[AJAX] vBShout v2.0

[SnickersTK]

I did like to be able to give guests permission to shout too, on my board.

and somewhere a little bix where they can type a name

example; I'm a guest and goes to the shoutbox, and type in: TK in the little name box: writes: hello in the type box and presses shout.

it will say: [Today 12:07 AM] G_TK: hello

(all guest will auto get a G_ infront of their name, and the name wont function as a link)

possible?

[TheFocusElf]

perfect. worked perfectly.

[Phlex]

It would be great to give admins the opportunity to define x shouts per x posts/day

Example : makes 5 posts on one day , therefore he can make 20 shouts on that day.

Or another great option would be :
USers cannot post X shouts in a row

Great Mod !

[Rukas]

Is it possible to restrict who has access to posting shouts in terms of post counts? We have a lot of people sign up just to spam the shout box, I would like to restrict it so that only people with 1000 posts are allowed to use the shout box.

[Snake]

I think it's already a feature in the shoutbox. Flood shout - look for it.

[Rukas]

Can't find it, already looked thus asked in here.

[BlackRabbit1971]

You could create a new group called Shouters based on your registered users group and then create a cron job to change members into that group at 1000 posts... Then entered the registered users group into the ban box in shouts settings...

BR ;)

[Snake]

That trick works thanks.

[SilentK]

I have run into a bug while using konqueror (browser for linux)

The scrollbar to the side apparently doesn't work and it stretches the entire shoutbox out.

here's a screenshot

http://www.xblteams.com/snapshot1.png

Probably related to the safari complaint as the both use a form of khtml.

[kafi]

How do I turn unregistered to be able to post?

Sorry, can't find that option. pls help

[TygerTyger]

Installed, flawless and done in 5 seconds flat. Thank you very much, this is a terrific mod.

I have a small suggestion/question: what is the AJAX polling time set at? It might be an idea to allow that as an option, for those with serious hardware they could set it low to give a proper chatroom feeling, and those without the hardware could set it lower so as not to upset their hosts :)

[Blacky1971]

I banned a Usergroup und now the members of this usergroups get this error:


Warning: array_reverse(): The argument should be an array in /vbshout.php on line 282

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288

What can I do? Thanks for help!

[Snake]

Re-install the hack and see if that will fix it.

[Wachtmeister]

Hi all,

ist there any way to include the shoutbox into my arcade.php also? I'm not using the add-on "vbshout on all pages". I only want the box on forumhume, vbadvanced portal AND v3arcade. Maybe i can add some additional code to my arcade.php?

Best wishes, Wachtmeister

[eNforce]

I have no idea how to delete ALL shouts, can someone fill me in?

[Snake]

You can simply do that via the admincp. :)

[eNforce]

Am I blind? I can't see it in the vbshout options in the AdminCP

[Bones_3DFC]

Is there no way to NOT allow html? I can't find anything in options. I have to stop html posting is shoutbox.

[Blacky1971]

Am I blind? I can't see it in the vbshout options in the AdminCP

First activate the "admin special commands" in der AdminCP, then post "/prune" in the shoutbox.

[lairnoc]

I have no idea how to delete ALL shouts, can someone fill me in?
i think something like /prune

[lairnoc]

maybe anyone has a list of shoutbox commands

[Jason McConnell]

i think something like /prune

Yup :)

Or you can prune shouts by a particular user like: /prune username

[kafi]

I couldn't find this yet here>

I would like to show VBShout only with specific forum.

1. please can u give me conditional and where to place it?
2. this would be good to have in admin area for flexible use.
3. or is there a way to do it otherway already?

Thank you!

[gonon]

I banned a Usergroup und now the members of this usergroups get this error:


Warning: array_reverse(): The argument should be an array in /vbshout.php on line 282

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288

What can I do? Thanks for help!

The way to get around that, is after banning them in the Admin CP, set 'Banned Permissions' to "Cannot see Shoutbox"

[whitetigergrowl]

This shoutbox has gotten HORRIBLE support from the coder. The duplicate smilies issue is huge on my forum, amongst other problems, and was supposed to have been fixed with 2.0, but never was. When will there be an update/upgrade to this shoutbox from RC with the numerous bug fixes, etc.?!

[KidneyBoy]

Well if you notice, the author does not have the "supported" box checked off. So basically that's a warning to everyone that it probably won't get much attention. It's not to say he might come back and release an update now and then.....

I would *REALLY REALLY REALLY* like to see somebody take over this project. This is definately one of the most popular MOD's on 3.5.X. I just wish more coders were familiar with AJAX, and would be willing to step up to the plate on this one. Heck this is one of them I'd gladly pay a bit for support (as it so badly needs it).

[wrang]

Great i haved it Installed! I run Vb 3.5.1

Where do i find the text so i can translate it to swedish?
like:
Shoutbox
Shout
Clear
Smiles
Emoticons
Top 10 Shouters
Statistics

I tried to search on this in the adminpanel Languages & Phrases but itdosent find it

Great job

[D|ver]

where can i change the refresh time?

[Snake]

I need a little help here. My shoutbox's current position is incorrect and I'm trying to place it underneath my forum stats "Metal Gear Solid Zone Statistics". How do I do that?

http://forums.mgszone.com

[GatorLCA]

Another suggestion, not sure if it's been brought up but its there a way that the Font color and face can be saved to that user from the last shout so we dont have to change it every single time we make a shout, i know it's petty but Im not sure if those settings can be saved or not

[BlackRabbit1971]

where can i change the refresh time?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=811666&postcount=737

[Aaron RV]

I haved it Installed! run in Vb 3.5.1 but I don't see the smilies, only the code.

any help?
thanks.

[predatorkill]

installed on 3.5.1 all works perfectly!

Because i cant search through 53 pages,can someone tell me how i can moderate the Shoutbox?

If a user is typing "bad words",how i can erase them?I know i can put cesnorship
phrases,but sometimes i must erase something "on the fly"!

Thank you very much for this great plugin!

[D|ver]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=811666&postcount=737

thank you :)

[predatorkill]

The only issue i ve found is this:

When in Banned Usergroups i put the ID of the Unregistered/Not Logged in users
i get this error when i m not logged in:

"Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288"

Any solution?Thanks!

EDIT:I ve solved it,i ve just changed the
"Banned Permissions
Choose access permissions for banned users, by default they will not be able to post shouts."

FROM:Can view shoutbox but not messages
TO:Can view shoutbox and messages

Can someone please post all the commands?? Like "/prune" etc. I cant search all 53 pages to find them!

[xxskullxx]

All the commands are right there in the first post.

[davidw]

Think I might have a quick fix on the "viewing the shoutbox"...

Go to your plugin manager and find... WOL Config [Part A] - edit it
change
$userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing The Shoutbox';
to
$userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing The Forums';

I am not 100% this works, but it looks like it does. I'm also looking into changing the font as well. Can someone test this out to see if this works?

[ztempuser]

where is the full list of Commands for shoutbox?

[bspiller82]

Does shout box use a lot of mysql connections? I setup a mirrior site on a diffrent host and it seems to be giving me this error a lot.

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Too many connections /home/a247xtre/public_html/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Sunday, November 13th 2005 @ 01:13:12 AM
Script : http://www.247xtreme.com/forums/vbshout.php
Referrer : http://www.247xtreme.com/
IP Address : 205.188.116.66
Username :
Classname : vb_database

[davidw]

As far as I can tell, there are only 2 commands... /me and /prune (with variants of the latter).

[Allan]

The french language :)

[ninermac]

There is a problem with this hack, especially if you add on to it with one of the other hacks that allows you to put the shoutbox on multiple pages. It will show that you are viewing the shoutbox in who's online if you are on a page that has teh shoutbox on it. That's not bad if you only have it on one page, but as you add it in to more than one page, very shortly it can look like everyone on your site is always in the shoutbox. Well, here is the fix for it:

In vbshout.php find:
/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ################## ||
|| # vBShout v2 Created By Zero Tolerance [http://gzevolution.net] ||
|| ################################################## ################## ||
\*================================================ ======================*/

After it add:
if ((!$_GET['do'] || $_GET['do'] == '') && !$_POST['do'])
{
$_GET['do'] = 'latest';
}
if ($_GET['do'] == 'latest')
{
define('LOCATION_BYPASS', true);
}

That will take care of the shoutbox on the page. You can also add the code below to what is above if you want to also not see it when they post a shout from teh shoutbox. Personally I added it because technically they are still on the page they are viewing.

if ($_POST['do'] == 'shout')
{
define('LOCATION_BYPASS', true);
}

Also, the problem where Who's Online shows it as index.php is a problem with the plugin. Edit the WOL Config [Part A] plugin and change index.php to vbshout.php.

Hope this works for you guys, seems to be working for me.

[Aaron RV]

how to change smiliepath? :bandit:

[kafi]

The french language :)
Allan how do I export only vbshout translation form my vb3.5?

Thank you!

[apokphp]

How does this affect the server? Does it cause much of a server load? I don't know anything about Ajax. I'm also concerned about my users using it as a mini-chat room since the shouts display so quickly w/o a page refresh. Wouldn't this cause some load issues?

[TOZ]

I`m getting an error message: When I type on my vbShoutbox 2.0, nothing will appear, when I try to type again a window comes up and says "Posting in progress"
Please help, i`m running vbulleting 3.50 Gold.

I did the install like the instructions says throught the Pluging System > Manage Products > Add/Import Product. Also uploded the .php file to the forum root.

[TOZ]

Help with the post above please.

[TygerTyger]

I got that once too, but I refreshed and it went away. I would take a wild stab in the dark and say it's something to do with your connection to the db/server, how's your resource usage?

[TOZ]

When you say Refreshed, what do you mean ? Refreshed the page or what ? Please let me know.

[TygerTyger]

Refreshed as in the page, not as in refreshed when I had a nice cool beer.

[TOZ]

Refreshed as in the page, not as in refreshed when I had a nice cool beer. lol, nope it didn`t, I` have even De-installed and Re-installed and nothing. What the hell could it be. Bellow is a picture of the what i`m getting.

[TOZ]

Still need help please.

[bplinson]

Sucessfully installed but crashed my server two nights in a row. Uninstalled.

[apokphp]

Along w/ the question of how much server load it causes...is there a way to slow down the shouts a member makes? Like x secs between shouts, sort of like the vb's search feature? That would probably prevent shout abuse.

I know it's possible to ban abusers...but I prefer to moderate the amount of shouts instead of just ban people.

[el diablo]

works great on my site... great hack ZT :)

[nexus851]

Anyone know how to add the smilies and font color/changes in the CMPS home VBSHOUT?

[divided_by_fear]

question if you type in http://www.yoursite.com/vbshout.php then you can see the shoutbox just in plain text how can that be stopped?

[axiomotion]

Is there any way to embed the shoutbox into an iframe/something so I can display it on a seperate page?

[SuaveDebonaire]

although a superior modification, there should be a warning to the HUGE HUGE HUGE amount of bandwidth (transfer) this script utilizes

[divided_by_fear]

why do you say that i havent seen it use to much? although i do see on my server it keeping connections open...

[davidw]

As for bandwidth, I've set this to all but unregistered users and banned.
I've had more people visit, more spiders, yet my bandwidth seems untouched compared to other months. Maybe I'm missing something. For me it doesn't use much bandwidth.

[SuaveDebonaire]

Just some information for those who board may be big or is continuing to grow

My board is only accessable by registered members, permissions set and therefore the only time the shoutbxo ever loads is when a registered member logs in.

I have a fairly active board, not to large, however I typically have between 30-60 members online at all times. I do not use that shoutbox on all pages mod, used it for one day and my bandwidth usage sored. I typically use 600-900 Megs of bandwidth each day (not that I only have a vbulletin board on my account, no other scripts, images, or files) and when I have the shoutbox enabled my bandwidth sores to around 4 to 5 gigs a day.

It's gotten so bad that this week I decided to only enable the chat from 5PM to Midnight. However the bandwidth still reaches 2.5 Gigs.

I'm not complaining about this mod, I think it's an excellent concept. I just need someway to decrease the bandwidth usage.

[divided_by_fear]

My board is only accessable by registered members, permissions set and therefore the only time the shoutbxo ever loads is when a registered member logs in.

see if you open your browser you can view the shouts without even going to site...

[SuaveDebonaire]

see if you open your browser you can view the shouts without even going to site...

yea, but hte point was that guests and web crawlers are not depelting ANY bandwidth dealing with the shoutbox what do ever, it's only members. Puts a strain on the account so I'll hate to see how board with more then 100 members on at all times fair. They would have to be using at least 20 gigs a day, the bare least.

[divided_by_fear]

hmmm i have about 75 new members a day and my whole server with other accounts on it only has used 35 gbs to date which aint bad cause i get 2000 a month... but i dont see it using to much... just keeps alot of open connections thats all

[kafi]

PLEASE HELP!

I am going to upgrade to vb3.5 and would like to switch to this shoutbox instead installed BVShoutboxFull, but I do not want to loose history and specialy statistic (top shouterst etc.).

Is this any compatible? Can I /export/import shouts?
Thank you!!!

[SuaveDebonaire]

hmmm i have about 75 new members a day and my whole server with other accounts on it only has used 35 gbs to date which aint bad cause i get 2000 a month... but i dont see it using to much... just keeps alot of open connections thats all

just to add above, appriciate the other side of the argument, my shoutbox is used all the time, nearly every minute there is a new comment, more then that, conversations typically occur in the shoutbox for extensive periods. Maby at least 10 LARGE scale conversations a day lasting at least 30 minutes each. Point is, my shoutbox is being used by many members, all the time, that can be one difference.

[divided_by_fear]

Zero Tolerance is there a way to stop users not logged in from opening that page?vbshout.php also would be nice if there was a way to clear shouts faster....

[Dark Riku]

How would i be able to install new fonts on the shoutbox? :P :P

[whitetigergrowl]

The last time he posted in this thread was August. Doesn't look like he's supporting this mod, so asking him directly in this thread for help or info is likely not to get answered. A shame too considering how good the shoutbox is and the potential it has/had. I suggest someone try and pick this up from him.

[Dark Riku]

The last time he posted in this thread was August. Doesn't look like he's supporting this mod, so asking him directly in this thread for help or info is likely not to get answered. A shame too considering how good the shoutbox is and the potential it has/had. I suggest someone try and pick this up from him.

Aw, Simple question 2, That sucks badly

[divided_by_fear]

im going to write him and see lol whats the worse he can say i dont support it no more...

[Rickie3]

hi installed and working great,the only problem i have is when i go to who's online it shows user in Viewing The Shoutbox,where is it used to show users in Viewing forum index,but if a member browses the other forums it shows there location properly,how can i fix this?so if a user is using shoutbox it shows and if a member is viewing index in the who's online,i can supply screen shot if needed

[Ramsesx]

hi installed and working great,the only problem i have is when i go to who's online it shows user in Viewing The Shoutbox,where is it used to show users in Viewing forum index,but if a member browses the other forums it shows there location properly,how can i fix this?so if a user is using shoutbox it shows and if a member is viewing index in the who's online,i can supply screen shot if needed
same here I was wondering why the most people are viewing the shoutbox,
another question, anybody know where I can change the phrase "viewing the shoutbox" into another language?
Thanks

[SuaveDebonaire]

I just decreased the size of hte vbshout.php file from around 16k to just under 4k
I also decreased the template a.. section by more then 60% by removing any instance of smilies.

So i'll see how this holds up for a day, if there is an extremly significant decrease in bandwidth usaged i'll post the resulting files up.

[davidw]

hi installed and working great,the only problem i have is when i go to who's online it shows user in Viewing The Shoutbox,where is it used to show users in Viewing forum index,but if a member browses the other forums it shows there location properly,how can i fix this?so if a user is using shoutbox it shows and if a member is viewing index in the who's online,i can supply screen shot if neededhave you read the previous posts in this thread regarding that? I've posted about it, as well as others.

[Carly]

How do grant permission to a mod to moderate shouts?

[Rickie3]

have you read the previous posts in this thread regarding that? I've posted about it, as well as others.i started reading thru posts 56 pages take some getting thru,i better start reading instead of being lazy lol.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
found it problem fixed
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=820807&postcount=793

[divided_by_fear]

Rickie3 thanks for taking the time and posting it...

[Rickie3]

Rickie3 thanks for taking the time and posting it...
no probs,i just got to learn to read more lol

[NineToez]

Guys, I made a goof when I made a small edit in the .xml to re-upload, however forgot to uninstall it first to overwrite this plugin and screwed up my database :

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.1:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE `vb_shout` (
`sid` int(15) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`s_by` int(15) NOT NULL default '0',
`s_time` int(15) NOT NULL default '0',
`s_shout` text NOT NULL,
`s_data` text NOT NULL,
`s_me` tinyint(2) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`sid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

MySQL Error : Table 'vb_shout' already exists
Error Number : 1050
Date : Saturday, November 19th 2005 @ 03:38:18 AM
Script : http://forums.ninetoez.net/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://forums.ninetoez.net/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : XXX.XXX.XX.XX
Username : NineToez
Classname : vb_database

How do I safely remove this table from mysql?

[divided_by_fear]

lol yeah but there is alot of pages on this one too read...

[Rickie3]

Guys, I made a goof when I made a small edit in the .xml to re-upload, however forgot to uninstall it first to overwrite this plugin and screwed up my database :



How do I safely remove this table from mysql?can you access your admin and try to uninstall,then upload the plugin again and overwrite

[NineToez]

can you access your admin and try to uninstall,then upload the plugin again and overwrite
No, it is no longer there as an "Installed Product", so it's now written to mysql, however I have no idea how to edit/remove it.

[Madmp3zz]

I have installed this along with the vbadvanced CMPS add-on..
How do I only show this in my CMPS but not anywhere in my forums.

[unknowngiver]

would this work wid VB3.5.1

[divided_by_fear]

yes it does im running it now..

[NineToez]

can you access your admin and try to uninstall,then upload the plugin again and overwrite
I ended up dropping the table in mysql, and then reinstalled the .xml file and it worked like a charm.

[Rickie3]

I ended up dropping the table in mysql, and then reinstalled the .xml file and it worked like a charm.ahhhhh good stuff glad you fixed it

[Skitzzo]

Hey guys, I just found this hack and LOVE it but I was wondering if there was any type of flood protection? Basically I dont want someone posting constantly like every second. I was hoping to set it to like 30 seconds or 45 seconds between shouts... is this possible? I read through most of the 50 plus pages but didnt see anything... Thanks in advance!

[Snake]

Looking forward to that! :)

[Skitzzo]

Looking forward to that! :)
Does that mean it isnt possible?

[Snake]

No, I never said that, did I?

[NeutralizeR]

*Quick-Ban needed... "/ban username"

A tip: If you want your ShoutBox to be more enjoyable, download and install GetSmile... 1600+ animated & non-animated emoticons, smilies... Drag & Drop works on ShoutBox =) You can also add flash transparent bb code and send high volume sound effects to surprise members -)

Customized version: http://www.msxlabs.com/forum/index.php#ChatBox

[Red Blaze]

*Quick-Ban needed... "/ban username"

A tip: If you want your ShoutBox to be more enjoyable, download and install GetSmile... 1600+ animated & non-animated emoticons, smilies... Drag & Drop works on ShoutBox =) You can also add flash transparent bb code and send high volume sound effects to surprise members -)

Customized version: http://www.msxlabs.com/forum/index.php#ChatBox

I'm not sure if it's already listed but I might of over-looked it but.. A "# of shouts per day" limit would be useful for some users/usergroups that post non-sense over and over and over again.

[divided_by_fear]

i dont think this will be updated i even tried to write the coder but he dont seem to answer this thread or pms...

[ZGeek]

I've tried installing this on 3.5.1 but I can't see it anywhere on my forum. I've got all the bits in the control panel, just no shout box appearing.

Anyone got any idea?

[oz_moses]

Hi ZGeek, I'm about to install this one myself also.. just can't ftp from work.

Have you installed the CMPS module also?

[oz_moses]

dude, have you uploaded the vbshout.php file to your forums root?

I tried http://forum.zgeek.com/vbshout.php but it's coming up page can't be displayed

[ZGeek]

Its not on that forum. This ones for my works intranet :P

[oz_moses]

can imagine it would be chaos if you did install it there!

I should be putting it back on TheDrunk tonight, can let you know how it goes.

[oz_moses]

I go the 'loading...' message, but this is cause I'm a dumbass and upload the vbshout.xml to the forumroot as opposed to the vbshout.php file.

Fixed this and it's all sweet now - if only there were a way to breathtest users before they can shout, though that would defeat the purpose of my site... wouldn't it!

[Allan]

Great hack ... although when I add banned usergroups (ie not logged in) I get this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288

Any ideas?

So, no solution for this please !!!! :surprised:

[outlaw621]

So, no solution for this please !!!! :surprised:

The only resolutiuon as of now is to set the banned user option to not allowed to see shout box.

[jbj]

This Mod Rocks!!!

[Patria]

Could you provide a limited number of rooms (like in other chat systems) to vbShout?

[Snake]

Could you provide a limited number of rooms (like in other chat systems) to vbShout?

You can use his vBChat hack cause it's already a built-in feature. ;)

[kafi]

Hi everybody I have this problem:

admin edits are saved and showing correctly

users edits have two mistakes:
1. edit is not shown on vbshout, only in archive
2. edited text is visible only in archive, but due coding issues it is showing anything else but letters.

I persume, that this has someting with permisions features. Does anybody has any idea where the problem could be solved?

[kafi]

Hi everybody I have this problem:

admin edits are saved and showing correctly

users edits have two mistakes:
1. edit is not shown on vbshout, only in archive
2. edited text is visible only in archive, but due coding issues it is showing anything else but letters.

I persume, that this has someting with permisions features. Does anybody has any idea where the problem could be solved?

Ok I have more info:

users edit are not saved in the database, that is what cause the problem....

Any idea how to fix this????

THANK YOU!

[Patria]

You can use his vBChat hack cause it's already a built-in feature. ;)Thank you for the suggestion but I dont like vBChat. It doesnt support special chars and cant be integrated as part of the forumhome. :tired:

[puertoblack2003]

The only resolutiuon as of now is to set the banned user option to not allowed to see shout box.

yes but error still shows up only thing that works is allowed to view but can't shout that works, i guess till they figure out a fix for it. :ermm:

[Snake]

Thank you for the suggestion but I dont like vBChat. It doesnt support special chars and cant be integrated as part of the forumhome. :tired:

I'm sorry then, I can't do much about it. Here, maybe try to PM him for an update of the hack or something?

[Patria]

I'm sorry then, I can't do much about it. Here, maybe try to PM him for an update of the hack or something?No problem. :) I allready pm'ed Zero Tolerance.

[divided_by_fear]

No problem. :) I allready pm'ed Zero Tolerance.


lol i did the same thing he dont respond... i guess its just another coder who left his support

[mainframe]

No problem. :) I allready pm'ed Zero Tolerance.

Hi all,

I strongly recommend to the vbulletin staff to remove this plugin.
Anyone uses it will notice a high performance drop due to the automated refresh.
I don't have anything against Zero Tolerance, but if he's a coder he should know automated refresh would kill any server with some people online. Just don't install this plugin if you have more than 10 users online :-P

Regards,
MainFrame

[divided_by_fear]

um i have alot more then that come on at times... i dont think it should be removed just fixed up a bit.... also it dont even affect my server load... Server Load 0.04 (4 cpus)
Memory Used 19.7 % so no clue how you came up with that.....

[mainframe]

um i have alot more then that come on at times... i dont think it should be removed just fixed up a bit.... also it dont even affect my server load... Server Load 0.04 (4 cpus)
Memory Used 19.7 % so no clue how you came up with that.....

For example: if you have 1000 users online. Due to the auto refresh it would generate 1000 page request on vbshout.php every 10 seconds. thats 60.000 page requests every minute.. do you think your server is up for it? not to mention your bandwidth..

[mainframe]

For example: if you have 1000 users online. Due to the auto refresh it would generate 1000 page request on vbshout.php every 10 seconds. thats 60.000 page requests every minute.. do you think your server is up for it? not to mention your bandwidth..

How to remove autoupdate

// removing autoupdate
edit the template forumhome_vbshout and remove the below code

setTimeout('requestShouts()', 10000)


// Adding the refresh button
edit the template forumhome_vbshout and add the below code were you wish to display the refresh button

<input type='button' class='button' value='Refresh' name='refresh' onclick='requestShouts()' />

[divided_by_fear]

well i got a dual xeon with 2 gbs of ram and 2000 gbs bandwidth so its pretty much good to go.... but i havent seen nothing wrong with it so far.... it all depends on alot of factors too... how long you allow your connections to last and so on... i agree it does need improvements but i dont think we will ever see them... i personally like the auto refresh some may not...

[Snake]

What the hell is wrong with you guys? Can't you see ZT is extremely busy with his "other" hack which is Inferno? Geez give him a break! He's not some kind of a robot or something. Once he's done with his vB Inferno hack, he should be back providing support and even add more features to it.

[eNforce]

Would someone be able to help me get the custom font/colors to work in the Shoutbox?

I'm using this mod here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93395

[Synth]

I just noticed that when you click the name of a person IN the shout box that it's going to a wrong dir /member.php, I need to add a dir in front of that. Where do I find the code? Seems like I've searched everywhere :ermm:

[Rukas]

Is there a way to prevent people who havent got a certain amount of posts to use the shout box yet?

[Patria]

Is there a way to prevent people who havent got a certain amount of posts to use the shout box yet?1. Add a additional usergroup called "Shoutbox Users".
2. Limit the use of the Shoutbox only to this group. (AdminCP-vbShout Options)
3. Created a new Promotion that add users with a specified amount of posts to this usergroup (Promotion Type: Additional Usergroups).

[Rukas]

1. Add a additional usergroup called "Shoutbox Users".
2. Limit the use of the Shoutbox only to this group. (AdminCP-vbShout Options)
3. Created a new Promotion that add users with a specified amount of posts to this usergroup (Promotion Type: Additional Usergroups).

With step two, I can only list usergroups that CANT use the shoutbox, while I could just list every user group appart from the shoutbox users one, this would prove tiresome when adding new groups. Is there anyway to simplify this?

[Patria]

With step two, I can only list usergroups that CANT use the shoutbox, while I could just list every user group appart from the shoutbox users one, this would prove tiresome when adding new groups. Is there anyway to simplify this?I dont know. :ermm:

[drew010]

When I use this with Aria (and presumably other skins) the background of the title for the shoutbox is the default styles one, not Aria's. Any help on fixing this?

[majorj0nny]

I just decreased the size of hte vbshout.php file from around 16k to just under 4k
I also decreased the template a.. section by more then 60% by removing any instance of smilies.

So i'll see how this holds up for a day, if there is an extremly significant decrease in bandwidth usaged i'll post the resulting files up.

Hi SyaveDebonaire ... did this help out with bandwidth issues did you find ? if so could I have a copy of that edited vbshout.php please?

[Raptor]

request: next version to have clickable links :)

[Rukas]

What happens when a usergroup is banned? Can they still see the shoutbox, just not post? Cause my band usergroup gets the following error:

Warning: array_reverse(): The argument should be an array in /vbshout.php on line 282

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288

Id like banned user groups to still SEE the posts, but not be able to post, like unregistered or not logged in users.

[Rukas]

1. Add a additional usergroup called "Shoutbox Users".
2. Limit the use of the Shoutbox only to this group. (AdminCP-vbShout Options)
3. Created a new Promotion that add users with a specified amount of posts to this usergroup (Promotion Type: Additional Usergroups).

This actually doesnt work.

Ive made a usergroup called Shoutbox users, banned user group 2 (registered) from the shoutbox, and people with Registered and Shoutbox users set as secondary still cant use the shoutbox.

if I make shoutbox users the primary user group they can use it, but cant log in to the forum!

So this doesnt work at all.

Any other ideas?

[ThePimp]

For some reason, the smilies don't quite work. When someone posts a smiley, it shows for a split second, then when the chat refreshes, it disappears.

Anyone know why or how to fix it?

[Hellcat]

This looks nice!
My members were asking for a shoutbox, so this comes handy indeed.
And I thing all remaining issues are going to be resolved in time!
--> Installing :)

[EDIT]
OK, have it installed now.
The shoutbox apears just fine, but then it doesn't work!
I type in some text, hit "Shout" - and nothing happens.
When I push "Shout" again it tells me there is a posting in progress and that's it.

I'm running it on vB3.5.1

Any ideas?

[scotsnutta]

hey i'm very new to all this forum stuff, but got my first hack problem, downloaded the vbshout.zip and installed it fine the problem is the zip says its the 1.5 version but if i follow the brief that ZT has written i should have a vBShout options menu in my ACP but i dont. Also i cant change where the shoutbox should be(where on the page i'd like it)

Any help?????

thanks

[divided_by_fear]

lol it should be the newest one in there he has the versions all messed up the plugin says 1.6 the instrusctions say 1.5 but the php file says 2.0... i have it installed and it works nice though

[scotsnutta]

lol it should be the newest one in there he has the versions all messed up the plugin says 1.6 the instrusctions say 1.5 but the php file says 2.0... i have it installed and it works nice though

kool, thanks for clearing that part up, does anyone know of a reason why i wouldnt have the shout options in my ACP though??

[divided_by_fear]

did you Import Product? cause thats seems strange that you wouldnt... check you vbulletin options in the scroll down its in there

[scotsnutta]

did you Import Product? cause thats seems strange that you wouldnt... check you vbulletin options in the scroll down its in there

yea i imported the product, i'll try an uninstall/reinstall and see if that works

[divided_by_fear]

did you look in the vbulletin options ? cause thats where the settings are for it...

[VaaKo]

is there a way to include the "ignored buddies" in the shoutbox?

[majorj0nny]

I just decreased the size of hte vbshout.php file from around 16k to just under 4k
I also decreased the template a.. section by more then 60% by removing any instance of smilies.

So i'll see how this holds up for a day, if there is an extremly significant decrease in bandwidth usaged i'll post the resulting files up.

I need to do this too as mb vbshout.php file is causing me greaf in regards to bandwidth consumption .... anyone else managed to reduve to to the amounts suaveD has done? I managed to get it to 13k from 16, if anyone else can manage more could ya let us have the modified PHP file please?

thanks.

[scotsnutta]

did you look in the vbulletin options ? cause thats where the settings are for it...

just installed again and the settings are there

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!

[Machine]

nothing happened after i installed the plug-ins....
and upload the file...

can u tell me whats wrong?

Pretty good little shoutbox. Seem to have a slight problem with the similie graphics not showing in the shouts but I'm sure I'll fix it when I have time.

Two questions...

Firstly, which which template controls the shout display size, and the time/date which appears before the shout. I want to remove the brackets, and make the font smaller to match my forum.

Thanks ;)

[divided_by_fear]

Firstly, which which template controls the shout display size, and the time/date which appears before the shout. I want to remove the brackets, and make the font smaller to match my forum.

Thanks ;)

as for the size of the shout box thats in the admin settings i havent looked at the settings for the font yet cause i want to edit mine too ill look now and see if i can tell

[Stephen3]

when will upgrade to 3.5.1?

[divided_by_fear]

i think u have a better chance of getting pregnant lol.. he hasent even been on this thread in a bit

[Wachtmeister]

Does anybody here nows, how i can have the Shoutbox on a custom page?

I've setup a custom page, displaying my webcam (like i read on vb.org tutorial somewhere). Now i just want the shoutbox into this page. Does anybody know, which code i can include into my template?

[Synth]

when will upgrade to 3.5.1?

I have it running on 3.5.1

[Dollah]

i uploaded everything box show fine but it keeps saying loading whats that all about.
i can type but it loads or show nuthing. i use firefox 1.5 if that helps u help me..thanx in advance

[Raptor]

there is a security flaw if you direct link to vbshout.php - you can execute java and html

this should fix


// ---------------------------------------------------
// Shout
// ---------------------------------------------------
if ($_POST['do'] == 'shout')
{
$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
'shout' => TYPE_STR,


if you change that to

// ---------------------------------------------------
// Shout
// ---------------------------------------------------
if ($_POST['do'] == 'shout')
{
$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
'shout' => TYPE_NOHTML,

which is;

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...estandards_gpc

changes..
# TYPE_STR - Trimmed String (No leading or trailing whitespace)
to
# TYPE_NOHTML - Trimmed String sent through htmlspecialchars_uni()

[Raptor]

ive tested - yes indeed it does fix

can i have this confirmed please

[Raptor]

i uploaded everything box show fine but it keeps saying loading whats that all about.
i can type but it loads or show nuthing. i use firefox 1.5 if that helps u help me..thanx in advance

ive found it doesnt work on firefox v1.5 but does on v1.7

[Chris M]

ive found it doesnt work on firefox v1.5 but does on v1.7

There is no 1.7...

Chris

[Raptor]

sorry i was thinking of mozilla

[Dollah]

there is a security flaw if you direct link to vbshout.php - you can execute java and html

this should fix


// ---------------------------------------------------
// Shout
// ---------------------------------------------------
if ($_POST['do'] == 'shout')
{
$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
'shout' => TYPE_STR,


if you change that to

// ---------------------------------------------------
// Shout
// ---------------------------------------------------
if ($_POST['do'] == 'shout')
{
$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
'shout' => TYPE_NOHTML,

which is;

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...estandards_gpc

changes..
# TYPE_STR - Trimmed String (No leading or trailing whitespace)
to
# TYPE_NOHTML - Trimmed String sent through htmlspecialchars_uni()



im sorry i'm new at this where do i find this at please

[divided_by_fear]

well its seems its in the file like that 2 times do we replace both of the 'shout' => TYPE_STR,
with 'shout' => TYPE_NOHTML,

[Raptor]

im sorry i'm new at this where do i find this at please

in the vbshout.php of course

[Raptor]

well its seems its in the file like that 2 times do we replace both of the 'shout' => TYPE_STR,
with 'shout' => TYPE_NOHTML,

the hole is in the first one - no need to change anything else

as a test i looked at a couple of forums with shoutbox installed - it was very very easy to run custom javascript on their forums - this hole is actually very dangerous - all the users need to fix

[divided_by_fear]

would it hurt to change the second one ? cause i had changed mine already everything still works... just want to make sure its ok

[Snake]

the hole is in the first one - no need to change anything else

as a test i looked at a couple of forums with shoutbox installed - it was very very easy to run custom javascript on their forums - this hole is actually very dangerous - all the users need to fix

And what would happen if we don't?

[Dollah]

THANX INSTALLED EVERYTHING IS WERKING CORRECTLY ALSO in 3.5.1 i did not nee to change any templates excellent......

[bi11i]

I've got this same problem - does anyone yet have a solution for it?When I ban user groups the following message is displayed in the shoutbox
any idea's :rolleyes:

[apokphp]

61 pages, I tried to search but didn't find anything helpful...

My members cannnot edit their own shouts despite them having the button to do so and the ability to open their shout to edit it. When they try to save their edit, it simply does NOT save.

I'd like this enabled for my members, but don't see a way to do so. Can someone help?

[DjTaz]

I had to uninstall this - it slowed my site down too much - sorry

[Booth]

Hi all,

ist there any way to include the shoutbox into my arcade.php also? I'm not using the add-on "vbshout on all pages". I only want the box on forumhume, vbadvanced portal AND v3arcade. Maybe i can add some additional code to my arcade.php?

Best wishes, Wachtmeister

Yep, I'd like the shoutbox at the bottom of V3arcade pages too :nervous:

[Snake]

I had to uninstall this - it slowed my site down too much - sorry

What makes you say that?

[Raptor]

And what would happen if we don't?

i will come to your forum and start executing some malicious java and html - and a few thousand other would be idiots could do it too

i jhave no idea why this flaw hasnt been updated as i have pm'd the author and it sems im being ignored ?

TRUST ME this is a very big security hole - ignore me at your own risk :)

[apokphp]

I had to uninstall this as well.

After monitoring the server, it turns out that this INCREASED my server load by 2-3x of it's normal load. I had it on for about 1.5 months or so. Now that it's uninstalled, the site runs MUCH smoother.

[bi11i]

I had to uninstall this as well.

After monitoring the server, it turns out that this INCREASED my server load by 2-3x of it's normal load. I had it on for about 1.5 months or so. Now that it's uninstalled, the site runs MUCH smoother.

Seriously? Has anyone else noticed this? My server seems to have magically slowed over the last couple of months, but I can't imagine it's because of the Shoutbox - anyone else have an experience to note?

[whitetigergrowl]

Seriously? Has anyone else noticed this? My server seems to have magically slowed over the last couple of months, but I can't imagine it's because of the Shoutbox - anyone else have an experience to note?

Hate to say it, but it's the shoutbox. My site has experienced the same problems from this. I honestly do not know why people bring out mods/hacks/plug-ins.....then drop them right away afterwards, even if they do good. All that does is hurts the modding community and clogs it up. If nothing else it would be nice if someone else could pick this up, fix the bugs, maybe add a few new features then re-release it with the coders permission since it seems he's not going to do it himself anyways.

[apokphp]

Seriously? Has anyone else noticed this? My server seems to have magically slowed over the last couple of months, but I can't imagine it's because of the Shoutbox - anyone else have an experience to note?
Test it out. Disable your shoutbox for 24 hours and see if you and anyone else can notice a difference. On my site (of approx 1,000 users), there was a significant difference. It started "lagging" when I installed it, but didn't think much of it. It increased as the shoutbox grew to be more popular. I remove it, and now it runs much smoother.

[Harley77]

What about reducing the refresh rate? Make it only update every couple mins or simply on page load or after a shout was made. That (im my mind) would eliminate the constant polling of multiple members and take the pressure off the server.

[wtrk]

i thinnk there should be an automatic dump of the shoutbox archive after x peroid of time.

[Tulsa]

In examining the stats of the bandwidth usage, even reducing the refresh to 20 seconds didn't help that much. Any less than 20 seconds and the delay is causing it to not be utilized, so it just refreshes for nothing.

I've disabled it for now until this one gets tweaked or until someone else comes out with a shoutbox that's functional and without so much downside.

[Snake]

Oh I never noticed about making the server like to go down or slow. But are you guys pretty sure the shoutbox is causing it?

[Guest0321]

I've gotten this database error twice since installing vbshout...
Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Host '217.160.230.138' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server xxxxxxxxxxxxx/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Monday, December 5th 2005 @ 07:51:00 PM
Script : http://tntu.net/vbshout.php
Referrer :
IP Address : 209.74.228.37
Username :
Classname : vb_database

[vedman]

My shoutbox hasn't slowed down my server too much (I have an avg of 30-40 registered members on at any given minute, and guests cannot see the shoutbox). However, I increased the refresh to 15000 I think, and that will be the first thing I go to change again if when/if I need to. At worst, I'm sure the shoutbox can be slightly altered to show up on it's own page, with no refresh (basically, the archive view but with the ability to shout).

If anyone is saying their shoutbox is slowing down their server, and what you really mean to say is it's taking longer for your *page* to finish loading, I assume you either have all "extras" (smileys and formatting) disabled, OR have taken this out of your template, to kill the smiley pre-loading?

I did this, and my vbshout area loads almost twice as fast now:


//make it load quicker, take smileys out of vbshout without giving up the formatting extras or ability to use :smiley codes:
//remove this from forumhome_vbshout:

<div id='shout_emo' style='display:none'>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat" align="center">
Emoticons
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='alt2' width='100%' height='100%' align='center' valign='top'>
$ Smilie_Build
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
</div>


and


//remove this from forumhome_vbshout.. might occur twice in the page, I forget:
<input type='button' class='button' value='Smilies' onclick='sb_Smilies(this)' />


?

edit - oh, and of course you would take out the smilie sql query near the top of the plugin "vBShout [Template Alteration]"

[Harley77]

Those code changes make a definate improvement. Thank you.

(I prefer users not have smilies in the shoutbox anyway :-) )

[boatswife]

edit - oh, and of course you would take out the smilie sql query near the top of the plugin "vBShout [Template Alteration]"

I'm just making sure that I will be removing all of this??$smilies = $db->query_read("
SELECT smilieid, smilietext, smiliepath, smilie.title,
imagecategory.title AS category
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "smilie AS smilie
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "imagecategory AS imagecategory USING(imagecategoryid)
ORDER BY imagecategory.displayorder, smilie.displayorder
");
$Smilie_Build = '';
$Total_Smilies = $db->num_rows($smilies);

if ($Total_Smilies > 0)
{
while ($emo = $db->fetch_array($smilies))
{
if ($vbulletin->options['shout_smilies_show'] > 0)
{
$Smilie_Cache[] = $emo;
}
else
{
$Smilie_Build .= '<a href="#" onclick="return sb_Smilie(\''.$emo['smilietext'].'\')"><img src="'.$emo['smiliepath'].'" alt="'.$emo['title'].'" border="0" /></a> ';
}
}

if ($vbulletin->options['shout_smilies_show'] > $Total_Smilies)
{
$vbulletin->options['shout_smilies_show'] = $Total_Smilies;
}

if ($vbulletin->options['shout_smilies_show'] > 0)
{
while ($Used < $vbulletin->options['shout_smilies_show'])
{
$GetEmo = $Total_Smilies;
$GetEmo = rand(0, $GetEmo);

if (!in_array($GetEmo, $UsedArr) && $Smilie_Cache[$GetEmo])
{
$Used++;
$GetEmo = $Smilie_Cache[$GetEmo];
$Smilie_Build .= '<a href="#" onclick="return sb_Smilie(\''.$GetEmo['smilietext'].'\')"><img src="'.$GetEmo['smiliepath'].'" alt="'.$GetEmo['title'].'" border="0" /></a> ';
}
}
}
}
else
{
$Smilie_Build = 'No Emoticons Available';
}


Thanks!!

[ShadowOne]

is there a way to have this shoutbox on a seperate page? like if i added a link that said shoutbox, and it went to its own page? cuz i dont want my forumhome too too cluttered....thnx

[tidy_boy]

hey guys ever since I installed this shoutbox I keep getting this error

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Unknown MySQL Server Host 'db31.oneandone.co.uk' (2) /xxxxxxxx/xx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/harddanceaddict/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Wednesday, December 7th 2005 @ 04:31:15 PM
Script : http://www.harddanceaddict.net/forum/vbshout.php
Referrer : http://www.harddanceaddict.net/forum/index.php
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vb_database


Any ideas

[outlaw621]

hey guys ever since I installed this shoutbox I keep getting this error

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Unknown MySQL Server Host 'db31.oneandone.co.uk' (2) /xxxxxxxx/xx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/harddanceaddict/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Wednesday, December 7th 2005 @ 04:31:15 PM
Script : http://www.harddanceaddict.net/forum/vbshout.php
Referrer : http://www.harddanceaddict.net/forum/index.php
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vb_database


Any ideas

I was having the same problem. The line it references in the class_core.php file deals with your database access. I found that if I changed the auto refresh of the shoutbox to anything higher than 40 seconds I stopped getting the error.

[tidy_boy]

thanks I will give that a go :D

[tidy_boy]

I cant seem to find the auto refresh option mate where is it

[toxin]

A nice plugin - very easy to install.

I have it running on a medium size forum (usually around 80 members and 200 guests online), which sits on a dual-xeon server with loads of ram. My load averages have increased from about 0.50 to 2.50

I'll give it a day or two, but I don't think it will be staying. I might try removing it from display for guests first..

[Snake]

The shoutbox is slowing down your sever? This is funny. How kind of host & server are you on?

[ed2k]

How can you make it so admins can use /me only?

I dont want every user being able to use this.

[lanc3lot]

In firefox, press CTRL+F5, should re-load the files then and skip loading from cache.

Microphone? Hmm, i doubt that will be a feature.

- Zero Tolerance


Its pity, as this is the main problem of this hack, and havent fixed till now:(

Ps

I mean the "loading" issue, test it both on Firefox 1.5 or in the latest Ie Browser

[Symen_4ab]

The shoutbox is slowing down your sever? This is funny. How kind of host & server are you on?

It's not really funny, but it's logical, though.

10 seconds refresh for everyone. That makes one (or more, didn't have a look at the code) request to the DB, and some php data parsing.

If you have 100 users online at the same time, that will be 10 requests a second.

And I don't even talk about people who thought it would be a great idea to put the shoutbox on every page of the forum.

I uninstalled this hack as my little server couldn't handle the load.

I think a warning should be posted in the hack description, as I never thought it would be such a ressource hog.

[Snake]

Well then why don't you just increase the refresh load like to 300 seconds? There ya go.

[divided_by_fear]

I think a warning should be posted in the hack description, as I never thought it would be such a ressource hog.

well i look at it is that no one is forcing you to install this if you find it causes that then uninstall it.. that simple... i havent seen no difference in load increase at all...

[Symen_4ab]

Increasing the refresh is a solution, for sure, not mine, though. (I want a "live" chat.)

True, noone forced me to install this, but I think that a warning message could stop all these "server load high, why ?" messages, and there are many people who don't know why their server load went higher than usual without reading every page of this thread.
If you havent seen any difference, then I see three possible explanations :
1. You are blind
2. You have a server so big that your load is at 0.00 all the time
3. You have 1 or less people on the same time on your forum

Well, joke apart , you must see an increase in the load, as the shoutbox makes queries...
It may be a little difference, but there is a difference.

[divided_by_fear]

i do have a big server... this dont lag mine nor does it increase the load... no matter what you do everything makes queries just some not as much as others... if you run the server like i do you could see everything going on... its not that bad... so you think auto refresh shouldnt be in there? what about whos online that has auto refresh should vbulletin take that out too?

[Symen_4ab]

You don't seem to understand me.
I'm not insulting you, nor the hack creator !

I know that almost everything in vbulletin run queries, I'm not a complete idiot, you know. I was saying that it ups the load, that's for sure.
This hack is not intended for forums with many members online, or only for "overpowered" servers.

I'm not saying (some in this thread are, by the way) that mods should remove this hack, but a little (almost invisible, if you prefer) "This hack can be server-intensive if you have many members online, check auto-refresh rate and keep an eye on server load" would not hurt anyone.

This very script was the one using the most cpu cycles on my server (little server,yes, 4-5 sites hosted, 2 vbulletin).
I was using the mini-hack allowing you to display the shoutbox on every page of the forum, and I think my members like to open many pages of the forum ;)

[wrang]

Where can i find the text Shoutbox i want to translate it to swedish

Great extension!

[nexus851]

how do i add background http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8488/rgydhydfhdfhdfh9ez.jpg


How do i add a background picture into my VBSHOUT like this picture???????????????? anyone???

[Rickie3]

How do i add a background picture into my VBSHOUT like this picture???????????????? anyone???i would like this also

[BiReL41r]

I've seen this hack on multiple forums and it's a great addition to any forum.

[SuperFly]

Zero

Think theres a chance you can make a shoutbox above it with only the permission for staff to see it?

[Snake]

That would be pointless and instead make a forum rather than having a shoutbox.

[SuperFly]

That would be pointless and instead make a forum rather than having a shoutbox.

I do have a forum but for quick discussions its a great idea.

[MilfU]

Check out www.milfu.net I would like the shout box to show on there but I can't for the life of me fig. out how to get it in there. Any one got any clues? Right now its only showing up on the forms page. Great hack by the way... liking it alot!

[cinemablend]

Does this thing archive into infinity... or does it clear out some of the posts after a pre-determined number?

[divided_by_fear]

nah it just keeps going from what i seen... would be nice if it cleared but its not hard to clear out though

[sidekick]

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.1:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE `shout` (
`sid` int(15) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`s_by` int(15) NOT NULL default '0',
`s_time` int(15) NOT NULL default '0',
`s_shout` text NOT NULL,
`s_data` text NOT NULL,
`s_me` tinyint(2) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`sid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

MySQL Error : Table 'shout' already exists
Error Number : 1050
Date : Monday, December 12th 2005 @ 06:15:56 PM

Classname : vb_database


i dont know what i did, but its all messed up now and it wont let me upload the plugin again

[Raptor]

I had to uninstall this as well.

After monitoring the server, it turns out that this INCREASED my server load by 2-3x of it's normal load. I had it on for about 1.5 months or so. Now that it's uninstalled, the site runs MUCH smoother.

i have to agree

i have 48000 members and always at least 500 online at any one time - i kep geetting internal server errors every hour or so - so did all the members

removed and its fine

and yes my server is a beast

[sidekick]

ok i think i solved my problem i stated above.. but now i have another one, that archive thing.. when i click it.. its only a blank page.. and nothing shows up.. can some1 please help

[LBSources]

You don't seem to understand me.
I'm not insulting you, nor the hack creator !

I know that almost everything in vbulletin run queries, I'm not a complete idiot, you know. I was saying that it ups the load, that's for sure.
This hack is not intended for forums with many members online, or only for "overpowered" servers.

I'm not saying (some in this thread are, by the way) that mods should remove this hack, but a little (almost invisible, if you prefer) "This hack can be server-intensive if you have many members online, check auto-refresh rate and keep an eye on server load" would not hurt anyone.

This very script was the one using the most cpu cycles on my server (little server,yes, 4-5 sites hosted, 2 vbulletin).
I was using the mini-hack allowing you to display the shoutbox on every page of the forum, and I think my members like to open many pages of the forum ;)
Actually.. now experiencing such a problem with my hosting co .. here is their explanation to it all ..

every X seconds another process (shout) starts up and uses 4-8 % which is why you get the CPU exceeded error and must wait for the process to stop before continuing anywhere on the site..


then i send them a ticket and here is what they responded..

Due to recent upgrades in PHP and MySQL, we've noticed issues with vBulletion. You may need to install the latest version of vBulletin and implement any fixes found in their forum.

We are on the latest vbull

So there is some truth to this.. or is there? any ideas? any suggestions?

Is this host giving me a story? Do i need a new host?

Thanks in advance..!

Lenny :)

[cinemablend]

nah it just keeps going from what i seen... would be nice if it cleared but its not hard to clear out though
How do you clear it out? Haven't been able to figure that out.

I'm getting like 1000 shouts a day, I can't delete them one at a time.... and if I can't delet them they're really going to build up fast.

[cinemablend]

Or, perhaps a better question here might be is if there is a shoutbox hack that's like this that is better for forums with a LOT of users and that allows you to clear out all the posts easily since neither of these seems possible with this hack?

It seems like a great hack, and I'm currently using it, but I'm not sure it's going to continue to work well for us if we can't clear out posts and if it causes the server problems outlined above for high load forums (which ours sometimes is).

[beansbaxter]

Shoutbox is getting too much lag after one day of install - too many shouts. How do I clear it?

Also, how do I remove the date/time stamp to the left of the username in the shoutbox??

[beansbaxter]

I uninstalled it - too much server load and no way to slow down the unlimited amount of shouts in there.

[divided_by_fear]

How do you clear it out? Haven't been able to figure that out.

I'm getting like 1000 shouts a day, I can't delete them one at a time.... and if I can't delet them they're really going to build up fast.



read the coders first post on the commands used in the shoutbox /prune will clear every shout he has a few listed

[Supes]

works great

/me installs

[LBSources]

can anyone using this hack on a shared hosting account type please contact me .. id like to inquire about a few things .. my contact info is in my profile.. thank you very much ..

[midnightwalker]

it's did support unicode :) plz fix it



ooops I mean just my case :( others work well :(

[mindcry]

I was wondering about size, speed, and when to prune. My site makes it to about 20k shouts usually witin a couple days depending. I was wondering when was a good point to prune the shoutbox and maybe if there was an automated way to do it.

[LBSources]

I was wondering about size, speed, and when to prune. My site makes it to about 20k shouts usually witin a couple days depending. I was wondering when was a good point to prune the shoutbox and maybe if there was an automated way to do it.
+1 ..

Bump

[TygerTyger]

Well you can prune it when you think you need to. I do it frequently just as I happen to be passing by, nobody ever looks at the archive or cares that it gets pruned. An automated feature would be nice, yes.

I use it on a shared hosting account, although it's a premium quality hosting account. What did you want to know? It does put my bandwidth up a lot (block search engines from vbshout.php via robots.txt, helps a fair bit) but my server resource use is fine (Dual Xeons though, you might find budget hosts will get upset about things like Shoutboxes).

[midnightwalker]

anyone here support to the posting "in progress error"?

everytime I type unicode message (in vietnamese) it's take forever to load and can't post any message more

[Beermonster]

I'm admin on a doberman forum and they want it to be called a Bark Box where can I change the title of the box? I've looked through the phrases but can't find the right one.

TIA :)

[mindcry]

Well you can prune it when you think you need to. I do it frequently just as I happen to be passing by, nobody ever looks at the archive or cares that it gets pruned. An automated feature would be nice, yes.

I use it on a shared hosting account, although it's a premium quality hosting account. What did you want to know? It does put my bandwidth up a lot (block search engines from vbshout.php via robots.txt, helps a fair bit) but my server resource use is fine (Dual Xeons though, you might find budget hosts will get upset about things like Shoutboxes).

Oh I own my own box so I wasnt too worried about that part of it. Just maybe a slow response from vbshout itself. My members seem to use it as its a chatroom so I didnt know if there was a point where it would just slow down due to a larger database query.

[LBSources]

Well you can prune it when you think you need to. I do it frequently just as I happen to be passing by, nobody ever looks at the archive or cares that it gets pruned. An automated feature would be nice, yes.

I use it on a shared hosting account, although it's a premium quality hosting account. What did you want to know? It does put my bandwidth up a lot (block search engines from vbshout.php via robots.txt, helps a fair bit) but my server resource use is fine (Dual Xeons though, you might find budget hosts will get upset about things like Shoutboxes).
errm.. is there a way to actually _prune_ the history? or do you mean the delete each shout method?

Thanks..

Lenny :)

[bitbender]

Man, this is a bummer.. I just looked thru 65 pages . I had to uninstall this. It worked GREAT when it was just the forum mods on the test site, but the day we went live, with only about 25 users, load got so bad that no one could get a page rerfresh...

Yes, I know, there are solutions in the 65 pages here for some of that stuff.. but I just had to uninstall it for now. I have other fish to fry from the upgrade.

@ mainframe - Thanks for the tip. I also saw a post in here somewhere to put it into it's own window... perhaps I will try that too.

But I really think there needs to be some caveats in the top post about possible issues peeps might have rather than make some one read this much to find out they have known issues. just my opine, and we all have one.

Happy Holidays.

[midnightwalker]

hi,

Is there anyone successfully solved the conflict between non-English characters and AJAX???

[mindcry]

errm.. is there a way to actually _prune_ the history? or do you mean the delete each shout method?

Thanks..

Lenny :)

If you use /prune it will clean up all of the shouts...

[Breathex]

it effected my forums performance in a very very bad way and i uninstalled it. i'm sorry

[trytobecool]

1 Good suggestion! Dont try to use if you have lot of people to shout;) and regular host! its taking load like you havnt seen

even Dreamhosts gives me warning some times then at the end I removed:(

take care:p

[LBSources]

If you use /prune it will clean up all of the shouts...Thanks you.. is this something only an admin has the ability to do?

[LBSources]

wow.. now all the people come out.. i knew i couldnt be alone..

LBSources..

[Exernon]

I usually got a, "Done, but with error on page" in forumhome since i installed this hack. Any fix?

[midnightwalker]

hi,

Is there anyone successfully solved the conflict between non-English characters and AJAX???

any one plz????????

[Rob Action]

I know this issue has been posted about in this thread, but I'm going to see if maybe I can still get some help or someone knows something

I understand that people get "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288" when they are in a banned group

The shoutbox doesnt load for one of my users. He can view the vbshout.php file when he types it in maually. When he clicks on the link to vbshout.php?do=archive he gets that 288 error

Every other non-banned usergroup user it works fine for

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks :)

[Revan]

Bug:

fetch_musername() calls in vbshout.php doesn't pull from the correct Usergroup ID.

It pulls from user.usergroupid when in fact it should pull from user.displaygroupid, in the event of secondary usergroups overriding or adding Username Markup.


Fix:

Open ./vbshout.php

Find (all instances of):
, u.usergroupid
Add after (all instances):
, u.displaygroupid

Find (all instances of):
, 'usergroupid');
Replace (all instances) with:
, 'displaygroupid');

[Martin CX]

Thanks for the fix, Revan. That'll save me literally thousands of error-emails in my inbox.

[divided_by_fear]

thanks Revan

[midnightwalker]

how about the conflict between unicode and ajax? anyone solve it?

[Titam]

Hi,

I just installed this (i have vb 3.5.2) and on my forum main page, it's just write : Loading ...
but nothing is loading

[LBSources]

Hi,

I just installed this (i have vb 3.5.2) and on my forum main page, it's just write : Loading ...
but nothing is loadingid suggest you double check all template and file edits necessary .. usually the case after upgrading..
if youve tried that .. uninstall and reinstall the product

[Clanshosting]

How do you make it show more shouts on the archive page? I'm on page 107 after one day of it installed.

[yellowchaser]

When you get past a certain number of pages in the archive instead of wrapping the page numbers, it just keeps extending on out until your page is huge in width.. any way to fix this, other than deleting shouts in the archive?

[LBSources]

anyway to stop the shout counting? seems like some members just have to be number one and will hit the [enter] key to whatever it takes to get #1 ..

Thanks..

Lenny :)

[Toky0]

Sorry if this has been asked before. But how do you stop people from using HTML in the shoutbox?

[Kacela]

anyway to stop the shout counting? seems like some members just have to be number one and will hit the [enter] key to whatever it takes to get #1 ..

Thanks..

Lenny :)You can turn off "Show Top Shouters" in the Shoutbox Options in your AdminCP... maybe they wont be so inclined to be "number one" if there is no competition. When you get past a certain number of pages in the archive instead of wrapping the page numbers, it just keeps extending on out until your page is huge in width.. any way to fix this, other than deleting shouts in the archive? lol - I did that once too... it wasn't a Shoutbox variable that you need to change, but a global variable in vBulletin in the General Settings, called "Number of Pages Visible in Page Navigator" - if thats set to "0", it will show all the page numbers - mine's set to "5"

[LBSources]

You can turn off "Show Top Shouters" in the Shoutbox Options in your AdminCP... maybe they wont be so inclined to be "number one" if there is no competition.lol - I dont seem to have such a setting ..
hmm. where would such an option be?

I dont have this option.. all i have is below

Shouts To Display
Number of shouts to be displayed

vBShout Position
Where the shoutbox will be positioned on your forums index. Note that 'Above Forums' may be the same position as 'Below Navigation Bar', this option is for users who have other things between the navigation and forums.

Allow vBCode/Smilies
Allow users to use vBCode/Smilies within their shouts
Yes No
Command Activation
Can admins/super moderators use special commands in the chat?
(Please refer to the thread on vBulletin.org for reference to the commands for now)
Yes No
Display Format Options
Display the shout format options?
Yes No
Editor Position
Choose the position of the vBShout editor

Banned Users
Enter banned users here, split each UserID with a comma, like so: 1,2,3

Increase Size Decrease Size
Banned Usergroups
Enter banned usergroups here, split each UsergroupID with a comma, like so: 1,2,3

Increase Size Decrease Size
Banned Permissions
Choose access permissions for banned users, by default they will not be able to post shouts.

Shoutbox Height
Change the height of the 'shouts' display element in pixels

Smilies To Show
Number of random smilies to show on the shoutbox. Enter 0 to show them all.

Shout Messages Order
Change the order of the messages displayWhere are the values you are describing?

[Kacela]

I dont seem to have such a setting ..
hmm. where would such an option be?

I dont have this option.. all i have is below

Shouts To Display
Number of shouts to be displayed

vBShout Position
Where the shoutbox will be positioned on your forums index. Note that 'Above Forums' may be the same position as 'Below Navigation Bar', this option is for users who have other things between the navigation and forums.

Allow vBCode/Smilies
Allow users to use vBCode/Smilies within their shouts
Yes No
Command Activation
Can admins/super moderators use special commands in the chat?
(Please refer to the thread on vBulletin.org for reference to the commands for now)
Yes No
Display Format Options
Display the shout format options?
Yes No
Editor Position
Choose the position of the vBShout editor

Banned Users
Enter banned users here, split each UserID with a comma, like so: 1,2,3

Increase Size Decrease Size
Banned Usergroups
Enter banned usergroups here, split each UsergroupID with a comma, like so: 1,2,3

Increase Size Decrease Size
Banned Permissions
Choose access permissions for banned users, by default they will not be able to post shouts.

Shoutbox Height
Change the height of the 'shouts' display element in pixels

Smilies To Show
Number of random smilies to show on the shoutbox. Enter 0 to show them all.

Shout Messages Order
Change the order of the messages displayWhere are the values you are describing?
Arghh... I was looking at the remnants of our old shoutbox, not vBShout... sorry about that.

[LBSources]

Just upgraded thinking i was out of date and i still dont get that option.. strange..

[Kacela]

If anybody is experiencing an increased server load due to vBShout, we found on our site that it was being caused by the overuse of smilies in the shoutbox - for real! We implemented a new rule telling our users that they can only use one smilie per shout, and so far, so good. There is also an option in vBshout that will let you turn off the smilies for the shoutbox - but it hasn't come to that for us yet. Just thought I'd pass the results of our little experiment along...

[LBSources]

ahh, ok .. thanks for trying :)

[wtrk]

is there any kind of usergroups permissions besides just if guest can see it or not?