phpFreeChat in Drupal
If you’re running Drupal on a Web site and want to integrate chat software, check out the phpFreeChat module, which integrates the standalone phpFreeChat program into Drupal 5.x. I’m the current maintainer of this module, and just uploaded v1.3.
There’s a copy of the phpFreeChat module on my own Web site because I shared it from there while I figured out CVS, and don’t want to break the link. There’s also a phpFreeChat-compatible theme on my site that I haven’t uploaded to Drupal yet.
phpFreeChat is a great program (I added an “away” feature in the Drupal version), but has a limitation that may be a problem for some people: it conflicts with jquery if it’s on the same page. For most people this isn’t an issue, but if it is for you, you can use FlashChat – another feature-rich chat. I figured out how to integrate this with Drupal 5.x, and will post the configuration file and instructions shortly.
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hi
thanks but can you tell us how to config phpfreechat ob drupal …
I did
1. Extract the phpFreeChat module with all its files to:
* modules/phpfreechat or
* sites/[yoursite]/modules/phpfreechat
on your web server.
2. Download phpFreeChat from http://www.phpfreechat.net/
or http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=158880
3. Extract phpFreeChat with all its files to a folder named phpfreechat in the same folder you put this module in,
for example:
* modules/phpfreechat/phpfreechat or
* sites/[yoursite]/modules/phpfreechat/phpfreechat
on your web server. You do not need to follow the instructions from the phpFreeChat INSTALL file – the module handles all the configuration and creation of chats.
4. Enable the phpFreeChat module in administer >> modules
5. Configure phpFreeChat access rights in administer >> access rights
6. Check the module settings in
administer >> settings >> phpfreechat.
Note, that almost all the settings should work fine left at their defaults. Changing some settings (especially advanced settings) could stop phpFreeChat functioning. Only change these if you know what you are doing!
7. You must then enable one or more node types to be used with phpFreeChat. You can do this by going to administer >> content >> configure >> content types and selecting a node type from the list.
If the phpFreeChat module is installed properly you should see a section called ‘phpFreeChat Settings’ with three options below it:
* None: Nodes of this content type can never have a chat room.
* Always: Nodes of this content type will always have a chat room.
* Per Node: Nodes of this content type can choose to have a chat room if desired.
You also have the opportunity to select the title and channel for this content type.
If you do not want to have chats on a core node type (like story or blog) it is recommended that you install CCK or flexinode module and create chat content types for this purpose,
8. Chat channels are like chat rooms, and are independent of nodes – so users can be on different pages and still chat in the same channel.
Channels operate as follows:
* Each node can be it’s own chat channel (the default)
* The whole site can have a single channel (so users can chat in a single ’space’ whatever page they are on)
* Channels can be set on a content-type level, so – for example – all users looking at blogs can participate in a single chat
* Channels can be overriden at the node level, so the admin can group several nodes into a single chat space by giving them the same channel name
9. To get an idea of what phpFreeChat is capable of (i.e. what you can do using the settings page above, and the phpFreeChat theme system) browse to:
/modules/phpfreechat/phpfreechat/demo/
or /sites/[yoursite]/modules/phpfreechat/phpfreechat/demo/
but not done yet
May 28, 2009, 7:41 amkina:
I did the same but chat room not appear at selected node, if i check (/sites/[yoursite]/modules/phpfreechat/phpfreechat/demo/) it’s working fine but with drupal module is not working pls advice
thanks
October 29, 2009, 8:01 pmkinza