Chat Modifications - Flashchat 4: Who is chatting (Add On)

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this hack.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This hack has now been discontinued - this means that while it will remain available for download and use, there will be no further updates as this thread is no longer monitored. I am also not interested in doing paid work requests to update this hack at all.


IMPORTANT NOTICE 2: This hack only works with FlashChat 4.7.12, and will not work with FlashChat 5.x.x.
There is version of this hack that will work with FlashChat 5.x.x and later versions, and can be downloaded here.


What Does This Hack Do?[hr]hr[/hr]
This is an add-on/enhancement to Paul M's Flashchat: Who is chatting hack.
This is the v3.8 port of my v3.7.x hack with extra 10 extra display locations, and enabling display locations per usergroup via usergroup permissions (no longer centrally, so allowing extra flexability).

What hacks need installing before installing this hack?
These hacks need to be installed in this order and working correctly, for this hack to work.

1. Tufat's FlashChat v4.7.12
2. Paul M's Flashchat 4 Integration for vB 3.8 v3.8.001
3. Paul M's Members who are chatting in Flashchat 4 v3.8.001
4. Then install this hack.

This does not change the functionality of Paul M's hack, this is just an enhancement to your installed version of Flashchat: Who is chatting.

The members on my forum requested that the Members currently using Flashchat box be moved to the top of the forums as it was a long way to scroll down to see who was chatting, at the top members could see who was chatting.

As members had to enter the chat or visit the forum homepage again to see who was chatting, I fixed it so that my members could also see who was chatting as they browsed the various forums and threads as well as on the who is online pages.

Paul M's has kindly given me permission to use some of his code in my Who is chatting add-on hacks.

Thank you Paul, for all your work on the Flashchat integration, it makes all our lives easier

What You Get

1. It displays the chat list under the navbar in the following locations:
   • Forum Home
   • Forum Display
   • Show Thread
   • Who is Online
   • Members Profile pages
   • Search pages
   • Tag Search
   • Social Groups
   • Calendars
   • FAQ
   • Albums
   • User Profile
   • UserCP
   • Private Messages
   • Subscriptions
   • Members List
2. The list view is collapsible, 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 currently using the chat." message is displayed.
6. Display the Most Ever chatters if enabled.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the AdminCP Options (independent of Paul M's hack).
8. The ability to select which locations this hack is displayed (independent of Paul M's hack).
9. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list (again, independent of Paul M's hack).

Note: This hack cannot display any bots in the chat, due to the strange way that FlashChat stores this information.


vBulletin Version Compatibility[hr]hr[/hr]
This hack can only be used with v3.8.0 and later versions.

For the unsupported v3.7.x version of this hack - check here. For the unsupported v3.6.x version of this hack - check here. For the unsupported v3.5.x version of this hack - check here.

NOTE: I will not be upgrading this hack to vBulletin v4.0.x.


Install/Uninstall Instructions[hr]hr[/hr]
The InstallInstructions.txt instructions file is included in attached .zip file.


Screenshots[hr]hr[/hr]
Show in this order:

• Who is Chatting box
• AdminCP options
• Usergroup permissions

Version History[hr]hr[/hr]
v3.8.001 - Friday 20th February 2009
-- Initial/final vBulletin v3.8.x Release
-- Changed: Installation Instructions (now has uninstall instructions)
-- Added: VersionHistory.txt
-- Added: 17 Phrases
-- Added: 1 bitfield file
-- Removed: 1 plugin (no longer needed)
-- Removed: 7 AdminCP Options (no longer needed, now set via usergroup permissions)


Thanks[hr]hr[/hr]
Thanks go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code.


Show Your Appreciation [hr]hr[/hr]
Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.

[Locutus2999]

I get his error when using usergroup manager after installing this hack:

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'ms_wic_addon_permissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

[Locutus2999]

I am still receiving this error after uninstalling it, so now my usergroup manager is useless.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Locutus2999

I am still receiving this error after uninstalling it, so now my usergroup manager is useless.

You have the wrong bitfield file uploaded - it looks like you uploaded the bitfield file for my flashchat 5 hack and not flashchat 4 one.

[Locutus2999]

Originally Posted by Mosh

You have the wrong bitfield file uploaded - it looks like you uploaded the bitfield for my flashchat 5 hack and not flashchat 4 one.

I dont think so, but regardless, how can I get this back to a clean state so the usergroup manager will work?

I did delete the xml file.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Locutus2999

I dont think so, but regardless, how can I get this back to a clean state so the usergroup manager will work?

I did delete the xml file.

I am sorry, but you did, as this hack adds the following column to the usergroup table - ms_wic4_addon_permissions and uses this bitfield file - bitfield_ms_wic4_addon.xml

Now my flashchat 5 hack adds the following column to the usergroup table - ms_wic_addon_permissions and uses this bitfield file - bitfield_ms_wic_addon.xml, so you need to delete the bitfield_ms_wic_addon.xml file as well.

[Locutus2999]

I had FC5 installed right before I installed FC4, so it looks like I didnt unistall that correctly before installing the FC4 addon.

Thanks.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Locutus2999

I had FC5 installed right before I installed FC4, so it looks like I didnt unistall that correctly before installing the FC4 addon.

Thanks.

No worries

[Bloodhound2922]

Hey, I just installed this, and it works fine with one exeption.
When I change the permissions in the usergroup manager, All the fields automatically reset to 'No', but creates a copy of the usergroup with the fields set to 'Yes'

Meaning I need to also be a part of that copy to view this hack.

What's happening?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Bloodhound2922

Hey, I just installed this, and it works fine with one exeption.
When I change the permissions in the usergroup manager, All the fields automatically reset to 'No', but creates a copy of the usergroup with the fields set to 'Yes'

Meaning I need to also be a part of that copy to view this hack.

What's happening?

No idea, it has nothing to do with this hack though, as it only alters the permissions of the column that was added to the usergroup table with this hack, and does not create new usergroups. It is not actually possible to do that with this hack, and all my v3.8.x hacks that have usergroup permissions (14 of them) do the permissions in the same way (between them they are installed on 100s of sites), and not one of them have this problem. vBulletin deals with usergroup permissions the same way I do, so it has to be another hack that is doing it.

BTW, which version of this hack do you have installed? as you posted in both the Flashchat 5 thread and this one.