Sure there is.
In the ACP (vBulletin Options - > vBShout Options) you can specify what usergroups can NOT use the shoutbox (Banned Usergroups). I guess the "Guests" usergroup (mostly usergroupID = 1) is also included in that field. Just remove that group and your guests can use the box.

There are no usergroup ID's showing in that box though.

Installed, works flawlessly, but have not released it beyond admin level.

Hesitant due to lack of word filter control.

A quote from one of our members on our board:

I also had a "low memory" message on my machine (running a gig of ram) after having the shoutbox open for a while but I just dismissed it and didn't think any further about it.

Is anyone else seeing this or have I done something wrong in my install?

Guess there isn't a way to give the members their own default colors/font, huh.... I would like it to be so they chose their own colors and it holds that for them instead of having to redo the color every time they wish to use it.

Is there a way to do that?

I have installed the shoutbox but i keep getting this error:

PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 77F48A3C.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Where is coding to make the "Shoutbox" header go from CENTER align to LEFT align? The CENTER align throws off my entire page.

That one is easy.
Go to your AdminCP and go to Edit Templates.
Open the Forumhome templates and then edit the forumhome_vbshout template.
The first table you see has "align=center". Change that to right or left and you're fine :)

The rest of these questions I can't answer. I'm not a coder and not the author of this hack ;)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288

Any ideas?

Was he a firefox user?

Firefox suffers from a bad memory leak in 1.5 and activity increases it faster, especially on a 10 second loop like this shoutbox is.

Works Perfect I removed the timestamp so it showed better on custom pages I made but great add on Thanks

*clicks Install

Great great Hack
thanck's a lot !!

OK, probably a daft question but if I put this on a template that is used to generate custom pages for our members..... and two people or more are holding conversations on different pages.... will the conversations remain seperate ?

Or to put it another way.... if I put this on lots of pages rather than just the home page would the conversations stay seperate ?

I don't think so. There's only one databasetable....

This is a great hack. But can I make it so that guests can talk too?

i did have the shoutbox installed on my forum but i'd like to have it so its on a page by itself not on the forum index is there anyway to do this??

can anybody help me

What code needs to be changed to completely remove the timestamp from before each shout?

In template template name="forumhome_vbshout_archive_shout I removed
and IN template name="forumhome_vbshout_shout I removed If you wish to just remove it from the forums and leave it in archives just remove it from the forumhome_vbshout_shout template that works to..

These are the errors I get can someone help me.

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/12/d134587003/htdocs/Forum/vbshout.php on line 61

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /homepages/12/d134587003/htdocs/Forum/vbshout.php on line 61

Seems like Vbshout is not welcome on my web host...

http://forums.realwebhost.net/showthread.php?t=93592

Well mate, than remove it.
Why bother us with the problems of a small insignificant host.
Works fine on my host and numerous others.
Maybe consider changing hosts?

well that's odd. as long as it's been around, we know it's not written with bad code. I'd seriously consider changing web hosts.

Is there a way to reduce the width size of the shoutbox?
I see only a height adjustment in the acp

thanks to anyone who can answer this question.

Sorry to "bother" you with my "small insignificant host".

I was sharing this information for those who are concern about this script performance. And also to heard from those who already use it to see if they have problems.

It's great if it's work for you.

I don't have problems with it at all sweetie.. been running it for quite a while. In fact, my host has implemented the sb on their customer page so that we can discuss stuff... me thinks your host is having issues and wants to blame it on the sb.

I can 100% concur that on shared servers at least, that this is a killer. You may not notice it right away, but the more shouts that amass...the worse that its guaranteed to get. On a dedicated server it may not be bad...but on shared ones...even good shared ones...its a real server killer.

which is why there's a prune function ;)

How about a way to only have it available in a time window daily?

OK I have it installed and integrated to VBa, but I don't get any edit, font or smiley controls...any idea?

How can i translate the buttons to another language? And can you tell me how can i Edit Shoutbox Options in the ACP as Zero Tolerance showed in the pictures please?

the buttons I dont know about... but to edit the options, go into acp, click on vBulletin Options, and scroll in the right pane box til you find vB shout options. double click on it and edit your options!

Ohiosweetheart thanks so much for helping so fast :)

well i started using it today on my site and so far so good. the only thing is that it has slowed down the activity on the regular threads SIGNIFICANTLY lolz. ill think ill stick to using it on fridays only.

you're very welcome darlin'

that happened with my site too, when I first put it on there. But once the novelty wears off, they go back to the threads and use the shoutbox to yak a little.

I think it's very neat for those who are in a hurry and don't really have time to post, but want to drop in to say Hello. That's mostly what my members use ours for.

I installed this earlier today and it just keep saying 'Loading....' Any ideas of what I need to tweak?

i had the same problem. Double check to see that you uploaded the PHP file to the correct location.

I had put mine in www.mywebsite.com/

i checked that i was supposed to put it on the FORUM ROOT DIRECTORY which is:

www.mywebsite.com/forums/

hope that's what the problem is for yours.

Thank you! I had uploaded it there....but when I deleted and replaced it worked, so something must have happened in the upload.

MuwahhhH!!!!

When i ban a usergroup (not logged in/unregisterd) i set the shoutbox to view but no posts.
and this error comes up:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /vbshout.php on line 288

Someone tell me what this means?