...and perhaps limit Chars for a shout :D I dont want users to type more than one Line :D
(Looks not good on Forum's home :D )

LOL, I was just about to post about that. hehe

Excellent work

Features left to implement before Beta 6:

Unregister users can shout (with options)
Char limit for shouts

Anything else?

A smilie box in both the shoutbox.php and the quick reply shout maybe

If you know the codes, they work, but for those that dont

I don't see any point in a smilie box on forumhome. And there is already a setting to have one in shoutbox.php.

Yes, there is a link to open the smilies on a seperate page, but the click through like in a post does not work, so you have to copy and paste the code.

as for the one on the forumhome, I see your point :p

Thanks for the reply ;)

There is also a setting to show the smilie box on the shoutbox page, but it's turned off by default, especially now that it is integrated with the textarea. There just isn't a whole lot of room because of the 2 column layout. I'm looking into changing the layout sometime. It'd be a little easier if I actually knew a decent amount of HTML.

nice hack! is there any way to make it refresh (# of secs) on the forumhome?

what I did not find in the screenshots (me==blind ?):
can I limit the amount of shouts per user per day?
I like the box, but my board will be floaded by "advertisment" shouts if I install it without an limitation...

I'll add it to my to-do list for Beta 6. Expect the release tommorow, followed by a fully-phrase Gamma release after followed by the RC release in the Full Releases forum.

I minimized the HTML-Code for Forumshome... I think, the display on Forumhome should be as small as possible. So i stripped all Horizontal Lines, changed the Timestamps and removed Linebreaks... I think on Forumhome, it should be small and quick. User who want advanced features should use shoutbox.php.
(Thats why i really like this hack - because i cann offer both options...)

Just my 2 cents.

Well, here's what the forumhome will look like on Beta 6 (well, there's an input box under the shouts, but you have to be logged in to see it): http://www.gaming-hell.com/forums/index.php?

this may be a bit easy, but how do you change the background of the forumhome shoutbox? I know it goes with .page css. but can't change that. I just want the background a different color. :)

Nice hack, I'll be sure to install it, sometime...

This has now been completed.

An excellent Shoutbox Hack, and it is working well .. but is there any chance of a " Delete All Shouts " button, for Admin Use, so that it can be cleared in one go ;) :up:

Might want to remove some of the sensitive information in your screenshots, I just tend to notice these things :p

I'm talking about things like IPs, email addresses, etc. :)

By the way, nice hack, but the forumhome display seems a bit messy :)

Link you know you can bug me to help code it ;D

Fine then, Faranth, you can help me with the HTML. :p

Gary: I'm not real good with HTML, so the display might not be perfect, but I just tried to make it... well... work.

I'm going to try to complete Beta 6 today, including several new features and several small bugfixes, and afterwords I'll start phrasing it and working on the admin script which will include pruning at least, not sure what else to add to it.

Yeah, i would love to install the next Beta :D
I will come back often to this thread today :D

then ill get a test board up and see what i can do with it :)

i personally hate the look and thought of the shoutbox being scrollable on the forumhome, i say stick too TWT commish style one or two shouts :)

link: don't forget my question for the merge thread into shoutbox feature ;)

i inserted a div scroll code to have more shouts on the forumhome. :)

Okay, I understand :)

Beta 6... err.... Gamma 1 has been released, including many new features and bugfixes. I believe that the hack is stable enough to be considered a gamma release and not a beta, hence why I'm calling it Gamma 1.

I don't think many hacks had a "Gamma" release until vB 3 began a Gamma phase :p

Probably not. :p But I don't see many bugs at all in it, so I gave it Gamma status. :)

Zip updated at 9:40 PM EST - redownload if you are doing a full install.

Zip updated 10:16 PM EST... again. It appears I forgot a query. If you have already installed or updated, run this query:[sql]ALTER TABLE shoutbox_posts ADD `username` VARCHAR (255) DEFAULT '0'[/sql]

*Ahem*

1.0 Gamma 1 Screens

Gamma is still a non-stable version though, just call it something like 1.0 FINAL :)

edit: fixed!

Nice hack :) It's just the sort of shoutbox I've been looking for. I'm definitely going to install when it's no longer a beta release... and maybe sooner.

Few questions:

1) Does this work in RC2?
2) Any idea when this will no longer be a beta?

1) It works great on both of my RC2-Boards.
2) Its Gamma now... Dont mind, the hacks works well !

1) Yes, if you notice, the screenshots were taken on a RC2 testboard - it's compatible on every vB3 version since Gamma.

2) It's Gamma now, and will be an RC and eventually a final in the near future. Very near future.

But it isn't FINAL. I still have to finish up phrasing this thing. :D

I'm through phrasing the SHOUTBOX template, moving on to the others now and then I'll get rid of the English that is still hardcoded in shoutbox.php.

Then I gotta make an installer, to install phrases and settings and run the other queries (at least) and afterwords test it and release it as a final release and all.

Then I'll begin working on other features, such as admin_shoutbox.php (I can only think of putting pruning in there, suggestions welcome) and the "merge thread into shoutbox" feature.

i like the look of this one since you changed it...
but could i ask some thing from you......i it is not to much trouble could you add the smilie drop down box to the shout button on the forum home
or would that be to much of a headache

thanx
MG

That would be pretty difficult, but I'll try to look into it later.

moreso than diffucult i belive it would increase page load time at least on the forum home, maybe you could add more smilies link

if it is going to be so much trouble then a pop up link would do just fine