From what I've been able to tell, it's a bug in how vBAdvanced works. There's sadly nothing I've been able to do about this in my testing thus far :(


Fillip

So, I have to remove one of those products. I am so confused. :confused:

I have been received support reply from vBadvanced they said it is cause of DBTech vBShout (Lite). And now you said it is cause of vBadvanced. I don't know what should I do. :(

Instance Management? Wheres that? I cant see it in the AdminPC

here is why you can't see it
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=449

All credit goes to DragonByte Tech

can you by any chance ellaborate on that?

Did they go into more detail than just say that it's because of vBShout?


Fillip

The menu in the AdminCP is controlled by administrator permissions.

If you do not grant yourself the permission "Can Administer vBShout" you will be unable to access the menu. This is for security reasons, in case you don't want certain admins to administer the Shoutbox.

If you perform the config.php edit as detailed in the post Winter Sonata linked to (thanks :D), you will override the permissions check and enable you to see the vBShout menu item without needing to be granted the aforementioned permission :)


Fillip

Ok ive managed to access the menu but how do i add an instance permission? thanks for the help btw :)

Fillip

Really like the apps tho, i think that you guys should make your own stylevars for us to playwith ! I have totally changed my templates for my site and i can't start to replace some backgrounds only for the shoutbox :(
Missing a bit on this side maybe but in general, fantastic work! Might go for PRO version soon ;)
Also, i think the write area should have the possibility to be place either on top or on the bottom part of the box and that the active users side container should also be on a drop down tab system therefor giving more space to the text window !
Thanks ;)

dbtech_vbshout_colours.css has the CSS classes you're looking for :)
We cannot make our own stylevars as that would mean it only looks good on the default skin, and we get drenched in support requests.

Shout area location change is a Pro feature. We're looking into the other feature tho :)


Fillip

Tks for the reply;) Can managed to change the colors with out a problem. I kind a new for the Stylevars, looks like vB wants to make all this a National Treasure! lollll ;)
Why did i loved so much better the older version???? lollll

I'll look in the PRO :)
Cheers

That is how my shoutbox (text window) looks like :(

No idea what the hell is wrong. Worked for a while and suddenly stopped.

Did you try reloading the window?
That error happens when you lose internet connection for a period of time so vBulletin cannot refresh the security token, or you logged out / logged in with another tab in your browser.

Fillip

Yeah... it's on my local dev machine. I removed cache and history, tried different browsers but didn't work.

Can I set the shout box to not visible for unregistered members?

Yes you can. Instance Management -> Edit Permissions.

Fillip

Fantastic. Thank you.

11th july, Any update on it please . as i am running the forum without shoutbox its pretty boring .

We had to postpone it due to the upcoming release of the shop mod, but it's not been forgotten.
I have no exact date atm, but hopefully some time the following week :)


Fillip

Hope this release will fix the load issues and run smooth as inferno vbshout .

I know this is probably a really stupid question, but is there some way I can change the color of the "Active Users" button and the box where you input the text? (please see attachment)

I'm really loving this shoutbox, but the white areas are too bright for my theme ;__;

Thanks so much for this awesome shoutbox, and for taking the time to read this ^_^

I believe it's input_focus_background or something like that, a stylevar.

Tab colour can be changed in dbtech_vbshout:colours.css

Fillip

Thank you so much!! :D

The shoutbox is at top of every page? How do you only have it on main page?

By default it's only on top of the index.

Go to Instance Management -> Edit -> change the relevant setting to have "index" for script name only, and it'll only show up on the forum home.

Fixed thanks :)

After a couple days simmering in Beta sauce over a low flame, vBShout v5.3.0 has now been released.
This is purely a performance update, and brings changes in the way BBCode is handled and also how the AOP system functions.

BBCode will now parse when -saving- shouts instead of when -fetching- them, greatly reducing the strain on your server from having to parse 20 (or however many shouts you display) every load.

The AOP system will now be up to 80% faster* in checking whether new shouts have been posted and will also use a greatly diminished amount of resources in this check.

Furthermore, caching on Chat Rooms have been improved, eliminating 1-3 queries (depending on context) from each request.

* Based on a comparison of AOP fetch times on 5.2.3 and 5.3.0 on DBTech's server and my development computer.
Lowest AOP fetch time recorded: 26ms (5.3.0) vs 1.0s (5.2.3)
Highest AOP fetch time recorded: 224ms (5.3.0) vs 1.45s (5.2.3)
Your mileage may vary. This is in no way, shape or form a guarantee that your server load will go down by 80%.

Excellent! Thanks guys :)

a simple question....

What's the time frame for the shouts to remain showing in the shout box if it doesn't scroll off... if any?

No time frame, it's the last X shouts :)
The Pro version lets you auto-delete shouts after x amount of time.


Fillip

Thanks Fillip.

One more question...

For some reason I'm not hearing a tone when a shout is posted and I've selected the pop.mp3 file selected for all 3 instances. I must be missing something...

New version installed, works fine, very nice update.

Every now and again i get this message: Error: Invalid response from server:

Can you explain more about what you were doing when it appeared?

Fillip

I just talk. it posts it says that message and puts the text into typing box.

Strange, that would only happen when the browser didn't get any form of response from the browser, not even an error.

Do other members of your forum also report this?

Fillip

Yes. everyone on the forums gets this every now and again.

Gimme your forum link and Ill check it out when I have time :)


Fillip