Chat Modifications - Envolve Chat Integration Module

About the Envolve Chat Plugin
This module will connect your vBulletin forum to Envolve chat. Envolve is a chat toolbar similar to Facebook's chat bar that allows your users to have group and one-on-one chats with each other while browsing your forums.

This mod requires an API key from Envolve in order to function. Visit http://www.envolve.com to get one. A free version is available that provides a full feature set for up to 25 concurrent users. Higher numbers of chatters require a paid account.

This mod integrates your forum's account system with Envolve so that when users are logged into your vBulletin site it also logs them into the chat. In addition, it integrates your profile pictures / avatars and profile information. With the 2.0 release of the mod, other users can now view your profile information and get a link to your profile simply by placing their mouse over your name.

The Envolve chat system is a rich solution for community chat. Some of its features include group chat (both public and private), one-on-one chat, the ability to pop chats out into their own windows, moderation controls (boot / block / ban / timed ban), chat message translation, resizable chat windows, chat sharing, and drag-and-drop chat invitations. As a hosted solution, all chat traffic is handled by Envolve's servers and will not place any additional load on your server.

Installation:
Detailed installation instructions can be found here:
https://www.envolve.com/docs/vbulletin-chat-plugin.html. They are also provided in the Readme.txt file.
You can see and try out the chat at http://www.envolve.com.

This version of the mod will work for both vBulletin 4.x and vBulletin 3.8.x.

Screenshots:
Here the "People List" can be seen open in the lower right hand corner of the page. This shows all users who are currently viewing the forum. This site owner has chosen to only allow logged-in users to chat.


Here a public group chat has been opened, and the user has moused-over another user to see his profile information.


Here a user is creating a new group chat that will be shown to the other users on the site. He has also "popped-out" the "General" chat into its own window.

[samiro]

can i pay - one time ?
like here in VB - i dont want monthly payment

[andrew.lee]

The service is hosted - meaning we handle all of the load on our servers. This is why we charge a monthly fee. We don't have a downloadable version. Sorry.

[samiro]

ok - now i go to the free 15 days try. i need to put cradit card there.

how can i cancle the billing after 10 days for example
what is the link to cancle this ?
and - can i pay with paypal ?

[andrew.lee]

Unfortunately, no, we don't accept paypal. You can cancel your free trial at any time by logging into:
http://www.envolve.com/admin/

Click "My Sites", and the "Subscriptions". There is a "delete this site" button in the lower right hand corner.

[samiro]

thank you !

[steve71]

deleted.

[MagiKelly]

I have just re-activated this as I see the free version now allows for up to 25 users with a single sign in. The price being the addition of text adverts in the chat. this seems fair to me and is enough for me to come back to this.

I still think the pricing for the 75 user option is high but the free version is now enough for the meantime.

[andrew.lee]

@MagiKelly - Thanks so much for reactivating us. We really appreciate it.

[dang3rzon3]

there is a possibily to translate in italian language?
I selected the italian language in my area non Envolve site but the chat is display in english.
For example:

Chat with people on this site
This is you
4 people here..

etc..

And i have another question: How to use the vbulletin avatar o profile pics for the chat?

[andrew.lee]

Hello - we have not yet translated the chat into Italian unfortunately. However, if you would like to help us translate the interface, please send us an email at support [at] envolve dot com.