Integrated Chat 1.5

[sue]

I tried to install this through boardmod, but step 4 failed... is this compatible with version 1.5.4?

[pege]

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Thank you.  How do I disable avatars for that room?

All set pege.. I had to disable members only and your password to test it. Just put those settings back on.

Thank you very much.  I can't say enough about how pleased we are with this free service.  Excellent!

[brodle]

I registered.. but still no workey    Maybe it takes some time to work?

you didnt register the room.. either double click in the middle fo the chat room or click rooms options button and click the register button

[brodle]

I tried to install this through boardmod, but step 4 failed... is this compatible with version 1.5.4?

Sue yes it is compatible.. You may want to do the mod by hand if you modded your board before.  The Board mod searches for the text strings in the code and inserts the new code. if you modify these strings with othe rmods before it could fail.

[yabb_fan]

Hi, I've got Sue's problem on a brand new install of YaBB.  I went in and removed step 4, to unfortunately no avail. . .

I followed your instructions as posted earlier, and after excluding the lines that handled the admin controls [ie step 4] Boardmod told me all files were modified fine.  After uploading, however, there was no chat button like the one at your site, and nothing happened when I visited Chat.php by itself.

So now I'm sitting back at square one with a clean install.

Anyway, it's bedtime.  I look forward to any suggestions anyone might have to offer, or in leiu thereof, chocolate cake.

[pege]

...I went in and removed step 4, to unfortunately no avail. . .

You'll need to go back in and install step 4 manually, because that's the one that puts the action array key in the Index.php.  This is what makes the program load when you click the chat button.  Just use an FTP client to edit Index.php (make sure you download and upload in acii--not binary), and insert

'chat' => array("$sourcedir/Chat.php", 'ChatRoom'),

in alphabetical order in your Index array.  Just scroll down, you'll see it.  It's a long list of action keys.

...there was no chat button like the one at your site, and nothing happened when I visited Chat.php by itself.

Did you upload the chat button to your YaBBImages directory?  If not, it won't display.  Do you see the square red box where the button should be?  Make sure the image is loaded in the right directory and that you uploaded it in binary.

[yabb_fan]

Your instructions worked perfectly.  Yay!  This is better than chocolate cake!  Thank you for making this totally cool thing.  

[yabb_fan]

FYI, the exact problem I had was as follows:

In step 4, the mod script looks for the following line:

$img['admin'] = '<img src="' . $imagesdir . $langimages . '/admin.gif" alt="' . $txt[2] . '" border="0" />';

but the line is a little different in 1.5.4:

$img['admin'] = '<img src="' . $imagesdir . $langimages . '/admin.gif" alt="' . $txt[2] . '" title="' . $txt[2] . '" border="0" />';

the difference?  The bottom string contains the additional text:

title="'

At any rate, your instructions helped me pinpoint the exact issue.  Thank you again for your help.

[pege]

Your instructions worked perfectly.  Yay!  This is better than chocolate cake!  Thank you for making this totally cool thing.  

You're welcome.  I didn't make it, though...I think brodle did .

[brodle]

A yabb member goosemoose had a chat room on my site www.everywherechat.com and wanted to integrated tighter into his board. So we worked together on building this MOD.

Pege thank you for the assistance, I am not too up to speed on the yabb/php side of things.

[Uncle]

I need help in this mod installing process!
Can anyone tell to me, step by step, how to install this chat mod?

Thanks a lot!

[brodle]

You need to use the boardmod utility to install the MOD. if you have isntalled other MODs before on your board you are probably better off opening the .mod file in notepad and manual putting the mod in. There are only 4 line changes. if you dont know html/php to well not much we can offer there.

[pege]

I need help in this mod installing process!
Can anyone tell to me, step by step, how to install this chat mod?

Thanks a lot!

1) If you haven't already, download the *Boardmod* tool.

2) After installing Boardmod, create a sub-folder called "YaBB SE" in your "Mods" folder (e.g. c:\Program Files\boardmod\Mods\YaBB SE).

3) Place "integratedchat2_151.mod" into the YaBB SE folder.

4) Launch Boardmod, and select the YaBB SE folder from the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand corner.

5) Highlight the "integratedchat2_151.mod" in the mod list box beneath the menu where you selected YaBB SE.

6) Check which files Boarmod changes in the "Files to Edit" box near the lower left hand corner (in this case "There are 4 files to edit: Sources\Subs.php, english.lng, Index.php, Sources\ModSettings.php").  *Back these files up somewhere* so you can easily restore them if something goes wrong.

7) Create a folder on your hard drive where you can use an FTP client to upload those files from your web site.  Since this mod changes files in your Sources directory, you will need to create a sub-folder called "Sources" (e.g. c:\chat\sources).  

Load "Index.php" and "english.lng" into the "chat" folder, and the other two in the "Sources" folder, just as they would be on your site (Boardmod always uses the "Index.php" as a reference to find the "Path to Script", so you'll always need to have that file in your folder where you want the files to be modified, even if it is not itself being changed).

9) Type the path to the folder where you uploaded your files to be modded, including "Index.php" (e.g. c:\chat\Index.php), in the "Path to Script" box.  

10) Select the installation mode ("Fast..." or "Step by Step...") at the bottom of Boardmod, then click the checkbox for the "integratedchat2_151.mod" in the Mod box on the right.  If you select Fast mode, Boardmod should zip through all the files and make changes automatically.  If you chose the Step-by-step option, you'll have to click once to confirm each step of modification.

11) Upload your modded files back to your site, and follow the additional instructions in the "Description" box on Boardmod (e.g. upload "Chat.php" to your sources directory, chmod it to 666, upload your "chat.gif" to the YaBBImages directory, etc.).  There is also a database file ("chatdb.php") you'll have to run by typing it's URL into your web browser (e.g. "www.mysite/YaBBSE/chatdb.php")

If any errors occur, Boardmod should tell you what they are.  One common problem is it couldn't find the string it was supposed to modify in your files.  This can be because the mod is for a different version of YaBB than you are trying to change, or you have previously modified the same strings.  Usually you can get arround this by clicking the "Mod Editor" button in the lower right hand corner of Boardmod, and editing the mod itself.  You can delete steps where it couldn't find a string, run the mod again, then do the other steps manually.  Or, you may find an error in the mod itself.  Sometimes, you just have to experiment and think about this stuff to make it work.

[pege]

You need to use the boardmod utility to install the MOD. if you have isntalled other MODs before on your board you are probably better off opening the .mod file in notepad and manual putting the mod in. There are only 4 line changes. if you dont know html/php to well not much we can offer there.

Brodle, can i please have avatars and emoticons disabled for channel #pege_net     ?

thank you again

[Uncle]

Where can I find the BoardMod tool?