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ShoutBox Refinement Suggestions

* Automatic template insertion

To automate things and make things easier for those who want it simple,
make the ShoutBox by default place itself on the template, as you did
with your previous versions. You can leave the current option in for those
who wish to display the ShoutBox on multiple pages.

* Allow the tab color to be modified per skin. Issue:

Fine looking: http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3919/sb1mv8.png
Bad looking: http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1759/sb2sz6.png
More bad looking: http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/3475/sb3gv9.png

* Thread notice privileges

Make it so that user who are privileged to see threads of forums they can access,
see the notice only in the ShoutBox. I know you told me it requires a lot of processing,
for this I suggest an option to configure the refresh time as well.

You dealt with the activity moving to ShoutBox instead of forums issue very well!
Now if you fix this, it will be perfect. If I would have to use the current system to deal with this
I would have to configure half my community to not display thread notices in the shoutbox.

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As for everything else, this is the best modification out there.

I can't wait for the paid version, I will get it nonetheless since you done such a good job.
Keep it up, I hope these issues can get fixed, then it will practically be 100% perfect.

EDIT

* Active users display bug

Alright, you can get a live example of this bug at my website.

Move from ShoutBox to active users and you'll see this:
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1188/sb4zy9.png

Move back to ShoutBox tab, and back to Active Users and it will display how it should then:
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7803/sb5xv6.png

It's not displaying correct from the first time, it will when you switch back to ShoutBox, and back to active users.

* URL issues

I suggest you maybe change the URLs applied to usernames who shout in the ShoutBox.

Right now the link applied to each user is:
http://www.x-devs.com/member.php?u=

Another Edit

* Disappearing text

After being idle for a while, all the text in the ShoutBox is disappearing except for the last posted one:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3506/sb7xc0.png

When I refresh the page, it all appears again, but after a while goes invisible again:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1996/sb8dw4.png

And More Edit

* Post notices link

I think it would be convenient to make the post notice link, go to the last post in the thread. Each time I click it now, I have to manually go to the last page myself to check the last post, having the link being automatically the last post would be much more convenient.

* Shoutbox / Active Users link

Right now the link configured on the text is the website's URL. As this serves no meaning to have it linked to the actual website (although if you click it, it even won't visit it, just display the shoutbox, or active users), why not have it just blanked out, or put a # in it?

* VBSeo support

I would really appreciate it, if you somehow add support for VBSeo to your modification, either directly, or add instructions in the first thread. I myself do not know how to do this for this version, however for your previous versions somebody posted instructions on the VBSeo forum:

http://www.vbseo.com/f2/vbshout-2-1-a-6809/#post40094

Maybe from this example, you could add support for your current version? (Maybe insert a feature, a "Do you have VBSeo installed on your community" "Yes" No" option to include this support, with the pro version or so ?).