UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications [6.4] Chat Mod

My first mod, ported to 6.4

Here we go:

Name: Chat Mod

Description: Lets you chat with jIRC. It has full CP support, it's 100% wordletized, it automatically gets the nick of the user/GuestXXXXX (5 random digits) if it's a guest, replaces smilies with real smilies, shows how many people are currently chatting and even invites people to the chatroom (by Recent Visitors).

Demo: http://www.lkworld.com

Link: ZIP File or MultiHack File

Requirements: UBB™ 6.4.0 , jPilot License (unless you want to see an "unregistered" line after every line)

Number of downloads: [img]https://ubbdev.com/lk/num.php?s=chat64.zip,chat64.mhp[/img]

Special thanks to: Ryan Olson for Invitation Script, Brett (raiyan) for JavaScript idea, dj_rava for the Admin Command Buttons idea and Troy for MultiHack and supporting me all the way .

Screenshots: Forum Summary , Chat Window , CP

Note: if you have a license, you have to upgrade your license key - http://www.jpilot.com/products/jirc/upgradekey.html in order to use this version. Everybody with illegal keys - don't upgrade to this version

LK, your file is missing all of the vars_wordlets_mods additions. You also have public_common.pl listed twice in the header.

hmm, you don't need wordlets_mods

Now you don't need wordlets_mods

lemme re-hack since it was stating that i needed items...

Word for word, line for line, still doesn't work...

http://www.promodtecnologies.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi

Also, the control pannel wordlet still doesn't load ...

http://www.promodtecnologies.com/cgi-bin/ubb/chat.cgi - 500 ISE, you probably need to CHMOD it again

Edit: updated chat mod - not because of your problem, but because now the images in Instant Graemlins are in the correct folder, and in cp_vars_chat there is a note that you should upload to applet_images folder to add smilies..

One more update (ubb_chat.cgi) - Sounds dropdown list now gets the info from the audio folder...

Thank you for porting it to 6.4

Now my problems:

You write:

---
***********************
* Open ultimatebb.cgi *
***********************
Find:
=====
%template %vars_config
---

This cannot be found. Instead I find:
[code][/code]For testing I insert after %vars_config . Seems to work.

Next Problem:



There is something missing, but it works. You can enter the menu.

Last problem: My purchased key for 2.4x seems not working with this 2.7x Is this an issue of jpilot ? Must I update my key ?

Go to http://www.jpilot.com/products/jirc/upgradekey.html to update your key...

About cp_common, did you overwrite your vars_chat.cgi? (you should do that )

About ultimatebb.cgi, yer right...

Man, jpilot can be a pain lol... I have like 9 keys all for differant sites in my network, so simple upgrades like that can be a pain lol, especially if they charge.

The key update is free for current jPilot license holders
and...

lol, using the preview nothin sais they can't roll it back, or even acquire a way of tweaking key issues ..

I get the same problem as Zarzal above where I just see a dash in the primary settings of cp, but I can go into it anyway.

When I save changes, I get

An error has occurred:

Undefined subroutine &main::set_vars_chat called at cp.cgi line 342.
Backtrace: cp.cgi:342 -> sub UBBCGI::Carp::die
Backtrace: Carp.pm:82 -> sub UBBCGI::Carp::fatalsToBrowser
Backtrace: Carp.pm:146 -> sub main::StandardHTML2
Backtrace: cp_lib.cgi:130 -> sub main::Tracer

I've done it more than once. I do have my key upgraded and have used the chat mod for quite a while.

Debbie, re-upload vars_chat.cgi and re-hack cp_lib.cgi...

I've done this 4 times now, to no avail. I do have on the newsfader and the strike mods.

I do the hack again. I update my key and it seems to work but I have the problem with teh control panel again:



There ist the label chat missing and show only a '-' I think this can be fixed easy, but where ? The menu work and you can enter the selection.

Yeh, I had the same issue, I just updated the cp common wordlet to say "Chat Settings" as opposed to worrying about it being wordletalized lol...

OIC... To fix that problem:
[code][/code]Edit: ZIP/MHK files updated.

I do see the Chat Settings in CP now, but I still get the compile errors I show on the first page. I have been making changes by hand, and I have a huge chat occuring on 2/4 where I need rid of the buttons and for the background to not be black. I have no idea how to fix through CP since rehacking (very few changes here to do) does no good, and I think my problems are with some other file.

I'm in a hurry, so what can I do to get rid of the black and the buttons at http://www.tropictravelonline.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=chat?

Does anyone else have many problems with their users being able to connect due to webchat.org's servers?

Just a thought. wouldn't it be a better think to that the chat mod onto a new level with thinks like this:

http://pino3.sourceforge.net/

The freeware chat server.

When I have done the hack for 6.4 and 6.5, I've had a problem with the invite list. Can someone please look at http://www.tropictravelonline.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=newinvite and tell me if they knew what I was doing wrong? I would really appreciate it!

I notice a new Problem. I use the last avail chat hack on UBB V6.5. I take a look on my traffic analyzer and see chat.cgi on the first place of hit's:

# Hits KBytes URL

1 13554 5.87% 435 0.06% /cgi-bin/chat.cgi
2 10855 4.70% 306571 40.53% /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

With an opld version on ubb 6.2 there was no such much hits. Is this a side effect of the java scripting for the 'who is chatting' display ?

I think I'm going to remove the Chat Mod invitation thing in the next version, cause that's probably what makes the most hits... And also the same routins are available in the Instant Message mod..

lets send the invitation to the PM of the user. With UBB 6.5 he will get a notice from the board itself on the main pages and maybe an eMail as notice from system.

This way takes a little bit longer time but will lower the load.

This was asked in version 6.3, but nobody answered it on the boards. I've used the chat mod since version 6. I have licensed jIRC and have the new key.

I am on version 6.5 and did port the chat mod, but I had various problems. I got rid of the - in the control panel on my own and various other issues. However, now I get the error below:

Cannot join channel: Only registered, identified users can create channels.

What do I need to do to resolve this? Any help would be appreciated.

Only a Registered Member of the Chat Server, a Founder or a SOp can start a chat now.

Once you are logged in type:
/join #

For mine, this is what I have to type:

/join #catcherman.com

because the name of my chatroom is catcherman.com.

This didn't fix the problem in my control panel... could it be something else?

Also, there are two buttons that aren't coming up correctly when you go to my chat page:

Click to view .

It's the Connect and another button. Any ideas?

It's fixed now.

does this hack work with 6.5 too?

I am pretty sure it does, according to multihack, everything's fine

Am I correct in saying that a forum member who has not registered his forum username as an IRC nickname cannot start a chat, i.e. use this chat hack?

Sorry all the negatives there, can I put it like this: do you have to register your forum username as a IRC nickname to use this chat hack? I've registered mine, but I thought that I could use this to allow members (of the ubb) to start a chat using my details 'hidden' in the chat configuration so that they would not need to register usernames as nicknames.

If so, I can't see many of my members bothering to do this...

I am on 6.5 and have been using the chat mod for several releases. I have used it successfully on 6.5 a couple of weeks ago but am currently getting java.lang.class not found. Exception: chat class. Any ideas?

You are correct in saying that. It's an unfortunate new feature they added to the webchat.org servers. If I, or one of my moderators, is not there to open a chat now it does not open. And it's not easy for many people from our community to understand the commands necessary to open the chatroom.

One other problem I've had is that not all .au files will play in the chatroom. I have some files that I know are not corrupt but nothing happens when I use them in the chat room. I wonder why...

Can anyone answer my question above? I seem to have the class files there. Hmmm.

I also got it some times but I can't figure why..

Thanks, Catcherman. This is indeed unfortunate as it renders this hack virtually unusable for most forums I'd imagine. This is a real shame as it was a great hack and I devoted a lot of time integrating it.

I wouldn't say that, you could just replace the server names from webchat to dalnet or something