Fixed, the phrase I used apparently doesn't exist on vB3.8, and somehow this slipped through my testing :(

To fix, re-download, re-upload all files and re-import the XML file.


Fillip

Ok Ive installed this and it shows fine on the forumhome- but I want it on a vbadvanced cmps module ... though Im having trouble finding the template variable to help me do this?

I must be looking in the wrong place cause I cant find much in admin help on this.

Instance Management -> [Edit] :)

The vBACMPS documentation is out of date.


Fillip

works great now thank you sir

Working great!
Again..thank you for your continued effort.

thanks for that,.

though im not having much success getting this to work in a template driven module like I had with the infernoshout one previously.

<!--{%SHOUTBOX%}-->

added to a template that feeds a module on our homepage is all I needed to add to get this to work.

though doing the same with {$vbshout} as the template contents just does nothing ?

ive added index,adv_index into the relevant manual display shoutbox in instances...

And you added the template name you created to the relevant setting also?
For some reason vBACMPS documentation said "if you created template adv_shoutbox you should put shoutbox in the template name" or something to that effect, which in my experience is incorrect - you'll need to put the full template name in there.

That being said, I don't believe I know of anyone who actually runs vB3.8 with vBA and vBS on it, so it may not work at all...
You could try asking at the vBACMPS forums, if this doesn't work?

I wouldn't know how to make it work without them telling me what I'd need to do to support it either, and I sadly don't have the time to research it myself :(


Fillip

I'm getting a lot of issues with it not displaying for some people. Obviously, the first place I went to was the UserGroup perms but that didn't appear to be it.

It didn't display at all with a user who was on Opera but when he switched to FF it worked just fine. Alternatively, I have a user on FF, in the same usergroup, and he can't see the shoutbox at all.

Any ideas?

Can't say that's making any sense to me I'm afraid... We haven't tested it in Opera but I see no reason why it should not work in one browser or the another.

How many users on your forum is experiencing this problem?
Could it be he was using different skins across the two browsers?


Fillip

It's a small forum so my sample size is small but other than myself only two other people have been able to see it so far. All in FF.

I have two people who can't see it. They also use FF.

Myself excluded, all users have identical usergroup memberships and permissions.

There is only one skin for the website. I don't allow users to change the skin.

Okay, fixed the issue. I had the correct perms set in the usergroups options but not the vBShout usergroup options, if you follow.

I'll give the vba forums a go , but not sure if Im doing anything wrong as Ive pretty much replicated what I did for get the infernoshout lite shoutbox working.. i will see what I can find out.

found

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/show...light=shoutbox

and

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/show...light=shoutbox

on vba forums quite quickly - though they seem to be mixing template names and module names and instance terms ? seems a mess to me and if I follow those instructions it just does not work

Aha, glad it got solved :D

You should ask them for clarifications / updates :)

We don't have a vBACMPS installation to test it on :(


Fillip

I must say, it is a good shoutbox, but i'm having 2 points that maybee can changed (i can't find it).

1. The input textbox on the left site, is it possible to get it under the shout in complete width en 2 lines high?

2. After the input textbox is replaced, should the shout itself can go 100% width?

Sorry for my bad English typing, it has been a while that i used it.

Curious for your answer, but i don't understand is that no-one asked for it before.

Grtz
mp3president

Beneath the shout is a Pro feature, currently there's no specific setting for the height but you would be able to edit the templates to achieve this.

It will indeed.


Fillip

Thank you for yoyr answer, but i thought it's possible to edit a template instead of getting the PRO version.
Don't get me wrong, i think it is a very good idea to work this way, but the costs for a pro version are too high for a hobby i think.
I'll keep on searching, thank you.

We're obviously not going to tell you how to edit the templates to try to replicate a Pro feature, sorry :p


Fillip

hahaha
It was worth to try.

But thank you for the answers.

mp3president

My custom usergroups can't view the chatbox, what should I do?

Edit their permissions.
Instance Management -> Edit Permissions.


Fillip

not sure why but we seem to be getting alot of DB errors with your shout on, we shut it off, and all is fine, its causing a problem with our ajax.php file?????any idea's??????

Not without seeing the database errors, no.

Fillip

Thanks (:

i send u pm with db error we got

That error appears to indicate that MySQL crashes and requests are made before it's restarted. Please contact your host and ask them for advice.

Fillip

Great mod, but it keeps saying "Loading..." until I go to a new page. Any fixes?

Can you please check Firefox' Error Console and post any JavaScript errors you may find here?

Fillip

Great mod, nominated and installed, for what i need for the moment is great.
Just I have a question where you translate this phraze:
"You are currently showing up as idle. Click here to resume activity."

The phrase obviously don't appear in your mod but is pulled form somewhere, maybe database ... have no clue where to find it.

Will have it in mind for another project but this time the pro version.

PS : In 384 PL2 autoinsert in template does not work for above footer, only under navbar. I added manually.

It's currently hardcoded, making it translate-able is something we're looking into for future versions :)


Fillip

Too lazy to search through all 13 pages but is it possible to move the shoutbox in a different location?

I'd like to place it on a custom page rather than have it below the navbar.

Of course you can. Find the hook you need to insert from the settings page where you select the position of the shout and put it where you need it.
Obviously disable automatic template embedding.
Thanks dragon, waiting for the update. Congrats on a very good mod.

Just a suggestion (not important). When you scroll and read previous shouts if the refresh occurs your list scroll back to last shout even if no new shouts are. If you read slowly and set up a longer visible list (and need to scroll) this can be annoying.

I believe it's only supposed to scroll up if you're already scrolled up.
If this doesn't work, then it's a browser issue cause it's been working fine in Firefox and IE in my tests.


Fillip

Having a real issue need some help. When I go to log into my admin control panel now I get this and cant get in to work on the issue.

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/content/d/a/b/XXXXXXXXX/html/XXXXXXXXXXX/dbtech/vbshout/includes/class_bootstrap.php on line 38

You might be running PHP4. vBShout is only compatible with PHP5, because PHP4 has been "End-Of-Life" (not supported) for over 2 years now.

If that is the case, please attempt to change PHP version in your hosting's control panel, or contact your host to have them upgrade PHP to PHP5 :)


Fillip

where do i control what usergroups the shoutbox is enabled for?? Some of my usergroups arent allowed to access the Shoutbox

nevermind i figured it out... i had to be logged in as the main admin account

It's to bad someone couldn't have just started working on inferno sb, it's still the best but it has flaws that need to be fixed and things that could be added.

I was thinking about using this but the layout is so ugly.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

In the Pro version, the shout area can be moved above/below the shout area, just like the old ITech shoutbox.

Fillip

After a couple days simmering in Beta sauce over a low flame, vBShout v5.3.0 has now been released.
This is purely a performance update, and brings changes in the way BBCode is handled and also how the AOP system functions.

BBCode will now parse when -saving- shouts instead of when -fetching- them, greatly reducing the strain on your server from having to parse 20 (or however many shouts you display) every load.

The AOP system will now be up to 80% faster* in checking whether new shouts have been posted and will also use a greatly diminished amount of resources in this check.

Furthermore, caching on Chat Rooms have been improved, eliminating 1-3 queries (depending on context) from each request.

* Based on a comparison of AOP fetch times on 5.2.3 and 5.3.0 on DBTech's server and my development computer.
Lowest AOP fetch time recorded: 26ms (5.3.0) vs 1.0s (5.2.3)
Highest AOP fetch time recorded: 224ms (5.3.0) vs 1.45s (5.2.3)
Your mileage may vary. This is in no way, shape or form a guarantee that your server load will go down by 80%.