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XMB FORUM INTEGRATION FOR FLASHCHAT
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This file describes the steps required to integrate FlashChat into a XMB environment. The normal installation procedure, as described in the FlashChat readme.txt file, does NOT apply in this case.

YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE STEPS PRECISELY!


STEP 1:
Open the "common.php" file within the "inc" folder of your FlashChat distribution, and make sure that "xmbCMS.php" is the ONLY uncommented line relating to CMS integration. I recommend that you use TextPad (www.textpad.com) as your plain text editor - NOT Windows Notepad or WordPad. Thus, the common.php file will have something similar to this:

//include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/defaultCMS.php');
//include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/statelessCMS.php');
//include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/phpNukeCMS.php');
//include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/postNukeCMS.php');
//include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/xoopsCMS.php');
//include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/vbulletinCMS.php');
include_once(INC_DIR . 'cmses/xmbCMS.php');

Thus, "//" appears before all the CMS references EXCEPT for the XMB reference. Double slashes are how programmers "comment-out" a line, thus deactivating it.

STEP 3:
On your web server, create a new folder called "FlashChat" as a sub-folder of the XMB directory (the directory that contains XMB's index.php file). Copy all of the files in the "chat" folder from your FlashChat download to the newly created FlashChat directory.

In other words, you should now have a folder called "FlashChat" which resides in the "upload" directory of XMB, and within the "FlashChat" directory you have that actual FlashChat files... for example:

.../upload/FlashChat/index.php
.../upload/FlashChat/install.php
.../upload/FlashChat/inc/
.../upload/FlashChat/sql/
.../upload/FlashChat/templates/
...etc for other files in the "chat" folder of your FlashChat distribution.

CHMOD the /FlashChat/inc/config.srv.php file to a world-writable format, like 777. This will ensure that the FlashChat installer can write configuration data to the config.srv.php file. If you are unsure of how to do this, please contact your website administrator.

STEP 4:
Using your web browser, open the .../FlashChat/install.php file, and accept the provided values. These values will probably look familiar to you since they should draw from your current XMB configuration. If the values do not look familiar, then go back to steps 1-3 and make sure that you have done those steps correctly.

If the values are correct, submit the form to create database tables that are required for FlashChat.

STEP 5:
Go back to the the XMB folder on your web server and find a file called "header.php". Open it with your text editor and locate this text:

// 'Forum Rules'-link
    if($SETTINGS['bbrules'] == "on") {
        $links[] = "<img src=\"$imgdir/bbrules.gif\" alt=\"$lang[altrules]\" border=\"0\" /> <a href=\"faq.php?page=forumrules\"><font class=\"navtd\">$lang[textbbrules]</font></a>";
    } 
    
Add the following code inmediately AFTER that:

// 'Flashchat' link
    if($xmbuser && $xmbuser != '') {
        $links[] = "<img src=\"$imgdir/members_list.gif\" alt=\"Flashchat\" border=\"0\" /> <a href=\"FlashChat/flashchat.php\" target=\"flashchat\"><font class=\"navtd\">FlashChat</font></a>";
    }
 

Be very careful that you paste this text correctly, since this is a very easy place to introduce PHP syntax errors, which could make your XMB forum stop running.

Finally, save header.php and upload the file to your web server in the appropriate location.

STEP 6:
Close all instances of your web browser.

Then, restart your browser, and open the XMB main page - upon logging in, you'll see the FlashChat link in the top menu bar. Logging in as a standard XMB user will now auto-login to FlashChat, and logging into XMB as an Administrator or Super Administrator will auto-login to FlashChat as a chat moderator.


If you notice any errors in these steps, or have any suggestions for improvement, please post a message on the TUFaT.com support forum, located at http://www.tufat.com

Thank you for using FlashChat!