Chat - no "pushing" ?

[Schwartz]

Hello ADMIDIO ( or others that will help )

I am setting the ADMIDIO up for a club that makes 3D objects.
I intended to use the chat-system so that users could use it to give support to other members about some technical things.

The chat system functions - and not.
When You write a message it is published BUT noone sees it.
It is not "pushed" to logged-on-users.
It is not shown when You just press ENTER ( without having any text )

It is FIRST shown when You Yourself makes a text and press ENTER.
It could be okay that the message is not pushed to logged-on-users even though it is normal for a chat -
BUT how on earth do You see new messages without being forced to write a lot of dummy-messages.

I would like the pressing ENTER to force the system to show messages OR there were a button "Refresh" that showed the messages.

Or is there a "secret" function that I do not know of ?

Please someone tell me how to use the chat-function.

[weissst]

Hello,

in the background is a JS-Script, that should do the Job! Every 2.5 secounds the Script is checking for new messages and display them.

@ximex: can you take a look? because you changed the code last time... and now i get an "TypeError: chatArea[0] is undefined"

br
Stefan

[XimeX]

Ok i see the problem. I will fix it.
https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/issues/620

[fredsfollies]

Where is the chat module? I am not finding it in my version of the application. I am running version 3.2.9

[fasse]

Go to the message module preferences and activate the chat module there. After that you will find the chat within the message module.

[fredsfollies]

Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately, once I log in it takes forever to connect as I mentioned in my original post. It is getting to the point that I will have to delete the application as I have not been able to figure out the problem. I keep getting the error message that I posted in my "Slow Connection" post above.

as an example, I have been waiting to get to chat module as you described for coming up on 10 minutes.

EDIT: I have many other applications running on this shared webhost, so I don't believe the problem is with the host. I am running version 5.5.22 of php if that helps any.

[XimeX]

fixed. Will be in the next release

[fredsfollies]

Can you tell me when the new release will come out? I really can't use the application until that is fixed. Is there some code change you can provide so that I can make it work?

[Schwartz]

Great Ximex

If it would not be too much trouble, I would like to know where to fix it, as I want to show someone, that the chat-module is working as a chat should work.

Or simply attach a fixed chat.js and/or messages_chat.php - please.
I am currently on 3.2.8 so I guess that it simply can be replaced if it is for the 3.2.10

Kind regards
Schwartz

[XimeX]

Anbei die 2 Dateien in modules/messages ersetzen

[Schwartz]

Hello Ximex

First of all - Thank You very much for the zip. I have tested it, and now I have a real Chat.

You have a demo account, where You give people the opportunity to explore all the good functions this system have. I think it would be a good idea, to let the two files You attached, replace the files in the demo-account. People that want to see how the chat-function is, should also see that it functions. It is just a suggestion.

Another thing in the demo. I logged in as member and also as admin. Even when making a message and ENTER, the admin could anly see his own messages and the member could only see his/her own messages. Is there a setting ( a role or something ) that You can use, to make different chat-forums, that can't see each others messages. I could not find something in settings

Kind regards
Schwartz

[XimeX]

Fasse will update the demo site when the new version is released.

There is no "chatroom" feature. Maybe in future i will build a better chat with websockets for faster chatting and maybe with chatrooms. But this would be in about 1,5 years or later (too less time and other things are more important)