What is it?: An addon for using RaiderSoft chat (www.sigmasoft.com).
Why should I care?: The chat script is free (for basic service) and this mod uses your Threads user data base, so someone has to be registered to use the chat from your site. A word of caution: With the free chat there is no way to control user accounts, and therefore no way to pass user name info from my script to your chat. So, if someone knows the url of your chat room, they can log in and chat...
Who gets the props?: Me But with all the help I've received here I have to give a nod to JustDave, JoshPet, and Dave_L.
How do I use it?:
1) Copy rchat.php and chatpopup.php script to your ubbthreads directory.
2) Edit the rchat.php file to replace "Your chat title here" with whatever you want to call your chat page (remember to leave in the quotes). Follow the directions in the rchat.tmpl file (you'll need some applet script from www.sigmachat.com). Copy the rchat.tmpl file to your ubbthreads/templates/default/ directory.
3) Add
Code
$ubbt_lang['jchat'] = "In the Chat Room";
to the online.php file in all of your language directories.
Enjoy
Version 1.1 Props to JoshPet for the popup script that updates Who's Online
Do these go in the same folder? getting a server error. Decided to go with a upgraded version of the service. Users love this chat style type and it was on sale.. $50 upgrade/1yr
What do I need to modify so that people using the chatroom will show up in the "Who's Online" screen as "Chatroom" rather than "Private"? I should know this answer, I know I should, but I'm still drawing a blank.
Also, if someone stays in the Chatroom for longer than 10 minutes, will they drop off the "Who's Online" list? I remember Josh saying something to that effect another thread, but didn't see a solution to the problem.
If you chat script is called "chat.php" then you need to add this line into the online.php language file:
$ubbt_lang['chat'] = "In the Chat Room";
What I did to eliminate them dropping off the list after 10 minutes was make the chat page open a pop under... the pop under refreshes every 9 minutes and updates the Who's online info.
I think Dalantech included my popup in his chatroom mod posted here.
I uncommented the debug and it reads who I am correctly in the popup window. Which is good... I had also found in the zip the rchat .php instead of rchat.php fixed that for the language files to read correctly.
Now I just need to wait for more folks to show up again.
Is there a mod to get this to showup in the whos online in every page?
You might need to tweak this code a bit. Where' it grabs everyone that says "chat", you'll need to name it "rchat" (whatever your chat page script is named) Likewise use the same $what in the chat popup.
Ok, so I did this but it doesnt prelogin any users (is that right?). If I upgrade to the Pro version ($100/year) does that automatically bypass login and put them in the room under their id?
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