We are thinking of moving towards a session based system for tracking active users which would achieve what you wish, but it's no small undertaking :)


Fillip

After several weeks of using this mod on vb4.2 I can say it is great! Nice work, thank you.

I would love to see this! :)
Is there an eta for this?

Unfortunately we cannot provide any ETAs, sorry :(


Fillip

I installed this shoutbox on vB 4.2.0 but it isn't showing. Why? :(

Did you set up the usergroup permissions in the Instance Management interface?

Fillip

permissions are all fine, Dbtech shoutbox tab on side of admincp does not show either :(

Please add yourself to Super Administrator in config.php

Fillip

Solved

I understand the shout box picks up some of it's colors from the themes css settings but, I'm having a helluva time finding the proper setting to change the shout box to match the theme I have it on.

Visible at this link you can see the light grey area around the shoutbox that does not match the theme.

How or where do I make a change to select the color I want that grey to be?

Thank's, GREAT add-on!

You can edit most of the colours of the Shoutbox by editing the dbtech_vbshout_colours.css CSS Template.

Other than that, I recommend using Google Chrome's F12 developer tool to select the part of the page that you want to alter - it will tell you in the sidebar to the right what CSS rules are applied.

Fillip

Hmm, I can't find a German language file.
Is there no translation for German available?

You can see all available German translations here: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f91/?...refixid=german


Fillip

Hi Fillip,
thanks for the link, but I knew this translation area and couldn't find a translation for vBshout there.

One quick question, can super-admins see user create shoutbox channels? As in what's being talked about in there?

If my user name was donkey, where would I put that into the code below?

I don't believe so, no.

Nowhere, you'd add your user ID after the 1 like so:
1,2
If your user ID was 2.



Fillip

Thanks, it was already there. It's been years since I messed with that file.

hello guys, i'm using IE9 to debug my forum.php and a get the following error while not being logged on, any clue? i'm using you 6.1.0 lite version with vb 4.2 last patch

SCRIPT5009: 'vBShout' is undefined
vbshout.js?v=610, line 24 character 2

and while being logged on i get this

SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'appendTo'
vbshout.js?v=610, line 1804 character 9

How to fix it?

While debugging i get the second error unde this LOG: [7:2:53] Playing shout sound for tab shouts in instance 1 although i disbaled every option with sounds... really annoying sounds

Had this removed from my site on two separate occasions due to it corrupting the database. Since i had no further problems with my data. Whether it was directly this product or a conflict with another plugin i cannot be certain. It is a shame as it was promising.

That's been fixed in a dev version, you can re-download the Lite version from www.dragonbyte-tech.com to get the fix :)

What does IE tell you is on that line?

That's printed even though sounds aren't actually playing, for debug purposes :)

We have not received any reports of data corruption as a result of this plugin before.

Could you elaborate as to the nature of the corruption?


Fillip

I might start using this shoutbox again for staff discussion only.

Hi,
I just installed your mod and really like it.
Have looked through a few pages, but with over 150 and searched and didn't seem to find an answer.
Can you make the shoutbox display on all pages in VB 4.xxx instead of just the forum.php?
I can't seem to find a setting for that.

Thanks

is possible to add {vb:raw show.vbshout_staff} only in staff category?

is it not possible that like in first versions .. (vb3)
you can click at the name in the chat, and that you directly can write a private message?
not i other windows like now.. but in the same as the head shoutbox, only private... ?

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).

Follow the above instructions but limit the display to a specific forum ID when editing the FORUMDISPLAY template.

Enable the Context Menu in the instance management options :)


Fillip

Thanks!

First off I am a ig fan of all your products!

A few of my users have been experiencing errors when they try to shout. The message is "Error: Invalid Message Specified"

Any idea what can cause this and how to fix it? Like I said its only happening for a very small percentage of my users.

Thanks.

The only way this could happen is if the Shoutbox believe the shout is empty. Can you get some examples of shouts that produce this error?

Fillip

Dragonbyte i successfully installed the shoutbox,

but 1 problem, when i click on archive i see no way of deleting/editing shouts??

i've looked in the admin CP and all the permissions seem to be set right,
i'm baffled?
because on my 3.7.3 version if i clicked on archive Edit/Delete would be right next to the shout, but now its not, am i just overlooking something?

also when i click on the smiley box and it pops up the smilies wont go into the shoutbox when you click on them, the box just closes.

this is really irritating the crap out of me, I CANNOT FIND OUT HOW TO EDIT/DELETE SHOUTS! grrrrrr
frustrating.

ok i looked and i guess you have to have the PRO version to edit/delete single shouts?

nevermind

Double-click the shout.

Fillip

vBShout v6.1.1
Feature: Improved logging details for Control Panel actions
Change: Changed the Branding display method to inject itself into the copyright footer (underneath vBulletin copyright) instead of the page footer.
Change: Changed the Branding Free Key to a more secure key.

Fillip

When using this in combination with Advanced User Tagging, how does one remove the "User Tags" tab? Even when I uncheck all three Shoutbox Integration marks from AUT settings it still shows the tab and the content of it is that of the default tab.

You can disable the Shoutbox-related plugins belonging to the Advanced User Tagging product :)


Fillip

EDIT: Problem Resolved

Hello. sometimes when i type something in the shoutbox and hit shout, it gets posted but the post also remains in the typebox. needed to clear it first before typing a new one. only happened to me after i upgraded to 6.1.1 from 6.1.0.

Hey, I installed the Lite version perfectly, but I am getting this error:

http://prntscr.com/11m2w9

I do not know what I am doing wrong? I imported the product perfectly and everything, it keeps giving me an error.

Please help?

That can happen if there's some form of error somewhere in the submission. It's usually nothing to worry about if the rest of the mod works fine :)

You need to upload the contents of the upload folder to your /forums/ folder :)


Fillip