Chat Modifications - Flashchat: Who is chatting

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

Note: Version 3.7.003 and above are for Flashchat 5.0.x onwards, and will not work with Flashchat 4.x.x. Version 3.7.002 will currently continue to be available for Flashchat 4.

The main features of the 3.7 version are ;

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 phrased.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option (include or exclude groups).
9. The location of the Flashchat folder is an ACP option
10. The option to record and display the Most Ever chatters can be enabled.

(Options are located in vBulletin Options > Who Is Using Flashchat).

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


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 have no connection with the Flashchat product - if you have questions about Flashchat functionality then their forums are located here.


History:

v3.7.001 : First vb 3.7 release.
v3.7.002 : Updated to remove potential $group variable name clash. Not compatible with Flashchat 5.
v3.7.003 : First version for Flashchat 5.0.x. ATCS options removed. Not compatible with Flashchat 4.
v3.7.004 : Fix Most Ever Display Bug.

[ITPMenace]

I had this mod working perfectly UNTIL I decided to switch my FC to use php_sockets (on my own dedicated server). Performance with sockets is much better, but it seems to have broken the "who's chatting" mod as well as auto-login.

Can this mod work with sockets? If not, is there another version of "who's chatting" from someone else that does?

Thanks!

[Paul M]

Flashchats socket mode does not support integration at all.

[Brian Carner]

I have just installed the latest version of Flashchat, along with your mod's, Paul. The Who's Online mod was working great for a few days, but now in the box that shows which users are using chat, and the most ever simply show a "1" and nothing else? Any ideas?

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail, I am wondering if there is something stuck somewhere in SQL that I can remove to possibly fix it?

[Paul M]

Not sure I follow what you mean.

[Brian Carner]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Not sure I follow what you mean.

See attached screenshot, thanks in advance!

[Paul M]

That looks like a corrupt phrase. Check the phrases for the mod in your ACP.

[Brian Carner]

Originally Posted by Paul M

That looks like a corrupt phrase. Check the phrases for the mod in your ACP.

Well, I found 4 phrases in the phrase manager, here is what they say:

$vbphrase[wic_members_24]
The most chatters online over 24 hours was {1}, {2} at {3}.

$vbphrase[wic_members_day]
The most chatters online in one day was {1}, {2}.

$vbphrase[wic_no_chatters]
No one is currently using the chat.

$vbphrase[wic_using_flashchat]
Members currently using Flashchat: {1}

The last phrase is definitely working correctly, it does present the correct number of chatters, but nothing else is presenting..

I'm not any real programmer, but have edited plenty of scripts in 30 years or so, and those phrases look about right to me? I don't have a clue where else to look, or what i might have done?

[Paul M]

wic_no_chatters is the phrase i would expect to see displayed since you have 0 chatters.

The phrases look correct so check the templates (Display_Chatters & Display_Chatters_User) - make sure you dont have stray custom versions.

[Brian Carner]

Originally Posted by Paul M

wic_no_chatters is the phrase i would expect to see displayed since you have 0 chatters.

The phrases look correct so check the templates (Display_Chatters & Display_Chatters_User) - make sure you dont have stray custom versions.

OK... here is what I have:

DISPLAY_CHATTERS

<!-- $data_wic[title] -->
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_chatusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_chatusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_chatusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$chattitle
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_chatusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_chatusers]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="$fcpath"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$chatters</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- PEMDATA37: $data_wic[title] : Version = $data_wic[version] : Revision = $data_wic[cvs] -->

DISPLAY_CHATTERS_USER

<a rel="nofollow" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$chat[userid]" title="$chat[roomname]">$chat[opentag]$chat[username]$chat[closetag]</a>

[Paul M]

Both look correct, so sorry, not a clue. There is nothing else I can tell you from a screenshot.