Q - authentication and chat

[ToastControl]

1) Does the vB product have a chat system?

2) What is the vB authentication system, and can it be integrated with other products? (Let's say I want to install a chat package on my server, but I want to give access only to my vB users - is something like that possible).

Thanks.

[ManagerJosh]

vBulletin unfortunately does not have a chat product. You could use third party applications and integrate it directly into vBulletin.

I bought a license for Realchat and integrated it with my copy of vBulletin

[ToastControl]

vBulletin unfortunately does not have a chat product. You could use third party applications and integrate it directly into vBulletin.

I bought a license for Realchat and integrated it with my copy of vBulletin

So that's "yes" to the integration question? Only your vBulletin users can use your Realchat, and they log in with their vBulletin userid and password?

[ManagerJosh]

So that's "yes" to the integration question? Only your vBulletin users can use your Realchat, and they log in with their vBulletin userid and password?
Yes :) It's a matter of including the right scripts :) You can just pop on over to vBulletin.org and ask about any of your integration needs as it requires custom codehacking

[ToastControl]

Thank you for your answers on this thread and my other thread.

[ManagerJosh]

No problem. Best of luck on your purchase :)

[ToastControl]

Sorry, I have one part of this that didn't get address.

What's the authentication mechanism for vBulletin? Is it some open source standard, or proprietary?

Thanks

[Brad.loo]

It is custom coded for vBulletin in php. Its is visible source, meaning that once you purchase a license you are free to view/modify your own copy of the source code. Unlike open source you can not re-release the modified code in your own scripts.

This is why you don't see pre-hacked versions of vBulletin on vBulletin.org (the official hacking site).