Trying this on vb 5.1.6 The shoutbox works more or less, but the feature of shouting to someone works, for me, only on the Chrome browser, not on Firefox or Safari. Running OSX 10.10.2

Also in the cp, Instance Management, after I change the name of the Shoutbox to something else and save, still it remains as Shoutbox.

Also once a chatroom is created, how does a user invite people to it? Not even sure how to access such an invite or the created chat room on the forum.

This is awesome, thanks for making it! I decided to put it on its own page by using Site Builder to create a new page and then also adding a Chat button to the top navigation. Check it out: http://forum.highonhockey.com/ | http://forum.highonhockey.com/chat

Hey!! I removed the mod and it deleted ALL my modules with it. How can this happen? How can I get my modules back? Theres just a blank page now besides the header.

How about welcoming a new member with a chat notification?

Like: "Welcome {username} to {boardname}"

This triggered after they did the email confirmation or so :)

Also getting an error in my Chrome console:

im using vBulletin 5.1.7 ..... is not show on forum . please help i set all permission still not display

I had the EXACT same thing happen when I added the vBDonate mod and deleted it. Luckily I was just in the beginning stages of setting up my forum. I tried everything to get them back and could not, so I ended up getting frustrated with it and did a clean install of 5.1.7.

Hi;

I've had the same problem. If you restore a backup of the problem widgets table looking up.

If you have no backup, please reinstall test.domain.com from hosting / localhost. Backup widget table and restore orijinal site. :) :)

This is a bug in vBulletin that they are refusing to fix any sooner than approx. 6 months from now.

http://jira.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-14825

As a result, we are unable to support vB5 at this time.


Fillip

vb5 is the wave of the future!

Hi... what was changed in 6.1.0a7 to 6.1.0a8
Because i have 6.1.0a7 pro, the height wont change and the Shout Input Area Default Location wont change either...thanks

I don't believe anything significant changed between those versions.

Fillip

I have some questions :p

I use it on a 5.1.7 VB and it works fine.

I just migrate my forum from an IPB, to vbulletin, so i'm discovering every functions.

We had a shoutbox too, and it display smilies you can click on it, to insert in your message. Now my member are searching for this option :p

We had a full page with all the shoutbox (only that), but now i have the SB only in the main page of the forum, not above all other page, and we would like to have a dedicated page like yourdomain.com/shoutbox

Is it possible ? :)

im using it on 5.1.9
where can i change design and how can i add smileys?

Customisable New Post / Thread Notifications

Any idea when these will be working......

The vB5 version does not support a Smilies button. You can customise the templates via the Style Manager :)

We're currently focusing on the xenForo version of vBShout, and we have no current plans of developing for vB5 at this time.


Fillip

Installed on 5.1.9 and works fine. Thanks for the mod.

I have installed the vBShout module as explained in the readme file, created a new page, dragged the module in place, then saved.

However for some reason the chat area just isn't loading:
http://www.pregnancyforum.org.uk/Chat

i get an error when i try to add it

Importing Product, Please Wait...

[:]

vBulletin Message

/home/favserie/public_html/core/packages/dbtechvbshout/class_install.php appears to be missing!

its in the map

i got it working

On vb 5.1.9 PL 3 I notice that the shoutbox gets the
Error: 200 parsererror
for a while while loading, then it seems okay after that. It seems to take a long time to load ever since 5.1.9 PL3

I did not notice this parsererror before the PL 3 patch.

Yes same here, any fix?

I've downgraded back to PL1 for now and it works again. Not the best option I know but chat disabled is no option at all. Anyway looks like this plugin is not maintained any longer. Any alternatives?

Last update: One year ago. Some of us are beginning to think this product is unsupported.

Error: 200 parsererror

The same: Error: 200 parser error

VB Ver. 5.1.10

After downloaded the latest version with hotfix today - I'm getting Error: 500 error

DragonByte no longer supports (updates) VB5 Products. From DragonByte's site on every VB5 Product:

However, I have had luck with them supporting the product for previous purchases.... you may want to post in their forum and ask them whether they might help out.

So as not to put words in anyone's mouth, if the product is no longer supported the tag needs to say so. The supposed issue was resolved back in July.

http://jira.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-14825

DragonByte makes quality products but I've got a handful of clients who aren't very enthralled with the issues with the most popular modification in use, especially when there are no alternatives.

Devs dont give a damn....

That may well change once vB5 has hooks re-introduced but I can't say for sure as I'm not DB Tech nor one of it's staff.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...-now-available

If I had to guess, I'd say they'll be changing that here soon as the need for more vB5 mods increases in my opinion due to he sheer lack there of in the recent two years or so.

I would post on their site, remember this thread is for their free (non-paid/non-pro) version of their modification and support is provided first and foremost on their site despite the fact that they do login here regularly to support their products.

I wouldn't go that far, I mean seriously let's just pull off the white gloves and smack an innocent coder in the face who was paid to fabricate a product! That's silly at best! Despite the lack of replies as of late, 23 pages of support speaks wonders.

I will say though that the lack of replies in this thread as of late is a little concerning as you all noted its still marked as supported but no recent replies to issues. I would post on their site, one thing I noticed recently was an update made on either this file or the vB4 shoutbox but then wasn't updated on their actual site or vice-versa so some of you may have an outdated version that could possibly produce an error - I would check each and compare the file dates to ensure you have the most up-to-date version of the mod. Again, as mentioned above remember that support is given on their site before it's given here so following some form of procedure i.e. ask there first and await a reply then if none are given ask here etc would be best followed respectively.

When business builds sites using extensions and then forum updates making extensions installed, suddenly not working then its the Devs that dont give a damn.

Whether its the forum Devs or the Extensions devs, doesnt matter.....
What matters is the end user who pays for the forum and is getting (sometimes) sub standard development effort.

If the extension Devs are having issues with forum structure... they should be screaming for fixes... and so should the end user....

All in all, I came from IPB to here and now wondering if this was the best option.... I like vBulletin, but was very unaware of how slow the extension and template development is...

vB should be held accountable for the lack of extensions and devs should be more considerate with extensions they have made for vB5....

The only people who suffer is the end user.... "Taking the money and run" seems to be a relevant situation with the vB management for letting it get this way!

Couldn't agree with you more. Personally, I am tired of the little hissy fits expressed by developers... it doesn't do me any good. Currently I am sitting on the second from last VB5 version and waiting for updates to the extensions I use.... I doubt that is going to happen.

The plugin developers are in the same boat as you guys, no one should blame the plugin developers for a broke plugin because of a vBulletin 5 update. If you're not a developer, you can't understand how much work it can be to get it working again after an update. Especially since vBulletin 5 is basically still in its baby shoes in my opinion... and it is still evolving rapidly.

Regardless, there are barely any vBulletin 5 plugins because vBulletin decided to remove a major feature that affected the ability to develop vBulletin 5 plugins.

Not too long ago, they announced that they are re-implementing that major feature which could possible fix vBulletin 5 its reputation and introduce a bunch of awesome plugins again. Then it's just up to the plugin developers to port their vBulletin 4 plugins to vBulletin 5 and provide support.

Just a side question: did you actually buy the premium version of this product or did you only use the free version?

Yes. I purchase the fully functional versions with branding free licenses. Just to note, when going to one VB5 vendor I was told that I should consider Vbulletin's competitor Xenforo if I want to run 3rd party extensions. My point being... some of these developers have not only abandoned Vbulletin but they attempt to deter VB customers to the nearest competitor.

I understand the PHP hook system was detrimental to 3rd party extensions. Believe me, that is something many Xenforo users love to use to piss in the ear of VB owners.

Ah alright that clears things up, yes I'd be a bit annoyed as well if I bought a premium product that doesn't work to my needs.

they shouldn't be selling products that don't work and should refund customers that's borderline fraud

If they produce a product for an earlier version of vB5 (and state which version(s) for which the product was designed), and for some reason it doesn't work with a later vB5 version, why should that be considered their fault?

Depends on what they mean when they charge for additional terms like 3 months 6 months 1 year for support or updates. Why would I pay more for future support if no updates other than the version available at the time are promised? Doesn't make sense.

Hey all,

Firstly I would like to apologise for the lack of replies - we prefer support tickets created over @ our site as it is guaranteed these will not be missed, whereas sometimes we don't get notifications for threads here @ vBulletin.org. With over 100 releases, it's very difficult to keep up to date with every thread here :)

Secondly, we have no intention of stopping support for our existing vB5 products. As far as I'm aware, there are no outstanding issues if you follow the instructions Internet Brands provided for correcting their "broken modification module" issue.
Further to that, that issue (which I linked multiple times in the past) was for me personally the straw that killed my motivation to work on vB5. This is my personal opinion and is in no way, shape or form indicative of the policies or plans of DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

At this time, it's my personal opinion that we should wait and see how the hook system ends up working before we dedicate additional development resources to vB5. Internet Brands have in the past shown a blatant disregard for modification developers, as evidenced by the fact that vB5 was released as Gold in February 2013 after over a year of feedback from us and other modification developers that the system was 100% inadequate and insufficient, and we are still waiting for the completed hooks system to be done. Surely you can understand our frustration :)

This entire post, except for the parts where I state otherwise explicitly, is my personal opinion and is not reflective of the company as a whole.

It is the policy of DragonByte Technologies Ltd. to continue to provide fixes for reported bugs and compatibility with newer versions of vBulletin 5, however since vB5 is still very much in a state of flux (as opposed to vB3 and vB4 which are considered very much stable at this point), we ask for your patience if it turns out a new vB5 version breaks our products.

Hopefully this has clarified a few things. If you still have questions regarding our policies or our plans for vB5, the best place to get in touch would be our "Contact Us" form here: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/contactus.php

Thanks!


Fillip

On my forum , that module doesn't work ..

For further information, this user is running vB5.1.10. I tried setting up instances and chat rooms, but didn't get anywhere. I have advised this user, based on skimming through this thread, that this product does not work on vB5.1.10, and seems to work only up to early patch levels of vB5.1.9. Can anyone confirm or deny this?