| Description: | Sherman3D Chat plugin is created with Javascript so there is nothing extra to install. It features a pseudo realtime chatting system with adjustable refresh rates and Auto-focus window chat alert in Internet Explorer. The Sherman3D Chat is designed to look like an IRC chat and chat messages appear a line at a time (yes, no ugly whole frame/page refresh) with the newer lines appearing beneath older ones and the entire frame scrolling down automatically. Sherman3D Chat displays members and guests currently online on your site. It is best used with the GlobalCounter Menu plugin for E107 also programmed by Sherman Chin (available for free download at http://www.Sherman3D.com). Finally, Sherman3D Chat has clickable usernames and IP addresses in case you are the type who likes to know detailed information and statistics. HOW TO INSTALL Copy the "S3DChat_menu" folder into your e107_plugins directory. Click on the "Menus" link and activate Sherman3D Chat in any of your site's area. If you are using a Unix server, please use your FTP program or host interface to CHMOD (change the file permissions) all files to 644. Please make sure cookies are turned on in your Internet browser for use because Sherman3D Chat makes heavy use of PHP sessions. # HOW TO UNINSTALL # Just delete the S3DChat_menu folder - it's simple as that because this plugin doesn't attempt to mess with your database or do anything with your E107 installation at all. It's very self-contained so if you don't like it, simply delete it. # HOW TO USE # You can change the refresh times of the chat and also tick the chat alert to make your Internet Explorer Window receive focus whenever a a new chat message appears. Tip: Set the Refresh to 60 secs, tick the Chat Alert box and leave Sherman3D's browser window in the background while you browse the net. The window will automatically pop to the front when someone posts a new message in the chat. Note: Due to server lag, the online username window might show "Page Not Found". If that is the case, simply, change the refresh rate and the chat window will reload. If a Javascript error (yellow exclamation mark) appears at the bottom of your browser window or if the chat just acts weird, clicking the Refresh button on your browser should solve the problem. If people in the chat try to be funny, clicking on their usernames will give you further details about them if they are registered members. If not, clicking on their IP addresses will give you their Internet Service Provider (ISP) address so you can report them. This service is provided by http://www.dnsstuff.com and sometimes, it will be disabled if there are a lot of requests from your network/ISP. It usually works again after a day or so though. Chat lines are deleted after every 20 lines but they are only cleared from view after the entire chat is refreshed. Please note that the S3DChat_Output.php file is 0 bytes in length because it is the frame to which the chat is actually displayed on in your browser after the chat lines are read from the S3DChat.txt file. If there is any problem, please e-mail me at: info at Sherman3D.com # TERMS OF USAGE # You can modify the code and re-release but please inform me first. Support is available at http://www.Sherman3D.com if you join and post in the forum. Please do not remove references to Sherman3D.com anywhere in this plugin. Thank you. # VERSION 1.1 UPDATE # Sherman3D Chat now works in E107 0.7+ It was just a matter of include_once("../../class2.php"); being before the body of the HTML page in E107 0.7+ or the HTML page body won't load. # VERSION 1.2 UPDATE # Sherman3D Chat should now work on Unix/Linux systems. It was such a silly problem that kept me up for hours trying to figure what was wrong because it was working fine on my Windows host. Apparently, it was the case of S3DChat.txt being S3Dchat.txt which wasn't a problem on the Windows platform but is a big deal on on Unix/Linux. Clicking on usernames also result in details about them being opened in a new window now. Time offset should be fixed as well. |
| Released: | 09 Jul 2006 : 06:28PM |
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| Requirements: | e107 v1 or higher |
| Price: | Free |