Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Integration

Product Info
Name: Official AddonChat Integration Add-On
Product ID: sc7400
Version: 1.0.4
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 15 Nov. 2006
Compatibility: vBulletin 3.6.x
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Overview
This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Professional PLUS, Enterprise Java?, or Professional (with Remote Authentication Module) edition Chat Room with your vBulletin 3.6.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.

Requirements

• vBulletin 3.6.x
• AddonChat Professional (with Remote Auth. Module), Professional PLUS or Enterprise. Please note that free AddonChat editions are not supported. You may register for an AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com.
• PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin forum and AddonChat
• Pop-up and Embedded Chat room link options
• Automatic (one minute interval) User's Chatting count updates
• Real-Time Who's Chatting list
• Display the amount of users within your chat room on your main navbar shown throughout your entire forum
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Remote authentication allows you to choose which vBulletin user groups are allowed chat room administrative privileges
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user list
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation/un-installation easier, requiring no modifications to the code base.
• Improves over previous versions by storing Who's Chatting list within it's own MySQL database table

Installation
Installaion will require between 10 and 15 minutes of your time. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.html in your web browser file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications are required as this script makes use of the new vBulletin XML Product system.

Support
Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension. AddonInteractive does not provide support through this forum.

Screenshots are attached.

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[ksfrogman]

The instructions for installing this don't seem to be user friendly for the novice.

[daddygrim]

anybody?????????????????????????

[Grim77]

Folks -- We provide full support for this add-on. If you have any questions at all about installation, just eMail us with your account number at support@addonchat.com. We do not provide support via these forums.

Additionally, we are more than happy to give two week trial upgrades to anyone who requests it. Just sign up for a free account at http://www.addonchat.com/ and send us an email or give us a call. The bare minimum requirements are the Professional edition with the Remote (HTTP) authentication module; but we recommend the Professional PLUS edition as you get a lot more for your money.

Someone asked about logging/transcripts -- the Professional PLUS edition provides complete and detailed transcripts, and you can opt to receive them daily via eMail if you'd like. You may visit http://www.addonchat.com/features.html for a complete feature list.

I'm hesitant to comment in regards to the self-hosted flash solutions; however for those of you who wish to hold a chat with more than 3 or 4 members without it bogging down your web server, I would strongly recommend a hosted solution that uses a real chat server -- not a client that is constantly polling a web server.

[daddygrim]

how much? i want something with audio/video in it.

[chuckrobbie]

I got sorted...eventually!

[Chadi]

Does this use the default (current selected) vbulletin theme as well or is this entirely separate?

[dknelson]

I like it but like has been said already, miss the "who's chatting" at the bottom of my forum page like Flashchat was using. Also, it is not reporting correctly the number of users in chat.

[bolly.beats]

hell i see only problems faced by all users, i m not gonna install it.

[dknelson]

I'm glad I installed it. I'm having no problems. I thought the number of chatters wasn't working properly but it once my fault that I hadn't read that it updates once per minute. I think it's a great addition. I had used Flashchat for a while now as my site grew, it was really affecting the server resources. This is a great solution for me and works very well.

[dknelson]

I am sorry to say that have now removed Addonchat form my site. This software is just too buggy and too picky about what browser and etc. a user might use. There are problems with MSN, problems with IE7, problems with the latest version of Java, etc. etc. etc. Way too many of our members could simply not use this chat. I wish that I had tested it more extensively before purchasing but that's life. I'm out $100.00 and looking for a new solution.

I posted my concerns and complaints at the addonchat site but rather than contact me or try to offer any solutions, they just deleted my post and ignored me. That bothers me more than the loss of $100.00

Don