CometChat integration?

heliown · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:57 am Post subject: CometChat integration?

Hi all,
I see that a Facebook like chat such as CometChat is very popular with some of the CMS websites. It can be integrated with many CMS scripts. I looked through the integration instructions, it seems like it can be done with Dragonfly until it is asking for "Friend" table. I couldn't be wrong but Dragonfly does not have a "Friend" table? Can our gurus here help develop the friend table and friend function because this seems to be the trend of the CMS websites these days. Any hints or suggestions are very appreciated.

Dylert · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:36 am Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

WoW! This looks really great! To make this work with Drafonfly would be a dream for me and many others!

Heliown: I have tried to install the chat, but I haven't managed to make it work yet. Have you tried to install it on your DF site? For me it looked like I had to make a lot of changes in the config.php file. Is that right? I also got two codes.....should they be put in header.html or footer.html? And which version fits for DF? Standalone verson or.....?

I really hope that someone is interested in this, and that it will be possible to make it work with DF!

earth · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 268

how is it in comparison to tufats flash chat, as it may cost $5 for it, however it is a smooth chat and it does intergrate with cms's. DF in particular, am fyi.

heliown · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:27 am Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

earth, this is a Facebook style chat. The cool part of it has one to one chat almost like instant messenger and most of social network scripts such as Dolphin, Isocial or Kootali have it. I already have Flashchat integrated with Dragonfly but I like this to integrate with Dragonfly as many of my site members are also on Facebook and they love it.

Dylert, I have no technical knowledge at all and that is why I am asking for help here but from scanning through the instructions, it seems like you need to put the code in the header and footer. You seem to be ahead of me already so I am hoping that you could do it so I can do it too. I posted link to the instruction here in case someone can help point out something for you.

Dylert · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:33 am Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

I have bought this chat and if someone wants to try to figure this out, I can send the files by mail.

greenday2k · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:21 am Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

Done. Thanks to Dylert for providing a test license.

Tested and developed using cometchat version 1.60 using WAMP:
Apache 2.2, PHP 5.28 MySQL: 5.1.36

Instructions:

1) Download your files from the cometchat site.

2) Download the "config.php" file for dragon fly (see download).
3) Open config.php file for DragonFly and set the server path to the "dragonfly" directory on line:7:

$dragonfly_path ='/home/domainNameUsername/public_html/';

** Don't forget the trailing slash "/":

4) Set your ADMIN & PASSWORD for your Chat Admin Interface

5 Edit your preferences, plugins, default theme etc (NOT The database settings, the config files set the DB configuration based on dragonfly DB configuration).

By default his config file uses the $prefix_session table to display a "friend list", but if you're already using the Buddys Module for dragon file you can use it to generate the friend list for your chat.

To use the Buddy list option, find the getFriendsList function ( line 207 ) and un/comment the $sql lines (see instructions on the config file).

6) Save the confg file.

7) Edit & save changes on:

/cometchat/cometchat_receive.php
find (about line 199)

PHP:

$link = getLink($chat['link']);

and change it to

PHP:

$link = cc_getLink($chat['link']);

Edit & save changes on:

/cometchat/cometchat_getid.php

find : (about line 83)

PHP:

$link = getLink($chat['link']);

and change it to:

PHP:

$link = cc_getLink($chat['link']);

9) Upload the /comechat dir and its contents

10) CHMOD the following files and folder to 777

cometchat/config.php
cometchat/plugins/filetransfer/uploads

** Thats the cometchat instructions (suggestion) but for security you should set the permissions for the config file to 644 (once installed) and 755 for the cometchat/plugins/filetransfer/uploads dir

11) Go to yoursite.com/cometchat/install enter your comet chat username and password, click & and install the chat.

12) Once installed delete the install.php file and SET permissions to 644 to the config file

13) On your Dragonfly Theme dir, open header.html && BEFORE the "</head>" tag add:

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/cometchat/cometchatcss.php" charset="utf-8" />

14) Open the footer.html for your theme(s) and Add just before the </body>:

if you are NOT using jquery on your site:

Code::

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

AND

Code::

<!-- IF S_IS_USER -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/cometchat/cometchatjs.php" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!-- ENDIF -->

15) Save your templates and upload the modificated files (repeat steaps 13 & 14 for each theme on your site).

16) Go to yoursite.com/cometchat/admin & log in using your COMETCHAT Admin user and password and create some chat Rooms.

17) Buy me a Beer.

18) Enjoyt it. Optional, repeat 17 for yourself!

Dylert · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:34 am Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

Thanks a lot. Greenday2k! This is really great!

I'm trying to install this now, but I have some difficulties.

Quote::

$dragonfly_path ='/home/domainNameUsername/public_html/';

Should this be
$dragonfly_path ='/home/hellasforum.net/';
for me?

My DF-files are not in a public_html folder.

The footer.html_
There is no </body> tag in my footer.html. Where should i put the code then?? What is "jquery"? Maybe I don't need this code???

More questions to come (I think) Smile

greenday2k · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

The site path:

it could be:
/home/hellasforum.net/[DF files: header.php, footer.php etc]
/home/hellasforum.net/htdocs/[DF files: header.php, footer.php etc]
/home/hellasforum.net/public_html/[DF files: header.php, footer.php etc]:

Checked your site and seems that you use jquery for Your_Account (Plus) module. Theres lots of ways to solve this:

(With this fix) you'll be loading jquery (the java script library) on every page on your site). So, to avoid conflicts with other modules using jquery you have to edit the your_account files.

open

/modules/your_account/index.php

find and delete and then save:
lines 19-27

Code::

$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.corner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
	$("div.logi").corner("15px");
});
</script>
';

repeat on
/modules/Private_messages/index.php.
find, delete, and then save:

Code::

$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.corner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
	$("div.logi").corner("15px");
});
</script>
';

Now on your /themes/default/template/footer.html
On footer.html find:

Code::

<div style="text-align:center;">{S_FOOTER}</div>
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_SQL --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_SQL}</div><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_PHP --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_PHP}</div><!-- ENDIF -->

The code could be different, but the important tag to find is:  and its  Paste the comet chat and this code code after that. and save:

So it will look like:

Code::

<div style="text-align:center;">{S_FOOTER}</div>
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_SQL --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_SQL}</div><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_PHP --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_PHP}</div><!-- ENDIF -->

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- IF S_IS_USER -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/cometchat/cometchatjs.php" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!-- ENDIF -->
<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.corner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">$(document).ready(function() {$("div.logi").corner("15px");});</script>

earth · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 268

greenday2k wrote:

The site path:

it could be:
/home/hellasforum.net/[DF files: header.php, footer.php etc]
/home/hellasforum.net/htdocs/[DF files: header.php, footer.php etc]
/home/hellasforum.net/public_html/[DF files: header.php, footer.php etc]:

Checked your site and seems that you use jquery for Your_Account (Plus) module. Theres lots of ways to solve this:

(With this fix) you'll be loading jquery (the java script library) on every page on your site). So, to avoid conflicts with other modules using jquery you have to edit the your_account files.

open

/modules/your_account/index.php

find and delete and then save:
lines 19-27

Code::

$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.corner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
	$("div.logi").corner("15px");
});
</script>
';

repeat on
/modules/Private_messages/index.php.
find, delete, and then save:

Code::

$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.corner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
$modheader .= '
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
	$("div.logi").corner("15px");
});
</script>
';

Now on your /themes/default/template/footer.html
On footer.html find:

Code::

<div style="text-align:center;">{S_FOOTER}</div>
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_SQL --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_SQL}</div><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_PHP --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_PHP}</div><!-- ENDIF -->

The code could be different, but the important tag to find is:  and its  Paste the comet chat and this code code after that. and save:

So it will look like:

Code::

<div style="text-align:center;">{S_FOOTER}</div>
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_SQL --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_SQL}</div><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_PHP --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_PHP}</div><!-- ENDIF -->

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/cometchat/cometchatjs.php" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="includes/javascript/jquery.corner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">$(document).ready(function() {$("div.logi").corner("15px");});</script>

way to go greenday!

greenday2k · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

Update:

The chat should be only visible to registred users, since it causes a conflict with registration of new users ( the security::check_post() on my_account )

heliown · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:32 am Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

Thank you for working on this.

heliown · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: CometChat integration?

Hi greenday2k,
I installed the CometChat today. Now it is 2.0.4 so I can't use the config.php you provided. I modified the CometChat standalone config.php and integration.php.

I got the bar to show and connected to the database but I think I have problem with the user authentication as when I click on chat room, it says Log in to use the chat room even I am already logged in. I use the default, any tip as on how to make the authentication to work?