Administrative and Maintenance Tools - FlashChat: Admin Panel Integration

Hack Support

This hack is now discontinued - this means that while it will remain available for download and use, there will be no further updates, nor will support be provided as the thread is no longer monitored.

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this hack.


vBulletin Version Compatibility

This hack can only be used with vBulletin v3.7.x.


What Does This Hack Do?

It is a update of my v3.6.x hack available here, with a couple of small changes.

This hack allows you to integrate the FlashChat Admin Panel into your vBulletin Admin Control Panel, so all administration is done in one place (you can even optionally remove FlashChat's own nav links - see the screenshots for comparison).

Now comes with Administrator Permissions, so you can limit which administrators you want to admin Flashchat via the AdminCP.

Note: Version 3.7.006 of this hack and above are for FlashChat 5.0.x onwards only, and will not work with FlashChat 4.7.x. Version 3.7.005 of this hack will continue to be available for Flashchat 4 (but I will not be coding any further releases for FlashChat 4 versions).


What hacks need installing before installing this hack?
These hacks need to be installed in this order and working correctly, for this hack to work.

1. FlashChat v4.7.x or v5.x.x
2. Paul M's Flashchat: Integration for vB 3.7 v3.7.005 (Flashchat v4.7.x only) or v3.7.009 (Flashchat v5.x.x only)
3. Then install the correct version of this hack (see versions below)

Installation Instructions

Download either of the below files, depending on your installed FlashChat version:

• ms_fc_admincp_fc5_v3.7.006.zip for Flashchat v5.x.x only
• ms_fc_admincp_fc4_v3.7.005.zip for Flashchat v4.7.x only

The installation instructions are included in attached zip files.

Uninstall Instructions

1. Delete cpnav_flashchat.xml from your <forum root>/includes/xml directory.
2. Delete bitfield_fc_admincp.xml from your <forum root>/includes/xml directory.
3. If uploaded: Delete the top.tpl file from your <forum root>/chat-folder-name-here/templates/admin directory. Re-instate the original version of top.tpl.
4. Uninstall the product in vB using the AdminCP Product Manager.

Version History

v3.7.006 - Monday 1st September 2008
-- Final Release
-- FlashChat v5.x.x version (will not work with FlashChat v4.7.x)
-- Changed: cpnav_flashchat.xml
-- Changed: Instructions
-- Changed: top.tpl
-- Added: New phrase

v3.7.005 - Thursday 22nd May 2008
-- Last version for FlashChat v4.7.x only (will not work with FlashChat v5.x.x)
-- Changed: Product name
-- Changed: Version numbering
-- Added: Administrator Permissions

v3.3.0 - Wednesday 27th February 2008
-- Fixed: Super Administrator bug

v3.2.0 - Wednesday 27th February 2008
-- Fixed: AdminCP links (part 2)

v3.1.0 - Tuesday 26th February 2008
-- Fixed: AdminCP links

v3.0.0 - Thurday 7th February 2008
-- Initial v3.7.x Release


Thanks

A huge thanks to Andreas for his Custom Administrator Permissions article, it helped out a lot. Thanks also go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code.


Show Your Appreciation

Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.


Donations

I would like to thank the following people for their kind donations:

• tldagent

[Chance4Today]

Not sure what I have done wrong but I get no way to edit as a admin... I am sure I have done something wrong knowing me LOL will check again...

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by blindmedia ltd

please help

ive followed all install instructions but i dont get no icons in the admin panel all i get is

*[]* as a button not the flashchat admin buttons

where have i gone wrong?

I am pretty sure you have not done step 3 properly, but if you have, then I do not have a clue as it is 100% functional, the only way to help now is to look at your installation.

[s]So, if want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, an temp admin user (with the appropriate permissions) and an ftp account, without these I cannot help you. I will look when I have time, and even if I have a look, I can not guarantee that I will be able to fix it, if your site is not in English (I only read/write in English), so it is up to you what you want to do. You can always remove the temp admin and ftp accounts after I have helped you out.[/s]

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Chance4Today

Not sure what I have done wrong but I get no way to edit as a admin... I am sure I have done something wrong knowing me LOL will check again...

Please clarify exactly what the issue is, and click Mark as Installed to be able receive help.

[guvner]

Originally Posted by blindmedia ltd

please help

ive followed all install instructions but i dont get no icons in the admin panel all i get is

*[]* as a button not the flashchat admin buttons

where have i gone wrong?

I had the same issue and thought I'd completed step 3 correctly until I had another look.

I'd misunderstood the instructions (my fault) and edited each of the <link> sections in cpnav_flashchat.xml incorrectly.

My chat directory is called chat and I'd changed all my (6) links to:

<link>../<chat>/rest_of_URL</link>

Once I got a little smarter and removed the left and right brackets from each link:

<link>../chat/rest_of_URL</link>

all was well and my admin menu appeared.

[Meje]

Hello!

Having a bit of a problem here and hoping I can get some help please.

I has this installed and working perfectly. But we then went ahead and upgraded our hosting.

This plus Paul M's Flashchat: Integration for vB 3.7 v3.7.005 was installed, but disabled during the move.

I have just gone back in and enabled Paul M's Flashchat: Integration - all is well.

The I went to enable this mod and get this message:

The following products are required by FlashChat: Admin Panel Integration and must also be enabled:

1. Flashchat Integration

So I uninstalled both of them and re-installed them, but still get the same message.

If if I install anyhow I can access the flashchat admin panel, but get this error on any pages in there.

Fatal error: Smarty error: unable to write to $compile_dir '/home/XXXX/public_html/chat/templates/templates_c'. Be sure $compile_dir is writable by the web server user. in /home/XXXX/public_html/chat/inc/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088

Any ideas on whats going on and how I can fix it???

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Meje

Hello!

Having a bit of a problem here and hoping I can get some help please.

I has this installed and working perfectly. But we then went ahead and upgraded our hosting.

This plus Paul M's Flashchat: Integration for vB 3.7 v3.7.005 was installed, but disabled during the move.

I have just gone back in and enabled Paul M's Flashchat: Integration - all is well.

The I went to enable this mod and get this message:



So I uninstalled both of them and re-installed them, but still get the same message.

If if I install anyhow I can access the flashchat admin panel, but get this error on any pages in there.



Any ideas on whats going on and how I can fix it???

Delete the contents of the /chat/templates/templates_c directory, as it is Flashchat's cache directory. That should fix the following error:

Fatal error: Smarty error: unable to write to $compile_dir '/home/XXXX/public_html/chat/templates/templates_c'. Be sure $compile_dir is writable by the web server user. in /home/XXXX/public_html/chat/inc/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088

Also check the permissions on the Flashchat directories are correct, easiest way to do that is to run the first part of the flashchat installation again, and Step 1: Your Server Environment will let you know if the correct prerequisites have been met (including directory permissions). You do not need to go past step one, it will just quickly tell you if you need to change permissions, if everything on the page says Yes, then everything is setup correctly.

[Meje]

Thanks!!!

All I had to do was make that folder (templates_c) writable again

Working perfectly again!

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Meje

Thanks!!!

All I had to do was make that folder (templates_c) writable again

Working perfectly again!

You are most welcome

[R.P.G]

Just finished using this with vBulletin 3.7.2 with Flashchat 5.03 (using the fix from Veronica). Everything seems to work perfectly, so I think it's safe to say it works!

[manning]

Originally Posted by gsmlover4u

i followed step 3 in install instructions and my chat folder is chat in forum root,in admin cp just 2 symbols *[]*

EXACT same issue - I followed everything to a T ...

EDIT ....

Ok - I see what I had done .... you want to make sure you change "<chat-folder-name-here>" to chat .. GET RID IF < >