FlashChat Integration

[Kirok]

I just double checked, and I did find:

./chat/inc/flashChatTag.php
./chat/inc/cmses/smfCMS2.php

These files were uploaded, but this Mod doesn't seem to find them.  The paths are correct, and they are on my server. 

Now I'm completely baffled!

Does anyone have any ideas as to what to do next?  Is there another mod I can try?

Thanks

~Kirok

[perplexed]

I had that happen to me once too.

Check that you have the chat installed and it works without the mod.  The address will be your site http://www.yoursite.com/forum/chat

Check that you have run the install program and removed the install files

Upload those two files again

The try installing the mod again.

In the event that that fails, reupload all the files that are in the forum/chat folder again, go through the install process again, make sure those two files are there, and then try to install the mod again.

I only say this last bit as it happened to me on a testforum a few days ago and that fixed it   It's very nice chat program so it's worth persevering

[Kindred]

I suggets re-downloading flashchat then.. both of those files are in the copy that I downloaded.

[Kirok]

@ Perplexed...  I cannot believe this.  I did exactly what you said, and it is still coming up at not being able to find those two files.  I even re-downloaded the original Flashchat installation file, and it still shows the same error.

My only theroies are now:

1)  Its a permissions issue with my host
2)  Its case sensitive?

This is soooo weird.  But you're right, it is a GREAT piece of software, and it is definitely worth the effort!

Kirok

[Kirok]

Thankfully, I was able to get around the error in installing this mod.  The mod installs, yet now I am getting an odd error in the layout of the forums.

I've included a couple of screencaps to show what is happening.


As you can see, under the Admin 'Features & Options' section, no text appears.  I checked all the boxes, and nothing happens. 

The menu bar options at the top is slightly offset too, which looks like this:


Has anyone ever seen this before?  Its weird!

Thanks for any suggestions,

Kirok

[Kindred]

I suspect that you are running your forum in english utf-8.  The mods only install *by defaul) into english (no utf-8)

You choices are
a) switch the forum to English
b) modify modifications.englishutf8.php with the new txt phrases from modifications.english.php

[Kirok]

That's what I thought too as I looked, and I am running 'English'.

I'll try that modify.

~Kirok

[TrueSatan]

If you were already using English then please check to see that the mod properly installed as the language strings do appear to be missing.

Modifications.english.php in the default theme languages directory should contain the following strings added by the mod:

Code Select Expand

// --- Begin FlashChat integration ---
$txt['fc_chat'] = 'Chat';
$txt['fc_in_chat'] = 'in Chat';
$txt['fc_not_found'] = 'FlashChat does not appear to be installed!';
$txt['fc_no_guests'] = 'Sorry, guests aren\'t allowed to use the chat!';
$txt['fc_private_room'] = '<i>private room</i>';
$txt['fc_users_online'] = 'Users currently in chat';
// For 'Who's Online' page
$txt['whoall_chat'] = 'In the <a href=' . $boardurl . '?action=chat">Chatroom</a>';
// --- End FlashChat integration ---

[seraphikah]

Whenever I apply this mod, I get 500 Internal Server Error and end up having to do a fresh install of the board. Any ideas?

[brianjw]

Please search this topic as this has been answered many times. You have to hack FlashChat installed in /path/to/smf/chat/ and when it gets installed it needs to be set to be integrated with smf in the install.php file. http://www.tufat.com

brianjw (search for it)

[JimM]

I recently installed FlashChat and this mod on my 1.1.4 forum and it worked beautifully.  I had to manually edit one of the files but that was simple and everything is working great. 

Thanks for making the integration such an easy step.

[whatnow]

I have integrated Flash Chat with our forum now, taken down the install.php file and install files, but there is a page which one of our members accessed last night, that I want to take down and not sure which it is.

www.ourdomain.com/chat   

We had another chatroom at www.ourdomain.com/chat.htm and she forgot to add the htm and got the login in page for this new chat. We want to deactivate that page, and I thought it was part of the install files, but it is still up.

I need to get this down ASAP.. any suggestions would be appreciated.

[perplexed]

I have integrated Flash Chat with our forum now, taken down the install.php file and install files, but there is a page which one of our members accessed last night, that I want to take down and not sure which it is.

www.ourdomain.com/chat   

We had another chatroom at www.ourdomain.com/chat.htm and she forgot to add the htm and got the login in page for this new chat. We want to deactivate that page, and I thought it was part of the install files, but it is still up.

I need to get this down ASAP.. any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mah

you should have a look on the flashchat forum at tufat, I did a quick check there just now and came up with this thread.  It's not for smf but that doesn't matter since it's the flashchat files you need to edit and not anything to do with this mod or the forum

http://forum.tufat.com/showthread.php?t=44033&highlight=access+direct

Hope that helps

[shumar]

I have SMF 1.1.4.
How to change so RealName is showed, not LoginName ?
Is that possible ?

Thank you.

Any help for this problem ?
I know that I need to change something in smfcms2.php, but I don't know what to change...

[BethInaK]

Hi - dumb newbie running SMF 1.1.4
installed flashchat and want to integrate. 
but my package thows an error here -- probably due to mods:
17. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/index.template.php Test failed

Can I  run this package  and then go to the parser and find out what this step is and do manually?  Would that be the best thing to do?

[Kindred]

shumar: change membername to realname in smfcms2.php

BethInaK: yes, run the install. then view the actual mod changes and manually apply them in index.template.php

[LOLwut]

First time I actually looked at this.I gotta say, I may swap it with the chatbox.

[perplexed]

Can someone (anyone using 1.1.3 or 1.1.4) just try clicking the collapse/expand board on the main forum page....any board... and then check their error log and let me know if there are any error regarding undefined index.

well better late than never,  just to let you know I have encountered this error on a 1.1.4 forum for the first time ever - I have been installing this mod since the beginning.  Dunno why but I will apply your fix and see what happens.

[BethInaK]

I'm quite confused.
I installed flashchat and its working and is integrated with my SMF database.  No login needed.
But I tried to apply the theme mods here - having some difficulty bu still working on it- but I was able to add the "XX users in chat" to the default theme.

Lo and behold it works, but not for OUR chatroom. We have strange peoples nicks in there and they are NOT in our flashchat.

Any ideas? Is this a setting? 

[Jaybird]

Don't know if this has been answered, probably has many times.  My # of users in the chat aren't showing up anywhere on the forum.  Just wondering how I go about getting that feature to work.  Thanks!

*edit* - I should add that when I installed the mod, I never got the chat button.  I had to write it in.  I don't know if that has anything to do with the problem.  Oh yeah, I'm using the SMF 1.1.4 and Black Rain V.2 Theme.