That did it man! Thanks alot for the info -- this hack is the best shoutbox I have used to date and I have been Vbulletining for about 2 years now.

What kind of errors?

And all you have to do is redo to file edits when you upgrade vB, as in any hack.

i went to uninstall it off of localhost and try it again
so i ran the the lines of code to uninstall in on of these post
and try to re-install it gives me this

FIXED
i had to run this to finish un-installing it

ALTER TABLE usergroup DROP `shoutmaxdaily`

now i am going to re-test it

How can I fix the following display error? Please help. Thanks!

URL: http://www.bibletruths.us/forums/shoutbox.php?

i re-installed it and ran every thing from the SQL files and edited every PHP file and added every TEMPLATE
also converted all black vivi shoutbox post

still have problems with the iFrame, i have to turn it OFF
with it OFF i can post in the shout box but it takes me to the top on every shout
also when i try to view the shoutbox.php it is blank

They are getting the standard message that their usergroup isn't allowed to read the Shoutbox (even though it is).


Yeah, I was just confused which of the txt-documents contained the edits I needed to do.

Well, the templates work on a standard vB3 style, so it is probably a conflict with the shoutbox and the style. Look around for some missing closing tags and etc. If I knew more HTML I'd be able to fix it.

To fix the 0 username error, run shoutbox.php?do=update like the converter said.

For the other 2 errors, it appears that the templates weren't installed properly. Double check that all the templates were added properly.

Well, it uses standard vB permissions, so if every other permission works, then the shoutbox's should as well. Edit a usergroup to try and update the cache just in case it wasn't during the install, and check that the permissions are set properly.

The file edits for a new install are located in upload/admincp/shoutbox_install/new_file.txt.

damn this is a bad night for me i can't get anything to work.

Please help me correct this problem so I can install this shoutbox. Thanks!

It appears you have already ran that step of the installation. :|

Run this query and try again, tell me if you recieve an error:[sql]ALTER TABLE language DROP phrasegroup_shoutbox;[/sql]

Here is what I got this time, Link!

How can I uninstall it so that I can do a fresh install to avoid all these duplicate entries? Thanks, Link!

Ok then. Yes, you have ran that step already. Change the step= in the URL to point it to the next step and continue.

Perfect, Link! I was able to install it successfully. I appreciate your kind assistance. :)

Link, I do not see the shoutbox settings in my admincp though. Can you please help?

Admincp -> vBulletin Options -> Shoutbox Settings

They are located there. If you are using vB3 RCX and not Gamma, it'll be at the bottom of the list. If you are using Gamma, they are in alphabetical order.

you were right i had to double check the templates but this time i use the TXT file
lot easier the the looking at the installer

but one problem that i had is two of my members have way to many shouts
13824569821598 shout or some thing like it

i have fixed some of the SHOUTBOX template for my site
look at the fixes with a fixed style also works with a 100% style

Run shoutbox.php?do=update again. I have never seen a problem like that before...

started to fix the problem
but i get this
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in c:\apache\htdocs\vb\includes\db_mysql.php on line 205

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in c:\apache\htdocs\vb\includes\functions.php on line 467

Hi link.
I got it all sorted now but one of our admins is having problems. Everytime he clicks on shout now he is redirected to the index.html page , his message still appears on the chat window Any idea what could be causing that

Someone else had this issue back on page 2. I answered it in post #83. I don't know why this is happening for some people, but it doesn't for me.

I'll work on splitting the process to seperate pages and release 1.01 with the navbar phrased.

No, I did not find it, Link. I have been trying all day to make this shoutbox work so I hope you can tell me how I could activate its settings in the Admincp. Thanks!

Well, I told you where they are, and, unless you skipped a step of the install, they'd be there.

Here is what I get when I access shoutbox.php.

I will just delete the hack and run the installer again. Thanks!

Yeah, I'd bet you didn't run the installer, or skipped a few steps, since it appears that either both usergroup permissions and phrases were not installed, or settings were not installed, or both.

Can you give me an idea on how to uninstall it or did it come with an uninstaller? I appreciate it, Link. Thanks!

Never mind. I found the uninstaller script. Thanks!

Run these queries:
[sql]DELETE FROM phrasetype WHERE phrasetypeid='716';
DELETE FROM phrase WHERE varname LIKE '%shoutbox%';
DELETE FROM setting WHERE varname LIKE 'shoutbox%';
DELETE FROM settinggroup WHERE grouptitle='shoutbox';
ALTER TABLE language DROP phrasegroup_shoutbox;
ALTER TABLE usergroup DROP shoutboxpermissions, DROP shouthierarchy, DROP shoutmaxdaily;
ALTER TABLE user DROP shouts, DROP shoutbanned;
DROP TABLE shoutbox_posts;[/sql]

EDIT: Well, even if you use uninstall.sql, you'll need to run this since I haven't updated unsinstall.sql since Beta 5.
[sql]ALTER TABLE usergroup DROP shoutmaxdaily;[/sql]

Well, I ran the uninstaller query and this is what I got...

I ran the query above and I got this...

You can't run multiple queries in the vB Admin CP. Use phpMyAdmin or split it up. (each line is a different query, for a total of 8)

I think I was able to uninstall it, Link. I just had to play with the query a little bit. Thanks!

Now it does not want me to install it after I dropped all the files. That's how I consider this message anyway. Take a look!

Go to vBulletin Options in your admincp and save the settings without modifying anything.

VERY nice hack :)...very good job, and installed :)

[Mod] vBulletin 2 Style Shout Display

If you had the Shoutbox hack by TWTCommish for vBulletin 2.x.x installed, or seen it somewhere, you might notice that this version has a different layout for showing the shouts than the vB2 version.

Well, the new layout is definately nice, however, I still feel more attracted to the vB2 style of displaying the shout, mainly because I am used to it.

So here it is, you just have to replace your "shoutbox_shoutbits" template and you are done!. It will make your shoutbox look more like the old vBulletin 2 version of the shoutbox.

Instructions: Replace your shoutbox_shoutbits template with the attatched text file.

Screenshot: Attached.

I have linked to your mod in the first post.

Nice job. :)