Thanks - I tinker around with it for an hour or two and didn't have any luck. I'm pretty new to using PHP so I really wasn't sure what I was doing. Good luck !!

heh same here

Ok this shoutbox sux obviously it works, but now I have the background image problem someone else did.. if I go through the hassle of taking this junk off my board where should I turn to for a new better shoutbox.

I have a slight problem installing the Sb.

I changed all the files like it's said, but when I want to logg in for adding the template this happens -> screenshots

someone with an idea?

thanks in advance :)

(Sorry for my englisch :D)

I finally gave in due to the lack of attention to any other shoutbox for vb3. I also got it working for CMPS: www.onlinedebate.net I hate having to use phpmyadmin to remove old posts...but I suppose it's a small price for a working shoutbox.

However, I failed at the code, gave in, and hired a freelancer for the job. My communities use shoutboxes a lot, it's an important feature for my communities, it was worth hiring a professional do the job right since there isn't much support out there for any shoutboxes these days.

I don't mind releasing the templates/code for the mod to work with CMPS, but there will have to be a small fee to compensate for the cost of the freelancer ($5 or less). I can't advertise it here obviously, and I'm not ready to release the code just yet (I want to clean it up a bit and make the install instructions a bit clearer).

OK, install instructions and code are complete. It is now available for release. However, I will not (and cannot) start a new thread for it because it isn't a free hack. If you have vBa CMPS, and have this BVShoutbox FULL hack installed successfully, pm/email or visit my site (CMPS Shoutbox support) to learn how to get this to work for vBa CMPS.

This hack is a nightmare to install even if you have only one small error and bigger nightmare to remove.

I don't expect support for a free hack but i do like clear instructions on how to remove if it causes errors. A text file of changes would have been nice.

Selling an add-on for someone elses hack and work is just wrong. I was under the impression it was not allowed here!

myphpadmin removes the hack easily. And if answering the question by a poster who wanted to know if there was an integration that existed is wrong, then a mod should edit my post. This shoutbox isn't supported, hasn't been updated. For those who have it working, as well as who want it to be displayed in their CMPS, the module I referenced above is invaluable.

myphpadmin does not help the average user remove this hack easily. If the hack had a good install.txt file it would have made it easier to uninstall with myphpadmin .

Without this how do you know what was installed to remove??

I agree it is a nice addon, but your addon is not free, you charge for it. That is waht I say is wrong and for what I understand agianst the rules here.

The original work is not yours and if it is abandoned by its author, at most the hack would become freeware.

Really it is vBulletins call. I just don't seeing someone profit of another mans free works.

I have done several addons and modifacations to anothers free work but never seen the need to charge for them.

Anyway it is just my opinion and I will not bother you anymore with it.

If you look in the install.php file, you'll see the tables that were included. It's a little work, but by looking at that, and using myphpadmin, you can tell what was added into the db.

Furthermore, NO ONE is profiting off of another's work here. CMPS is a portal system (www.vbadvanced.com). To date, no vb integrated shoutbox has been created for ANY portal system w/ exception of vbindex. Many requests have been made by posters in these and other forums, for a coder to work on a vb shoutbox that can be used for portals. Months and months have passed...no one was willing to do it. I tried about 15 different shoutbox possibilities, none were sufficient...none could integrate w/ vb. I tried coding it myself...but couldn't get it to work. I hired a coding company to create the shoutbox. I paid quite a bit for it (for the mod)...but it was necessary for my communities.

Since many others are still desperate for a solution to an integrated vb CMPS shoutbox, and no one is stepping up, I have offered this solution to those who want it now instead of waiting for another year or so before one is created. I make no profit here. I won't even break even. $5 is nothing, but it helps offset the costs paid by me to get the hack to work.

I have helped with addons to other hacks before. I never charge...that's lame. But this is quite different because 1) I hired a professional company to do the work, 2) I wish to be partly compensated, 3) $5 is a very small amount compared to the actual cost. Since I have paid the big bucks for the hack, it is a waste of money for someone else to do it, when I would offer it already complete and functioning, for such a negligible price that they would ordinarily pay. Of course, one could always wait until someone did it for free...but if the past several months are any representation of the coder interest in this project...there will be a horribly long wait. Some people may not want to wait and want this mod now.

Also, I would never post this in a thread by itself as an offer. I'm not aggressivily advertising it. I'm only mentioning to those who have an interest in this specific hack, as a solution IF they have CMPS installed.

As far as better install instructions...I could rewrite it so it works perfectly (the install), but I don't know if I can. As you said, this is someone else's hack. Is it even acceptable for me to fix and repost someone's hack? If it is, I have no problem with that, shouldn't take too long to write. But I assumed that the original code/hack wasn't to be touched if the result was just the same hack. My mod hack for BVFull is not the same, it creates a NEW shoutbox for CMPS front pages only.