Buddy List

[[Unknown]]

Sounds like you got the mod installed twice... :/.

-[Unknown]

[NoRad]

God I need a real buddylist feature. lol

[madfiddler]

Sounds like you got the mod installed twice... :/.

Oh dear So now I've uninstalled it, perhaps parts of it are still installed. There was a problem with some files not being writeable, so did have to run the install a couple of times *sigh*

[IbrahimA]

hey, any way to streamline installation on another theme besides default? I can't find any of the places i need to modify things in. someone should make an "install mod in all themes" mod.

[oistarbwoy]

ok hey there i was wondering if anyone could help me.

i installed the buddy mod and then my forum decided that nobody on my site would be able to use pm features in anyway. everytime i try to chheck pms or send pms it send me to a blank page.

i uninstalled the buddy mod. still no change, although im noticing the add to buddy list option link in user profiles twice.

im not really sure what to do and im not good with php at all, so im kind scared if i start messing about with it ill make it worse. can anyone help me as pms are a big part of my forum and entire website, competition entrys etc are sent to me via pm and having this feature offline is a massive pain!

Thank you
Cat Bowie

[NoRad]

how modified is your forum? You could always uninstall the mod and then just copy the standard installation files over the existing files to see if that resolves your PM problem? Are you sure that PMs are enabled? I think there is an option in the server settings to turn them on or off. Always backup your site before copying files over, as you might lose changes you've made.

[oistarbwoy]

pms are definatly enabled

the major problem is, i dont even know how modified my forum is i didnt set it up, but the dude that did isnt around anymore, so i cant get him to fix it. i really need to be able to get the pms working again but i have no idea how.

can you tell me how modified my forum is? lol

www.oistarbwoy.net/forums

test account

username:test1   password: test

[NoRad]

Looks like it's definitely modified and wrapped with some custom menus. I would say that the custom theme is what is causing you trouble. You can change *YOUR* profile to the standard SMF one to see if that shows the PM feature. If that's the case then you only need to change the part of the theme that links to the pms.

[oistarbwoy]

thanks for the help i tried that but still no luck, any other ideas?

Cat Bowie

[d3v]

Is it possible to display this in a seperate window/module? Who's Online in my Theme is sort of Hidden, A seperate window where the user could see right away online status of those who matters would be great. Just a question/suggestion. Thank you.

[NoRad]

You mean like this? (mine is a component in mambo, so the URL will be a little different for your forum)
http://www.louipimps.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=60&action=who

[d3v]

How do you do that?

[NoRad]

If you click on who's online on your page you should get the same thing. There is another thread on here that Explains how to split the guests from your registered members on that page.

[vln004]

does this mod work with the new beta? if it doesn't, hows about a little updating?


with some new features, like listing all the friend's on the person's profile.

[NoRad]

Good luck. I've been wanting that for awhile. I think you'll just have to break down and do that yourself.

[dtm.exe]

does this mod work with the new beta? if it doesn't, hows about a little updating?


with some new features, like listing all the friend's on the person's profile.

The beta version of SMF has a buddy list mod built in.

-Dan The Man

[NoRad]

It's a step in the right direction, but that's not the buddylist people want.

[d3v]

Here's an idea I had. I was going to make a seperate post, but this is probably a better place

. Buddy list in a seperate pop-up window. easily done, _new tag and heigh/width parameters
. Allow instant message between the registered/guests users who are on the forum at the time
. Basic color codes for user groups (so you can differentiate between visitors and members) done already on the forums, just a matter of porting it to a mod
. Allow to to add buddies to the list which would be stored under your account profile if I'm not mistaken this mod already does this
. Clicking on the user's name in the profile would take you to his profile should be really easy once again
. CHAT room feature to allow a conversation between multiple users at once.
. Support for URL links simple parser

Stuff like Font change/Colors/BBC codes/HTML/Themes/File sending feature/History/Alerts/Direct Connection and etc are unnecessary since there are enough IM clients that support this feature and it would take away from the speed and security. Yes some extra features could be implemented in the future, but none of them are essential.

A very basic interface with text window and buddy list seperated by vertical line is all that is required. The idea not to have a full blown messanging system but to simply allow quick LIVE interaction between users. Something to ask a quick question, maybe make a private comment etc. A very simple build in instant message client into the forum system would be much more useful then a Shoutbox, yet will give an undeniably powerful feature to the community.

Yes there is interaction via posts/e-mail and PM's, but having a LIVE feature for your forum would put the nail in the coffin as far as having a complete community. I have not seen this feature on vBulletin/phpBB/Invision or any other popular Forum system.

Please post your comments/suggestions/flame....maybe something like that long exists and I just wasted some time out of my life...regardless...thanks for reading/

[NoRad]

That should be a simple hack on the already fabulous flashchat, which integrates nicely. It has private messaging built in. Just evoke that feature outside of the main chat window...

[punkerman]

does this mod work with the new beta? if it doesn't, hows about a little updating?


with some new features, like listing all the friend's on the person's profile.

The beta version of SMF has a buddy list mod built in.

-Dan The Man

Where Dan??