vB Chatbox 1.2.4

What this hack does : Adds a box on top of your vB home page
where all members can chat/shout in an IRC like way, with all the
vB options added (smilies, vBcodes....)

I started this hack by modifying the shoutbox made by Doug
Tanner for phpnuke (i think).. And it went far far from his original
code. As far as i think he wouldn't recognize it .

I integrated it as far as i could with vB, and in the admin CP,
with every bit of it being possible to modify trough the admin
CP (prune, ban, censure...)...

SCREENSHOT

This hack has been tested and used by some people out
there in france .

1.2.4 changes :
Install problems with the mysql reserved words solved,
Uninstalling option added to the install script,
Possibility to automaticaly add the templates to the
templatesets you chose in the install script,
IE6 problem with divs solved,
timezoneoffset mod integrated,
text input limited to 255 characters.

1.2.3 changes :
security hole on the pruning of the admin part fixed.

1.2.2 changes :
templatesused var filled with all templates used by the
script in the shoutbox.php file and in the index.php file.
And chmod 777 made on the admin/shoutbox_config.php file
by the install script. Thanks to erwin

Name changed from shoutbox to chatbox, because some people
thought of this hack as related with TWT-commish's shoutbox...
no more excuses


Here is some sort of [high]FAQ[/high] from all the thread,
hope this helps, and prevents you from reading all that i just read :

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Erwin : limit of smilies a person can post in the shoutbox.
This is to prevent smilie spamming : HERE
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Erwin : Another tip for installers - instead of manually having to
ban users in the shoutbox, to automatically ban users who
you have already banned from the forums : HERE
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For the shoutbox to be in a popup : HERE
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To have 5 'shouts/chats' visible when the chatbox is reduced :
HERE
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SpeedStreet : This simply creates a link for people to click on so
that they can easily view the 'Who's Online' page without
having to dig for it : HERE
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ThoughtDiver: if you want the date format on the shout timestamps
to read Month/Day instead of Day/Month : HERE
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[NuclioN]

The VB chat is active now for a few months and our members still love it. Someone had the idea about the textcolor(s)...a profilefield where someone can put hexcolorcode and all his/her text in the shoutbox will be in that specified color.

I tried to put the same field before the $comment as we use in the postings where members can change their textcolors if they wish in the cp. Is this possible?

[Hobbes]

I didnt take the liberty of reading all 11 pages, but i was wondering if there is any way to have the shoutbox optional so users can turn it on and off?

[grog6]

@RPGSYguile : You can turn your chatbox off, just click on the link and it will be reduced, you don't will be able to chat and will only see the last reply

So it reduces querys executed on your forumhome

To reply and see others answers, just reclick on the link above the chatbox

[NuclioN]

Is it possible to build code in to ignore users?

[Mr H]

Is there any way to give my moderators the ability to delete "shouts"?

[Mr H]

The message I get is...

Invalid SQL: SELECT u.username, s.userid, s.shout_text, s.timestamp FROM user u, shoutbox s WHERE u.userid = s.userid ORDER BY s.timestamp DESC LIMIT 1
mysql error: Table 'vbulletin.shoutbox' doesn't exist
mysql error number: 1146

And my sites down.

I deleted the shoutbox table and all shoutbox templates and the site is still down....

What else can I do?

[grog6]

Originally posted by Mr H
Is there any way to give my moderators the ability to delete "shouts"?

You can insert the part of modifications to make in the Admin CP to you Modo Cp and so moderators of your forum will be able to delete shouts on the Chatbox !!

[Doc203]

Is there anyway that this could be added to other forum pages as well as the home page?

[NuclioN]

Or most requested...let the input update the chat so you won't have to refresh all the time. An update as in digichat, or push pull in java. That would beat the cake.

[Guidster]

Ok, I got through the install process and all of the templates are listed and I have the config stuf in the admin CP. However, try as I might, I do NOT have anything in the forums. After reading the thread, I have checked and rechecked the index.php file and I have the last biut of code ABOVE the get template--forum home line. The file permissions on the shoutbox_config.php is 777. Any ideas out there???

As a picture is worth 10,000 words, I have attached the index.php file.....Thanks