Add-On Releases - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 3.7.x Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: ac80_37
Version: 3.7.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 15 May. 2008
Compatibility: vBulletin 3.7.x

Overview
This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 3.7 forum system. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 3.7 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?
This script is a completely revamped edition of our previous integration script. Installation no longer requires any template or code modifications. Additionally, there are no PHP files to edit when setting up your chat room. We have added an "AddonChat" menu item in the vBulletin AdminCP that allows you to setup and configure your chat room with ease. Most users will simply need to enter their account number and password (as used at addonchat.com) and your chat room settings will be retrieved automatically, with your remote authentication system updated automatically as well. We have also improved character code support through better UTF-8 conversion allowing non-English speakers to use a vBulletin+AddonChat without issue. Issues relating to the Who's Chatting system causing problems have also been addresses; a scheduled task has been added to automatically optimize and repair AddonChat related tables daily in addition to improvements to the re-written Who's Chatting system.

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin forum and AddonChat
• After installation, setup and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Popup and Embedded Chat room link options
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting count updates
• Real-Time Who's Chatting list
• Display the amount of users within your chat room on your main navbar shown throughout your entire forum
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation/uninstallation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support

Installation
Installaion takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the readme.txt file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support
Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

[sdavis2702]

Beautiful... awesome Add on... I freakin love it!

[madmax1228]

I am a not so advanced user.

Paid for one month at your site to see how the users like this.

Received these errors at upload:

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_addonchat.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/admincp/addonchat.php on line 10

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/shelbyma/public_html/forum/includes/functions_addonchat.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/shelbyma/public_html/forum/admincp/addonchat.php on line 10

[TCB]

I have multiple forums on my messageboard with a different style than the main/default style. This mod uses the default style, while I want to use this chat with a different set of forums (a different style).

How can I force addonchat to use a different style than the default one?

[joeycano]

I have submitted a ticket to already and they are still looking into the issue. I thought to post here as there are some talented coders on vb.org who may have already encountered a soltuion to my issue.

The only problem that I have encounered is that my "Chat Room" link does not work when click while on a PhotoPost page. The issue has to do which link misdirection:

- Link is Currently Going To: http://www.thaibulletin.com/gallery/addonchat.php

- But Should Go To: http://www.thaibulletin.com/forum/addonchat.php

I believe that there is a relative URL somewhere that needs to be fully written out, I think. Any suggetions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

[Boofo]

Those links look the same to me.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by madmax1228

I am a not so advanced user.

Paid for one month at your site to see how the users like this.


Received these errors at upload:

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_addonchat.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/admincp/addonchat.php on line 10

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/shelbyma/public_html/forum/includes/functions_addonchat.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/shelbyma/public_html/forum/admincp/addonchat.php on line 10

Did you upload the files?

[Grim77]

shlomot - Nice suggestions. I'm not sure if we'll be able to update the forum activity timer as the software is remotely hosted, but I do like your invite suggestion and think it won't be too difficult to implement

sdavis2702 - Glad everything is going OK

TCB - Custom styles shouldn't cause an issue unless there are modifications made to your templates; in that case you may have to edit the addonchat templates to match the customizations you have in place.

madmax1228 - Agree with Boofo; it sounds like your files weren't uploaded.

joeycano - The nav links, by default, are relative links. It sounds like PhotoPost may have modified the template to make the links absolute, but I'm not sure. With the holiday weekend, technical support may be a little backed up, but we'll get to you. If you haven't already; please respond to your ticket with a vB admincp username/password so that may modify your template if needed to resolve this issue.

[joeycano]

PhotoPost Issued is now fixed. Here is the solution provided by addonchat top notched tech support:


The issue is definitely related to PhotoPost modifications that require absolutely links. I've modified your addonchat_nav_link template to point directly to addonchat.php and addonchat_who.php at http://thaibulletin.com/forum/

I did a quick test in your photo gallery and everything appears to be working fine now

Thanks tech support.

[Mrdby]

will there be anything else added to this for us vbulletin users?

[Boofo]

For instance?