Version: 2.0, by Dream
Developer Last Online: Sep 2010
Category: Chat Modifications -
Version: 3.6.8
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Released: 11-06-2006
Last Update: 08-13-2007
Installs: 381
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This adds a simple Chatbox in your forum home page for your members to chat.
The Chatbox is like a thread, members leave small messages in it for others to see. Think of it as an off-topic thread that never ends. The Chatbox can also help keep chatting out of the threads.
This mod is light on the server, uses little server resources to work. The default refresh rate is set to 5 minutes. You can disable automatic refreshing entirely in the options.
What's the refresh rate? The chatbox updates the messages shown every given seconds, that's the refresh rate. It sends a request to the server asking for new messages every X seconds, that you choose in the options.
Warning: If you set your refresh rate to 10 seconds this mod stops being so server friendly. You can do it, but be sure your server can handle it.
Features:
- Ajax (no page refreshes)
- Pages
- Set refresh rate in seconds
- Hide Chatbox contents from certain user groups
- Set user groups that can't send messages but can view chatbox
- Moderator user groups that can delete messages
- Disable auto refresh for guests
- Prune messages by user ID, user name, days old or all
- Enable/disable smilies, bbcode and [ img ]
- Automatic URL parsing
- Users can delete their own messages
- Smilies popup with all smilies you can use in messages
- Who's Online Support
- Show message dates or not
- User names linked and colored with their user group colors
- Banned Users
- Hide refresh button
- /me code
- Optional message colors
- Bunch of options in the Admin Control Panel
This mod is now final. It has all the features I think a chatbox should have, so I won't be adding more features to it. Anyone has my permission to use this as a base for another mod. It will still be updated for bugs though.
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Sorry guys, had to do a quick update, fixed an issue with the new option "Text Input on Top?", the page wasn't scrolling to the bottom (javascript issue).
Also fixed the font for the Can't View Chatbox error message, should be pretty.
I have installed vbShout 2.0 on the main page of my forum and it works fine. I'm planning to install another shoutbox in the same forum but in different page or subforum. Is this possible, having 2 shoutbox in one forum? Appreciate your feedback and guide.
VB Version : 3.6.5
Yes you can have vBShout and Chatbox running separately on the same forum.
I have this Chatbox in a vBadvanced CMPS side module and its working great.
When I am on the forumhome pages the pop up works fine but when I am on the CMPS portal pages I get a page not found error in the pop up window.
The link in the Navbar has the full url to chatbox.php so I don?t understand why it doesn?t work all the time. Anyone have any ideas??
Also while I?m here - anyone know how to make the pop up chatbox always stay on top when other programs are accessed?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated - thanks?
The vBAdvanced portal pages must not be loading the javascript to open the popup for some reason. Send me your forum link via PM and I can have a look for you.
As for the Chatbox popup to always stay on top, I don't think thats possible, the popup is a browser window, and I don't think there's an option for a browser window to stay on top all times, but I could be mistaken. Page authors could abuse that kind of option I think.
Can't make up my mind as to whether to out the chatbox at the top of the forum, or at the bottom. Looking forward to other code development on this very simple, yet effective system.....
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04-07-2007, 02:49 AM
