Not to sound pissy, but I get the same errors when trying to update my Usergroup permissions, and no one is supporting this at Geeky nor here very much. ***Uninstalled***

Step 1. (Optional) Edit the attached file and change 50 to whatever you want (you can leave it at 50 if that number is ok with you)

The 50 is at the end of this line...
That number (50 in this case), controls how many shouts are left in your database after this script runs

Step 2. (Optional) Save the file. (if u did step 1)

Step 3. Upload deleteoldshouts.php to your includes/cron/ directory

Add a new scheduled task as shown in the attached images.
Change it to whatever suits you.


If you use it, thank sabret00the and MarcoH64 for enlightening me on the correct query string.

Original
http://img68.echo.cx/img68/4453/original7ys.gif

After
http://img68.echo.cx/img68/3862/after5ov.gif

on line 1069 of shoutbox.php

find

replace with


in template forumhome
look for
cut this section

and move it up right under


in template shoutbox_iframe

right below
add
you may also want to redo that template and add beginning and closing html, body, doctype, etc tags
they arent there :/
unless im missing something..perhaps iframes dont need them?


If you use it, thank sabret00the and MarcoH64 for enlightening me on the correct query string.

where is the readme file, i cant find it in the zip file

right in the root of the zip file
its called install.txt :)

I installed a new skin and the shout box was not added to the skin. How do I get the shout box to show up in the new skin? Thanks

Where and how would I change the form background from white to a darker color?

Thanks

note sure what u mean by FORM background
but if ur talking the grayish areas that dont seem to match

in template shoutbox_iframe look for...
change it to
also there is a missing closing style comment tag there so change it to
example...

you need to copy over all the templates that are from the shoutbox to the new skin
then modify the stock vb templates with the changes the shoutbox makes...like to forumhome, etc

you can also download the xml files for each style and use a file compare utitilty to merge the changes in the older style to the newer style

then just upload the modified xml file, overwriting the style

there's a hack here that will allow you to edit one style and have the changes applied to all the styles
this is a must if ur in the habit of modifying templates and want them applied to all styles
or u can use child styles :)

I am refering to the white form where you enter the text to shout. My board is dark and the white really stands out and is distracting, thanks for the fast responce, hopefully youll know how to do this as well so I am one more step to going live.

Thanks, Hammer

thats under style manager, edit css
the class name is bginput

not sure if the form element IN THE SHOUTBOX has that class applied
if not just add class="bginput" to this will affect any text input form on your site

to give u an idea mine is

you can search for style sheets, css, forms and get some ideas of all the things u can do with form elements

hey guys ... installed the shout box and the work ya done on it looks fantastic :)

but im having trouble deleting current shouts.. im lookin in the admincp for the permision masks for shoutbox to enable admins to delete/edit etc shouts

ive had a look at the screenshots ya took m8 but i cant find any simular options :( like the 1 in usergroup_permissions.gif ... i would apreciate any help ya can throw my way

thanx in advance

osiris

Click on their username and a drop down should appear.

I am running 3.0.7 and when I tried to install it I got the following error on the last step. I am guessing its because I had the BVShoutbox installed before and I didn't remove it totally from the database.

There was then a large text area with the following error in it as well:

Any ideas as to how to remove the old shoutbox to allow for the installation of the new one?

Thanks! :)

I disabled BB codes in the shoutbox, but now, when someone submits a URL, it has the [url] tags automatically around it but it doesn't create a link.

How do I remove the [url] tags, or make it into a link?

a shout is just like a post, bb codes will display the same behaviour

i wish someone would come up with a way where if urls are disabled then nothing gets displayed or the url is replaced with some wording that urls are not allowed

i would like this for image tags as well

if it passed the regex test then u get the image or url displayed
if it doesnt pass, something else is inserted into the post or shout

like, not a valid image - not a valid url

Hi,

How do i make the shoutbox smaller or put it on the side bar.

Thanks,
Chris

I removed everything and now doing a fresh install, this is the error code Im getting. Im also using 3.0.7

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Warning: halt(./includes/functions_log_error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/vman/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL: CREATE TABLE shoutbox_posts (
`shoutid` BIGINT (255) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' AUTO_INCREMENT,
`text` TEXT,
`userid` BIGINT (255) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
`username` VARCHAR (255) DEFAULT '0',
`ip` VARCHAR (25) DEFAULT '0',
`time` BIGINT (20) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
`edittime` BIGINT (20) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
`edituser` VARCHAR (255) DEFAULT '0',
`deleted` TINYINT(1) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
PRIMARY KEY(`shoutid`))
mysql error: Invalid default value for 'shoutid'

HELP, FIX, UPDATE, ETC......

good luck

support for this hack has disappeared
i tried installing it on a fresh 3.0.7 and as many people here keep getting ,duplicate column phrase already exist

ill see if i can export my tables and just give u the queries to run instead of using the htl hack intended for whatever version this thing is designed for

it works fine on 3.0.7, it just appears that you cant use the installer
once the tables are there its fine

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ok i added a few things to this post, its not all there
stuff like the template edits
if u edit the installer and make it skip some steps in these queries and languages it will install the templates
think you will need to edit forumhome

this file is incomplete and use at ur own risk!
might help some that are having problems and know how to use these files

ps these queries wont work if u use table prefix

THanks!...Ill give that a try.....And thanks for responding so fast!!!!

Here is another message from the forum:

Your usergroup(s) do not have permission to use the shoutbox.

And if I try to set the setting in the UserGroup for Admin, this is what I get:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
title = 'Administrators',
description = '',
usertitle = 'Administrator',
opentag = '<b><font color=\"red\">',
closetag = '</b></font>',
passwordexpires = '0',
passwordhistory = '0',
shoutmaxdaily = '',
shouthierarchy = '',
attachlimit = '0',
avatarmaxwidth = '300',
avatarmaxheight = '300',
avatarmaxsize = '100000',
profilepicmaxwidth = '100',
profilepicmaxheight = '100',
profilepicmaxsize = '65535',
pmquota = '1000',
pmsendmax = '5',
forumpermissions = '393215',
pmpermissions = '3',
calendarpermissions = '31',
wolpermissions = '31',
adminpermissions = '3',
genericpermissions = '3145727',
genericoptions = '31',
shoutboxpermissions = '1023'
WHERE usergroupid=6
mysql error: Unknown column 'shoutmaxdaily' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Thursday 19th of May 2005 03:09:43 AM
Script: http://www.bodybuildingcentral.net/f.../usergroup.php
Referer: http://www.bodybuildingcentral.net/f...&usergroupid=6
Username: Vman
IP Address: 69.225.27.147

I have the same problem right now with BBCVman
Is there a way to get rid of it.

alright I had a problem with the hack I uninstalled it, went to reinstall all and this is what I get.

Warning: halt(./includes/functions_log_error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/hrdece2/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

Warning: halt(): Failed opening './includes/functions_log_error.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/hrdece2/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

I have the templates in my bulletin but I can't get rid of them and it wont let me reinstall it.

Thanks a lot for this!! Is there a way to tweak it a bit, so that for instance, the first shout uses css class alt1, then the second, uses alt2, third uses alt1, fourth uses alt2 class etc?

It would also be nice to get the shouts on forum home into a seperate div tag or something, so that each shout is perfectly left aligned together. Would make it more tidy.

Anyone having a problem where all the shouts disappear after a day or two? It just started happenning in the past couple weeks. I tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling, and it is still doing it.

anybody have this workin on there site so i can what it looks lie in action.Tried skimming through this thread to see but 45 pages is too much.....

http://www.deciblast.org/forums/

but it keeps losing the shouts :(

thanks

it doesn't scroll.I like the shoutbox invision power board has.Is there one like that for vbulletin?

Here's another example of it in action. I installed it and tweaked it yesterday and people are lovin' it.

http://www.mindsofintelligence.com/forums

I installed another style and now my shout box is blank do you guys have any ideal how i could fix this?
im running the latest version of shout and im running vBulletin 3.0.5

guess i'm not using shoutbox hack......

I think I say they for everyone so far, Is this going to get fixed or not.....It appears to be a very important part of everyones boards.....

There is 2 problems with this hack and they are in field list. shoutmaxdaily and shouthierarchy are unknown colomn in field list. Is there a way to get these working ?

These queries wont run from hack installer so is there a way to run them manually ?

I have made a clean install from 3.0.7 today. But when I use the installer I get a error like this.

What's wrong :disappointed:

Does anyone have a working copy of this on 3.0.7?

I do :)

Were you able to install straight from the files or did you need to edit anything?

you will need to do some editing..what needs to be edited is in the installer ;)

did that before..scred the poop out of me..just go back thru the template edits you need to make that are in the install instructions and you should be good to go!;)

I installed this, and for some odd reason, when you click on a post in the forums, it doesn't take you there at all. It just stays there, how do I fix this?