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]

Hi, if you keep your refresh rate high (like 5 minutes) this mod is light on the server. I don't have the exact number of queries to tell you.

[ColdSpirit]

How can we add the shoutbox in all pages instead only in the forumhome?

[Dream]

Put the chatbox in your navbar template, the edit in "chatbox below navbar.txt"

please mark as installed if you use this

(you were lucky I replied so fast I just got here)

[ColdSpirit]

Big thank you!! Installed!

btw, great mod! (unfortunely it cant have morechatrooms) but anyway.. 5***** stars!

[redraider]

I havent yet installed it. I see 4 zip files which one is which? Which should I use? Please help whats the diff between 1.3 and 1.9, which one can be used as a side module on VBAdvanced?

[Dream]

chatbox 1.9.zip is the one you should use

[redraider]

Thanks, I figured it out, works great on my test forum. Will install soon on the real one. GREAT Mod.

Some days back someone hacked into my forum using vbshout.php ... i hope this would be a bit securer...

[vnairp11]

http://thetechlife.org/index.php

shoutbox installed fine however the change colors and size link dosn't show up. boxes i mean.

[redraider]

Originally Posted by vnairp11

http://thetechlife.org/index.php

shoutbox installed fine however the change colors and size link dosn't show up. boxes i mean.

Did you check in the vbulletin options to see if they might be turned off? I think they are turned off by default may be.

[ColdSpirit]

Hi again... i have one issue.. is there any issue with IE? when i access some site with this chatbox with IE is freezes.. when i access with mozilla it runs smooth..