[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

[Snake]

Awesome, I'll upgrade my shoutbox right away. Good job on the update!

[Hornstar]

If I type "" i get ""

I have just downloaded and installed the latest. or do i need to apply the patch that he put in this thread.

[feRos]

Is there a way to display the shoutbox collapsed by default?

[Queball_Beast]

Hello, i`m trying to prevent the guest from seeing the shoutbox, But when I ban the guest id from viewing the shoutbox. I get an error message.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied foreach()/vbshout.php on line 293

can anyone help me with this?

I entered the correct id for the guest which is "1" but it is not working.
thanks:banana:

[Zweeper]

can you code a word wrap for too long words in the shoutbox when i have it on the left panel of my forum plz? it's a greate update for all peopele that have the shoutbox in a sidepanel from the vbadvanced portal.

[Sn!per101]

Ok, I am getting frustrated with this "viewing the shoutbox" issue. I have read all the posts about it but it's still not doing what I ask for. CMPS is installed so index.php is the CMPS page and forum.php is my forum index page. I have another plugin that does custom WOL locations and forum.php is set to it.

This problem never happend until I moved to a new host which seems to be on a different version of apache. This is a bug in the program and need to be fixed. I look at the WOL page very often to see where people are on the site and having this bug is very annoying. So instead of telling me to read the previous posts about this issue does anyone know of any other solutions? I shouldn't even have to do anything because it should just work like it did before.

[Davidspl]

Originally Posted by Davidspl

Thanks for the shoutbox, my members love it.

Wondering if you could help with 1 little thing, how can i make a gap, between the bottom of my forums and the shoutbox... like in this picture...

http://www.splforum.com/vbshout.jpg

You can see the shoutbox on the splforum.com, if you dont know what i mean, between all the forums there is a small white gap, except the shoutbox, it is right on the mark forums read part.

Thanks in advance for any help. :laugh:

I know this may not be a direct shoutbox support thing, but does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

I also get that word error after symbols in the shoutbox too, most notably the & symbol, when typed in shows as & in the shoutbox message, no add ons.

[Iain M]

Originally Posted by Davidspl

I know this may not be a direct shoutbox support thing, but does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

I also get that word error after symbols in the shoutbox too, most notably the & symbol, when typed in shows as & in the shoutbox message, no add ons.

to fix the 'no gap' problem edit the forumhome_vbshout template and add <br /> at the top,

to fix the symbols problem, installing the latest version should fix that,


CP1

[Sir_Yaro]

Originally Posted by kofoid

Regarding the timestamp -
Everything has been reuploaded and no change

To get date & time in shoutbox You have to add one line in forumhome_vbshout_shout template.
under

<if condition="!$Shout[s_me]">
<if condition="$Shout[s_by]">

add:

[{$Shout['time']}]

This line some how is missing...

[Damien2005]

How can i set the $pagenav in to the shoutbox ?

Someone here who can help me out..