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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[gmarik]

vb3 Gamma is waiting for this ...

[geezzaa]

Originally Posted by gmarik

vb3 Gamma is waiting for this ...

OH YES.
PLease Hurry, My members are suffering withdrawl symptoms

[tsmith025]

Originally Posted by gmarik

Oh, sound nice. Have you thought about guest chatting option with limited rights for limited time, so that new users would want to register after? :ermm:

Is it possible to have a more detailed Who is online, because it's always showing Is currently reading the chatbox. 15:33 and always the latest time, but it's not true. The times should be the last time user was active in the chat and it would be great, if it would show - does the user only reads or types an answer as it is in ICQ. :nervous:

Hi I just installed this chat_box hack. It installed very easily and worked on the first try for me. I do have one problem. When I try to configure the chatbox for font colors, refresh time and the # of chats shown it always goes back to default and never changes.

Is there anyway anybody here can help me fix this? I can barely see the font with the default settings.

Chat_box can be found at: www.offshoremuscle.com

Thanks in advance.

[VBDev]

Change permissions on your chatbox_congif.php tsmith

Chmod the file to 777


Concerning the adaptaion of this hack to VB3, it will arrive. Pos3idon is actually working on VB3 to improve his chatbox and bring new options

[msimplay]

please release this hack for vb3

[Dubz]

i need help, i'm kinda new at this stuff.
I tried to install but when adding to the database i got Chmod failed : operatoin not legal forums/admin/chatbox_install.php on line 65

[Dubz]

can i not use this on the basic Vbulletin 2-3-3 ? does the forum have to turned off?

[Dubz]

think i figured it out heh, i didn't know how to chmod

[Dubz]

ok modified all the files etc. but i can' t see it, what do i have to edit there?

[Taco]

Sorry to dig this up but after searching some pages, didnt find answer (didnt look at ALL the pages ) I'd like to know if its possible to make it so when you come to the forums, the chatbox is already minimized so there a nice single line showing one shout then the link on top to expand.
Also, it possible to change the color of chatbox? I go to change it in config and i get these errors in the admin CP
"Warning: fopen("chatbox_config.php", "w") - Permission denied in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/forum/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 21

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/forum/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 23

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/forum/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 24"

Thanks alot if osmeone could help me out here.