by The Mad Professor
First uploaded 347 days ago
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Summary:
Facebook-esque bottom bar for elgg, with notifications and chat
Full description:
Elgg Bottom Bar
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-= version 0.10 alpha =-
released 10th May 2010
-- Changes --
* Added function to disable sounds at global level
-- Bug Fixes --
* None
-- Known Issues --
* Still a bug with the cookie size .. work in progress
Release notes:
Note: This plugin is still in alpha stage, and most likely has quite a few bugs in it .. you have been warned! ;)
** Updated chat version - very alpha release for those interested in helping bug test **
The bottom_bar plugin adds a fixed bar at the bottom of the browser with an auto updating notification and friends list.
The notification button will show red when there are new notices to be seen. When the button is clicked, the notice is cleared ready for the next update. The friends list auto updates with a list of online friends.
As of v0.2, basic chat has been added to the system, including persistant windows between page loads, chat history, sound notifications and smiley and url translation. There are now some settings for both admin and user to enable/disable chat and a few other bits.
I have tested this with Internet Explorer 7, Google Chrome 2.0 and Firefox 3.0 & 3.5, and as far as I can tell it works ok. If anyone can test against other browsers/OS I would appreciated it. Also, please let me know if you come across another plugin that this conflicts with.
All constructive comments welcomed.
ok i'll try and see if this version still cause the cookie bug
Cim 114 days ago
@ The Mad Professor,
I can verify that the cookie bug still exist in the 0.10 version. BR
Nikos 114 days ago
Thanks for a super plaugin. I am disappointed that this plaugin not support Shoutcast radio. I have a Shoutcast radio station with five channels and interested in using Elgg as a platform. Can the player with the plaugin also support shoutcast? or do I need a new player , if I want to develop a plaugin to handle it?
gachsaran 111 days ago
@gachsaran - The flash player that I have included does not officially support shoutcast streams, and I have absolutely no control over that decision. All I can suggest is that you try one of your streams to see if it will work.
The radio side of things is something that I will be reworking in the future once I have the chat system stable.
The Mad Professor 111 days ago
@Nikos - Thanks for the confirmation. I think I will restrict the history to the last one or two messages to see if that removes the issue. I don't want to go down a database route as I am a firm believer in user privacy, and don't want messages stored anywhere for any longer than they need be.
The Mad Professor 111 days ago
@The Mad Professor,
I agree for the privacy. Regarding the problem, indeed seems to be related to the amount of messages, and it is pronounced when you are doing multiple chats or you are chatting for a long time and writing lengthy messages. In any case, this is a very nice plug-in and I await tensely for the corrected version. BR
Nikos 111 days ago
i found bug.
after i put shotcast stream url, my web always reload every 30 s to dashboard page.
and now i cant use it because it becomes error.
any solution?
cutez7boyz 101 days ago
@cutez7boyz - Not sure why it is doing that - it's not something I've come across before. I will look into it
@Arvind - Yes, it works on 1.7
The Mad Professor 99 days ago
hi good evening, I copy that would eliminate the option to show all and delete some of the code where the options appear and show all but BBar code refresh the page is displayed again this any suggestions?
gabotamn 89 days ago
@The Mad Professor: i have had to disable this because it causes problems with some other plugins if they use javascript and this has reared its head on my own site with my new poke plugin developed by vazco
can you please work with vazco to iron out this issue as he has come across the problem with your plugin before?
adclose 86 days ago
Hi Prof, I`m using 1.7.1. nice looking of your pluggin!.
1. I`m testing it some days ago, the wire from the bottom bar doesn`t works:
Form is missing __token or __ts fields
2. How can users to hide their connection state? if are connected and doesn`t want to chat...
Julian3261 71 days ago
@Julian
(1) didya try googling "elgg Form is missing __token or __ts fields" ?
it's so easy.. you'll get "About 364 results..."
(2) that sounds like an *added feature. i suggest you look towards "funding" such development.
DhrupDeScoop 71 days ago
@dhrup elgg docs just say that "elgg Form is missing __token or __ts fields" is an error with the plugin. however, i think it is an error with the core, as i have been getting it 99% of the time anyone logs into my site and on every release i have used.. including 1.7.1
adclose 70 days ago
@Julian suggest you change the option to tools for example.
adclose 70 days ago
How can i disable to show all updates and logo from left side, I want to show only friends update, please help me.
ghumanz 45 days ago
Yea how can all updates be filterd from the friends in notifications?
And can users turn off their chat if they want to?:S
tobi 44 days ago
@ghumanz - You can't at the moment I'm afraid.
@tobi - Those filters are not in place at the moment, and yes, users can turn chat off if they want to (hint - check the user settings for the bottom bar)
The Mad Professor 44 days ago
yea i found them....but i thought that it wud be nice to turn off the chat directly from the bottom bar. I hope you do something for notification filters.
Good work anyways.
tobi 43 days ago
@The Mad Professor
How can i fix the notification so it aligns good in the box( see screenshot)

Clinton van Axel 7 days ago
Just installed with elgg 1.7.2 -
the bar appears at the top of the screen, above the 'top bar' and the layout of the bar itself is broken.. seems to be a CSS glitch.
tunist 6 days ago

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I have added the option to disable sounds site-wide in the administration options. I have also tuned the cookie system a bit, but I still expect there to be bugs with that at the moment.
Sorry guys - had missed something in the language file, hence restarting this release rather than classifying it as a new one.
The Mad Professor 114 days ago