chat bar below?

Mike Burgundy · October 19, 2004, 01:15:03 PM

Hey, I just noticed a text bas on the bottom of the screen saying "There is nobody chatting right now". I thought this was a cool feature, but now it's gone again? Am I seeing things here?

Peter Snow · October 19, 2004, 01:55:24 PM

Hi Mike,

I still see it. Maybe slide the bottom edge of the frame up a bit - it may be hiding underneath? I notice that it does not show up in the "post a reply" screen so it may not be there all the time, in all screens.

Peter

Mike Burgundy · October 19, 2004, 01:58:23 PM

Nope. I wonder if Mozilla has something to do with this...

Peter Snow · October 19, 2004, 02:03:54 PM

Well, now I have logged-in (I had to, in order to post a reply) the thing has disappeared! But if I start another Netscape session and enter the forum without logging in, I see it!

This may be one for Peter Snowberg...

Peter

mikeb · October 19, 2004, 02:11:37 PM

I'm using Mozilla and I can see it....

Mike

Hal · October 19, 2004, 03:30:40 PM

i never see it on my home computer, but I do when I'm away from home...No matter what browser I use here (mozilla, firefox, opera, or IE).

gez · October 19, 2004, 03:59:01 PM

Chat?! That's what normal people do! We're nerds, pull yourselves together chaps!!

puretube · October 19, 2004, 07:11:15 PM

try viewing this thread with this link:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=26156

gone?

Mike Burgundy · October 19, 2004, 10:56:20 PM

No diff -both don't have the lower text bar. Are you on to something?

puretube · October 20, 2004, 02:28:12 AM

I thought you`re looking for not to have the bar.... :oops:

go to the forum via this link:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/forums/stompboxforum/

shows up?

Peter Snowberg · October 20, 2004, 03:16:41 AM

The chat check bar is a page that gets displayed in a frameset along with the forum. If you bookmark that frameset file (See Puretube's link above) you'll get the chat status.

The code is a hack on top of a hack. For anybody that wants to add the chat check to their own setup.....

Code Select

<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="180; URL=<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'&#93;; ?>">
</head>
<BODY style="margin: 0px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" link=black vlink=black alink=red>
<?php
$page = "www.diystompboxes.com/chat/phpMyChat.php3"; 
echo "<a href='http&#58;//".$page."' target='chat'>";

$errmsg = PageGet&#40;$page, $z&#41;;
if &#40;strlen&#40;$errmsg&#41;&#41; &#123;
	echo&#40;"Unable to retrieve ".$page.", reason&#58; ".$errmsg."<BR>"&#41;;
	break;
&#125;
$x1='';

$s1='<A HREF="chat/users_popupL.php3?From=..%2FphpMyChat.php3&L=english" CLASS="ChatLink" onClick="users_popup&#40;&#41;; return false" TARGET="_blank">';
$s2=" user";

$a1=strpos&#40;$z,$s1&#41;;
if &#40;$a1&#41; &#123;$z=substr&#40;$z,$a1+strlen&#40;$s1&#41;&#41;;&#125; else &#123;echo "#### chatcheck error&#58; didn't find first string ####<BR>";&#125; // trim up to 

$a2=strpos&#40;$z,$s2&#41;;
if &#40;$a2&#41; &#123;$nu=substr&#40;$z,0,$a2&#41;;&#125; else &#123;echo "#### chatcheck error&#58; didn't find second string  ####<BR>";&#125; // extract

if &#40;$nu==0&#41; &#123;echo "Nobody chatting at this moment";&#125; else
if &#40;$nu==1&#41; &#123;echo "There is currently 1 user in chat";&#125; else
			&#123;echo "There are currently ".$nu." users chatting";&#125;

echo "</a></body></html>";

##########################

function PageGet&#40;$sURL, &$sPage&#41; &#123;
	$errmsg = "";
	$sPage = "";
	if &#40;&#40;$nCursor = strpos&#40;$sURL, '/'&#41;&#41; > 0&#41; &#123;
		$sServer = substr&#40;$sURL, 0, $nCursor&#41;;
		$sURL = substr&#40;$sURL, $nCursor&#41;;
	&#125; else &#123;
		$sServer = $sURL;
		$sURL = "/";
	&#125;

	$fp = fsockopen&#40;$sServer, 80, $nErr, $errmsg, 30&#41;;
	if &#40;!$fp&#41; &#123;
		break;
	&#125;
	$sReq = 
		"GET ".$sURL." HTTP/1.0\r\n".
		"User-Agent&#58; Robot-Code &#40;chatcheck.php&#41;\r\n".
		"Pragma&#58; No-Cache\r\n".
		"Host&#58; ".$sServer."\r\n".
		"Accept&#58; */*\r\n".
		"\r\n";
	fputs&#40;$fp, $sReq&#41;;
	for &#40;$i = 0; !feof&#40;$fp&#41;; $i++&#41; &#123;
		$sTemp = fgets&#40;$fp, 4096&#41;;
		if &#40;!$i&#41; &#123;
			$nTemp = 555;
			if &#40;&#40;$nCursor = strpos&#40;$sTemp, ' '&#41;&#41; > 0&#41; &#123;
				$nTemp = intval&#40;substr&#40;$sTemp, $nCursor + 1&#41;&#41;;
			&#125;
			if &#40;$nTemp != 200&#41; &#123;
				$errmsg = substr&#40;$sTemp, $nCursor + 1&#41;;
				break;
			&#125;
		&#125;
		$sPage .= $sTemp;
	&#125;
	fclose&#40;$fp&#41;;
	return &#40;$errmsg&#41;;
&#125;
?>
</body></html>

Use at your own risk.

Mike Burgundy · October 20, 2004, 09:00:35 AM

Now I'm confused. That link is letter-for-letter the sameas what's in my bookmarks - but it DOES work now.

puretube · October 20, 2004, 11:12:06 AM

look closer at the URL after the " .com/" ...

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