IRC Chat MOD Version 1.0.1

IRC Chat MOD
  • This MOD will add a flash chat page on your site. The nickname of the user is the login name and the name of the room is your site by default or anything you chose.
  • Version: 1.0.1
  • Installation Level: Easy
  • Installation Time: ~6 minutes
Author(s)

Files To Edit

Included Files

Disclaimer

For Security Purposes, Please Check: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/ for the latest version of this MOD. Downloading this MOD from other sites could cause malicious code to enter into your phpBB Forum. As such, phpBB will not offer support for MOD's not offered in our MOD-Database, located at: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/

Author Notes

To change default chat room (your site name as it is defined on the admin panel): 
open chat.php and set $irc_room = '';  to the needed name (i.e. $irc_room = 'My Chat Room';)

MOD History

2005-01-23 - Version 1.0.1
Fixed PHP 3 and 4 compatibility 
Fixed the split rooms bug when room name contains spaces
To upgrade from version 1.0.0 just copy chat.php to chat.php
2005-01-19 - Version 1.0.0
     - First Stable release. Version 1.0.0 of a MOD is always it's first stable release.

Other Notes

Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All Files Related To This MOD

SQL

File Copy

Copy: chat.php
To: chat.php
Copy: chat.tpl
To: templates\subSilver\chat.tpl
Copy: icon_mini_chat.gif
To: templates\subSilver\images\icon_mini_chat.gif

Edits

Open: language/lang_english/lang_main.php

Find

//
// That's all, Folks!
// -------------------------------------------------

Before, Add

//
// MOD: IRC Chat v1.0.0
//
$lang['IRC_Chat'] = 'Chat';
//
// MOD: -END-
//

Open: templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl

Find

<td align="center" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><span class="mainmenu">

In-line, Find

{L_MEMBERLIST}</a>&nbsp;

In-line, After, Add

&nbsp;<a href="{U_IRC_CHAT}" class="mainmenu"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_mini_chat.gif" width="12" height="13" border="0" alt="{L_IRC_CHAT}" hspace="3" />{L_IRC_CHAT}</a>&nbsp;

Open: includes/page_header.php

Find

	'L_USERNAME' => $lang['Username'],

Before, Add

//
// MOD: IRC Chat v1.0.0
//

	'L_IRC_CHAT' => $lang['IRC_Chat'],
	'U_IRC_CHAT' => append_sid($phpbb_root_path . 'chat.' . $phpEx),

//
// MOD: -END-
//

Save all files. End of MOD.