The same with Cybernetec´s chatbox. This seems to be a browser-related issue with Safari.

nice shoutbox but I prefer vbshout due to the ajax refresh

I had it on my CMPS homepage for a while. Just create a new "Template Module" and here's the code:

yes. I have it at the top of every page. Just open your Navbar Template and add the following code above it or below it.

be glad that your Safari users can even use it, my Safari users can't.

damn i did not saw latest version does not have feture to enable it for guests

any way to do it??

or have to downgrade again???

Shotboxes always consume large server loads.

Hello, i use vBulletin 3.6.11
Works your Shoutbox 2.1 also under this version, or only under 3.8 ?

Thanks!

Shoutbox not working correctly with WOL? Getting unknown location -> /shoutbox/shoutshow.php

Mine done exactly the same, thanks for the help with this!!

@DionDev, great mod, thanks!

for some reason the styles don't work right.

I had to add this to the output for them to appear:

echo str_replace ("\"", "", $style);

Otherwise the output would look:

@import url(../"clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-b2d267a2-00005.css");

instead of:

@import url(../clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-b2d267a2-00005.css);

Not sure I mentioned this in the previous version, but at the bottom of the output, I included a userlist. I just upgraded to the newest ver of dev shoutbox and no longer have this feature:

something I dislike is the cache table stores by IP address. If you're like me and have multiple computers online, the cache checking will assume I have seen text if one of my other computers loads first. Thus I end up missing posts all the time unless I hit reload on my browser.

It would be nice to make the key on userId+ip, that way it keeps track of unique users uniquely.

edit:

I put in bbsessionhash cookie value into the shoutbox_cache query so that everything looks like ip='$ip,$cookie', and that gives me a unique enough cache check so that multiple logged in users can auto reload as content comes in.

one more thing - the old ver wouldn't allow & character. The new one doesn't allow +

:)

Post removed 2x.

Maybe this picture of a kitten will make you happy:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7925/kittenf.jpg

I like the look. I installed the newest version, but I get

The requested URL /VB/shoutbox/shoutdiv.php was not found on this server.

I am a fairly new vB user, so this may be an obvious issue, but I cannot find a reference to this error.

Ok got a SQL problem...Can be seen here http://www.chattaboxforums.com

Does this seem ok?


chdir('../');

require_once('global.php');
require_once('includes/class_bbcode.php');
require_once('includes/functions_newpost.php');

$parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());
$sql = $db->query("
select s.*, g.opentag, g.closetag
from " . TABLE_PREFIX . "shoutbox as s, " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user as u, " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup as g
where u.userid = s.user_id and g.usergroupid = u.usergroupid
order by id desc
limit " . $vbulletin->options['ddsb_show'] . "
");
$alt_count = 1;

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql))
{
$alt_class = ($alt_count % 2) ? 'alt1' : 'alt2';

$id = $row['id'];
$user_id = $row['user_id'];
$user_name = $row['user_name'];
$opentag = $row['opentag'];
$closetag = $row['closetag'];

I'm sorry for the lack of support, but like I said, I have a new version coming out soon that will address many issues, include a smilies box, and more.

If you don't like this shoutbox then DON'T INSTALL IT. If you REALLY need support, send me a PM, I won't bite. Coming here and bashing coders who volunteer their time writing free mods for people is pathetic and immature.

People like you just piss me off. You have no consideration for the hours I spent working on this. If you don't like my coding or the way I try my best to support my scripts (while working a full time job of 60+ hours a week) then maybe next time you can keep it to yourself. Did you feel proud of yourself for posting this? Or is it just your instinct to try and demotivate other volunteer coders?

Make sure that you put the shoutbox folder in your MAIN vbulletin directory, that should fix it.

I visited the URL and see on SQL errors. Please copy and paste them so I can tell you whats going on.

What you said wasn't even criticism. You said "this shoutbox is a buggy and has no updates, go use this other shoutbox".

Do me a favor and just don't visit my threads anymore. I'd rather have appreciative people using my free mods and styles.

I installed this about an hour ago. Nice and easy (under 10 minutes and it was up and running).

I have a couple of (non-urgent) questions: would there be a way in the future to have multiple chat rooms? How about a way to move the archives into regular forums? Just a couple of thoughts - no big deal to me if they can't be done.

What would I have to do if I wanted the box to also appear in individual forums as well as on the main page? Can I just edit a template and add the stuff in the txt file?

No rush on replying to these.

Thanks.

Multiple chat rooms probably won't be added. Archiving the shoutbox messages to a forum is a very good idea though. I think I may implement that in the next version.

In order to put the shoutbox in individual forums you would need to put a conditional statement in your FORUM DISPLAY template.

I'm not exactly sure what the statement would be, something like "<if condition="$forumid == 6">". That probably won't work, but if you ask around here you may get the correct conditional statement for this (sorry I'm not sure of it).

Hi DionDev!

Congratulation for this Mod! Really cool!

I have a small bug report for you: on Safari 4 (OSX) no colours are displayed in the choosing list... everything ok with firefox 3.5.1 (OSX too).

And a small suggestion:
it could be nice receive a small sound feedback at new users' shouts.. this option should be activable/deactivable by the user.

Thanks for your work!

Bye! ^^

Yes I am aware that the color picker is not functioning properly for a couple of browsers. The color picker is improved in the next version.

I just installed this chatbox on my forum and it seems to work like a charm!
Many thanks for your hard work.

One question right now: is there a quick way to apply usergroup markup to the usernames in the chatbox? Right now the only part of the markup that seems to be working is that my name, as an admin, is italicized. It should also be green, and bold. But I noticed that everybody's name is bold. Just wondering if there's an easy way to customize the names. I took a quick look in the template but didn't see it.

I even went into shoutinsert.php and changed $user_name = $vbulletin->userinfo['username']; to $user_name = $vbulletin->userinfo['musername'];
This only partially worked, as my name was green but didn't light up when I hovered the cursor over it.

In the shoutbox CSS it defines font sizes and whatnot - your best bet is to modify the shoutbox CSS.

Where is the shoutbox CSS?
I looked in the PHP files, the template, the style options, and even the shoubox options.

Take a look at the shoutshow.php file. You can apply your own CSS there.

Hope this helps.

Hi,

I tried installing this and it didn't work for me. The shout box is inserted where I put it in the templalate, but nothing is entered when I type something and click "shout it". All I get in the main body of the shoutbox is the text "Powered by Dion Dev Shoutbox v2.1" (or something very similar, I've deleted it now). This is a hyperlink to this thread.

We do not allow guests to view our forum, would that be the problem?

Thanks for your help.

BEB
:)

re-install the shoutbox and follow the instructions carefully, i bet one of the files became corrupt.

Hello DionDev,

Thank you very much for your prompt reply and for your suggestion. Unfortunately I still can't get it to work... I uninstalled the program and deleted the files, and re-installed it again, didn't work. I uninstalled the program/deleted files again, downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file, followed the installation instructions to a tee.. and still got exactly the same problem. I've attached a screen shot of what appears on my forum index page. It all looks great, but when I type a shout in the shotbox and click "shout it".... the text "vanishes"... but nothing appears in the shoutbox. I know this isn't much information for you to go on to work out what the problem is, but hopefully the screen shot will help. Nothing appears in the table where the shouts should appear.. could it be a database issue?

I'd really appreciate it if you could help as this mod is exactly what I've been looking for and looks great.

Thank you

BEB
:)

thanks for the shoutbox ,although i mis the pop up smiley box ,its a great product

PM me the link to your forums so I can look myself.

can you add some features such as announcement posting like..

/announcement This is an announcement!!!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/09/12.gif

This very well might be a rookie question. But I am following the "Fresh Installation" and I am not sure what you mean by step 5. Thanks. Where do I find the templates in my server. How do I do that step.

Thanks

In your vbulletin admin panel, you can edit the templates of your style. This is where you will find the FORUMHOME template, etc. where you copy and paste the contents of the text file to.

It works on my main forums, but not with the CMPS. I can't seem to figure out why. It displays it, all that, but when you click shout! it does nothing.

email me with your URL and an example gr8

Is this server intensive? Cause I've been using Cyb - Chatbox and apparently, it caused me some server issues - so I'm looking for something else

Turkish character dont work.

HA! Fixed it myself. Made another instance of shoutinsert.js and changed

to
then just called up the new one named shoutinsertcmps.js and bingo!