Flashchat - who is online with showing the chatters avatars

this is a beta release of a "who is online" mod for Flashchat

Version 0.2

What's new:

• now working with prefixes for the database tables
• now working with gif-avatars too
• resize option (yes / no)
• better image quality because of gdlib2

Features:

• generate dynamically resized avatar-pics for the chatting users
  and displays them on the forumhome with the username and a link to their profile

issues/bugs/ todo:

• if too many users are chatting, the tablerow grows and grows instead of breaking into a new tablerow (fixing it later)
• doesn't show avatars when they aren't stored in the db(thekeeper)

note: you need the gdlib2

installation and upgrade information inside the .zip

[theArchitect]

I am getting an error with this hack.

I have found that putting this hack in global.php rather than index.php I am getting more members using the Chat Room as they can see more easily who is in the chat room. Many of them only visit the index page once and then don't see it again until they log-out.

However, if I install the code into the global.php file then when someone is in the chat room the Who's Online Page doesn't work nor do a lot of the user profiles. THe pages instead return this error.

If you have any thoughts as to what might be causing this it would be appreciated.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.5:
 
 Invalid SQL: 
 			SELECT userid, username, IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
 			FROM user AS user
 			WHERE userid IN (0Array)
 		
 mysql error: Unknown column '0Array' in 'where clause'
 
 mysql error number: 1054

[Inzagi]

hi quasan,
does this hack also display the avatar in the chat itself or just in the index ?

[fringehead]

I get some errors when an upcomming even displays on the index page.

Warning: fopen(./appdata/appTime.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /FlashChat/inc/classes/chatServer.php on line 60

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /FlashChat/inc/classes/chatServer.php on line 61

Warning: fflush(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /FlashChat/inc/classes/chatServer.php on line 63

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /FlashChat/inc/classes/chatServer.php on line 64
sarcasticfringehead

Any idea?

Thanks

Sean

[PnL]

Is there a way to put this "Who's online" on every forum page? I tried inserting the code under FORUMDISPLAY but it doesn't show who's in flashchat

[theArchitect]

Originally Posted by PnL

Is there a way to put this "Who's online" on every forum page? I tried inserting the code under FORUMDISPLAY but it doesn't show who's in flashchat

I had worked it and and was putting the script in global.php, and the template changes in the navbar template. However, if someone is in the chat room then the script stops Who's Online and most member profiles from working. So I am waiting to hear back with a fix for the error and then it will be good to go.

[PnL]

Great mod but a request.

Is there a way to change the font size of the username that is showing up? I'd like to make it smaller than default and nothing I've tried seems to work.

Any suggestions?

[Craigr]

Originally Posted by PnL

Great mod but a request.

Is there a way to change the font size of the username that is showing up? I'd like to make it smaller than default and nothing I've tried seems to work.

Any suggestions?

Find this in your edited index.php:

$temp.= "<a href=\"member.php?u=".$val."\">".$row_show_username['username']."</a>";

Replace with:

$temp.= "<div class=\"smallfont\"><a href=\"member.php?u=".$val."\">".$row_show_username['username']."</a></div>";

Worked fine for me.

[quasan]

hi guys,
i am so sorry that I didn't provide any updates in the past.
but there was a lot going on in my life

@fringehead
yo have to make the appdata dir writable to your server.
chmod it to 777

@Inzagi
just on the index. it's a hack for the vbulletin and not a hack of the chat itself

@all
i'll provide a new version the next days

[PnL]

Originally Posted by Craigr

Find this in your edited index.php:

$temp.= "<a href=\"member.php?u=".$val."\">".$row_show_username['username']."</a>";

Replace with:

$temp.= "<div class=\"smallfont\"><a href=\"member.php?u=".$val."\">".$row_show_username['username']."</a></div>";

Worked fine for me.

Thanks CraigR - worked like a charm!

Now if I could only figure out how to make the "Who's In Chat" show up on every page instead of the just the main forums page I'd be in business!!

quasan ..... is there a way to do this? I tried adding it to the display template but it doesn't show the users/avatars of those in chat. I think this would be a useful mod so you can always tell when someone is in the chatroom. Also useful to update the "Who's IN Chat" since people do not randomly refresh the main forum home page, but moving to a new forum/thread will automatically refresh the "Who's In Chat" if its available on each page. What d'ya think?

Paul

[Craigr]

Originally Posted by PnL

Thanks CraigR - worked like a charm!

Now if I could only figure out how to make the "Who's In Chat" show up on every page instead of the just the main forums page I'd be in business!!

quasan ..... is there a way to do this? I tried adding it to the display template but it doesn't show the users/avatars of those in chat. I think this would be a useful mod so you can always tell when someone is in the chatroom. Also useful to update the "Who's IN Chat" since people do not randomly refresh the main forum home page, but moving to a new forum/thread will automatically refresh the "Who's In Chat" if its available on each page. What d'ya think?

Paul

Rather than putting the code in index.php you could put it in global.php then simply add the $chatter[usernames] part in a template that appears in all pages, such as header, footer, navbar. This way you will get the online users on every page.