Need help with my ajax chat

[SkyBrigidRain]

Hello. I Have Blue Imp Ajax Chat on my site and I was wondering if it's possible to integrate it into my site with JFusion?

I really need to get it integrated and it's the best Ajax Chat so far and it's easy for me to understand so I can't really switch to another one.

I've tried other methods with no success and would probably be better off trying to use JFusion to integrate it anyway because it would probably be more organized that way.

I searched through this forum and found 4 results. A couple results seemed to talk about JFusion being able to handle an Ajax Chat Room. But there wasn't anything specific about the Blue Imp Ajax Chat Room that I use.

I've read that Blue Imp is compatible with joomla and JFusion. So I was wondering if it were possible to integrate it?

Can anyone help me here?

[mariusvr]

Hi,

Does this answer your question:
http://www.jfusion.org/index.php/docs/d ... n_creation

Thanks, Marius

[SkyBrigidRain]

Some instructions on how to make a plugin with that API thing might help O.o

[mariusvr]

Some basic introduction:
http://www.jfusion.org/index.php/docs/d ... =dev;intro

Here is a basic sample plugin file.
http://www.jfusion.org/index.php/forums ... gin#p19281

Thanks, Marius

[david090366]

Here is a way to bridge Joomla! 1.5 native and blue imp ajax chat.

The site is in German though, so you may need some sort of translator installed in your browser.

http://www.jinsiders.de/lesestoff/14-joomla-tutorials/265-ajax-joomla-15-chat.html

[SkyBrigidRain]

Seems very useful. But even when i translated it, it seemed confusing O.o

Can anyone clear this up?

Yeah, just double checked. Definitely gonna need some help understanding what that site it trying to say. I translated it, but it's still a bit unclear what I have to do.

[SkyBrigidRain]

Can anyone help me out here? I translated the page but I still need help to make sense of what it is I need to do. I just want to ask so I don't mess up any of my hard work.

Here is some of what I translated:

Installing Ajax Chat

1. Download the required file ajax_chat-0.8.1.2.tar.gz "from Sourceforge.

2. Unzip the file. You will see a folder called "chat". Download the entire folder with your FTP program to your web server, where also your Joomla! Site is located.

3. Create a new SQL database on. (recommended) You can of course use an existing database. This may slow down the call to your side something.

4. Open the configuration file on your webserver under "root / chat / lib / config.php". Replace line 23 from the SQL data through your personal connection. (most know this already from the configuration.php of Joomla!) Please adjust only the user data.

5. Restart the SQL installation script. Open the Web page with: www.Ihre_Domain / chat / install.php. Now your SQL database with the necessary tables will be added. 4 tables will be installed. The site reports as soon as the installation process is successfully completed.
Important: Delete the install.php file from your web server afterwards. The chat component is ready for deployment.

Installing and setting up the Joomla! 1.5 Bridge

1. Download the component com_ajaxchat-1.2.zip "from JoomlaCode down.

2. Open your Joomla! 1.5 backend and navigate to uninstall Extensions -> Install /. Install the component as usual. At the same time also a Shoutbox module is installed. You can configure the Shoutbox below the menu modules.

3. Open the component under Components -> Ajax Chat -> Manage chat rooms. Please direct dial subtitles. In the direct call of the component you get a 500 error. You can now configure the component to your liking. The same you can do with the smilies.

4. Create a new menu item. Select from the menu tree for the Ajax Chat Component -> Ajax chat window. Them to the new menu item, post as you have done this with other extensions too. Now go to your frontend and go to the chat.

Conclusion

In our tests, we found that in Firefox 3.0, the sound can be played. But this seems more like a browser problem than a failure of the component to be. Only the direct call in the backend of the component produces an ugly 500 error message. Therefore always directly select from the submenu of the component.
Otherwise, everything worked flawlessly on our test installation. The component is installed in an instant, and should for each Joomla! Be based on expert no problem installing them.
The Ajax Chat core functionality can also be used very well as a shoutbox. A Shoutbox example, see the developer on the page.

The core component can chat with other systems components, such as forums phpBB, vBulletin, SMF will be integrated. More information can be found on the website of the developer.

Do I have to reinstall my ajax chat, or just install the chat bridge?

Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

[SkyBrigidRain]

Could someone please help me with this? I'm having trouble with it.

I'm not sure if I have to reinstall my ajax chat or how i should reinstall it. I got the ajax chat window to appear but it doesn't seem to work.

Also, does this method allow people to be registered to the chat when they register for my site?

I could really use some help here, thanks.

I think it's this i need help with?:

"4. Open the configuration file on your webserver under "root / chat / lib / config.php". Replace line 23 from the SQL data through your personal connection. (most know this already from the configuration.php of Joomla!) Please adjust only the user data."

I already have my ajax chat installed, I just need to get this bridge working with it.

[frankshrum]

Could someone please help me with this? I'm having trouble with it.

I'm not sure if I have to reinstall my ajax chat or how i should reinstall it. I got the ajax chat window to appear but it doesn't seem to work.

Also, does this method allow people to be registered to the chat when they register for my site?

I could really use some help here, thanks.

I think it's this i need help with?:

"4. Open the configuration file on your webserver under "root / chat / lib / config.php". Replace line 23 from the SQL data through your personal connection. (most know this already from the configuration.php of Joomla!) Please adjust only the user data."

I already have my ajax chat installed, I just need to get this bridge working with it.

Shabbat Shalom SkyBrigidRain,

I know this is my first and, so far, only post & that is the reason I signed up for an account here at jFusion, for the purpose of helping you, as well as anyone else who is trying to figure this out, with this install of "Ajax Chat".

I've seen you asking for this help everywhere from here at jfusion to Joomla!'s forums even over at "Ajax Chat"'s sourceforge forums but I see you have received the most help from this forum here at jfusion and for that I commend jfusion for their AWESOME!!! support system they operate here (which is another reason I signed up here).

Basically all you need to do is:

* Note that this is if you are doing a completely new install of "Ajax Chat".

create a new database on your server for "Ajax Chat" calling it whatever you want to call it... Maybe something like ajaxchat or just chat something. - If you wanted to you could install it in the Joomla! database but I am not discussing that option, here, as it is much more involved and is way more risky to your main sites database if you made a mistake somwhere.

record what you named your database... if the name of your site is Bozo's Web Site then your sites username would maybe be something like bozoswebsite. Your database name should look something like bozoswebsite_ajaxchat when your finished. see the underscore between the site name and the database name?

Then add a user to the database you just created with all permissions enabled for that user.

*make sure you know or remember the password you supplied for this user as you will need it later. if the username you set up is bozo then your username would be that. Your database username should look something like bozo_ajaxchat when your finished. Don't include the bozo_ before the password. Just place the password you set up for the user, bozo.

Record this information for you will use it in the config.php file

Go to your config.php file in your chat installation and put these credentials you just set up in their appropriate spots

"4. Open the configuration file on your webserver under "root / chat / lib / config.php". Replace line 23 from the SQL data through your personal connection. (most know this already from the configuration.php of Joomla!) Please adjust only the user data."

I already have my ajax chat installed, I just need to get this bridge working with it.

This line 23 he's talking about is located in the config.php file of your "Ajax Chat" is simply referring to this line:

// Database hostname:
$config['dbConnection']['host'] = 'localhost';

When you set up your Joomla! installation you had to supply this same info and that's all he's referring to.

There are some webhosting companies who require something other than "localhost" to be placed here, too, so it is redundant for developers to just tell you to put "localhost" in this spot as it would only serve to confuse all of the newbies trying to learn what to so.

Instead they tell people to put whatever that person's webhost requires.

I already have my ajax chat installed, I just need to get this bridge working with it.

This sounds like you already have your chat installed and all you need to do is download, install, and activate this bridge he spoke of there at his site and configure it to your liking.

The bridge simply makes it so you can have a link to "Ajax Chat" on your site as well as makes it easier for you to adjust the various settings of the chat instead of having to manually change them in the config.php file itself.

I'm not a newbie, by any means, (I'm certainly not a programmer/scripter but just a really good hack and I can stumble around and figure these things out, most of the time) but I remember what it was like when I was a newbie to these things and I had to try to decipher what programmers/scripters were telling me to do so this is the reason why I wanted to try to help you with this.

I hope you get your chat system set up the way you want it and I have no problem at all helping you out more if you need it.

I can be found around eBizznessBasics.com most days except on Sabbath so if you want to ask me anything then you're welcome to come over there. Don't expect a fast response, tho, as I do stay busy and I only check emails once or twice per day, if that sometimes.

BTW I just set "Ajax Chat" up on my site while following the directions on the German site, listed in an earlier thread, above, and it only took me about five (5) or ten (10) minutes, if that, from start to finish, and it worked immediately so don't get discouraged.

I do admire your tenacity and fortitude as you have persevered through many days (as well as through a few forums) trying to find someone who will help you. I see that it's been since the 5th of March that you posted this so there's a chance you've already figured this out and in that vein I wrote this for anyone else who may be in need of this info.

The reason I never replied to you on any of the other boards I've seen you on is because (like I said) I'm not a programmer and I was trying to find out the same things you were and only after I saw the link to the German site, supplied here, was I able to figure out how to install this program and integrate it with Joomla! Now it works a charm (so far).

Since Sabbath is about to begin I will wish everyone a Shabbat Shalom which is Hebrew for Sabbath Peace.

Shabbat Shalom,
Frank

[SkyBrigidRain]

Thanks much for the help ^^ I'll give it a try as soon as possible. I gotta post some updates and finish some artwork ^^

I'll let you know how it goes.