only 4 or 5 words then I get strange numbers instead of words. Is there something I can do to make sentences longer..?

Sorry haytham, afaik this mod doesn't work with arabic languages. Try MGC Chatbox out.

[Dream]

Originally Posted by Rented

installed perfectly using instructions etc

Just wondering if i was to make the chatbox appaear at the TOP of the page rather then the bottom how would i go about it please?

Use the instructions chatbox under navbar.txt that come in the zip file.

[Rented]

Originally Posted by Dream

Use the instructions chatbox under navbar.txt that come in the zip file.

ah yes , that would be where in my haste i didn't check all files properly!!!

Thanks you

[agsguar]

Originally Posted by Dream

try

if (substr_count($smilie['smiliepath'], 'images/smilies/general') > 0) {

Nop.. no work ..

[Dream]

Sorry agsguar, I'm pretty much not knowing what to do now

I'll give it a deeper look and get back to you.

[Dream]

Originally Posted by Rented

ah yes , that would be where in my haste i didn't check all files properly!!!

Thanks you

Just curious, why did you uninstall the mod? :P

[Rented]

Originally Posted by Dream

Just curious, why did you uninstall the mod? :P

still developing forums and adding sections atm and been testing so many mods decided to do a fresh install of VB to start fresh then add the addons i wish to keep and start over , sadly the chat was abit too small and decided to go with a flashchat isntead as told are larger etc

Was a nice addon , best non-flashchat addon i've seen but if flashchats are not what they are made out to be will be back for it

[Dream]

Ok, no problem was just curious good luck with your boards!

[thedvs]

Fantastic mod...

However, if I use the chatbox below navbar code, when I use the who's online function I see people...

Viewing Chatbox & not the viewing board index