If I was to delete the 2 database entries for the shout box and reinstall it, will it make a new database entry?

on 2 of my sites I get this message in the vbShout box:

Error: Either your browser does not support AJAX, or the forum administrator has chosen to disable AJAX. vBShout cannot run under these conditions.

yet on two of my sites I don't and since all the sites are on the same server I know its not a server setting... Where do I go to enable AJAX?

The input area works off of two StyleVars:
input_background and control_focus_background. The first is before the user selected the input area, and the 2nd is while the user is typing.

The actual shouts' background area works off of the postbit_background StyleVar.

vBulletin Options, I don't know the specific option group though.


Fillip

If I was to delete the 2 database entries for the shout box and reinstall it, will it make a new database entry?

I'm sorry, but your question doesn't make sense?

vBShout has multiple tables in the database, all of which are removed upon uninstall (if not already removed) and created (if not already created) upon install.

I am quiet new to VB, but now i have downloaded your vb shout, and i want to make it like that there is an image ifront of the name, when they shout. i already have the code, it working in postbit_legacy. but for some reason it isnt working in vbshout.

is it even possible? and am i asking this at the right place?

How do you create the sound from the shoutbox? I'm not sure if there is an option somewhere or another code to input. Could somebody help answer for me? Thanks in advance!

I have vB 4.1.11 just to let you know!

That's not currently possible, sorry :(

Sorry, I don't understand your question.

By default in vBShout v6, sound is generated via a HTML5 <audio> tag. Please ensure your web browser is up to date so it can properly process HTML5 tags.


Fillip

Sorry I was not clear. If I go into the database and delete the 6 entries in there associated with chat. Then reinstall the chat board, will it make new database entries or will I need to make them?
entries.
dbtech_vbshout_button
dbtech_vbshout_command
ajax_chat_online
ajax_chat_messages
ajax_chat_invitations
ajax_chat_bans

to bad thnx tough, mybe an idea for the futher.

Only the first two tables are from vBShout :)

But yeah, removing those two and reinstalling vBShout will remake them, assuming you uninstall vBShout from the Product Manager first.


Fillip

Is there a way to put the chatbox on a vbadvanced landing page yet??

OK thanks. I just wanted to check before continuing.
Removed them reinstalled the hole thing and I still have the 505 error.
But it is kicking out errors now from the DB.

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT
userfield.*, usertextfield.*, user.*, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(passworddate) AS passworddate, user.languageid AS saved_languageid,
IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid,
language.phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
language.phrasegroup_vbshout AS phrasegroup_vbshout,
language.phrasegroupinfo AS lang_phrasegroupinfo,
language.options AS lang_options,
language.languagecode AS lang_code,
language.charset AS lang_charset,
language.locale AS lang_locale,
language.imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
language.dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
language.timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
language.registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
language.calformat1override AS lang_calformat1override,
language.calformat2override AS lang_calformat2override,
language.logdateoverride AS lang_logdateoverride,
language.decimalsep AS lang_decimalsep,
language.thousandsep AS lang_thousandsep

FROM user AS user
LEFT JOIN userfield AS userfield ON (user.userid = userfield.userid)
LEFT JOIN usertextfield AS usertextfield ON (usertextfield.userid = user.userid) LEFT JOIN language AS language ON (language.languageid = IF(user.languageid = 0, 1, user.languageid))

WHERE user.userid = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'language.phrasegroup_vbshout' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Sunday, April 8th 2012 @ 01:05:55 PM
Error Date : Sunday, April 8th 2012 @ 01:05:55 PM
Script : http://www.mightyram50.net/vbulletin...8057511242.093
Referrer : http://www.mightyram50.net/vbulletin/forum.php
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

"Shoutbox Sounds: You asked for it, we delivered. Customisable sounds now available on receiving shouts, Invites, PM's and more. (Requires QuickTime Plugin)"

That's what is in the description for Major Lite Features, but I cannot find this feature anywhere. Can you please explain to me how I can turn on/off the sounds for the chat. Thanks.

I don't know, sorry.

That is a very old version of vbshout.php then. Please use the latest version of the files.

Instance Management, you can turn sounds off there :)


Fillip

Thanks for the responses, but I'm still can't hear any sound coming from the chatbox. I have the options in the Instance Management turned on, but when people respond in the chatbox there isn't any sound.

Is there anything else you can think of that I must do or need? I'm currently using firefox.

Ensure you're on an updated version of Firefox (latest being v11) so that you can play HTML5 <audio> tags.

Fillip

Well it looks like you have the incorrect version in the download listed at the top of the page. Please check to see if it's correct. It looks to be the same files and size. 2008 is the year in the first vbshout.php file in the DL folder. It's listed as [DBTech] vBShout v6.0.7 [Lite]

Sorry, that's not what I'm seeing. I'm seeing a file with Date modified flag of 1st March 2012 for vbshout.php

Fillip

Never mind.. IDK what the deal was but it seems to have resolved it's self now. There must have been a file that was not overwriting. Thanks for your time.

No prob :)


Fillip

It seems to be working except the text color. Is stuck on default.
I'll give it a week or two and upgrade to pro version if everyone likes it.
Thanks for your time and patients.

Hi Filip,

in the last version you fixed an issue where umlauts/special characters in shouts were shown as a question mark. That now works fine.

Anyway, when a username contains umlauts, there is the same issue. How can we fix that?

No reaction? :(

Sorry, haven't had time to look into it yet :(


Fillip

I realise that this is beyond the support of this mod, but I've been trying to install it on a mod that uses a folder under my main forum, i.e. www.domain.com/forum/mod

After ages, I've finally managed to get it to show properly by changing a few paths and links, but the chatbox just shows the loading text:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/04/16.jpg

I was just wondering what I needed to change to get it to work?

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated, thanks! :up:

How can i add little images next to names. example below no pic

Image, image2, image3 are all different will end up being a little PC image, xbox image and ps3 image

(image)Curtis:Hey how is everyone today?
(Image2)Ethan: Doing good how about yoursel?
(Image)Curtis: Pretty good.
(Image3)Kyle: What you like men?

You may need to edit the vbshout.php path in /dbtech/vbshout/clientscript/vbshout.js :)

That would have to be added to the fetch_musername hook, not something that can be accomplished within vBShout itself unfortunately :(


Fillip

Hi i am useing 4.1.12 and it just says loading in the shoutbox ?

Please check Firefox' error console :)


Fillip

Not sure what you mean ?

Firefox has an error console (Ctrl+Shift+J by default if I recall), which if you click the "Errors" button should show you some JavaScript errors. Right clicking on those errors and copying them lets you paste them in here :)


Fillip

removed

That's not a vBShout issue, but it may very well be the reason vBShout isn't working.

Try using a default (unmodified) skin, and disable all addons and see if those errors persist.

If they do, please contact vBulletin support, as I have never encountered them before and cannot assist with them :(


Fillip

I upgraded my vBulletin (4.1.12 P1) and Shoutbox (6.07 Lite) today. For some reason, users that are logged in see all shouts as whatever font color they select for themselves. So if I pick purple as my shout color, everyone's shouts turn purple in my browser. If "joe" picks green, he sees all shouts as green.

Prior to the upgrade, each user could have different colors, helping to discern who was shouting easier. The strange thing is, if I log out (unregistered user), I see the color the other people picked. So Bob's color is red, Joe's color is blue, etc.

My custom themes were destroyed by the vBulletin upgrade, and my users hate bright white, so everyone is using a generic grey generated theme right now until I have time to fix the styles. I'm not sure if this is causing the problem, or if I'm missing some setting in the administration section.

It's not a huge issue, just checking to see if there was a fix I could do to make the different users show up with different colors again.

That the Override Shout Colour setting (a Pro-only option) is being forced on in the Lite version is a bug that will be addressed in the next update :)


Fillip

Is there any way we can have this showing on all the pages of the forum?

To put vBShout in a custom location, do the following:


Step 1: AdminCP -> DBTech - vBShout-> Instance Management -> [Edit].

Step 2: Change the Auto-Display Shoutbox setting to Disabled.

Step 3: Write down the the Varname setting. For the default shoutbox, it's instance1. The rest of this guide will assume you replace instance1 with the actual Varname if it is different.

Step 4: Enter the Style Manager and add either {vb:raw show.vbshout_instance1} (vB4) or {$show[vbshout_instance1]} (vB3) to the templates you wish the shoutbox to appear in.


Follow these steps as described and you will have total control over the position of the Shoutbox.
Please note that some locations may not work as intended on vBulletin 3.8, and also note that it is not designed to go in the Forum Blocks side-bar (vBulletin 4).

Hope that helps :)


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To make it show on all pages, you'd put the code in the navbar template :)


Fillip

I just uploaded the latest one and I have a strange color thing also. Admin can't change color but everyone else works just fine.

Please forgive me if this has already been asked but I've been searching for the answer for awhile and can only find how to change the "Shoutbox" title on older versions. How do I change it on v6?