Tutorial: how to COMPLETELY integrate FlashChat into SMF so you have a cool CHAT

[Ride]

well, that is something beyond the scope of SMF... and actually, beyond the scope of FlashChat.

You would have to modify the Flash file in FlashChat, as well as some of the php functions and templates...

You'd also have to install a javascript-alert function in SMF and add a continual and regular refresh...  Which would be annoying for users who are trying to read things in the forum and would also increase bandwidth usage 10-fold.

Honestly, if you want IM, use an IM.

I disagree, you would not have to have a refresh.  SMF already uses this type of thing to alert members of new messages (if they chose to get alerts in their profile settings).  Of course I'd have to modify some files but I don't see it being as hard as you make it out to be. 

[Kindred]

the new messages note only pops up when you refresh or go to a new page....

So, if I am sitting online reading a message for 20 minutes, I do not get a notice of my new PM until I go to another page within the site or click refresh...

[Ride]

the new messages note only pops up when you refresh or go to a new page....

So, if I am sitting online reading a message for 20 minutes, I do not get a notice of my new PM until I go to another page within the site or click refresh...

Yeah, that would be true.  A drawback I guess.

[nim]

Hi. Thanks. Tutorial cool.

I have a problem.
I am trying to integrate smf user hidden with  flashchat spy_user. It does not work.
Could you say me like i do it?

Sorry my bad English. THANKS! 

My code is:

$this->loginStmt = new Statement("SELECT ID_MEMBER as id, memberName AS login, passwd, is_activated from {$GLOBALS['db_prefix']}members WHERE memberName=? AND passwd=?");
    $this->getUserStmt = new Statement("SELECT ID_MEMBER AS id, realName AS login, ID_GROUP as status, showOnline as espia FROM {$GLOBALS['db_prefix']}members WHERE ID_MEMBER=?");
    $this->getUsersStmt = new Statement("SELECT ID_MEMBER as id, realName as login FROM {$GLOBALS['db_prefix']}members");

    $this->userid = NULL;

    if (isset($_COOKIE[$GLOBALS['cookiename']])) {
      $cookieData = unserialize((get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($_COOKIE[$GLOBALS['cookiename']]) : $_COOKIE[$GLOBALS['cookiename']])) ;
      $this->userid = $cookieData[0];
     }

  }


  function isLoggedIn() {
    return $this->userid;
  }

  function getRoles($status) {
    $rv = NULL;
    if ($status == 1 || $status == 9 || $status == 11) {
             if ($espia == 1)
                     $rv = ROLE_SPY;
             else
                     $rv = ROLE_ADMIN; }                               
    else
      $rv = ROLE_USER;

    return $rv;
  }

  function getUserProfile($userid) {

if ($espia == 1) $rv = NULL;

    elseif ($user = $this->getUser($userid)) {
      $rv  = $GLOBALS['boardurl'] . "/index.php?action=profile;u=".$userid;
    }

    return $rv;
  }


  function getUser($userid) {


    $rv = NULL;
    if(($rs = $this->getUserStmt->process($userid)) && ($rec = $rs->next())) {
      $rec['roles'] = $this->getRoles($rec['status']);
      $rv = $rec;
    }

    return $rv;
  }

[Kindred]

once you add a CMS in Flashchat, you lose the ability to log in as a guest or spy...

[nim]

But I believe to ROLE_SPY is active.
I enter hidde but I cannot to write in chat. Or hidde or other rule, but both I cannot ability with "showOnline".
I will try it.

Thanks kindred!

[Kindred]

The SPY login can never type any messages in chat. The purpose is that it's a spy... watching but not responding

[Jay T]

I posted over at Flashchat but will do it here to.

I have SMF 1.1RC1 and FlashChat 4.4.2

Everything works fine, very nice! But I want it to open the chat in a new window but without all the address and toolbars at the top. I also want the chat to be smaller when it pops up. I was thinking something like a box about 6 inches wide x 6 inches high.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[houston]

Getting this error when I edit the  the boardindex.template.php file

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in .../Themes/default/BoardIndex.template.php on line 412

403:
404:    if ($context['show_who'])
405:       echo '
406:          <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=who">';
407:
408:    echo (empty($context['spiders']) ? '' : $context['num_spiders'] . ' ' . ($context['num_spiders'] == 1 ? $txt['ob_googlebot_spider'] : $txt['ob_googlebot_spiders']) . ', '), $context['num_guests'], ' ', $context['num_guests'] == 1 ? $txt['guest'] : $txt['guests'], ', ', $context['num_users_online'], ' ', $context['num_users_online'] == 1 ? $txt['user'] : $txt['users'], (empty($context['num_users_hidden']) ? '' : ' (' . $context['num_users_hidden'] . ' ' . $txt['hidden'] . ')'), ', ' . $chatcount . ' User'.$singularplural2.' in Chat</a><br />
409:
410:
411:    // Handle hidden users and buddies.
412:    if (!empty($context['num_users_hidden']) || ($context['show_buddies'] && !empty($context[

Where do I need to put the suggested corrections

Thanks

[houston]

A small tip if you plan on installing the chat program.

Install it into the root of your forum and when running the install script chose to integrate it into an existing cms. There is an option for smf 1.1 choose that one and continue. Then edit the default index.template.php with the integration tutorial here.http://www.tufat.com/docs/flashchat/smf.html

Once that is done follow the tutorial give in the first post of this thread. Although I am getting a parse error in the Boardindex.template.php file that has yet to be rectified.

Hope that helps

[Simplemachines Cowboy]

Hey Houston,
Did you do the "SUB-TUTORIAL #2: add "Users in Chat" sentence in ALL pages" part?

I had no trouble (once I found exactly where to put it) with the board index, but the second part puts the notice all the way up at the top and breaks my XHTML compatibility. It really screws with IE. It's supposed to go down by the search & home etc. buttons.

http://www.theopenrange.net/forum/index.php

[houston]

OK I had closer look at the boardindex.template.php file in 1.1 rc1.

The tutorial given in the first post of this thread says to look for this code

<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=who">', $context['num_guests'], ' ', $context['num_guests'] == 1 ? $txt['guest'] : $txt['guests'], ', ', $context['num_users_online'], ' ', $context['num_users_online'] == 1 ? $txt['user'] : $txt['users'], (empty($context['num_users_hidden']) ? '' : ' (' . $context['num_users_hidden'] . ' ' . $txt['hidden'] . ')'), '</a><br />

This is what is in the 1.1 rc1 file that is not quite the same.

<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=who">';

   echo (empty($context['spiders']) ? '' : $context['num_spiders'] . ' ' . ($context['num_spiders'] == 1 ? $txt['ob_googlebot_spider'] : $txt['ob_googlebot_spiders']) . ', '), $context['num_guests'], ' ', $context['num_guests'] == 1 ? $txt['guest'] : $txt['guests'], ', ' . $context['num_users_online'], ' ', $context['num_users_online'] == 1 ? $txt['user'] : $txt['users'];

   // Handle hidden users and buddies.
   if (!empty($context['num_users_hidden']) || ($context['show_buddies'] && !empty($context['show_buddies'])))
   {
      echo ' (';

      // Show the number of buddies online?
      if ($context['show_buddies'])
         echo $context['num_buddies'], ' ', $context['num_buddies'] == 1 ? $txt['buddy'] : $txt['buddies'];

      // How about hidden users?
      if (!empty($context['num_users_hidden']))
         echo $context['show_buddies'] ? ', ' : '', $context['num_users_hidden'] . ' ' . $txt['hidden'];

      echo ')';

It seems to be calling the same information but in a different way.  So where do I input this code.

<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=who">', $context['num_guests'], ' ', $context['num_guests'] == 1 ? $txt['guest'] : $txt['guests'], ', ', $context['num_users_online'], ' ', $context['num_users_online'] == 1 ? $txt['user'] : $txt['users'], (empty($context['num_users_hidden']) ? '' : ' (' . $context['num_users_hidden'] . ' ' . $txt['hidden'] . ')'), ', ' . $chatcount . ' User'.$singularplural2.' in Chat</a><br />

as suggested in the tutorial.

Thanks

[houston]

One other ? The chat image lays right beside the logout image with no spacing in between. How would I change that so there is a few pixels between the two images.

Thanks

[Gobo]

  EEEEKKKKK!!

reading that tutorial is gona make me faint!

Its JUST what I need but I am PHP illiterate 

Isnt there any files I can just download and add to my server to make this work? I already purchased Flash Chat along with the cool integrated MP3 Player

HELP

[Jay T]

FlashChat website gives exact info to integrate it into SMF.

[Uzbekistan]

Is tufat.com down? I cannot access it!

[Uzbekistan]

OK I had closer look at the boardindex.template.php file in 1.1 rc1.

The tutorial given in the first post of this thread says to look for this code

<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=who">', $context['num_guests'], ' ', $context['num_guests'] == 1 ? $txt['guest'] : $txt['guests'], ', ', $context['num_users_online'], ' ', $context['num_users_online'] == 1 ? $txt['user'] : $txt['users'], (empty($context['num_users_hidden']) ? '' : ' (' . $context['num_users_hidden'] . ' ' . $txt['hidden'] . ')'), '</a><br />

..................

Thanks

Yes, I am having problems integrating "Whos online block" as well. The block at the bottom looks empty

[rendi]

same with me i'm use SMF 1.1 RC1 too 

[nightdreamer]

i have checked my file on the index.template.php and i cannot find this line at all ??

Code:
<a href="', $GLOBALS['boardurl'], '/FlashChat/flashchat.php">and change just that one bit of code (which is part of an entire line of code - you are NOT supposed to change or delete the rest of that line) it into this:
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<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=chat">

[snork13]

i have checked my file on the index.template.php and i cannot find this line at all ??

Code:
<a href="', $GLOBALS['boardurl'], '/FlashChat/flashchat.php">and change just that one bit of code (which is part of an entire line of code - you are NOT supposed to change or delete the rest of that line) it into this:
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<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=chat">

find:

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// The [calendar]!
if ($context['allow_calendar'])
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/calendar.gif" alt="' . $txt['calendar24'] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt['calendar24']), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];


after add:

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  if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
  echo '
                    <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=chat">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/chat.gif" alt="Chat" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : 'Chat'), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];