[AJAX] vBShout v2.0

[high]Staff Edit/Update[/high]

I have released an updated version of this hack (version 2.0.1), this version fixes some security issues with this hack. All version prior to this one allow users to insert html in their shouts, this can cause problems with them using html that breaks the site layout or malicious javascript. Download the new zip file (vBshout_fixed.zip) and upload the new vbshout.php file to patch/upgrade. If you want to manual instructions they are in the zip file, in the file bugfixes.txt

Second Staff update

I've uploaded a new version of this hack, dubbed '2.0.2'. This one should fix the html injection issues without breaking special characters. To upgrade, download the new zip file and upload the new vbshout.php file.

Please note that this only fixes the html injection issues. I do not use this hack on my own forum (although I've tested this on a client's board) so I will not be fixing the server load issues. I suggest you do not install this hack if you can't deal with the extra server load, as it's rather intensive.

- Brad

[high]End staff edit[/high]

Well, been a while since I've been to vb.org and released anything, thought i'd break the trend and whip up something quick while I have a little spare time.

A shoutbox as you would assume, a very simple one to start off with, but does include AJAX Technology, which pushes the shoutbox 1 step closer to live, messages from other people will appear with no refreshing, and so will yours that you post

A preview is below, i'd estimate a 50 second installation max

Primary Features:
- AJAX Technology (no refreshing)
- Administration control an display element options
- Fast format editor

Change Log::

- v1.1:
WOL (Who's Online) Correction

- v1.2:
New Posting Featurs (Bold/Italic/Underline/Colour/Font)
Admin Controls

- Change location/position of shoutbox
- Change number of shouts displayed
- Switch vbcode/similes on/off

- v1.3
Firefox javascript issue fixed
New Admin Controls

- Command Activation
- Swtch extra format options on/off
- Change position of editor (above/below messages)

New Commands

- /prune (Clears the shoutbox completely)
- /prune [username] (Clears all shouts posted by specified user)

- v1.4
Usergroup HTML Markup For Usernames
Clear Editor Button
Emoticons Pop Up Menu
Time display configurated to vBulletin settings
Username Links To Profile
New Admin Conrols

New vBShout Position (Directly Above Forums)
Banned Users
Banned Usergroups
Banned Permissions
Smilie Pop-Up Box Height
Smilie Pop-Up Box Width

New Commands

"/me" - Action message (all users are able to use this command)
/pruneshout [shout] - Deletes a single shout

- v1.5
Improved Smilies Display
XHTML 1.0 Transitional Valid (couple of errors fixed)
New Admin Options

Shoutbox Height
Smilies To Show
Shout Messages Order
Banned Permissions (fixed)

- v1.6
Bug Fixes:

- Unable to delete shouts that used /me command fixed
- Shouts being displayed from bottom-upwards only showed first 20 shouts

Automatically parses URL's

- v2.0
New Archive

- Displays shouts and pages
- Stats and top 10 shouters
- AJAX Edit/Delete (staff can edit/delete all shouts)

Enjoy,

- Zero Tolerance

[TotalTorque.net]

Phew, I have disabled it for now. Any ideas what could be causing this?

[Doc.Blade]

Cant remember if i have posted this, but i have this installed and working perfectly with vBulletin 3.6.4

[S]I do have one question though. I have installed some extra smilies since installing the shoutbox. How do i point the shoutbox to these new smilies? They are in a new category for smilies too. Or shoud i just move all the new smilies into the main category so they all show? I prefer to leave them where they are as it shows the name of the person that made most of the smilies in the selection box.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.[/S]

Edit: Fixed, i had show only 8 smilies, made it 0 for show all, and they are all showing now

Cheers for the great Mod, My Clan Members and I love using it

Thank you

Doc

[da420]

Originally Posted by TotalTorque.net

Phew, I have disabled it for now. Any ideas what could be causing this?

make sure you uploaded the php file to your forum directory.

[acegames]

on my forum here http://www.acegames.us/forum/ I have shoutcast and then shoutbox , how can I swap so it displays shoutbox and shoutcast underneath that ?

Or an alternative to move the shoutbox above the navbar ?

[swissmike]

I'm trying to fix a problem for several days. I searched on all the sites and i didn't found a solution. I think that i'm not the only person with this problem: GERMAN CHARACTERS.

I have the latest VB 3.6.4 installed with no other modifications on a Linux machine with PHP 4.3.9 and MySQL 4.1.20.

The collation in phpMyAdmin for all tables are "latin1_german1_ci", also for the table "shout" and its fields "s_shouts" and "s_data".

Somewhere in this board i found i thread with following hint. I had to put following phrase with the charset into the "vbshout.php". I did this:

PHP Code:

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBShout v2    Created By Zero Tolerance [http://gzevolution.net]    ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1');



// ---------------------------------------------------
// Start Set PHP Environment
// ---------------------------------------------------

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

Now i (and some other german guys) have the following problem: the shoutbox works perfect but if we want to write words with characters like: ?, ?, ?, the shoutbox hangs until we refresh the browser. Other characters like: &, *, $ work correctly.

When i write in the file "vbshout.html" a character manualy like "&uuml ;" for ?, this character will be shown correctly!!!

Does anybody knows what could be the problem? Do i have to search in the SQL? Makes AJAX troubles? Is this a PHP problem?

Thanks for any hints!

[brvheart]

Originally Posted by brvheart

how can I make it so that only admins can edit the shoutbox entries?

bump please. shazz I saw that you have it posted on your site a while ack is it still there or can you post the fix here please?

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by brvheart

bump please. shazz I saw that you have it posted on your site a while ack is it still there or can you post the fix here please?

Never posted it, I will try and have that next on my to-do list
Its either in plugin or most likely in .php file

[brvheart]

thank you

[Hornstar]

Originally Posted by TotalTorque.net

Help! I've uploaded and installed it, and its showing on the site...but its just constantly giving the message "Loading..." below the text entry box!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm going to have to uninstall temporarily unless anyone can give me a quick fix for this.

you didn't chmod the the folders to 777 that you were asked. go back and do the steps correctly and you wont have a problem.

If it still doesn't work, then your on your own lol

[evilfairygirl]

How do you clear the history for the shoutbox?

Thanks,
efg