Integration with vBulletin - FlashChat - Who is in the chat.

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a simple display of who is currently chatting in FlashChat - on the forum homepage display.

The main features of Version 4.xx are basically the same as previous versions ;

1. It displays the list on Forum Home with the "Users online" display.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you see just the number.
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc are displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup)
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the room they are chatting in and their status (away etc).
5. If the chat is empty, a simple "no one is chatting" message is displayed.
6. The hack is now phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Forum Home Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
9. The location of the flashchat folder is now an ACP option (vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options).

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

To upgrade from version 4.10 onwards, you need to re-import the product with the overwrite option set to yes. To upgrade from version 4.02 to version 4.10 onwards, you need to uninstall the product and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product. To upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx you need to delete the existing plugin and remove the template code in FORUMHOME - then upload the new product.

* An add-on to display a 'Most ever chatters' count is available here.


Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that flashchat stores this information. Please also note that I am not Tufat.com or anything to do with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat in general, their forums are here.


History:

v4.10 : Removed the need to edit the FORUMHOME template.
v4.11 : Hyperlinked display icon to chat page. Added vb number formatting to count.
v4.12 : Added ALT tag to above hyperlink.
v4.13 : Updated ACP view permission option to take into account secondary groups.
v4.14 : Added 'nofollow' attribute to listed usernames.
v4.15 : Restricted list based on flashchat autologout parameter, to get round the issue of connections not being cleaned up.
v4.16 : Minor changes, no update necessary.
v4.17 : Added members status to hover information.
v4.18 : Re-wrote status code to take account of custom status definitions.

[matteveryday]

Usernames seem to get stuck in the "who's chatting" box. When they leave the chat room, their username remains in the "who's chatting".

[Paul M]

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[misticjeff]

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the great hack!!

Just a question... since the xml plugin is telling flashchat to post the information in ForumHome couldn't it just as well tell it to post it anywhere the user wants? For instance, I'd like to have a module on the front page of my site telling who's online in chat. I can get the module built and all the info is there except the users. How can I get the call to point where i want it?

[Paul M]

vB doesn't work like that, the code is attached to a "hook" that is only called by index.php, so the data is only available on that page (the forum homepage). In theory you could attach it to a more global hook, but then the code would be run on every page, regardless of whether you actually use the results.

[misticjeff]

THanks... found what i was looking for over at the vBadvanced forums... someone managed to do it.

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/show...ight=flashchat

[Paul M]

Now converted from a 'Plugin' to a 'Product' which means ;

* The hack is phrased.
* The ability to turn it on/off is an option in the ACP.
* The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.
* The location of the Flashchat folder is now an ACP option.

If you are happy with it working as is - then obviously there is no requirement to upgrade - I will still support the old version (though I will strongly urge you to upgrade in most cases). If you wish to upgrade then you will need to delete the existing plugin, upload the new product, and replace the template code with the new version.

[hpwilhelm]

Hi Paul, thanks for the FlashChat integrations.

I got a sql-error with this one. Seems that " . $fcprefix . " gets the wrong prefix. It returns '_fc2_connections', while the table is 'flashchat_connections'. Works fine when I change to the correct table name in the product xml.

I installed 4.3.3 on a fresh database, with your integration file and instructions.

Keep up the good work!

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by hpwilhelm

Hi Paul, thanks for the FlashChat integrations.

I got a sql-error with this one. Seems that " . $fcprefix . " gets the wrong prefix. It returns '_fc2_connections', while the table is 'flashchat_connections'. Works fine when I change to the correct table name in the product xml.

I installed 4.3.3 on a fresh database, with your integration file and instructions.

Keep up the good work!

You don't need to change anything in the hack, it reads the prefix from you flashchat config.srv.php - you obviously have the wrong prefix in this.

[vibe]

you da man

[weaver]

How would I add my bot's name to the list of users in chat? It shows 1 user is in chat but there is no one listed. It would be nice to have the bot's name there.