(SpellChecker.net like) SPELL CHECKER for VB 2.x!
 

Please use this link instead for the actual code: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=41071

Worked great, thanks!

Nice hack...

Satan

No offense, but a spell checking solution that is dependant on someone else's server being around and accessible isn't really the best solution for serious users.

You can find a great open source solution on the thread below:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=37398

If your host won't support aspell or ispell libraries (which the above "hack" requires), my recommendation is to consider other, more capable hosting providers. They are out there if you do the research.

Paul

The hack was made virtually identical to SpellChecker.net. Its also very easy to install, without having to install any libraries.

Plus its written in PHP and NOT perl ;)

No offense Loveshack is right. A company like Spellchecker.net you can trust to be online. This is not a large company like Spellchecker.net so your really at their mercy.

I do like the functionality of this though...much better then the other version Perter Clack pointed us too. So people will just have to weigh their options. :)

Thanks for pointing out another solution Raz.

Hi Raz

That`s a nice hack and I`ll be using it, but I`m having a few probs....

The only way I can get anything to come up is by moving the files from the spellcheck directory, to the forum root. Works then.

But when it first opens I get a double "Page cannot be found" swiftly followed by the spellchecking stuff. Sometimes the text appears on it`s own. Other times, the checking box also appears. I find if it hasn`t appeared and I click on one of the highlighted words, then the checking box (with alternate words) appears.

Sometimes when I hit change, everything disappears. It may come back later, but I gave up waiting. Sometimes when you click "Change word" nothing happens and I have to keep clicking and clicking. *sigh* I can`t see anybody having the patience to use it unless I fix it. Any suggestions? Or is this behaviour unique to me?

We are a pretty big movie site and we have been online for a long time non-stop. We aren't going anywhere ;)

Plus please remember this is a FREE function that I am providing for fellow VBers.

PhoenixBB, could you post your forum URL so that I can check it out?

Hi Raz

url:
I`m wondering if it`s my ISP. Been having probs with the DSL connection so it could be because of that. I shall try it later with the 56k. If it works ok when you try, then it`s definitely that.......

Hi PhoenixBB,

Its not working is because the spellcheck directory needs the "blank.html" from the zip file.

Cheers,
Raz

Did I mention I was an idiot?? :o

I always get rid of those blank htmls b/c there is never anything on them, so I figure they have no purpose. LOL I`m now gonna be wondering what is gonna happen with other things where I`ve left off that blank page. :confused:

I`ll go fix it now.........

Mmm. Still having the same probs. The initial `page not found` thing has stopped, which is good, but I could have lived with that. I`m still getting problems with the text disappearing. The checking box has been coming up most of the time, so that`s good, but again many times I click to change a word and nothing happens. Or the checking box and buttons disappears.

I`m left with the altered text but no means to input it because the "finish" button has also disappeared along with the rest. I`m using IE6 if that`s any help. Not tested it in NS6 yet.......

I've checked it with IE5 and 6 and even Netscape 4! And it works perfectly with all of them.

I'll check out your forum.

Its working for me.

I'll PM you.

Thanks!

Vastly relieved it works with NS4 - we had a terrible job tweaking everything to get the site viewable in that browser.

It`ll be great if this can be made to work, as it`s very easy to use. :)

Thanks Raz. You are very kind to let us use your server. That's very nice of you. The hack works well, and fast too.

Good job.

Hello Raz! I got this to work with IE, but with Mozilla it comes up as a blank window. Can you help?

I just tested with Mozilla aswell and its not working either.

I followed Netscapes JavaScript reference to the T - so not sure where the problem is.

Only explanation is that Mozilla is still in development so it might be a bug on their side.

Heres something from their website:

Excellent. Thank you. :)

Raz,

This is one great hack. Where is the spellchecker hosted?

Thanks for sharing this.

Phil

Hi,

The actual spellchecking is performed on spellchecker.killermovies.com

Cool beans! Hey, does this use pspell? Can you post the source code for the checking on your server if it does indeed use pspell?

I think this would be a more effective hack if the original author included the source for the script on his server which does the actual checking, regardless of what libraries it uses.

Paul

What would happen if 5,000 vB sites used this spell checker? Wouldn't that cause you some problems?

Yeah, that would be awesome. I'm just even more interested if it uses pspell as I have been fiddling with that for months but have yet to achieve a speedy spell checker using it.

I won't be doing that any time soon, sorry.

I am only providing the service - for free.

Nope, we have a VERY fast server :D

Plus the script is also very efficient.

Can you at least tell us if it uses pspell? :D

So what if I'm a little obsessed :)

Cool. Thanks for the hack and service.

I installed this and it works perfectly about 90% of the time. Sometimes it comes up with a blank box, other times it will not finish the spell checking, etc. Is this a issue with the script or your server?

I have these same problems

Phil

Hi,

I'm working on it now.

I'll let you know how I progress.

Same with me.

Yep, I have just come across this problem myself.

I've fixed the problem, and will be releasing v1.1 in the next couple of hours.

Bug: If you include a ; ) smilie in a post, it comes up with JavaScript errors.

Released new version which fixes problem with blank pages.

Marshalus - I can't reproduce this error message. I will check out your forum and PM you with details.

I found a bug or maybe I just screwed up installing it... When I create a new thread and click submit, even without spellchecking, right when I click submit it comes up with a JS error and for some reason it wont let me view the source of the page to find line 125, the line the error is on. This only happens when creating a new thread. The URL to my forum is http://forums.zforcenetwork.com/ and I'm using IE6 for a browser.

Hi Ian,

Do you get the same error in the demo on the first page?

No, but than again, there's no submit page... I double checked the install and it seems to be working... I'm going to try to revert the template to original and re-apply the hack.

I checked the other demo, the one on your forum and it didn't have the error... I'm going to try what I posted above.

I re-applied the hack to that template and all looks good, thanks for the hack and the support!