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.

[fonzerelli_79]

installed without a hitch

i cannot locate the readme file - the installer doesnt locate it

can someone post the code i add to my forumhome template (from the posts ive read, i think a lot of people have had this problem)

great hack

also - to all the people who are getting errors etc and are perhaps a little inexperienced with adding hacks. Id strongly reccomend backing up your database and files before adding a major hack like this. Also, make a test forum and apply the hack to that forum first before applying it to a live forum. Ill admit its a pain doing this but better safe than sorry

p.s. members should be nicer to the hack authors - a lot of work clearly went into this hack with the installer etc

[noppid]

Speaking of installers, this one, as you point out, is top notch. It's also where you get the instructions for the template and php mods. If you uploaded all the files properly, you can use the installer, and I think that was the intention, to get that info.

[edeab220]

Could someone help?

http://www.palmforums.org/forums/index.php?&styleid=27

If you take a look at the shoutbox with IE, it shows the color of the background (which is white). This theme is not the primary theme as set in the vB Admin panel.

Is there any fix for this?

[fonzerelli_79]

Originally Posted by noppid

Speaking of installers, this one, as you point out, is top notch. It's also where you get the instructions for the template and php mods. If you uploaded all the files properly, you can use the installer, and I think that was the intention, to get that info.

all the files have been uploaded correctly and i have the latest zip - several members have actually pointed out that the info isnt there (or at least there is a problem with the installation file finding the info)

edeab220 - can you tell me the html you placed above the $forumbits field in the forumhome template I believe the code your looking for is class="thead" - this should be placed in the column header of the code which i am seeking (im assuming - i cant be certain til i get the info)

[Zadkiel]

Originally Posted by d-talk

Warning: main(): Unable to access ./global.php in /srv/www/htdocs/web2/html/vb/upload/install/his_files/hack_install_b3.php on line 31

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/www/htdocs/web2/html/vb/upload/install/his_files/hack_install_b3.php on line 31

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /srv/www/htdocs/web2/html/vb/upload/install/his_files/hack_install_b3.php on line 31

I had similar errors. If you are not using the default admincp path, you need to change $admincpdir = "admincp"; in the hack_default_config.php file. Worked for me.

[edeab220]

Originally Posted by fonzerelli_79

edeab220 - can you tell me the html you placed above the $forumbits field in the forumhome template I believe the code your looking for is class="thead" - this should be placed in the column header of the code which i am seeking (im assuming - i cant be certain til i get the info)

This is what I have under $navbar

<!-- [START HACK='Shoutbox Hack' AUTHOR='squall14716' VERSION='1.03' CHANGEID= 4 ] -->
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_forumhomeshouts'] == 1">
<!-- shoutbox hack (by squall14716) -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_shoutbox')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_shoutbox" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_shoutbox].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]">
<if condition="$vboptions[shoutbox_numberofforumhomeshouts] == 1">
<phrase 1="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_latest]" 2="" 3="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_shout]">$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_x_y_z]</phrase>
<else /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_last]" 2="$vboptions[shoutbox_numberofforumhomeshouts]" 3="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_shouts]">$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_x_y_z]</phrase>
</if></a></td>
</tr>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_shoutbox" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_shoutbox]">
<tr valign="top">
	<td class="alt2"><a href="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/icons/icon2.gif" alt="" title="" border="0" />	
<if condition="!($permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTVIEW) || $bbuserinfo['shoutbanned'] == 1">
	<td class="alt1" width="100%"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vbphrase[shoutbox_noviewperms]</b></span></td>
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_iframe'] == 0">
<!-- IF THE IFRAME IS DISABLED -->
	<td class="alt1" width="100%"><span class="smallfont">
<div class="smallfont" style="height:150px;width:100%;overflow:auto"><hr>  $latestshouts<br/> </div>  <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == input && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><input type="text" name="message" value="" size="60" <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutcharlimit'] != 0">maxlength="$vboptions[shoutbox_shoutcharlimit]"</if>>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form></if> <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == textarea && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><center><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60" class="bginput" wrap></textarea><br><input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form></center></if>
	</span></td>
<else />
<!-- IF THE IFRAME IS ENABLED -->
	<td class="alt1" width="100%"><span class="smallfont">
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == input && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><input type="text" name="message" value="" size="60" <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutcharlimit'] != 0">maxlength="$vboptions[shoutbox_shoutcharlimit]"</if>>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form><br /></if>
<iframe src="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]do=iframe" width="100%" height="165" scrolling="auto" frameborder="0" name="forumhome_shoutbox" id="forumhome_shoutbox"></iframe>
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == textarea && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><center><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60" class="bginput" wrap></textarea><br><input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form></center></if>
	</span></td>
</if>
</tr>
</if>
</tbody>
</thead>
</table>
<br />
<!-- end shoutbox hack (by squall14716) -->
</if>
<!-- [END HACK='Shoutbox Hack' AUTHOR='squall14716' VERSION='1.03' CHANGEID= 4 ] -->

I have 1.04 but when I installed it, it didn't show me the new code I might have had to use, but I have 1.04 .

[noppid]

Originally Posted by fonzerelli_79

can you tell me the html you placed above the $forumbits field in the forumhome template

As requested, here's mine.

PHP Code:

<!-- shoutbox hack (by squall14716) -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <td class="thead" >
                <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_shoutbox')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_shoutbox" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
                <a href="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]">
                Shout Box</a></td>
        </tr>
    <tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_shoutbox" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_shoutbox]">
        <tr valign="top">
    

            <!-- IF THE IFRAME IS DISABLED -->
            <td class="alt1" width="100%">
                <span >
                    
<div  >
                         $latestshouts
                     </div>
                </span>
            </td>
        </tr>

    </tbody>
    </thead>
</table>

<!-- end shoutbox hack (by squall14716) --> 


Set Use an iFrame on Forumhome?: No
Set Number of Forum Home Shouts?: 1
Set Show an Input Box/Textarea on Forumhome?: None

[fonzerelli_79]

thanks noppid and edeab

ive decided to use noppids as its more suited to the design of my site

it doesnt seem to be pulling the shouts to the forum home. First of all, the actual shoutbox is working perfectly.

Is there any other files which you need to manually edit for this to work (eg. index.php)

[noppid]

Originally Posted by fonzerelli_79

thanks noppid and edeab

ive decided to use noppids as its more suited to the design of my site

it doesnt seem to be pulling the shouts to the forum home. First of all, the actual shoutbox is working perfectly.

Is there any other files which you need to manually edit for this to work (eg. index.php)

Let me look, I don't remember. I know I had issues, just don't remember what I did!

EDIT: it appears that all I did was the ACP settings and the standard PHP supplied by the author for index.php.

[fonzerelli_79]

Originally Posted by noppid

Let me look, I don't remember. I know I had issues, just don't remember what I did!

EDIT: it appears that all I did was the ACP settings and the standard PHP supplied by the author for index.php.

i assumed that this was the problem - i dont have the code for index.php either. Surely im not the only one who doesnt have this code in the zip?