AJAX enable chat module released

That's very nice, Gaurav!

Hoping it will be available in module form sometime soon for us CVS-challenged to try out;-)

Ram

Chatbox module is a old, non-Ajaxed chat... it would be useful to the end user if there is only one chatbox module which incorporates the best features from both the old one and yours.

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This is a very cool module. Thanks!

I have a few comment and suggestions, if you're interested:

• Add a permission to allow admins to "force chat" people without adding them to their buddy list.
• Maybe rethink the way you monitor who's online. It only seems to work if people are logging in and out of the site instead of relying on cookies or sessions.
• The block seems to initially load the online users as "Anonymous" before it refreshes and picks up their names correctly
• Make the "offline" image a link to send the user a private message, if the module is enabled.

I'd offer to help out with the code, but Javascript terrifies me.

demolicious | leafish

Thank you. I've been looking for something like this. The old chatbox module is nice but this really brings things into the 21st century. I really look forward to seeing this develop.

BTW: Here's another vote for forced chatting.

Any news on the next version of this module?

demolicious | leafish

Haven't tried out this module yet, but maybe this AJAX based chat will give you some ideas for future versions:

http://www.unwieldy.net/ajaxim/

This is a neat development, but adding chat.sql I got this error message:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=37' at line 25

Cheers!

My plan is developing a drupal chat module that supports webcams using own signed activex component written in vb, or by rewriteing a simple gnu chatcam program like like this : http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2944...

I installed it and was so excited .. until I realized that it might not be accounting for the table prefix in a multi site configuration? Am I right .. I get this error ..

Table 'mydb.sessions' doesn't exist query: SELECT * from sessions where uid=2 in /home/user/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 66.

Should be looking in a prefix_sessions table .... for me anyway :)

Drupal 4.6.5, Mysql

Hi,

A very neat feature, though eats up quite a lot of bandwidth.

I found that the chat windows didn't open properly in IE7 beta2. The log shows

user/modules/chat/send.gif not found.
user/modules/chat/chat_window.js not found.
user/modules/chat/chat.css not found.
user/modules/chat/drupal.js not found.

the user/ should not have been there and it happens only with IE7 (haven't tested in earlier versions of IE, but works fine in firefox, opera)

Thanx
Dee

Hi, Is there anywhere i can see this in action? Did i miss it?

HumanDesignOnline.com

Dear Mr.

I 'd like to see a chat module that works from inside the contact tab into the profile. Just a "simple" 1-1 chat that integer a new form under the contact form and indicate if the user is online.
a) the user is online, and accept conversation, a chat is possible.
b) the user is indicated offline, accept email, chat is impossible but a message is possible.

No duplicate of fonction or area.

The buddylist restriction could always applied. But definitively, I'd like that Drupal interface will be (and sometimes stay) as simple and efficient as possible.

Otherwise for large group chat module, phpfreechat seems to be a good (better?) candidate. However your chat has a great potential usage.

Sincerely

i have followed intructions and installed it. i have friends module activated, but all the friend see in the module's bock are their inactive names - non clickable. how exactky it does work.

I like this module and don't mind to sponsor its updates and whatever it takes to get it ready.
Who ever is ready to finish this work let me know.

The following are patches to buddylist.js and chat.module, to make this work under 4.7.
Please note, I installed my copy under sites/default/modules/chat - if you use a different directory, you will need
to change lines 47, 49 and 62 of buddylist.js, to reflect the different path to online.gif and online2.gif.

Patch to chat.module:

--- ./chat.module.4.6	2006-07-30 15:32:51.858852496 +0100
+++ ./chat.module	2006-07-30 15:25:05.442758520 +0100
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
   <TITLE> Chat with '.$x.'</TITLE>
 
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="'.MOD_PATH.'/chat.css" type="text/css">
-  <script src="'.MOD_PATH.'/drupal.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="'.MOD_PATH.'/chat_window.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script>
+  <script src="/'.MOD_PATH.'/drupal.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="/'.MOD_PATH.'/chat_window.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script>
     var ouser_name
     ouser_name="'.$x.'"
     var ouser
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 	<div id= "to">To: '.$x.'</div>
 	<div id="display"> <iframe name="test" id="test" src="?q=chat/ajax/getiframe" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"></iframe> </div>
 	<div id="type"> <span class="text-box"> <TEXTAREA id="newm" onKeyUp="isEnter('.arg(3).',event)" name="newm" ROWS="4" COLS="48"></TEXTAREA> </span>
-	<span class="button"><IMG SRC="'.MOD_PATH.'/send.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Send" onClick="send_message('.arg(3).')"></span>
+	<span class="button"><IMG SRC="/'.MOD_PATH.'/send.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Send" onClick="send_message('.arg(3).')"></span>
 	</div>
   </div>
   </BODY><script>
@@ -185,27 +185,34 @@
   else if ($op == 'view' && user_access('access content') && $user->uid > 0) {
     switch ($delta) {
       case 0 : // Shows buddylist block
+        $users = array( );
         if ($buddies = buddylist_get_buddies()) {
-          foreach ($buddies as $buddy) {
-            $account->link = l((strlen($buddy->name) > 15 ? substr($buddy->name, 0, 15) .'...' : $buddy->name), 'user/'. $buddy->uid);
+          foreach ($buddies as $buddy_uid => $buddy) {
+            $account->link = l((strlen($buddy['name']) > 15 ? substr($buddy['name'], 0, 15) .'...' : $buddy['name']), 'user/'. $buddy_uid );
             // check online status of friend
-            $rs = db_query("SELECT * from {user_login} where uid = %d  and online = 1",$buddy->uid);
+            $rs = db_query("SELECT * from {user_login} where uid = %d  and online = 1",$buddy_uid);
             if(db_num_rows($rs)>0) {
               // online
-              $users[] = $account->link.'<img onClick="chat_room2('.$buddy->uid.');"  src="'.MOD_PATH.'/online2.gif">';
+              $users[] = $account->link.'<img onClick="chat_room2('.$buddy_uid.');"  src="/'.MOD_PATH.'/online2.gif">';
             }
             else {
               // offline
-              $users[] = $account->link .' <img  src="'.MOD_PATH.'/online.gif">';
+              $users[] = $account->link .' <img  src="/'.MOD_PATH.'/online.gif">';
             }
             $i++;
           }
         }
-		    $module_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'ajax');
-		    $users_js='<script src="'.MOD_PATH.'/drupal.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
-		    $module_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'chat');
-		    $users_js.='<script type="text/javascript" src="'.$module_path.'/buddylist.js"></script>';
-		    $block['content'] = theme('user_list', $users).$users_js;
+        $module_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'ajax');
+        $users_js='<script src="/'.MOD_PATH.'/drupal.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
+        $module_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'chat');
+        $users_js.='<script type="text/javascript" src="/'.$module_path.'/buddylist.js"></script>';
+## Theming of user_list is totally different in 4.7, so generate the list manually here instead
+#        $block['content'] = theme('user_list', $users).$users_js;
+        $block['content'] = '<UL>';
+        foreach( $users as $link ) {
+          $block['content'] .= "<LI>$link\n";
+        }
+        $block['content'] .= '</UL>' . $users_js;
         $block['subject'] = t('My buddy list');
         // check if a "more" link should generated by seeing if there are more buddies than the specified $upperlimit
         if (count($buddies) > variable_get('buddylist_blocklisting_size', 5)) {
@@ -289,4 +296,4 @@
     db_query("DELETE FROM {user_login} WHERE uid = '%s'",  $user->uid);
   }
 }
-
+?>

Patch to buddylist.js:

--- buddylist.js.4.6	2006-07-30 15:32:40.745541976 +0100
+++ buddylist.js	2006-07-30 15:22:11.622183264 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//addLoadEvent(buddylist_ajax_init);
 kkt=setTimeout("get_friends()",7157);
 
 //**********************************************************************************
@@ -45,9 +44,9 @@
      {
 		ff=friends[i].split('-')   // split the names and online status 
 		if(ff[2]=="online")
-			str=str+'<li><a href="?q=user/'+ff[1]+'">'+ff[0]+'</a> <img onClick="chat_room2('+ff[1]+');"   src="modules/chat/online2.gif"></li>';
+			str=str+'<li><a href="?q=user/'+ff[1]+'">'+ff[0]+'</a> <img onClick="chat_room2('+ff[1]+');"   src="/sites/default/modules/chat/online2.gif"></li>';
                                else
-			str=str+'<li><a href="?q=user/'+ff[1]+'">'+ff[0]+'</a> <img      src="modules/chat/online.gif"></li>';
+			str=str+'<li><a href="?q=user/'+ff[1]+'">'+ff[0]+'</a> <img      src="/sites/default/modules/chat/online.gif"></li>';
      }
    str=str+'</ul></div>';
    if(fl==1)   // got chat request
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
           {
               var kkk
 			  kkk=ss[i].split('@@@')
-			  str=str+'<div onClick="chat_room2('+kkk[0]+');" ><img   src="modules/chat/online2.gif">'+kkk[1]+'</div>';
+			  str=str+'<div onClick="chat_room2('+kkk[0]+');" ><img   src="/sites/default/modules/chat/online2.gif">'+kkk[1]+'</div>';
 		  }
 	    str=str+'<br>Click on the image to start a chat window</div>';
 	 }
@@ -95,4 +94,4 @@
 	
    
 }
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  

I have created a project page for this module.

How to I set up the necessary database if I use PhpMyAdmin?

thanks gaurav
thaks a lot.

Hi,

Has any one updated this module for Drupal 5.1?

How to download the chat module? The link http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/chat/ shows up two links i.e. parent directory and readme.txt . Please help me in downloading this module. Thanx

Does this module for Drupal 5.x?

Please see #7 on this thread:

http://drupal.org/node/116994#comment-1146533

is this link not working??
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/chat/
i need a chat module can you suggest for a chat module to download..

Thanks in advance..

whenever i click on the download site.the directory structure is shown.I am not able to download...please tell me how to download this module

Hi gauravb,

Just now i download this module. But I cant get the full output. Because i use drupal 6.17 version. In this version the buddylist module cant work. Then, how can i enable the buddylist module in my site.

Is there any possibilities to use the AJAX enable chat module in my site.

Please guide me on this issue.

Thanks & Regards
Sarav.....