Shoutbox Hack 1.04b

11/09/04 - Version 1.04b. Just an installer upgrade, nothing more. Nothing to see here, move along.

10/22/04 - Version 1.04a released. This is not an upgrade from 1.04. If you already have 1.04 installed, don't worry about this. This release just updates the installer and fixes any errors in it. If you had problems installing it last time, this should work better. If you need support, posting it here may get it answered, though posting at the board at GeekyDesigns.com is prefered.

This is the same hack formerly released by Link14716.

08/30/04 4:19 PM EDT: Fixed a settings bug (I hope): see this post.

08/29/04: Shoutbox 1.04 is released, featuring a new installer system (using the Hack Installer System) and redone templates, as well as a few bug fixes. Enjoy.

Presenting: The Shoutbox Hack


Support posts made at GeekyDesigns.com have a higher priority than posts made in this thread, and is the prefered way of getting support.



There are way too many features to list, so I'll just let the screenshots do the talking.

Shoutbox credits

PHP Code:
Matthew Gordon
Templates:
Zachery Woods
- misc: Matthew Gordon
- Originally by TWTCommish, redone by Zachery for 1.04


If you feel your not able to install this yourself please feel free to drop me a pm and we can make arrangments

If you would like to donate to us please pm us and again we can make arragnments

Dont forget to click install!

Install Instructions:

NEW INSTALL/UPGRADE FROM 1.03 to Current
 
 1. Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forums directory.
 2. Run http://www.yoursite.com/forums/install/hack_install.php
 3. Select "Shoutbox Hack" and then follow the instructions to install.
 4. Follow the directions in the readme files when it gets to that step, then finalize the install (by clicking the last link in the install).
 5. Enjoy your shoutbox!

Matrixgl did a template modification to make the shoutbit more like its vB2 counterpart and released it (tested on 1.03) here.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT SUPPORT, SPECIFY THIS INFORMATION OR BE IGNORED:

What is the exact error you recieve?
Where does the supposed error happen?
What vB version are you running?


Here are the old screenshots, new ones will be posted soon:
settings.gif (186.0 KB)
forumhome.gif (37.1 KB)
forumhome_iframe.gif (30.0 KB)
shoutbox_home.gif (96.1 KB)
shoutbox_home_guest.gif (84.8 KB)
user_settings.gif (85.5 KB)
usergroup_permissions.gif (67.8 KB)
shoutbox_home_textarea.gif (78.9 KB)




Enjoy.

[TJFweb]

Originally Posted by Harley D

All I want to do is UNINSTALL all the TABLES form MYSQL!
So I can reinstall the hack.
There has to be something left somewhere in the tables, I removed all file edits and also I've tried to delete the tables as shown on page 5 and still the install program see's that I have it installed and won't let me reinstall.

any suggestions.

EDIT] I found in the install php file, that it looks to the table "his_installed" If I'm correct, it this the little sucker thats keeping me from reinstalling? and is thid safe to delete?

Apache 1.3.31

PHP Version 4.3.6

vBulletin 3.0.1

I also get a blank screen for hack_install.php (and I've checked all the files and reuploaded many times... This is the first hack which hasn't worked for me).

I can manually load hack_install_b1.php but I get "No hacks found."

IMHO it would be easier to install it manually :P

[Harley D]

I'm with you, A choice of Manual or auto install would be nice.

[TexasAtvs]

Can someone please post the code that goes in the forum home template. I seem to have reverted the template and can't run the reinstall again.

Thanks!

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by TexasAtvs

Can someone please post the code that goes in the forum home template. I seem to have reverted the template and can't run the reinstall again.

Thanks!

For, anyone who cannot install the hack via the hack isntaller please provide as much information as possible, Server OS, PHP version, MySQL version, Apache or ISS, PHP as a modual, filter, cgi, or fast CGI, and if there are any restrictiosn on the server such as openbase dir restrictions or safemode.

[deb0]

ok, Great hack. i got mine working perfectly.

however, i would like to get this hack working in a module on my cmps front page. Does anyone know how?

[TJFweb]

Originally Posted by Zachery

For, anyone who cannot install the hack via the hack isntaller please provide as much information as possible, Server OS, PHP version, MySQL version, Apache or ISS, PHP as a modual, filter, cgi, or fast CGI, and if there are any restrictiosn on the server such as openbase dir restrictions or safemode.

PHP Version 4.3.6
MySQL version 4.0.18
Server Software: Apache/1.3.29 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2623

I don't know how to check the rest but I do know that the system is NOT running in safemode.

Like I said, I've successfully installed 6+ other hacks and I have many other PHP applications running on the server with no problems.

And yes, I'm running vB 3.0.3

[Harley D]

[QUOTE=Harley D]All I want to do is UNINSTALL all the TABLES form MYSQL!
So I can reinstall the hack.
There has to be something left somewhere in the tables, I removed all file edits and also I've tried to delete the tables as shown on page 5 and still the install program see's that I have it installed and won't let me reinstall.

any suggestions.

EDIT] I found in the install php file, that it looks to the table "his_installed" If I'm correct, it this the little sucker thats keeping me from reinstalling? and is thid safe to delete?

vBulletin 3.0.1
CURL support enabled
CURL Information libcurl/7.10.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7d zlib/1.1.4
GD Support enabled
GD Version bundled (2.0.22 compatible)
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
T1Lib Support enabled
GIF Read Support enabled
GIF Create Support enabled
JPG Support enabled
PNG Support enabled
WBMP Support enabled
XBM Support enabled
JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support enabled
MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 1
Active Links 2
Client API version 4.0.20
PHP Version 4.3.6
safe_mode Off
sql.safe_mode Off
Apache Version Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) mod_jk/1.2.0 mod_throttle/3.1.2 FrontPage/5.0.2.2623 PHP/4.3.6
Apache Release 10331100
Apache API Version 19990320

EDIT" I have found that deleting his_installed does allow me to reinstall. However I still get an error

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:
Updating Caches...
Invalid SQL: UPDATE language SET title = title, phrasegroup_messaging = 'a:35:{s:26:\"add_x_to_your_contact_list\";s:29:\"Add %1$s to your contact list\";s:3:\"aim\";s:3:\"AIM\";s:20:\"aim_hi_are_you_there\";s:18:\"Hi.+Are+you+there?\";s:13:\"email_subject\";s:13:\"Email Subject\";s:15:\"email_to_friend\";s:15:\"Email to Friend\";s:29:\"errors_occured_when_submitted\";s:61:\"The following errors occurred when this message was submitted\";s:4:\"from\";s:4:\"From\";s:3:\"icq\";s:3:\"ICQ\";s:3:\"msn\";s:3:\"MSN\";s:13:\"online_status\";s:13:\"Online Status\";s:19:\"only_used_to_report\";s:139:\"<strong>Note</strong>: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) BLA BLA to the tune of 230000 lines of code that won't install.....
mysql error: Unknown column 'phrasegroup_shoutmanager' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Monday 04th of October 2004 01:36:24 PM
Script:

This error is what is causing the permissions in my ADMINPC not to show properly or not at all.

So what information do you need that I'm not providing? what do I need to do to get an answer to my question?
ANYONE????????

[Vman]

Originally Posted by BBCVman

How would one go about changing the size of the Shout Box, on my site it appears to be to wide and its causing the site to go off screen....

Which template whould I have to modify for this?

Thanks

"and I clicked installed" works great!!!!!

Its been awhile since no one answered soooo Im asking this question again...Since the Box is toooo wide for my site, how would one go about changing the size of the Shout Box so it does not distort the width of the site...

Thanks in advance..

[Keta]

i have a left column on my forum. how can i get the shout box to be 150pixels in width? instead of going all the way across my right column?

[akirauk]

well i got this to work in the end, im no expert and pretty new to php/sql

it seems when i installed vbindex and a previous shoutbox mod after uninstalling them it left behind tables in the sql database.

Use phpmyadmin and search for shout, or shoutbox and delete everything under these names, i had to do around 5 or 6 deletes before running the installer again to get it to work.

if you miss one of the tables to delete, the installer will not work and you will get the duplicate error message again when u install, so you have to REDO your deletes. justkeep searching in phpmyadmin. if a noob like me can do it then im sure you guys can

well thats how i got it to work, i hope it helps some others

thanks for this nice hack! got there in the end :up: