Smilies not working on AWC Chat!

Hello,

My forum recently had AWC installed on it, it is run on phpbb2, when you click on the smilies tab on any browser nothing comes up (If you type the : ) or something for it will work. Mine was installed by Samantha. I heard this is a possible PHPBB2 issue, is there a known way to work around this or over ride this?


Thanks - Brandon

Hello, can anyone answer this?

brandon_g wrote:[quotelink="http://www.avacweb.com/t2291-smilies-not-working-on-awc-chat#21763"]Hello, can anyone answer this?

Yeah, hold yer horses, Brandon. Avacweb isn't like the average downtown take-away, yk. Let ppl take some time trying to read, understand, have some thoughts and try to fix it. Look let me explain, I've tried some JS I found in a similar topic or some posts found on Avacweb, but it didn't do the trick, so I removed the codes for that. The box pops up, but it's empty; no emoticons are shown. There was another possibility in that post, but that didn't work either. The website is Brandon's, it's phpBB2. Now, I remember someone suggested phpBB2 wasn't supported for AWC, but still, this is the only issue that still needs attention. I already installed and styled AWC on his website: http://broadcastingduo.forumotion.com

Thanks in advance looking into this!

Samantha.

Yes, it is indeed your forum version that is causing these issues; AWC was never built for phpBB2, it just happens to work on it. There was a fix for this posted on here, and I'll look it up later on today when I am not on my phone.

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Hmmm....

Code:

[panda=js]avacweb_chat_config.add_event('onload', function () {
  $(avacweb_chat.id('achat_color_button')).after('<div class="achat_button" onclick="do_selectsmilies(event);">Smileys</div>');
});

Adding this code to your AvacWeb Chat Configuration script should solve the issue.

Bloodbath wrote:[quotelink="http://www.avacweb.com/t2291-smilies-not-working-on-awc-chat#21789"]

Code:

[panda=js]avacweb_chat_config.add_event('onload', function () {
  $(avacweb_chat.id('achat_color_button')).after('<div class="achat_button" onclick="do_selectsmilies(event);">Smileys</div>');
});

Adding this code to your AvacWeb Chat Configuration script should solve the issue.

Thanks for all your troubles, Boodbath! Really appreciate it! TY!

I'm sure you've tested it, great work, saves loads of time. Gonna test it out soon. Thanks for your fast response!

I actually took this code from a topic made a while ago that another user had been using, so I'm not entirely sure if it'll work.

Bloodbath wrote:[quotelink="http://www.avacweb.com/t2291-smilies-not-working-on-awc-chat#21791"]I actually took this code from a topic made a while ago that another user had been using, so I'm not entirely sure if it'll work.

I don't mind at all, BB. I'm gonna test it one day, that's 4 sure! Thanks for the effort. I'll get back to you on this after I've tested it. TY!

Samantha.

Thanks everyone for,the help..

@Bloodbath: OK the code provides a new button for the emoticons, which will show the user a pop-up box (separate small browser window), so that kinda works, unfortunately there's the old button still in place on the bottom of the chatbox frame which confuses some users. How, if possible, can we remove or hide that one? I've looked in the default AWC CSS for it, but I couldn't find separate codes for the 'grey buttons'.

Bloodbath wrote:[quotelink="http://www.avacweb.com/t2291-smilies-not-working-on-awc-chat#21789"]

Code:

[panda=js]avacweb_chat_config.add_event('onload', function () {
  $(avacweb_chat.id('achat_color_button')).after('<div class="achat_button" onclick="do_selectsmilies(event);">Smileys</div>');
});

Adding this code to your AvacWeb Chat Configuration script should solve the issue.

Will this code still work in 2.0? If so where in the config code should I add it? I have tried adding on my test forum's awc JS Config but it did not work every way I tried it and made the chat disappear.

Any ideas? Any help would greatly appericated

-Brandon

@Brandon_g : If you remove the code from your AWC JS, is the button visible then? If not, someone needs to have a review of that code.

No it won't work, but it should if you change [ic]avacweb_chat.id[/ic] to [ic]document.getElementById[/ic]

Ok so here is my AWC chat config (JS) without the code:

Code:

 var avacweb_chat_config={version:'2-0',chat_title:'Broadcasting Duo Chatbox',stylesheet:'http://chat.avacweb.net/awc_2-0.css',allow_private_messaging:1,allow_user_resize:1,custom_placement:null,commands:{},filters:{},tabs:{Staff:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27],VIP:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27,59,14,8]},allow_copyrights:1,events:{},add_event:function(t,f){t in this.events?this.events[t].push(f):this.events[t]=[f]}};document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://chat.avacweb.net/v'+avacweb_chat_config.version+'.js" id="achat_script"></sc'+'ript>');

Now I tried it 3 ways but finally decided to do it the way it was added in the previous JS. (Old version) which was:

Code:

 

//**** SOLVING THE SMILEY ISSUE ****//

        avacweb_chat_config.add_event('onload', function () {

          $(avacweb_chat.id('achat_color_button')).after('<div class="achat_button" onclick="do_selectsmilies(event);">Smileys</div>');

        });

//**** END SOLVING THE SMILEY ISSUE ****//

So as of right now the code looks like:

Code:

 var avacweb_chat_config={version:'2-0',chat_title:'Broadcasting Duo Chatbox',stylesheet:'http://chat.avacweb.net/awc_2-0.css',allow_private_messaging:1,allow_user_resize:1,custom_placement:null,commands:{},filters:{},tabs:{Staff:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27],VIP:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27,59,14,8]},allow_copyrights:1,events:{},add_event:function(t,f){t in this.events?this.events[t].push(f):this.events[t]=[f]}};document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://chat.avacweb.net/v'+avacweb_chat_config.version+'.js" id="achat_script"></sc'+'ript>');

//****SOLVING SMILEY ISSUE****//

        avacweb_chat_config.add_event('onload', function () {

          $(document.getElementById('achat_color_button')).after('<div class="achat_button" onclick="do_selectsmilies(event);">Smileys</div>');

        });

//**** END SOLVING THE SMILEY ISSUE****//

I tried changing id like you said LG it seems to not have worked, the chat is still hidden.
The url to the test forum is: http://testingduo.forumotion.com/forum

Thanks for all the help so far!
-Brandon

Let me confirm: this is an issue specific to phpBB 2, yes?

And after looking at the code, replace "avacweb_chat_config.add_event" with "avacweb_chat.events.add" and the code should be working. There has been a change to the event API as far as I can tell.

Yes it is a phpbb2 specific issue. Thanks bloodbath! I will try that tommorow i am too tired to think stright tonight! Thanks for the help everyone much apperciated.

-Brandon

@Brandon_G : Your chat is 'hidden' because you've got a JS script error. It won't show when there are JS errors. You've got the entire installation sitting in just 1 line! Also, you're still using the 2.0 test version!

So, delete your oneliner:

Code:

[panda=js] var avacweb_chat_config={version:'2-0-test',chat_title:'Broadcasting Duo Chatbox',stylesheet:'http://chat.avacweb.net/awc_2-0.css',allow_private_messaging:1,allow_user_resize:1,custom_placement:null,commands:{},filters:{},tabs:{Staff:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27],VIP:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27,59,14,8]},allow_copyrights:1,events:{},add_event:function(t,f){t in this.events?this.events[t].push(f):this.events[t]=[f]}};document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://chat.avacweb.net/v'+avacweb_chat_config.version+'.js" id="achat_script"></sc'+'ript>');

And paste this replacement code:

Code:

[panda=js]    var avacweb_chat_config = {
      version : '2-0',
      chat_title : Broadcasting Duo Chatbox',
      stylesheet : 'http://chat.avacweb.net/awc_2-0.css',
      allow_private_messaging : 1,
      allow_user_resize : 1,
      custom_placement : null,
      commands : {},
      tabs : {Staff:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27],VIP:[1,29,69,57,24,2,57,27,59,14,8]},
      filters : {},
      allow_copyrights : 1, //please be kind and allow AWC to place small discreet copyrights and backlink on your forum.
      // DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING BELOW
      events:{},add_event:function(t,f) {t in this.events?this.events[t].push(f):this.events[t]=[f]}};
      document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://chat.avacweb.net/v' + avacweb_chat_config.version + '.js" id="achat_script"></sc' + 'ript>');
    // END OF AWC CONFIG   

Also, I can see no AWC related CSS on your site no more. Make sure these lines are added to it:

Code:

[panda=css]/* Keep the private message and tab message system secure */
.a_chat_pm tr, .a_chat_pm td, .a_chat_tab tr, .a_chat_tab td, .a_chat_cmd tr, .a_chat_cmd td {display:none!important;}
.a_chat_pm:before, .a_chat_tab:before, .a_chat_cmd:before {content: 'Hidden Content';font-style: italic;}
/* END Keep the private message and tab message system secure */

@Samantha That is because forumotion always compresses all of your site's JavaScript, you can see that on your forum as well the configuration will be on one line as well. I will look into the JavaScript error, but since all the codes for all pages are compressed in the same file the error might be in a completely unrelated file.

@Samantha I do not have the test version installed actually, I did not copy and paste that directly from acp. I had a file saved with the custom config settings for my awc chtbox, it was configured when the test version was only avialible, I forgot to change it before posting. I do have the full version of 2.0 though.

Thanks for the help everyone!
-Brandon

Edit: @Bloodbath I just tried changing the api or whatever you told me to replace with "avacweb_chat.events.add" and it still appears not to work .


I will hop on the pc and copy & paste the exact JS code for you all.

In your AWC config you have three invalid characters: "01.", "02.", "03." on lines 21, 22 and 23.

If you remove these the code should be working as expected, and as I said above, replace "avacweb_chat_config.add_event" with "avacweb_chat.events.add".

Bloodbath wrote:[quotelink="http://www.avacweb.com/t2291p15-smilies-not-working-on-awc-chat#22625"]In your AWC config you have three invalid characters: "01.", "02.", "03." on lines 21, 22 and 23.

If you remove these the code should be working as expected, and as I said above, replace "avacweb_chat_config.add_event" with "avacweb_chat.events.add".

You see! It was somewhere in his default code A straight ace JS error indeed I told you! Thanks for the keen look at it! And about that compression... maybe ur right, but that's not what users (forum owners / admins) tend to see!

Btw, I still think he should remove the workaround code, just to try!

Bloodbath wrote:[quotelink="http://www.avacweb.com/t2291p15-smilies-not-working-on-awc-chat#22625"]In your AWC config you have three invalid characters: "01.", "02.", "03." on lines 21, 22 and 23.

If you remove these the code should be working as expected, and as I said above, replace "avacweb_chat_config.add_event" with "avacweb_chat.events.add".

Where is this "1","2" and "3"


@Samantha the awc chat appeared like charm before the workaround code was installed yesterday and on BD (my main forum) it still appears as I first test all codes on my test foru now before installing the them there. So you can see the chat still appears on Broadcasting Duo without the workaround code.