Hello YaBBer

deti and I have update ChatIRC mod for YaBB 2.4



Inspired by the "IRC Mod" from Shoeb Omar ... i have generate a completely new ChatIRC Mod
For this Mod i use a modified PJIRC Java-based Webchat Client Software (Free and open source).

Download? Take a look at end of this thread ...

Feature-list:
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• Chat
  
  • Smilies
  • Private chatrooms
  • Simply external control via javascript (dropdown-menue)
  • Auto-login
  • Multilingual support
  • Away/Back message field
  • Chat-User-Online in Info Center (BoardIndex)
  • Chat-User-Online on external Homepage (Javascript, IFrame or SSI)
• Profile
  
  • Alternative nickname field
  • Nick password field (auto-identify)
• Chat Administration
  
  • The name of the chatroom (Channel)
  • Brief description/channelinfo of the chatroom
  • IRC-Host setting (your own or form included IRC Net server list)
  • IRC-Port setting
  • Language support
  • Chat opens in a new window (popup or yymain)
  • Enable guests in IRC Chat
  • Use standard applet style (blue) or your own applet style-setting
  • Info-Code for 'Chat-User-Online' on external Homepage (Javascript, IFrame or SSI)
  • and more ...

Note:
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After installation the ChatIRC Mod .... go to your ...
Admin Center -> BoardMod Mods -> ChatIRC Mod
... and setup your Chat settings

Also go to the ...
Admin Center -> Forum Controls -> Help/FAQ Files
... section, and add the "admin_chatirc" and "user_chatirc" files to make them visible in the forum help system!

Screenshots:
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- IRC Forum Chat


- Profile Setting (optional)


- Chat Administration (click on the screen to view more)



Translation-Info:
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This Mod includes the language-files for English and German! If you want translate the ChatIRC-mod to an other language ... work out this files ...

CGI-BIN:
- cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/User/user_chatirc.help
- cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Admin/admin_chatirc.help
- cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/ChatIRC.lng
- cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/SetChatIRC.lng

HTML:
- yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages/english.txt
- yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages/pixx-english.lng

.. also translate the "Menue-txt" example included -> ChatIRC_german_lng.mod

Installation:
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1) Download Settings.pl from Variables on your Server to your local YaBB Package in Variables.
2) Modify YaBB files using BoardMod or manually.
3) Load modified files to your server in ASCII mode.  

AdminIndex.pl
/Admin/AdminSubList.pl (ASCII)
/Admin/ManageTemplates.pl (ASCII)
/Admin/ModList.pl (ASCII)
/Languages/English/Admin.lng (ASCII)
/Languages/English/Menu.lng (ASCII)
/Sources/AdvancedTabs.pl (ASCII)
/Sources/BoardIndex.pl (ASCII)
/Sources/Profile.pl (ASCII)
/Sources/Subs.pl (ASCII)
/Sources/SubList.pl (ASCII)
/Sources/System.pl (ASCII)
/Sources/TabMenu.pl (ASCII)
/Templates/default/BoardIndex.template (ASCII)
/Templates/yabb21/BoardIndex.template (ASCII)
/Variables/Menu0.def (ASCII)
/Variables/Menu1.def (ASCII)
/Variables/Menu2.def (ASCII)

Download Variables/Settings.pl from your Server and edit

Search
########## Smilies ########## 

Add before

push(@AdvancedTabs, "chatirc"); 

And upload back to Variables/

NOTE I: Upload BoardIndex.template to your custom template dir.
Example: /Templates/templatename/BoardIndex.template (ASCII)

NOTE II: If you add new Template with old YaBB 2.1 Style, add 21 after your template folder- / filename.

Example:
cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates/templatename21/templatename21.html

public_html/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/templatename21/

public_html/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/templatename21.css

From Package:
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/Admin/SetChatIRC.pl (ASCII and Chmod 755)
/Help/English/Admin/admin_chatirc.help (ASCII and Chmod 755)
/Help/English/User/user_chatirc.help (ASCII and Chmod 755)
/Languages/English/ChatIRC.lng (ASCII and Chmod 666)
/Languages/English/SetChatIRC.lng (ASCII and Chmod 666)
/Sources/ChatIRC.pl (ASCII and Chmod 755)
/Sources/ChatIRCOnline.pl (ASCII and Chmod 755)
/Variables/ChatIRClog.txt (ASCII and Chmod 666)

/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/irc-unsigned.jar (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/irc.cab (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/irc.jar (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/IRCApplet.class (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/pixx.cab (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/pixx.jar (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/securedirc-unsigned.cab (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/securedirc.cab (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/irc.gif (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/ircnetwork.txt (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/Buttons/English/chatirc.png  (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages/english.txt (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages/german.txt (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages/pixx-english.lng (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages/pixx-german.lng (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Sound/bell2.au (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Sound/ding.au (ASCII)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Templates/default/chatirc.gif (Binary and Chmod 755)
/yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Templates/yabb21/chatirc.gif (Binary and Chmod 755)

NOTE: If you have a custom template, create a new dir. for your image
Example: /yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Templates/templatename/chatirc.gif (Binary and Chmod 755)

Server Info:
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If the ident server already used on your Server, you can disabled it by modifing in ChatIRC.pl

search

$ChatIRC_Code .= qq~
			<param name="port" value="$irc_port"> 

add after

			<param name="useidentserver" value="false"> 

Known Issue:
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- The "Whois" function don't work on all servers

Credits:
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Mod: [NEW] ChatIRC Mod [beta 1]
Original code by Christian Tribelnig (XTC) http://www.yabbserver.com

Extended Version ChatIRC V1.3 for YaBB 2.4 by
- Jeffrey Man (Jet Li) http://www.yabbworld.com
- Detlef Pilzecker (deti)

Mod History:
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Status ChatIRC V1.4 for YaBB 2.4 ( August 11th, 2009 )
- Fix Chat Login without entering Nickname/Password (Optional)
- Fix empty Error Message for Permission Check

Status ChatIRC V1.3 for YaBB 2.4 ( June 14th, 2009 )
- Updated for YaBB 2.4
- Fixed class title if add new Templates

Download:
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ChatIRC V1.4

batchman wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 11:56pm:

because of previous version. Remove one in Settings.pl

I have used IRC-Chat with YaBB 2.2 to 2.31!

It always worked very well, and I never had Problems.

Now I installed it to my 2.4-Testboard and the result was, that the popup did not show the chat, but a system information.

The popup looks like that.



What was my mistake?

The modding went without any problem after downloading the "Setting.pl".

Thank you so much for doing this. However, I seem to have a few errors. Please could you have a look at it? Here is a screenshot:



I'm sorry if I did something wrong and did not notice it.

Note that the Undefined Strings prevent me from typing anything. Also, I am unable to create my own room. I am sure it is not the host's fault..

Lithearium 


The reason you can't type there is that you looking at the chatserver's welcome & MOTD.

You have to form a channel (chatroom) first.

Did you define a channel on the IRC setup page?

Its the first item in Admin Center > Chat IRC settings

Note: no # needed mine was '4out_chat'.

Also, have you tried the IRC command '/join #channelname' ?

that should also work -  you can issue IRC commands there.

Good Luck

Ahhh!

NOT the problem - its the pixx-english.lng file.

And I'm about 90% sure its a cross-platform line-ending issue with the text file.

JonB scratches head

Edited:

Undefined String Problem in PJIRC on Windows Servers

The problem in a nutshell:

If you install YaBB ChatIRC on soem Windows servers, your Chat interface "box" will have 'Undefined string' instead of the correct language prompts.  This is caused by the PJIRC Java chat applet not being able to open its 'Prompts'language file "pixx-languagename.lng".

The files are found in yabbfiles/ModImages/ChatIRC/Languages.

On IIS, there's a problem wih EXTERNAL calls to .lng files. They are an unknown MIME type. I say "EXTERNAL" or you could say Remote.  The JAR file that runs PJIRC actually executes on the member's computer, not the server. PJIRC is a browser applet. So the USER trying to open/read the language (.lng)is different than Perl opening a .lng file (that happens on the server).

The user trying to open an unknown MIME type will often draw a 404 error.

I tried defining a new mime type for .lng to be text/plain. This isn't a good solution.
Those who are on a hosted server probably won't have the option to define mime types.

Reading the PJ-IRC FAQ page on undefined strings, he recommends changing the file type to .txt
http://www.pjirc.com/help.php?p=0&faq_id=15

This is how to make that option (change file extension) work on Windows Servers running IIS 5 or 6.

DO THESE THINGS AFTER INSTALLING & DEBUGGING YaBB ChatIRC: (this is pure cosmetics)

You should be able to chat, and perform routine IRC commands before you make these changes.  

You will be making these changes to your INSTALLED forum. I.E. via FTP, your control panel or Remtte Desktop.

These are the changes needed for ENGLISH only - do the same for any additional pixx-language files.

First - for pixx-english.lng ONLY:
     The file was 'cross-saved' at some point an contains invalid characters in a Windows envirnoment.
     Open the file in a text editor and strip the invalid characters.  Compare with one of the other files.

Second - rename pixx-languagename.lng to pixx-languagename.txt
     
Third - make these changes to the now-installed 'ChatIRC' modifications to your YaBB forum.  

The source given here contains comments on how to modify YOUR code:

This file is in /Sources

##### ChatIRC.pl changes
search for: $ChatIRC_Code .= qq~

$ChatIRC_Code .= qq~
				<param name="gui" value="pixx" />
				<param name="language" value="Languages/$chat_lang" />
# add this line:
# this instructs the pixx UI to look for a .txt file instead of a .lng file when loading.
				 <param name="pixx:lngextension" value="txt">
~; 

##### end ChatIRC.pl changes

This File is in /Admin

#### SetChatIRC.pl changes:
Search for: opendir(DIR, "$modimgdir/ChatIRC/Languages")

<tr>
		<td style="text-align: left;" class="windowbg2">
			$irc_set{'8'}
		</td>
		<td style="text-align: left;" class="windowbg2">
			<select name="chat_lang" size="1">\n~;

	opendir(DIR, "$modimgdir/ChatIRC/Languages") || die "$txt{'230'} ($modimgdir/ChatIRC/Languages) :: $!";
	@contents = readdir(DIR);
	closedir(DIR);
	foreach $line (@contents){
		($name, $extension) = split (/\./, $line);
#		change the next line "lng" to "txt", thsi ensures the Admin Center only displays '.txt' files
#		when selecting pixx language during file enumeration. Otherwise the next time you Sabe IRC options
#		you are screwed, it will deafult to either any 'unfixed' language or 'no language' = both ugly.
#		and will bring back the 'Undefined String' error.
#		if ($extension eq "lng" && $name !~ /^pixx/){
        if ($extension eq "txt" && $name !~ /^pixx/){
			$chat_lang_selected = "";
			if ($name eq $chat_lang) { $chat_lang_selected = ' selected="selected" ' }
			$yymain .= qq~				<option value="$name"$chat_lang_selected>$name</option>\n~;
		}
	}

	$yymain .= qq~			</select>
		</td>
	</tr>
	 

#### end SetChatIRC.pl changes:

If you can't work out the stripping step - here is the pixx-english .txt file contents

Quote:


umm, I added #### End comment. Consider it a 'this page left intentionally blank.'

:bandana:

When I right click the screen and select "Open Java Console" I get:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: irc/ParameterProvider
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
     at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)


This is the ONLY mod I have not been able to get to work. EVER. On the old YaBB I had around 15 mods added and some could not be used with others unless you tweaked the code, which was easy to do. I really don't get this.

I'm going to un-intall it. If it ever makes it to the finished mods I'll try again I suppose.

I am usually very happy to see a mod made by Jeff, his are amoung the best. Which even confuses me further on this one.

I am NOT on a windows server.

Let me bring to your attention this:
If you manual instal this mode and click . . . I think its the last tab, anyway click the one that has additional info. The location of the new files is different then listed here and on the download site. In that tab it says to upload numerous files into the same location as YaBB.pl.

As copied from said tab:
1.) Upload the following files to your "yabbfiles" directory (There also placed the YaBB "ubbc.js")

- irc.cab (Binary mode)
- irc.jar (Binary mode)
- IRCApplet.class (Binary mode)
- irc_unsigned.jar (Binary mode)
- pixx.cab (Binary mode)
- securedirc.cab (Binary mode)
- securedirc-unsigned.cab (Binary mode)

I would suggest making them say the same thing. I have not tried to put these files in that directory. Maybe that would fix it?