but I can't locate it.

I put the vbhack.php and the shoutbox.hack.php in my /forums/admin directory. Then I put the admin_shoutbox.php in the admin directory also.

I put the shoutbox.php in my /wwwroot /forums directory.

Then I ran the vbkacker.php.

I got warnings that i'm trying to install on an later version then 224 but I went ahead anyway. It looked like everything installed alright. But i had to edit the index.php file manually.

So... now I'm looking for the shoutbox and I can't find it anywhere on my forums.

I went into phpMyAdmin and ran a query and the databases are installed correctly according to the report but I can't see the shoutbox. :)

I must be doing something wrong or forgotten something I think.

If someone could take a look at my test forum and tell me whats wrong i'd appreciate it very much.

http://bobmc.net/forums

Your Shoutbox is right here. :)

http://www.bobmc.net/forums/shoutbox.php

LMAO!

I thought there was a link to it somewhere on my main forum no wonder I couldn't find it.

Is there a way I can put up a button link and make it showup in the forum jump menu by any chance? I just want to make it easier for my members to get to. :)

I'm very php impaired, but learning...

Thanks, Oh! great hack BTW! ;)

Well, part of the hack allows you to add the latest shout (with a link to the shoutbox) on your forumhome page...however, I don't think that part is done automatically by the vBHacker file...so you may have to use the plain text instructions for that step.

Hmm, I just tried to use the shoutbox and when I press the shout button I get a "page cannot be found" message.

Any ideas?

Yes. Open the shoutbox_postshout template and replace this...

action="/shoutbox.php"

...with this...

action="$bburl/shoutbox.php"

Thanks ! that worked great.

One other thing. When I try to get into the admin_shoutbox.php it asks me for my username and password. I put the username and password I use for my forum admin CP in the boxes and click ok when I do I get a message telling me its the wrong password. Is there a way I can change this?

Thanks again!

Are you sure you're not mistyping the password? If you are, I'd login via your CP FIRST, and then go to the file...and all should work just fine. :)

Ya I was typing the correct password. I was able to get in via the admin CP. So the only admin options right now are "delete post older than" I guess.

I found the jumpforum hack i'll be installing that right quickly.

I noticed when I post a shout it doesn't display the right timestamp. But it displays the correct timestamp right above it on the titlebar. Is there any fix for this maybe :)

Hmm, perhaps I forgot to use the user's time offset for both...but I don't remember that being the case. And yes, the admin options are very limited right now...it's just for pruning, basically.