Chat box in yabb!

[René]

I read some posts about people requesting some kind of chatbox for YaBB.

Well, I've found a perfect little script that you can add to your board without much trouble!
It's very neat because you can put this box at the bottom of your YaBB page and chat in realtime, no page refreshes required!
(just put it in an iframe)

It should also be possible to connect it to the yabb database so users login automaticly in the chat, but you'll need to do some coding for that.

The URL:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dchat/

[Daniel D.]

  O M G !!! That's nice !!

[UKA_Bart]

Absolutely very nice indeed. I downloaded the thing, peeked on Rene's site to see how he implemented it, but I guess I know too little of MySQL to do it. There is one .sql file in the zipfile, I assume I have to work that into the MySQL database somehow, but I have no clue how to manage that.

I am not suggesting that the support should be given here, I merely wanted to point out that although it's a very nice way to have a chat on your YaBB SE, you need to be able to do it without any documentation at all. (It's not in the zip, and not on the developer's site.   )

[René]

UKA_Bart, try this:

• import db2.sql into your MySQL database
• edit global.php (login/password and db-name)
• launch chat.php (you don't need index.php)

If that is working you can use the <iframe> html tag to include it..

[ArtfulSpider]

• import db2.sql into your MySQL database

Done

• edit global.php (login/password and db-name)

OK, I'm running into a snag here.... please advise what's wrong with this picture.....

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<php?
mysql_connect("localhost","nobody","password");
mysql_select_db("db_mydatabase_com");
?>

• launch chat.php (you don't need index.php)

OK, as for the index file... I used an iframe at the bottom of my template.php file for yabbse, and it seems to display in the right place, but when I enter my nickname... it just says "processing" and goes no further....

[ArtfulSpider]

...or is this closer to what I need?......

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<php?
mysql_connect("localhost","password","db_mydatabase_com");
mysql_select_db("db_mydatabase_com");
?>
p.s. my server requires <php? at the top of a php file, instead of simply <?

RR

[UKA_Bart]

• import db2.sql into your MySQL database

Done

I'm impressed  . I can't even do that. The MySQL database I'm using runs on the server of my hoster, I can get a MySQL prompt in TelNet, but..... then what?!

[ArtfulSpider]

• import db2.sql into your MySQL database

Done

I'm impressed  . I can't even do that. The MySQL database I'm using runs on the server of my hoster, I can get a MySQL prompt in TelNet, but..... then what?!

Download <b>phpMyAdmin</b> and install it on your server....
... that's the best utility for fooling with mySQL and manipulating your database.

RR

[René]

...or is this closer to what I need?......

It should be something like this:

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<?
mysql_connect("localhost","db_user_name","db_user_password");
mysql_select_db("db_name");
?>

Hmm, this may not be as easy as I thought

[rickc]

does it require a mysql??? I'm all out of databases on my server. I didn't see much documentation on the
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dchat/
, what type of coding is needed??


thanks in advance Rickc

[iamdamnsam]

how much of a load does this put on a server?  I have a high traffic site, and my boardindex alone consumes alot, I figure this will just make it worse.

[Horseman]

@rene
i have install the chat.
have make a <iframe> in themplate.php
when i click "click to chat" it´s open a new window,it work not in my iframe
can you help me?

[René]

This is what I used:

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<iframe src="http://path-to-dchat/chat.php" width="100%" height="100" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>


[goosemoose]

If you are worried about bandwith check out the script on my site. It doesn't use ANY bandwith. Http://www.goosemoose.com/rfc if it is needed I will try to package it up as a mod

[sylvester]

[..]It doesn't use ANY bandwith.[..]

It DOES use bandwith
It checks every 3 seconds for new messages