[apokphp]

If you look in the install.php file, you'll see the tables that were included. It's a little work, but by looking at that, and using myphpadmin, you can tell what was added into the db.

Furthermore, NO ONE is profiting off of another's work here. CMPS is a portal system (www.vbadvanced.com). To date, no vb integrated shoutbox has been created for ANY portal system w/ exception of vbindex. Many requests have been made by posters in these and other forums, for a coder to work on a vb shoutbox that can be used for portals. Months and months have passed...no one was willing to do it. I tried about 15 different shoutbox possibilities, none were sufficient...none could integrate w/ vb. I tried coding it myself...but couldn't get it to work. I hired a coding company to create the shoutbox. I paid quite a bit for it (for the mod)...but it was necessary for my communities.

Since many others are still desperate for a solution to an integrated vb CMPS shoutbox, and no one is stepping up, I have offered this solution to those who want it now instead of waiting for another year or so before one is created. I make no profit here. I won't even break even. $5 is nothing, but it helps offset the costs paid by me to get the hack to work.

I have helped with addons to other hacks before. I never charge...that's lame. But this is quite different because 1) I hired a professional company to do the work, 2) I wish to be partly compensated, 3) $5 is a very small amount compared to the actual cost. Since I have paid the big bucks for the hack, it is a waste of money for someone else to do it, when I would offer it already complete and functioning, for such a negligible price that they would ordinarily pay. Of course, one could always wait until someone did it for free...but if the past several months are any representation of the coder interest in this project...there will be a horribly long wait. Some people may not want to wait and want this mod now.

Also, I would never post this in a thread by itself as an offer. I'm not aggressivily advertising it. I'm only mentioning to those who have an interest in this specific hack, as a solution IF they have CMPS installed.

As far as better install instructions...I could rewrite it so it works perfectly (the install), but I don't know if I can. As you said, this is someone else's hack. Is it even acceptable for me to fix and repost someone's hack? If it is, I have no problem with that, shouldn't take too long to write. But I assumed that the original code/hack wasn't to be touched if the result was just the same hack. My mod hack for BVFull is not the same, it creates a NEW shoutbox for CMPS front pages only.