I've installed the lite version (to trial) and despite being an administrator and ensuring the admin usergroup has is a vbshout moderator (or similar) set to yes - I can't see the box while it's disabled :/

I'm pretty sure that wasn't a pro-only feature? Is something wrong here?

Disabling the instance will still hide it.

However, the Active switch in vBulletin Options is what you will still see even if you have the Is Shoutbox Manager permission :)


Fillip

Thanks for the swift reply and yeah, even with the instance enabled - I can't see the box when I disable it through the options beneath which it says "Shoutbox Managers will still be able to access the shoutbox."

Should I try reimporting the product?

Are you sure you gave yourself the "Is Shoutbox Manager" usergroup permission via the Usergroup Management screen?

Fillip

100% Sure - I've worked around it by setting every usergroup except admins to (unable to view the instance) while the system itself is active/on.

EDIT: Wow... Another problem (or is this intentional?) When I click 'bold' in the shoutbox all my previous messages go bold, not just the one I'm typing.

Or is this an option somewhere?

I can duplicate this issue.

Any change to font name,bold, italics, underline, color updates all of my posts not just the current one.

That is working as intended :)

All previous shouts are supposed to change :)


Fillip

I installed this mod on the board, but only 2 people are able to use it...Me in a superadmin account I created when I installed VB, and another admin. I am the co-owner of the board and have all my permissions set to yes. When I log into my normal account, the box isn't there. Is there a separate place where I'm supposed to set permissions for these? I don't see them on usergroup permissions. And I'm pretty sure that I installed it from my regular account and then it said I lacked the proper permissions even with everything turned on
www.contentgaming.com/forums

Did you check the Instance Management permissions as well?

Fillip

I'm not sure if I did...jog my memory, Where would I go to check that?

Instance Management, in the AdminCP :)

It's in the DBTech - vBShout nav group.


Fillip

yeah...that's probably it...it's not on the admin cp under my normal account. When I logged into super admin it was there. I have no defined shoutbox instances... Let me set one up I guess.. Any certain ways I'm supposed to set it up?

And does this require that I modify the actual template files?

EDIT: ok...something is seriously wrong...When I try to create an instance, no matter what I type in, it either throws me a fatal error, or it says The instance (name here) already exists. And there's clearly no defined instances....so what do I do? delete the product and start over?

Go into the Administrator Permissions editing interface in vBulletin and grant your "normal account" the Can Administer vBShout permission :)


Fillip

Well..that helped me find out why I couldn't manage my vbcredits from my normal account. Thanks...lol but oddly enough, can administer vbshout wasn't there...maybe it didn't install right? Thinking back, I can't remember if I set the folder permissions to 777 from my firezilla...may need to look at that when I get a chance. Thanks for the help so far! anything else you can reccomend?

If it's not there then it's possible it may not have installed right. A reinstall might be helpful.

Fillip

Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the help, I'll start it over when I get a chance. By the way, this has nothing to do with VB version 4.1.3 right? no known bugs?

We're running it on 4.1.3 no problem :)


Fillip

I reinstalled it as super admin. That did the trick...I gave myself the administrative rights and now it seems to be working perfectly.. Thanks!

v5.4.0

• Front-End
  • Alternating Shout Background Colours
  • Forum Milestones (replacing the simple "Post Markers")
    • Every X Posts
    • Every X Threads
    • Every X Members
• Back-End
  • Per-Usergroup display of moderator actions (like pruning shouts)
  • Ability to disable the "Chat Access" list
  • Project Tools integration
  • Ability to disable Blog notifications

Fillip

Warning: require(/install/pro.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/dbtech/vbshout/install/450.php on line 14

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/install/pro.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php52/pear') in /home/mmorpgwh/public_html/forum/dbtech/vbshout/install/450.php on line 14

Updated the zip, try again now :)


Fillip

A conflict with DBTech's InfoPanels and vBShout v5.4.0 has been resolved, and the "vBShout v5.4.0 Upgrade Notes.txt" document has been updated along with the files.

For those of you who have already downloaded v5.4.0; Please re-download the zip file, re-upload the files, and re-read that .txt file.

The template variable used to display the shoutbox in a custom location has been updated to resolve the conflict.

Fillip

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hehehe i got the same thing as you andaleks! glad i tried in my test site first ;)

What now fillip???

Thanks to all the beta tester's .. I'll wait to upgrade when it's stable again :D

Will be fixed in 5.4.1 :)


Fillip

v5.4.1

• Reworked Instance Management in an attempt to work around Suhosin limitations (feedback requested!)
• Added a notice in the Instance Management to admins running Suhosin informing them of recommended changes to .htaccess
• Alternating Shout Colours will now work as intended on vB3
• Multiple conflicts with other jQuery-based products that prevented the Shoutbox from loading has been fixed
• The uninstaller has been updated to the new installer format so it will now function correctly
• The Sticky Note is now properly manageable from the AdminCP
• The context menu entries now once again work properly
• Leaving a chatroom will now work as intended
• Inviting someone to a chat room will now work as intended
• PHP error on instance management fixed

Fillip

no loads

Please check Firefox' Error Console and paste any errors here.

Fillip

This latest version works great! All issues I had have been fixed, thanks again for doing such great work!

On the context menu, there isnt /ban and /unban. help please

If you're running vBOptimize, flush the cache. I had the same issue and when I did that, it worked fine.

Due to an exploit discovered by one of DBTech's members we would like to announce the immediate availability of vBShout v5.4.2:

• It is no longer possible to break the display of vBShout by using %message% or any other % % template variable in user names.
• The CMS tab will once again light up as intended when browsing the vBCMS page
• Editing a shout will now correctly display the old shout in the Command Log

In addition, the following fixes were previously applied to v5.4.1 after its release, and are included in this version:

• The "Max Characters Per Shout" setting is now properly ignored when your Usergroup is a Shoutbox Manager
• You can now properly delete shouts that, for whatever reason, have an instance id set to 0 and show up in your name
• The Shoutbox should no longer interfere with other mods adding themselves to the navbar in vB3

Finally, we have received word from one of our Suhosin users that the workaround did not fully comply with Suhosin's restrictions.

Sadly there's nothing further we can do. Due to the sheer number of features included in vBShout, allowing you to configure them all causes Suhosin to believe that vBShout is a malicious script.

That being siad, we have included a notice for Suhosin users that, if followed, should allow the Instance Management to work as intended. Feedback on whether the tips in the notice worked would be welcome.


Fillip

Please tell me how I can add silence/ban/unban to the context menu.

Silence is a Pro-only feature, to add ban / unban you need to grant usergroups that permission via the Instance Management :)


Fillip

I did. I can ban by entering /ban {username here}, but it doesnt show up when i click on their username (context menu)

After editing the plugins Main Settings and saving them the Instance Permissions reset and all permissions become unchecked. Bug?

If you run Suhosin then they are separate forms and as such there's no bug.

It's not something I've been able to replicate without Suhosin installed.

Fillip

Unfortunately that's not something I've been able to confirm on any of my test environments :(


Fillip

Yes, I have Suhosin installed on my server. Anyway, thank you for this awesome script, Fillip! By the way, I can't create new chartrooms. I get "A required field called creator is missing or has an invalid value." Is this related to Suhosin? :up: