Chat Mod

[goosemoose]

Is there anyone working on a chat mod? Or is there one that already exists? This is a huge hole that needs to be filled!

[Big P]

There are no official Chat mods in the works, and due to many issues with integrating one it will probably be a while still.
Different people want different options and Chat styles for this mod and its nigh on impossible to suit everyones tastes.
Integrating an already established Chatroom script would probably best suit YaBB, but who has to time to do it?...

[mediman]

• it´s a board, why a chat?
• a chat on most hosts is not allowed!!!
• include an IRC chat is only put a link!

[goosemoose]

For those of you who have included your own chat program, irc or otherwise, what have you added?

It would be nice to have chat integrated like the perl version because it allows mods to have some control!!

[Big P]

Like this:
Go to an IRC website and get the HTML to do it. Now come back to YaBB..
Add an action to index.php like:

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if ($action == 'chat') { include_once ("$sourcedir/Chat.php"); ChatRoom(); }

Open up your Chat.php file, and make a function called ChatRoom, it should look similar to this:

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<?
function ChatRooom() {
print<<<EOT

Place your Chat Room HTML here!

EOT;
}
?>


Now you might want to add a link somewhere to it, thats up to you. The URL to open the chat is:
index.php?action=chat

[goosemoose]

Where in index.php should I add that action? Thanks

[goosemoose]

Okay, i put it under the findfast for c, when it calls Chat.php which looks like this

<quote>
<?
function ChatRooom() {
print<<<EOT

<center>
<script language="JavaScript"

src="http://irc.everywherechat.com:8000/Java/embed.js?room=rfc&width=500&height=520"></scrip

t>
</center>

EOT;
}
?>
</quote>

I get this error:
<quote>
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: chatroom() in /home/virtual/site284/fst/var/www/html/rfc/index.php on line 242
</quote>

Ideas? Comments? The html works fine in http://www.goosemoose.com/rfc/chat.htm the board is at http://www.goosemoose.com/rfc

[goosemoose]

Okay I got it partially working. I hade cut and pasted that code and room was spelled rooom. But now I get the chat room above the regular forum, it looks horrible. Any way to put the below the navbar, or anything else to look better?
http://www.goosemoose.com/rfc/index.php?action=chat

Thanks for your help

[Big P]

Before the print<<<EOT put:
    is_admin(); // check for admin
   $yytitle = "Chat Room Mod";
   template_header();

and below the EOT; put:
   footer();
   obExit();

 

[David]

I don't think a full feature chat should be built in.  A shoutbox would be cool.  Take a look at www.spymac.com and look at their forums to see what I mean.

[goosemoose]

How can I just make sure they are a registered user. The way you have it only admin could enter, I removed the isadmin and now everyone can get in. Thanks! It looks great
http://www.goosemoose.com/rfc/index.php?action=chat
check it out

[goosemoose]

How do I create a new icon for this? Thanks!

[Compuart]

try http://yabbbuttons.cjb.net/ a great button generator (I still think you'll have to draw the icon part though...)

[John R]

You could use this one, just a quicky!

cheers.........

[goosemoose]

That will work great, thanks. Do I just need to add the icon to the template? Or is there something else I need to do as well? Thanks again!