Flashchat: Who is chatting

[Paul M]

Note: The 3.8 release can be found here (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=196466).

vBulletin 3.7 Version
Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.
Support questions from members who have not marked this as installed will be considered low priority.

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 (http://www.tufat.com/s_flash_chat_chatroom.htm) product - if you have questions about Flashchat functionality then their forums are located here (http://www.tufat.com/phpBB2/index.php).


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.

[Gharibe]

so we should install flash chat first ?
yes?

[Forum Lover]

so we should install flash chat first ?
yes?
sure it is. yes.

[Snake]

Yes, of course.

Thanks for this, gonna have a go at it soon.

[rainyleaves]

Thanks Paul. :)

[gforce75]

Great job paul. always love your mods :)

[tldagent]

I've tried to install several of these who is chatting modules and products and I get an error:

1. The product paulm_wic_37 must be installed before this product may be installed. (Compatible starting with 3.7.001 / Incompatible with 3.7.999 and greater)

Any Suggestions?

--- Update - Nevermind, had to allow overwrite. Installed, Thanks!

[yaoren]

I've installed this and am seeing nothing on my forum home page. Do I need to do anything extra? Help is appreciated!

Running VB 3.7 RC4 and yes I have Flashchat installed along with the integration mod :)

[Paul M]

Perhaps you have a custom style ....

[yaoren]

Well I ended up using the addon to this which allows me to now see the box. Although I'm still not seeing any user info in it. It's a blank box and I'm not sure if I should ask in this thread or in the addon thread regarding this issue.

[Paul M]

What addon ?

[yaoren]

The Who Is Chatting (add on) by mosh.

I couldn't see the the box or anything when I used your mod but since I wanted the extra advantage of his mod I went ahead and added his too. When I did I was able to to see the box for who is chatting although the box is empty. I hope I'm not confusing you more but would like to get this sorted if possible. Any help is greatly appreciated!

[LTW]

Thank You Paul ... installed.

LTW

[rapidphim]

Thanks again Paul. An awesome hack.

[Mosh]

The Who Is Chatting (add on) by mosh.

I couldn't see the the box or anything when I used your mod but since I wanted the extra advantage of his mod I went ahead and added his too. When I did I was able to to see the box for who is chatting although the box is empty. I hope I'm not confusing you more but would like to get this sorted if possible. Any help is greatly appreciated!
I have answered you in my thread.

[yaoren]

Ok Paul I'm back, I still can't get this hack to work on my site.

Mosh was awesome enough to take a look and even created a test template and still no luck. I have 3 skins currently including VB's and in all the skins I can't even see the box. The test template that Mosh created is the only one that I'm able to see the actual box but there is still no information within it. I can forward you the pm between Mosh and I and see if there's anything else you might be able to get me to try. I'd really like to get this one working.

[Paul M]

I cant really help you unless you give me admin access to your forum.

[yaoren]

Paul I'll send you the pm which has admin access since Mosh was trying to get it to work for me. It'll also have an explanation of what he's done. Hope you'll be able to help me out :)

*Edit* Also, I thought I'd mention that I just upgraded from 3.7.0 RC4 to 3.7.0 Gold and still not able to view it in any style.

[debourdo]

Can you give me advice on these weird extra characters that appear in my display:

Members currently using Flashchat: %1$s 0

Thanks! ~DEB

[ArnyVee]

Another great one Paul! :D

[onestopadam]

Is there an easy way to adapt this to make it display in the Ultimate Side Columns?

[Meje]

Works brilliantly! Thank you :)

Can I easily change the image it uses - the whos_online.gif ?

Ive had a bit of a poke around, but cant see where I would need to go to change it?

[Paul M]

Display_Chatters template.

[Alfa1]

I have a navigation tabs in my navbar. One is for chat. I would like to display on this tab, how many members are in chat.

I tried this:


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The conditional is added, so that it will not display if there are no chatters. I know this is likely not the best way to do it.

Anyway, the code $totalchatters does work on many pages, but not on blog.php, group.php and pages of various add ons.

Do you have any tips for what code to use?

[Trickle]

Is there anyway to only display who is chatting on the main chat room? I've created a private chat room and I don't want any registered users to see who's in there, but they can see who's in the main one.

Thanks

[Paul M]

There is no such facility.

[NeoDB]

Installed it, works great. One question/request:

Where it says "Members currently using Flashchat:" at the bottom, I want to have the word "Flashchat" in that sentence be a clickable link that takes you to the Flashchat itself.

A little help here about what to do?

[SherryG]

Thank you for all of your amazing work, Paul! Love your mods!

[Lady Divus]

Just a note to say 'Thank you Paul'! I always look forward to using your Mods. You are so smart and your Mods are always smooth and easy to install without a million bugs or errors...Your support is superb in my opinion....Just wanted to give you a warm thank you to let you know your work and knowledge does not go unoticed...Be well -

Lady Divus

[Ben E Lou]

I've installed, and am getting this error on forumhome:

PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require (http://www.gstelmack.com/woof/forum/function.require)]: Failed opening required 'INC_DIRclasses/db.php' (include_path='.;C:\php_5.2.4\pear') in C:\Websites\gstelmack278\gstelmack.com\woof\forum\chat\inc\config.php on line 11

A little help?

[SSJB_7]

either this is working for me THE MESSAGE IS

Warning: require_once([path]/chat/inc/config.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/global.php(405) : eval()'d code on line 838

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required (FORUM DIR)
eval()'d code on line 838

[ULFSoft]

hi.
when i active this mod, my forum not loaded !!!
what can i to do?

[milaszewski]

I get a blank screen when this mode is enabled. I run Flashchat 5.0.3 - any idea how to fix it?

[Paul M]

This does not work with Flashchat 5.

[ArnyVee]

I heard that Flashchat five is very buggy anyways. So, I'm happy with my current version of Flashchat and this mod, of course :D

[ULFSoft]

This does not work with Flashchat 5.
that is too bad!

[SnapOff Racing]

I'm getting this error:

The product paulm_wic_37 must be installed before this product may be installed. (Compatible starting with 3.7.001 / Incompatible with 3.7.999 and greater)

[Paul M]

That doesnt really make much sense, sounds like an issue with your vb - paulm_wic_37 is this mod. I assume you are running vb 3.7 ?

[SnapOff Racing]

correct. i have all the mods required installed (integration/admin integration) those both went in with no issues but i really need this hack installed so more users will jump in the chatroom.

[SnapOff Racing]

EDIT: I got it to finally install, now my forumhome is showing up "page cannot be displayed" :( please help!

[SnapOff Racing]

This does not work with Flashchat 5.when will it? that's the version I run and I need this to work with it asap. Thanks

[Paul M]

No idea atm.

[jlew24asu]

this is related but its not. :confused: ;)

is there a way I can customize this app (flashchat)? I'd like to change its location (on my forum), size, and color.

I asked this on the flash chat forum but they told me to ask here. :confused:

[Neo_obs]

I have this working somewhat on my version of VB.

I just edited the Members in Flashchat (2) plugin

here is my Members in Flashchat (2) plugin


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[SnapOff Racing]

I have this working somewhat on my version of VB.

I just edited the Members in Flashchat (2) plugin

here is my Members in Flashchat (2) plugin


Code:
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YOU are the fkn man!!!! FYI everyone, this made it work with my version 5.02

[Neo_obs]

It's not the best method but it works for now. I still have a buggy install of 5.0.3 but at least its integrated and showing on the forums.

If you have VBA CMPS let me know and I can tell you what I did to make that work too.

[EvilJohn]

Thank you. Installed

[jlew24asu]

this is related but its not. :confused: ;)

is there a way I can customize this app (flashchat)? I'd like to change its location (on my forum), size, and color.

I asked this on the flash chat forum but they told me to ask here. :confused:


not sure where to ask :o:confused:

[Paul M]

You have asked multiple questions. The colour of Flashchat is set in flashchat itself, so you need to ask on their forum. Its location is determined by your vb templates, you edit them to suit, same goes for the size.

[jlew24asu]

You have asked multiple questions. The colour of Flashchat is set in flashchat itself, so you need to ask on their forum. Its location is determined by your vb templates, you edit them to suit, same goes for the size.

ok thanks Paul. for example, how would I add this to my forum home and adjust the size?

(i'm asking for specific code changes. something I'm not familiar with. if thats not something you support, I understand. just looking for some help thats all.)

[Paul M]

Sorry, I cannot support individual cases. :)

[Jaxel]

Does not support Flashchat 5.04. Kills the forumhome.

[Paul M]

As it says ;

Note: This will not currently work with Flashchat Version 5.

[jörgk]

hi,

can someone make an xml.file for flash-chat version 5.04 ??? it is shit without the display in the forum...

paul give your best to make an mod for the version 5 of the chat :)

[jörgk]

hallo,


can somebody help me?


i have vb version 3.7.2 and the flash-chat version 5.04 . i need the display who is online at the forumhome under the navbar. please help me. thank you

[jörgk]

hello again,


please help me.

[Paul M]

3.7.003 Released.

Versions 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.

[ArnyVee]

Paul (or anyone for that matter), is the Flashchat 5 stable finally or still buggy? Any experience yet to share?

[Paul M]

No idea, its only on my test forum atm. Best to check the Tufat forums.

[Jaxel]

I assume that with this release, Flashcht 5.0.6 is working well with VB 3.73? Last time I was having serious issues with 5.0.4.

[jpbryan]

Thank you for the new version.. Works great..

[potukxystus]

nice work - very clean
thanks

[Mrdby]

this just screwed my site up and after i disabled it..my site went back to normal....it gave me this error.

Warning: Unknown([path]/chat/temp/config.srv.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/global.php(404) : eval()'d code on line 808
Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required '/hsphere/local/home/******t/forum/chat/temp/config.srv.php' (include_path='.:/hsphere/shared/apache/libexec/php4ext/php/') in /hsphere/local/home/******/global.php(404) : eval()'d code on line 808

[Paul M]

You are using the FC5 version of the mod, but have FC4 installed on your site.

[DeanoUK]

Doesn't show my nick, and show's the wrong nick for other people logged in.
Paul, I'm more than happy to give you admin access to my forum if need be.

[Paul M]

That is a classic sign that you are not running integrated with vb.

[profanitytalker]

Hi Mr. Paul,

Thank you very much for all your great hacks. Can you tell me why I can't see the box even though I installed it correctly? Is their a code where I can just manually add the box myself? Please answer this question sir. Thank you.

-Sincerely
Pro

[Paul M]

I cannot answer the question, there could be many reasons.

[goxy63]

Works just great

Awesome

:D

[xxxmotoxxx]

Thank you so much,i really needed this mod,excellent work Paul..

[SHANE-D-PAIN]

Installed but curious, any way to get this working with the navbar template across every page? All I want to do is display the Number of Users Chatting in with the actual chat link.

Cheers ;)

[Jaxel]

EDIT: Nevermind... I installed the wrong version.

[Kiros72]

Just wondering... What's new in the '26 Nov 2008' update?

[Paul M]

Read the History section :)

[Kiros72]

Sorry, I must be losing my mind, because I thought that v3.7.004 existed prior to November 26th, which is why I asked :P

[goxy63]

3.7.004 ???
It says 3.7.003 in XML file ???
Looks same as one before or Iam wrong, did you uploaded here new XML file ?

Uninstalled, than installed anyways, still shows that version is out of date

And mate is thare any way to get this users displayed with avatars in statistics or something like that...?

Great hack
Thanks

ps
While Iam here (offtopic)
Can anyone point me to some hack that shows last registered users with avatar displayed ?

[Paul M]

3.7.004 ???
It says 3.7.003 in XML file ???
Looks same as one before or Iam wrong, did you uploaded here new XML file ?
Looks like I re-uploaded 3.7.003 last week ..... :eek:

The correct version (3.7.004) has now been uploaded (for fc5). :)

[goxy63]

Thanks mate
Luv your hacks

[Jaxel]

This new version has broken this mod:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=166909

The count option doesnt seem to enable the add-on for other pages.

[Mosh]

This new version has broken this mod:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=166909

The count option doesnt seem to enable the add-on for other pages.
Go back to v3.7.003 of this hack, as my hack takes into account the Most Ever Display Bug, and it works to fix it.

As my v3.7.x hack is no longer supported, I will not be updating the hack to reflect the changes Paul has put into v3.7.004 of this hack.

Once you reinstall v3.7.003 of this and then install my hack (following my instructions), then the max count option will work again.

[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.