[thisgeek]

Disabling auto refresh and adding a 'refresh' button

Go to style manager, and edit (or customize) the template forumhome_vbshout

Find text:

<input type="submit" value="Shout" class="button" />

And add immediately BELOW it:

<input type='button' class='button' value='Refresh' onclick='requestShouts()' />

The code must go above the 'if condition' code.
This line occurs twice - add the new button to both.

THEN

Find the text:

setTimeout('requestShouts()', 10000)

And comment it out by enclosing it with /* and */ like so:

/* setTimeout('requestShouts()', 10000) */

You can also delete the line entirely.

The shoutbox will now only refresh if you a) Submit a shout, or b) hit the 'refresh' button.