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

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

[admiralapril]

Does SigmaChat work in Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox? I use IE and it works fine, but trying it in those other browsers didn't work. it didn't get any further than 'Loading... please wait'.

[SVTBlackLight01]

It works for me in Mozilla Firefox.

[Grim77]

Originally Posted by admiralapril

Does SigmaChat work in Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox? I use IE and it works fine, but trying it in those other browsers didn't work. it didn't get any further than 'Loading... please wait'.

Yes, absolutely. We've tested it using MSIE/Win32, MSIE/OS-X, Netscape (all JVM supported platforms), Mozilla, Safari, Opera, just to name a few. Basically any web browser with a modern Java Virtual Machine will run it. Make sure you've got the latest JVM from The Java Website

[NS_007]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Yes, absolutely. We've tested it using MSIE/Win32, MSIE/OS-X, Netscape (all JVM supported platforms), Mozilla, Safari, Opera, just to name a few. Basically any web browser with a modern Java Virtual Machine will run it. Make sure you've got the latest JVM from The Java Website

hmmm Chris, do my chatters also need to have JVM installed to run it?

So far I have been unable to find a common thread for those who can not get in chat and only see the white screen. *sigh*

I just don't understand why some can get in and some can't.

Also, if I go back to my old AAS, will the newer who's chatting layout still work? Or do I still need to use the old one for that as well?

[Grim77]

Yes, you need to have Java installed to use the software. If that doesn't work, send me a link to your site and I'll take a look.

You should be able to drop in any AAS script you'd like in place of chat_auth.php -- just make sure you disable the auto-login within chat_global.

Originally Posted by NS_007

hmmm Chris, do my chatters also need to have JVM installed to run it?

So far I have been unable to find a common thread for those who can not get in chat and only see the white screen. *sigh*

I just don't understand why some can get in and some can't.

Also, if I go back to my old AAS, will the newer who's chatting layout still work? Or do I still need to use the old one for that as well?

[NS_007]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Yes, you need to have Java installed to use the software. If that doesn't work, send me a link to your site and I'll take a look.

You should be able to drop in any AAS script you'd like in place of chat_auth.php -- just make sure you disable the auto-login within chat_global.

Well all swear they have java. *shrugs*

Hmm so if I go back to the old chat_auth.php and change the autologin in the chat_global.php, all will still work??

[admiralapril]

Originally Posted by Grim77

Yes, absolutely. We've tested it using MSIE/Win32, MSIE/OS-X, Netscape (all JVM supported platforms), Mozilla, Safari, Opera, just to name a few. Basically any web browser with a modern Java Virtual Machine will run it. Make sure you've got the latest JVM from The Java Website

Thank you so much! Downloading the latest Java software fixed the problem.

[Grim77]

It should -- chat_auth.php isn't really tied to anything else. Why do you want to use a different authentication script if you don't mind my asking?

Originally Posted by NS_007

Hmm so if I go back to the old chat_auth.php and change the autologin in the chat_global.php, all will still work??

[mharmon]

I'm getting an "uncached templates" error when the chat page comes up. How can I fix this?

[Bryan Ex]

Okay Chris... been following this discussion for a little while and am now ready to purchase a chat app for my site. If I understand things correctly the sigma chat integration with VB3 uses current usernames for the login process but does not indicate whether the room is being used or by how many at any given point? I'm not concerned about listing actually users as part of the added who's online module but just a simple number of users. For example, in the nav bar I would like a link to chat followed by the number of active users - Chat (7). 100 hits for who's online would be used up in no time flat on my site simply from people being nosey and really isn't worth the extra billing to me. For that matter... even a small status icon indicating it's being used at all would work nicely - similar to the online indicators on this message board.