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SOMETIMES after like 10 seconds it scrolls to the bottom by itself, it's really strange.

I think i found a little bug

example:
1) I've got a forum where users can't see other users threads (So they only see their threads)
2) If a mod post in that thread, or a new thread it's created, inside the vbshout a new shout advising that a new thread/reply was made it's posted, and it shouldn't, becase that thread it's "private"

Hope you understand

thanks in advance

That's not something we're able to fix, sorry.

Fillip

Really? What a shame!
And what about ability to exclude forums actions being posted there?

Where can I find that file?

hi
how can put shoutbox in forum footer?

I know how to do a lot of stuff, but I do not know how to do THIS:

CHMOD the /dbtech/vbshout/aop folder to 0777

What do I need to do to get that done.

Per-forum is a Pro-only option, you have per-category options in Lite :)

All templates can be found in the Template Manager :)

You need to switch to manual deployment and follow the instructions on screen :)

Look up a guide for the FTP program you're using, there's so many different ones that I'm sadly unable to give you a "works for all" guide.


Fillip

In FireFox 3.6.16/17, the context menu shown when clicking on a username is bugged (happens for for all users with these browsers). Menus for several users are automatically opened below the shoutbox when a page a is loaded.

All other browsers are fine and this didn't happen with the previous version.

Nothing has changed in the past version regarding context menus or the way they are opened. In addition, since those browser versions are now two major versions out of date, it's sadly not feasible for us to keep supporting them :(


Fillip

Thanks for the reply, I told people to update their browser and I fully understand your stance. I also have another bug (which I seen someone else mention in this thread).

If you have the "Default Display Order" set to "Oldest First", when the shoutbox refreshes it doesn't scroll to the bottom so you can see the last shouts, it goes to the middle of the shoutbox meaning you always have to manually scroll down to read the last shouts.

I'm unable to replicate that issue on any of my testing environments, sorry :(


Fillip

After a bit of messing around I found out the problem is caused due to the vertical spacing between shouts when a smilie is used. It only takes into account the frame height when scrolling.

There's sadly nothing I can do about that :(


Fillip

v5.4.5
Fix: Compatibility issue with vBulletin 4.1.5

Fillip

VB4
http://savepic.net/1813853.jpg

Why not Collapse in VB3?

Because the collapse feature is more difficult in vB3, when dealing with dynamically generated content like forum IDs and shoutbox IDs.

vB4 is our main dev platform and vB3 versions will never look as good as vB4 versions due to constraints in the vB3 template system :)


Fillip

vBShout v5.4.6:
* Fix: Quote tags and certain custom BBCodes will now properly work in shouts
* Change: Reduced the amount of data sent per AJAX request when multiple displayed shouts come from the same user

Fillip

I'm interested in this shoutbox and have a few questions!

I currently use the old vBShout by Zero Tolerance (link here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93097).

Will your shoutbox conflict with the one I'm using in terms of table names and such?

Is it possible to convert our current shout database to your format should I decide to switch?

Does this shoutbox automatically update without refreshing? Basically, does it have the same functionality as the one I linked to.

And lastly, is it possible to disable unwanted features, such as that box to the left of the shoutbox in your example pic? This is a big one for me.

Thanks in advance for a reply. I'm interested in switching to a new shoutbox (as the one I use is increasingly antiquated), but none I've found thus far have met the standards our current one has set.

The shoutboxes will not conflict.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=242070

It does auto-update of course, what shoutbox doesn't? :p

The sidebar and the context menu can be enabled or disabled per-instance.


Fillip

So, would this shoutbox be a suitable upgrade to the old vBShout 2.0? I assume this one is much better optimized than the old 2.0 one.

If so, is there any reason I couldn't import the old shouts from the 2.0 shoutbox into this one? I can do it manually via the database if needed, just wondering if there's any reason it wouldn't work.

v5.4.7
Change: Changed display code to work around display issues with the new update to APTL and other future DBTech mods. Install this update to ensure the Shoutbox doesn't stop displaying when you update other DBTech mods.

Fillip

v5.4.7 Hotfix
Fix: The shoutbox should no longer get stuck on "Loading..." if you are running no other DBTech products. Please re-download the files then re-import the product .xml file. It is not needed to re-upload the files.

Fillip

Updated and got this error....Site is completely locked up now.....

I disabled hooks, re-uploaded the xml file and all is good. Must have been an error on my end. Wouldn't be the first time. :o

Not a error on your end this happened due to, There were some changes needed to the location of plugins.

So that is what threw up the error, you did the correct steps to resolve the issue.

vBShout v5.4.8
Fix: Upgrade issues to v5.4.7 have all been addressed, and upgrades from earlier versions should now go more smoothly
Fix: Any un-recorded hotfixes since the last version released.
Change: The products now support the Product URL and Version Check features of the vBulletin Product Manager

Fillip

<font face="Fixedsys">Thanks for the update.</font>

Hi i already bought 2 dbtech products

dbquizpro - hated it cause in the ended I could not even use it cause it was not compatible with vbdynamics, feel i should get a refund for that they didnt specify when i paid.

vb optiimze - loved it, best mod i ever installed and the reason why i will always give db products a chance.

Right now im planning to get the pro db shoutbox version and during the Finalising Install... im getting this error

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare handle_bbcode_video() (previously declared in /home/xxx/includes/class_bbcode.php(2469) : eval()'d code:24) in /home/xxx/includes/class_bbcode.php(2469) : eval()'d code on line 53

Did a search some some1 solved it, after reading i still dont know how to solve it.

Here is what i gathered so far.

Him: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare handle_bbcode_video() (previously declared in /var/www/xx.net/xx/foros/includes/class_bbcode.php(2469) : eval()'d code:24) in /var/www/xxx/xxx/foros/includes/class_bbcode.php(2469) : eval()'d code on line 53

You: That's a bug in whatever mod is creating that function, then

You need to ask the author of that mod to wrap their function creation in if (!function_exists('handle_bbcode_video')) { }

Him: It was a "Video-Directory Remixed" issue. I've fixed it

SO i have that mod too. How exactly do i wrap the function creation in those tags?

Add if (!function_exists('handle_bbcode_video')) { before the function and } after it.

Fillip

Thanks Fillip,

Im really liking this mod, it has alot of cool functions and that was the key that made me install/purchase it.

Ok, I installed it, and have some questions.

First, is there any way to reskin this to look more like the old vBShout? Mainly by putting the input box above the shout display. Additionally, I don't suppose you (the author of the shoutbox) or anyone else here has any way of adding the random smilie lineup generator like that old shoutbox has? Basically, any improvements to make it look more like the shoutbox I linked to is appreciated.

Second, how can I remove the html markup for the selected display usergroup? I really do not want the chosne display usergroup's markup to be used on members' names in the shoutbox. Ideally, I'd like it to display the markup of their primary usergroup, NOT their chosen display group.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Sorry, we're unable to assist with customisations like these due to time constraints. If we helped one person, we'd need to help everybody, etc. Sorry :(

The output of /me shouts are 100% intended, because they are designed to stand out from normal shouts.

The spacing would not work for sites that allow long usernames, you could potentially end up with a shoutbox that allowed 3 letters on one line before the shout wrapped.

Those customisations may work well on your site, but we cannot implement them into the base product because of the above concern - we need to cater to as many eventualities as possible :)

Displaying the shout bar above or below the shout area is a Pro-only feature.

The smilie popup was designed to give you a better overview of all the smilies, it doesn't make much sense to see a random subset of smilies if someone is looking for a smilie and they just don't know the code.
You'd be asking your users to load up a thread in a new tab, open the smilie popup from there, find their smilie, go back to the shoutbox and enter the correct smilie code.
Chances are, the discussion will be long over by the time they have done all of that ;)

That... is quite an odd request xD
It's sadly not possible as it's hardcoded in multiple locations to work with the markup username :(


Fillip

Hi Fillip,

Then could you just point me in the right direction... tell me where in the templates or .php to look to edit $shoutdate and $shoutmessage for the shoutbox? I will make backups and figure the rest out on my own.

forget it, paperclip a member of my community implemented all the changes i requested in less than 10 mins. would really have appreciated if you spent that time helping instead of giving me all the reasons why you couldn't do it since it would have taken you even shorter time to do since you know exactly where to look.

It would also have improved the satisfaction of your customers for those like me, cause in the future im sure someone will ask this again and they can just search the forums for this solution and bam you have an instantly better product for the little more effort you put in. your good product would be even BETTER and your customers will be SOOO much happier.

heres the code for those who want it, just add/replace these in ur dbshout templates.

This code streamlines the [date] [name] [msg] so they are all aligned neatly as in my screenshot above, making the chat MUCH MORE easy to read. You can also change the font to your desired size in the css tempalte. i put mine as 11px

dbtech vbshout tempaltes > dbtech_vbshout.css
(add this at the bottom of the template)

Replace the following three templates with these, it just adds div tags to the bottom lines to make them neat.

dbtech vbshout tempaltes > dbtech_vbshout_shouttype_shout




dbtech vbshout tempaltes > dbtech_vbshout_shouttype_me




dbtech vbshout tempaltes > dbtech_vbshout_shouttype_pm


Lastly, replacing this attached javascript in /yoursite.com/dbtech/vbshout/clientscript/vbshout.js

will allow users to scroll up whenever they please without it forcing you to scroll down/up whenever the chat is refreshed. of course remember to rename your orignal vbshout.js as vbshout.js.bak in case anything goes wrong

Hope this helps someone as i was looking for a solution for the last 3 days when i kept being getting told NO IT CANT BE DONE when in reality it took just 10 mins from a random member on my site who happened to be a coder. Thank you paperclip.

Where did I say it could not be done? I apologise if I gave off the impression that it could not be done, I merely said that I did not have the time to investigate and code it for you, and we do not offer these kinds of customisations to our products.

I'm happy that you got it done - if you want, you can re-post your post (sans the mis-information and mis-quotes of course) as a new mod here on vb.org and put the threadid of this thread as "addon for". That way it doesn't get buried in the mists of time :)

Please understand, CSS is not my strong suite (I'm sure your coder friend can tell you that the CSS he edited is far from optimal) so it would have taken me several hours to do this. DBTech is my full-time job, so I unfortunately cannot spend several hours a day customising my mods for people who want them to work a specific way :(


Fillip

Regarding the username markup issue, just tell me this: is it a matter of finding the instances of the "musername" variable and changing it to just "username?" That's been the solution in several hacks I've had this issue with, so if that's the case, I can handle it myself.

And if so, I'd need t make that change for all instances of "musername" in all of the php files in the dbtech directory, correct?

I'm not sure, you can look at the array that sends the data back to the JS in /dbtech/vbshout/includes/class_core.php and see if that helps :)


Fillip

Thanks, that handled it. Only downside is it now has NO markup at all. Any idea how I could force it to use the primary usergroup markup? I know the old vBshout we used did that, but I don't remember how I got it to do so. All I remember is it initially displayed the display group markup as well.

Also, whenever we use the commands built in (like sticky/unstuck), the resulting auto-shout doesn't have the correct username. Instead, it's just %username%. What can I do to fix this?

Thanks in advance for a reply, and thanks for the answers so far! :)

It is not possible to display only primary UG markup, vBulletin's fetch_musername() takes the Display Group markup, whatever it may be.

I don't know how you can fix it, this is one of the cases where I have to pull out the "we don't support customisations made to our code" card :(


Fillip

don't work with me on vb3.8.4
see the picture please

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5...2011224134.png