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+<?php
+/**
+ * Name: Mibbit Chat Plugin
+ * Description: add a mibbit/irc chatroom
+ * Version: 1.0
+ * Author: tony baldwin | http://tonybaldwin.me
+ */
+
+
+function mibbit_install() {
+	register_hook('app_menu', 'addon/mibbit/mibbit.php', 'mibbit_app_menu');
+}
+
+function mibbit_uninstall() {
+	unregister_hook('app_menu', 'addon/mibbit/mibbit.php', 'mibbit_app_menu');
+
+}
+
+function mibbit_app_menu($a,&$b) {
+	$b['app_menu'][] = '<div class="app-title"><a href="mibbit">' . t('Mibbit IRC Chatroom') . '</a></div>'; 
+}
+
+
+function mibbit_module() {
+	return;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+function mibbit_content(&$a) {
+
+// this stuff is supposed to go in the page header
+
+$a->page['htmlhead'] .= 'session_start();  
+ $nick   = empty($_SESSION[\'user_name\']) ? \'Wdg\' : $_SESSION[\'user_name\'];
+ $server = \"irc.mibbit.net\"; // default: 
+ $room   = \"friendica\"; // w/o # or %23 !
+ 
+ $uri = \"https://widget.mibbit.com/\" .
+ \"?nick=$nick_%3F%3F\" . // each %3F(=?) will be replaced by a random digit 
+ \"&customprompt=Welcome%20to%20$server/$room\" .
+ \"&customloading=maybe%20you%20need%20to%20close%20other%20Mibbit%20windows%20first...\" .
+ \"&settings=c76462e5055bace06e32d325963b39f2\"; // etc.
+ if (!empty($room))    {$uri .= \'&channel=%23\' . $room;}  
+ if (!empty($server )) {$uri .= \'&server=\'     . $server;}'
+ 
+ // add the chatroom frame and some html
+ 
+    $s .= '<h2>chat</h2>';
+    $s .= '<center>';
+    $s .= '<iframe  src=\"<?PHP echo $uri; ?>\" frameborder=\"0\">
+ [Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured
+ not to display frames. However, you may want to open the
+ <A href=\"<?PHP echo $uri; ?>\" target=\"_blank\"> chat in a new browser window ...</A>]';
+    $s .= '</iframe>';
+    $s .= '<br>(no spaces, interpunctuation or leading ciphers in your /nick name)';
+    $s .= '<h4>type /help to learn about special commands</h4>';
+    $s .= '</center><hr>'
+    
+}