12-03-2001, 11:20 PM
same as we had on UBB, you can now directly instant message someone through VBulletin with the little AIM icon down the bottom right corner.. here is some info you need to read though which will solve problems alot of you will run into..
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PROBLEM!!!!
I have found a problem with the built in AIM feature that I haven't been able to resolve.
Many of the people at my board, myself included have spaces formatted into their AIM names. When using the built in AIM feature, it doesn't work properly because of the spaces in the name. It opens an IM window but only includes the contents of the name to the point where it hits the space.
An example(fictious one): AIM screen name input into profile "John Smith"
When the AIM feature is clicked, the window that opens is an IM to John. The Smith part of the name is chopped off.
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ANSWER!!!!
Have the users go into thier vb profile and take out the spaces in thier AIM name. AIM treats spaces cosmetically so far as I know.
For example, my SN is The Tom Black but if someone uses just TheTomBlack - I will still recieve the message.
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so basically click up where it says user cp, type in your AIM name and remove any spaces you may have and that should work :)
I can also add this feature for ICQ and Yahoo if you guys want me to..
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PROBLEM!!!!
I have found a problem with the built in AIM feature that I haven't been able to resolve.
Many of the people at my board, myself included have spaces formatted into their AIM names. When using the built in AIM feature, it doesn't work properly because of the spaces in the name. It opens an IM window but only includes the contents of the name to the point where it hits the space.
An example(fictious one): AIM screen name input into profile "John Smith"
When the AIM feature is clicked, the window that opens is an IM to John. The Smith part of the name is chopped off.
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ANSWER!!!!
Have the users go into thier vb profile and take out the spaces in thier AIM name. AIM treats spaces cosmetically so far as I know.
For example, my SN is The Tom Black but if someone uses just TheTomBlack - I will still recieve the message.
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so basically click up where it says user cp, type in your AIM name and remove any spaces you may have and that should work :)
I can also add this feature for ICQ and Yahoo if you guys want me to..