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pifailleve posted Feb 4 '13 at 8:13 am

Hello,

I have installed the last version of Freishat without any problem. Thanks fo this great chat system.

The installation choice was Freishat with CB intégration.

I have installed the corresponding Joomla module, have activated it. Everything is fine.

What happens is that when I close the browser window and jus after come to my site the chat system doesn't come up.

The fact is that I am automatically logged to my site with the CB "remember me" functionality.

In order to have the chat system back I have to disconnnect and reconnect to Joomla CB.

Any idea? Something to do with cookies?

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ScottD posted Feb 2 '13 at 4:20 pm

I am going through the General Install with Wordpress. I got to the password and then it says "Failed to connect using the given credentials". Then it goes back to the 3rd step asking me for my Database details.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

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bafplus posted Feb 1 '13 at 4:34 pm

Hy, i'm using Freichat with joonla 2.5 using a nonstandard webbrowser.
Everything works ok, but olmost everytime i load a new page and the freichat module is reloaded i get about 8 errors that some commands could not be passed or handled by the browser.
I get these errors:

All errors say something about could not load because xxxxxx value null or not defined:
_destroySound
_createSound
_disableDebug
_externalInterfaceTest
_setPolling
_setVolume
_setPan
_setPosition
_pause
_start
_stop
_unload
_load

Can these functions be deletes from source somewhere?

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gabber3000 posted Feb 1 '13 at 4:26 pm

hi,
I was able to finally install freichat. But I have a serious mistake. I tried to open 4 browser windows and login I made with my joomla. My site and went several times in error with the database, because I reach the maximum limit of database connections.
I opened phpmyadmin to monitor the situation. I found eight instances in sleep mode.
Freichat must close the database connection for each request. Why this does not happen?
how can I fix this mistake?
Thank you very much.

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wave84 posted Feb 1 '13 at 11:49 am

So I have upgraded freichat to version 8 on my server (custom install, not without issues) and adjusted many functions according to my needs. I added user pictures to the chatroom, modified database design a bit, etc.
The code is generally nice but I have a few questions:

1. First of all, there is a nasty bug in the install which fails right at the start saying that "arg.php is not writeable" (although it is). After spending 20 minutes banging my head against the wall checking permissions, I checked the freichat code and noticed it is "hardcode.php" that actually needs to be writeable. So you need to adjust the message there.

2. Secondly, why did you choose to revert to MyISAM, especially now in the days of Mysql 5.5 when InnoDB is the default and is clearly superior in every way (even more so for a chat application)?

3. Third, are you sure it's worth using persistent connections? Most users might run into issues because of this, if they don't know how to adjust their "max_connections" variable in my.cnf. And the performance benefits are neglijible, especially if the sql server resides on the same machine as the web server (as probably most of your users do). In my case, a few minutes after launching the chat on the live server, I ran into a "Failed to conect to SQL server; Too many connections" error. Luckily I knew immediately how to fix it.

That's it for now; more feedback coming :)

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xro posted Jan 31 '13 at 10:30 am

I manage to get to step 4 of the General installation document. There, when i choose my password (or leave it default) i get the following message: "Failed to connect using the given credential "and its shows me a step3-like page which ask me if given information is correct? I use zoomla CMS and everything seems correct in that page but i still get that error.

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Hi,

I've installed the chat on my Joomla 2.5.8 site and it's working great but ideally I'd like to restrict it to a different Usergroup than Registered Users. Could someone tell me if it's possible to edit something so I could change this?

Also is there any way I can restrict one room to a particular usergroup for private chat?

Thanks

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rustyDusty posted Jan 29 '13 at 6:46 pm

I am using Joomla 1.5.25 with FreiChat.V.8.0.1.zip. I uploaded the zip file to my joomla directory and extracted it. Changed file permissions and installed it.
I downloaded the module mod_freichat_v7.zip but could not install it because of this error message

"Error! Could not find a Joomla! XML setup file in the package."

I looked at the readme and it says install from Joomla administrator but this is not working please advise.

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sadrac posted Jan 26 '13 at 11:02 pm

I have a problem with the chat ... the chat works fine, but i can't see avatar images near the nick of every user ... i see the typical image that is showed in a browser when there is a wrong image path (by the "img" tag).

What's the problem? How can I resolve ?

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sounds posted Jan 26 '13 at 3:48 am

Hi,

Did the install and added the module to inner-bottom position and a few others.
Wasn't asked to enter any db info as i did the Joomla install and it went smooth.
Went in to the admin panel and had a look at the user list, it has every user listed.
The module itself shows only the title and i can find the word freix in the page source code, it's in all the urls.

I tried embedding that code above the html header for the page, in my case a yootheme template (/templates/theme/layouts/template.php) if i'm correct.

I enabled js and php debug in the admin panel for freix, nothing much in the freixlog file, it showed one user "me" username is available:

January 25, 2013, 7:09 pm: main.php loaded

January 25, 2013, 7:09 pm: Inserted the user with the following data :: Username = Me And ID = 841 Default status = I am available

Not sure what else to try maybe you have a few suggestions?

Forgot to add, is the module suppose to have no settings panel on the right?

Thanks later

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oss posted Jan 23 '13 at 8:56 pm

Hello, I have not figured out if the v8 is activated the video chat

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Hello everyone,

after installing Freichat 8.0 everything worked fine with Google Chrome (I was missing the videochat feature but that may have other reasons)

But a few minutes later every user using firefox told me, the textarea for message input isn't accessible, so I re-installed V7.6 and everything was okay again - even with Firefox.

Another question: Is there a preferred method for updating an installation?

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dimitri9 posted Jan 18 '13 at 11:29 pm

Dear all,

First: Great extension!

I work with Joomla! and Community builder and the paid version.

Have published the module and works fine so far. Only ... I want to make the module invisible. How?

I know it has to be published ... But there is now reason to show it.

Hope you can help,

Best Dimitri

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The issuse I am having is installing Freichat on elgg 1.8

I get to the box that says add the following lines in your
Add the following lines in your
head.php in views/default/page/elements/in the header(before

tag)

then this code

<!--===========================FreiChatX=======START=========================-->
<!-- For uninstalling ME , first remove/comment all FreiChatX related code i.e below code
Then remove FreiChatX tables frei_session & frei_chat if necessary
The best/recommended way is using the module for installation -->

<?php if(isset($_SESSION["guid"])==true) {$ses=$_SESSION["guid"]; } else {$ses=0;}
if(!function_exists("freichatx_get_hash")){
function freichatx_get_hash($ses){

if(is_file("/home/mrcoffee/public_html/mod/chat/vendors/freichat/hardcode.php")){

require "/home/mrcoffee/public_html/mod/chat/vendors/freichat/hardcode.php";

$temp_id = $ses . $uid;

return md5($temp_id);

}
else
{
echo "<script>alert('module freichatx says: hardcode.php file not
found!');";
}

return 0;
}
}
?> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascipt" src="http://planofaction.info/mod/chat/vendors/freichat/client/main.php?id=&lt;?php%20echo%20%24ses;?&gt;&amp;xhash=&lt;?php%20echo%20freichatx_get_hash(%24ses);%20?&gt;"></script><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://planofaction.info/mod/chat/vendors/freichat/client/jquery/freichat_themes/freichatcss.php" type="text/css">
<!--===========================FreiChatX=======END=========================-->


Problem is, I dont see a Head tag.
in
/home/mrcoffee/public_html/views/default/page/elements/head.php
I see

<?php /**
* The standard HTML head
*
* @uses $vars['title'] The page title
*/

// Set title

if (empty($vars['title'])) {
$title = elgg_get_config('sitename');
} else {
$title = elgg_get_config('sitename') . ": " . $vars['title'];
}

global $autofeed;
if (isset($autofeed) && $autofeed == true) {
$url = full_url();
if (substr_count($url,'?')) {
$url .= "&view=rss";
} else {
$url .= "?view=rss";
}
$url = elgg_format_url($url);
$feedref = <<<END

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="{$url}" />

END;

} else {
$feedref = "";
}

$js = elgg_get_loaded_js('head');
$css = elgg_get_loaded_css();

$version = get_version();
$release = get_version(true);
?>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="ElggRelease" content="&lt;?php echo $release; ?&gt;">
<meta name="ElggVersion" content="&lt;?php echo $version; ?&gt;">
<title><?php echo $title; ?></title>
<?php echo elgg_view('page/elements/shortcut_icon', $vars); ?><?php foreach ($css as $link) { ?><link rel="stylesheet" href="&lt;?php%20echo%20%24link;%20?&gt;" type="text/css">
<?php } ?><?php $ie_url = elgg_get_simplecache_url('css', 'ie');
$ie7_url = elgg_get_simplecache_url('css', 'ie7');
$ie6_url = elgg_get_simplecache_url('css', 'ie6');
?><!--[if gt IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $ie_url; ?>" />
<![endif]--><!--[if IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $ie7_url; ?>" />
<![endif]--><!--[if IE 6]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $ie6_url; ?>" />
<![endif]--><?php foreach ($js as $script) { ?><script type="text/javascript" src="&lt;?php%20echo%20%24script;%20?&gt;"></script><?php } ?><script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
<?php echo elgg_view('js/initialize_elgg'); ?>
// ]]>
</script>
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boristhecar posted Jan 16 '13 at 10:33 pm

Hi,

I am using free version 7.6 of FreiChat and i can't change purge/delete message history setting. When i change zero with any other number and click submit the system doesn't save it. After i enter config page again the number is zero.

Please help

Thanks

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First off, i love the chat program, but i have a few issues:

1. the user list and list of chatrooms dont line up side by side, they both end up below the active chatroom and the background is transparent, even though i choose an image background.


2, i am using a flash video chatroom in an iframe, your instant messenger window loses their top header, they just disappear, so i cant close that instant chat window or shrink it!!

any ideas on a fix?

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Taxpundit posted Jan 4 '13 at 6:31 am

Hi

I am trying to hide the chatroom slider. I changed the arg.php file and disabled the plugin. but this disables the chat feature and does not disable chatroom slider. pls advise.

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