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.

[belindaj]

Any idea why (some of) my registered users can't see the "Who's In Chat" plugin at the bottom of my Forumhome? (I can see it fine - I thought the plugin install was flawless).

If they log OUT - they CAN see the Who's in Chat (as a guest!!) But logged in - they don't see it at all.

They are having no problem getting in and out of chat, and have done hard refreshes and cookie cleanup out the wazoo. LOL THESE are my users who normally don't ever have problems on upgrades.

I don't have an idea what to look for in the code.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by belindaj

Any idea why (some of) my registered users can't see the "Who's In Chat" plugin at the bottom of my Forumhome? (I can see it fine - I thought the plugin install was flawless).

If they log OUT - they CAN see the Who's in Chat (as a guest!!) But logged in - they don't see it at all.

From the first post ;

8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option.

[TimBrown]

Thanks!

[TripleOx]

I found the installation instructions for this hack extremely vague. Certainly wasn't as good as the 3.5.0 flashchat integration.

I have no knowledge about the templates and xml thing. I managed the first bit adding the bit of code to FORUMHOME, but i decided to leave the second bit. Was just too scary. :ermm:

[Paul M]

Sorry, but IMO there is nothing vague about them.

[PixelFx]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Sorry, but IMO there is nothing vague about them.

This hacked installed smoohtly and was very clear, thank you for keeping it updated.

[Inferno Dragon]

Thanks for this nice hack

[belindaj]

Thank you Paul - I am embarrassed I missed that simple instruction :cross-eyed:

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by 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.

From post one.

Note: This hack cannot display the names of any bots in the chat, due to the strange ( & stupid) way that flashchat stores this information.

[Colejo]

When I had this installed before I upgraded to 3.5.0 I thought there was a way to make it so that the bot did not count towards the number of users in chat. I don't remember how it was done though.