I installed this on my 5.2.3 test server and everything seems to be working perfectly. Haven't fully tested yet nor have I decided to go hot on my production site but just wanted to confirm that it is working on 5.2.3 for anyone interested.

I've tried this on 5.2.3 and I must have done something wrong. I can get to the point where you edit the main page and drag and drop the DBTech Module. Save. Reload the page, and nothing is there. Create a channel. Still nothing. Changed permissions, still nothing.
Uninstalling makes all the other widgets stop working.

Followed the instructions exactly as described in the readme.
Using MYSQL 5.6, and PHP 5.6

Are you saying that removing the product broke the forum, like that bug that IB left around for 6 months that caused uninstalling a product to remove all modules from the forum?

Or is this a new vB5 issue altogether?

Fillip

No sir. The Forums still work. However when uninstalling all the widgets have errors. Each one is a different error. Example I had a custom one I made that all it is was a youtube video.
After uninstalling it had errors saying it widget_# error cannot load video and was now empty on the forum, not in the edit.

Was this widget from a custom modification?

Did you upgrade this forum from those older versions of vB5 or is this a clean install?

Fillip

No was just a static HTML add module deal.
This was an upgrade from 4.2.3
Before upgrading. I removed all plugins. I'm running this on a dev site. More than happy to give access so you can see for yourself.

Can confirm now that this works on 5.2.3.
Make special note that you must add : php_value max_input_vars 10000
To your .htaccess or make sure that it is set in the php.ini file.
With that said, I only had problems saving the permissions without that.
Make sure to go into the instance settings afterwards. You'll see DBTech - VBShout on the left in AdminCP. Not to be confused with the settings under settings.

Amazing job guys. Keep up the good work.

Is this missing from the download, or is it hidden in the folders.?

*edit*
Found it.. is that the new way of doing it, i haven't used any mods for a while, & first one on vB5.

Did you mean using product XML to create vB5 mods? That's not new in vB5. That's the same in older versions.

THIS^ LOL, I was beating my face off my keyboard and could not figure out what was wrong... You sir, are a genius.

Also, is there a way to move the text input box to below the shout box and reduce the height and lengthen it?

That's a Pro-only feature :)


Fillip

NO emot for chat.?

There's no Smilies button for vB5 at this time, sorry :(


Fillip

After successful installation and configuration, I've got problem with timestamp display.
There is only [H:i] instead of timestamp.
Could this be configurable somewhere?

This will happen if you are using a custom date format in your language setting. Ancient vB bug that has never been resolved in vB3, vB4 or vB5.


Fillip

Just so I though, but is it possible to repair in vBShout?

Not to my knowledge, the solution is to remove your custom date format.


Fillip

Hello, gentlemen. I'm trying out your software, and although initially was unable to make it work was able to do so after tracking down the nugget in the comments here about setting the php_value max_input_vars to 10000. A couple of questions/comments:

-- For whatever reason, whenever I have the shoutbox enabled, it keeps announcements from displaying on that page. I've tried moving the modules into different configurations, but nothing seems to correct it. Is this a known issue, and if so how might I correct it?

-- Although the layout works well on a desktop display, I've yet to find a way to make it scale properly on mobile devices. Is there any tutorial on how to do this to which you might direct me?

This is the first time I've heard about this, are there any errors in the error log?

At the moment, the SB isn't designed to work with mobile devices, sorry.


Fillip

Apologies Fillip, which error log is that? I don't see one in the vBShout software. Sorry to hear that it doesn't work well with mobile, but given the variety of devices involved, I suppose that's to be expected.

Your server's error log, not vBulletin's :)


Fillip

Is any upgrade planned?

I hope so because I bought the paid version only to find out later a basic function like smileys were missing :(

Also sometimes my users experience an annoying error: 500 (Internal Server Error) after typing in the vb shoutbox
@ DragonByte tech, Any ideas how to solve this?

Time in Chat is not shown. There is written the [H:i] only
VB version 5.2.6

I use Demo-Version. Does it work in Pro-Version?

Remove the language-specific date format settings in your Language Manager :)


Fillip

Hm.. can´t remove it completly, because it does not save the changes than.

I have now tried the following settings:

%X
%I:%M %p

Did not work.

Sorry, but can you describe more exactly what to do?

Sorry.. NOW I found out how to do that...

Delete the de_DE and not the time format :)

Thanks, love this. Installed and working on 5.2.6

EDIT: Had to remove this Plugin, as it caused issues in 5.3.0 (and lower) when I use the "Turn off site" function.

See this thread over on vbulletin.com - https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/foru...or-has-occured

Look at posts 168, 169 and 170:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ff#post2576155

just the way it is, it's not really an "error" per se - I just live with it, but if you wish to eliminate the error, turn off all DBTech hacks before turning off your forum, and then turn them back on afterwards.

I turn my forum off only when upgrading anyway, and that is a rather fast process these days, so having this "error screen" as opposed to "the forums are now closed" is a definite inconvenience, but a manageable one.

Hello,

Just tried to install the mod but I can't make it appear through the Site Builder ...
I'm in 5.3.0

Any advice ?

It should, I am running 5.3.0

When I install it, can I name it something other than vBShout?

Yes just go to its settings. Admin CP / DBTech - vbShout / Instance Management
Edit
Then change the Title.

I do wish that with this, and all other DbTech mods, that whenever anything at all is updated/changed that you would simply assign it a new version number, rather than designating it a "hot fix" and retaining the same version number.

The subtlety of this "hot fix" approach is lost when we have multiple forums running, or even just one forum, and need to ascertain quickly whether we are running your latest version.

How can i change the time? even when i change the timezone @admincp, it doesn't change the time of the shout/chatbox

Strange - when I updated to 5.3.1 even though I touched nothing, my Shoutbox under
DBTech - vBShout / Chat Room Management
had turned itself to "No" for Active so it was off.

I thought there was some incompatibility issue with 5.3.1 when shouts were not working, but it was simply that the app had turned itself off.

Hello, i have problem with display shoutbox on my forum. I add shoutbox from site editor and i dont see him. In source code i have:
What can i do wrong? In admincp i have active instance and chat room.

Solved, i must set view privileges on Shoutbox options for all groups.

Same issue here...

Try changing the time zone in the UserCP :)


Fillip