Adding FlashChat to the IPB 2.0.0 interface
Login to IPB as an administrator. Then, click on the "Admin CP" link to open the Admin Control Panel. Then, open the "Skins & Templates" section, click on the IPB skin that you use (for example, the "IPB Default Skin"), and finally the "Edit Root Skin Template HTML" link, as shown below.
With the option list on the "Edit Root Skin Template HTML" screen,
choose the "Edit Board Header" option, as shown:
In the template HTML, find the IBF.CHATLINK code:
<!--IBF.CHATLINK-->
... and add this text immediately BEFORE it (or, if you don't want to use the IPB chat, replace it with this text). If you used a path other than "chat/" when uploading FlashChat to your server, then you may need to change the href="..." text here.
<if="ipb.member['id']">
<a target="_blank" href="{$GLOBALS[INFO][board_url]}/chat/flashchat.php">FlashChat</a>
</if>
This will add the FlashChat link to your IPB template. Please note that the target="_blank" attribute will cause FlashChat to open into a new browser window. The <if..> statement will cause the FlashChat link to only be displayed if the user is logged into IPB.
Now, on the IPB homepage, a new link will appear with the text "FlashChat". This link will only be visible to users who are logged-in to your system. Clicking on this link will open FlashChat in a new window (because of target="_blank" in the HTML that was added).
This should link to the "flashchat.php" file of FlashChat. When FlashChat loads, you should be automatically logged into the chatroom using your IPB username. If you are an administrator of IPB, then you will be logged into FlashChat as a moderator, which means that you can ban and boot other users, apply gags, send alerts, and other special administrative functions.