Add-On Releases - [ITech] [AJAX] Inferno vBShout Lite 2.5.0

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[ITech] [AJAX] Inferno vBShout Lite
Created By Inferno Technologies (http://www.infernotechnologies.net)
Copyright 2004-2008
All rights reserved
Project Development Team: Zero Tolerance
Project Lead: Iain "Decado" Kidd
Support Forum: http://forums.infernotechnologies.ne...-Supp-f23.html
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Pro Version: http://infernotechnologies.net/idx/infernoshout/

2.5.1 Update
Fixed Bug: Archive Pagination wasn't working (page 2 showed same content as page 1)
Fixed Bug: Archive member links did not work
AOP Change: AOP now uses aop.txt, to work on IIS servers.


Project Description

This is the latest version of Inferno vBShout LITE, the free version of our Inferno vBShout Pro product (see above link). Those who were running 1.0.1 Lite will find a lot of useful upgrades and additions, including aesthetic changes and many bug fixes and most importantly a huge decrease in server load and bandwidth consumption.

Support
This version is supported, exclusively at our support forums.

Features

• AJAX Shoutbox
• AJAX Shoutbox Active Users
• Formatting Options Saved
• Notice posted when user replies to a thread
• Notice posted when user creates a new thread
• Notices posted for most admin commands executed
• /prune command (admin only)
• /ban userid or username command (admin only)
• /unban userid or username command (admin only)
• /notice message (admin only) Assigns shoutbox notice
• /removenotive (admin only) Removes any assgned shoutbox notice
• On/off switch for the Shoutbox
• Enhanced Page Deployment - Easily place the shoutbox ANYWHERE in your forum
• Editor Colours/Fonts editable
• Editor Position
• Shoutbox frame height
• Select which editor tools to display
• Select which BBCodes are allowed within the shoutbox
• Allow images in the shoutbox
• Allow smilies in the shoutbox
• Edit shoutbox notice (alternate to using command)
• Edit shoutbox banned users (alternate to using command)
• Idle Timeout (Seconds) - Set how many seconds before a user becomes idle in the shoutbox, this stops shoutbox updates
• Select Usergroups who can use admin commands
• Enter forum ID(s) which are exempt from new thread/reply shoutbox notices
• Archive System (view all shouts, see shout statistics, view top shouters)
• Shoutbox Lockdown Mode (Only 1 userid will be able to shout)
• Shouts To Display (How many shouts you want to display)
• Flood Control (Shouts cannot be posted after X seconds of shout)
• Use Normal Font Size (instead of using small font)
• Shout Listings Order (Show newest at top or bottom)
• Smilies To Show (set how many smilies you want to show)
• Maximum [SIZE] (Set the maximum size allowed for the [SIZE] tag)
• Protected Usergroups (cannot be banned)
• Disable Thread/Reply Notices
• Thread/Reply Notice Exemptions (Enter forum IDs to be exempt)
• AJAX Refresh Speed (Set how fast ajax will refresh)
• Smilies Menu
• Hide Shoutbox To UGs

Additional Features

Auto-Idle
The auto-idle system will drastically lower server load on sites with many users on at the same time. It allows you to automatically set the user to "idle" in the shoutbox, meaning the shoutbox will load shouts once, then idle the user until the click the unidle button or make a shout. Afterwards they will idle as normal (as set in the ACP).

Shoutbox Advanced Optimised Protocol
The Shoutbox AOP is a brand new feature that when turned on will dramatically cut server resources/bandwidth used by the shoutbox. Instead of the shoutbox refreshing every X seconds to check if there is new data, it will know when there is new data and only refresh then, meaning when there is no activity in the shoutbox, no resources will be consumed, or bandwidth.

Shoutbox Low Level Logging
The shoutbox low level logging system will provide you with a log of shout edits, deletes, bans, unbans, notices and remove notice commands. This will help you keep track of commands being used in the shoutbox. This can be turned off.

Private Message System
When clicking a username in the shoutbox, it will now open a new "tab" (This is a shoutbox tab, not a browser tab). In this tab you will be able to privately chat to the member where only they and you will see the messages. This helps split private chats and the main chat, and you can have as many private chats open as you like!



vBSEO Issues?
If you're encountering issues with vBSEO this is most likely due to the option within vBSEO to "clean html", you do not need to turn this option off, but you will need to change the plugin for vBShout. Go to the Plugin Manager within your ACP, and find the plugin: "Inferno Shoutbox: Deploy Shoutbox". Edit this plugin, and where you see the option "Execution Order", set this to 1 and save, you should no longer encounter issues.


Note
I'll update screenshots soon! 5am here right now...

Enjoy!

Zero Tolerance
Inferno Technologies Lead Developer

[Zero Tolerance]

Originally Posted by JimmDaBimm

uhm..i dont understand this... i have entered alle Forumid's but the new post notice shows up like before

You've entered the forum IDs correctly? Eg: 1,2,3,4,5......

If entered like that, new threads/reply notices will not show for the forum IDs specified. The update will be released soon which gives you a quick on/off switch for the entire feature though, just waiting on vBSEO to process my order from them (I hate waiting).



- Zero Tolerance

[karlm]

seems to work so far, used it on test forum and went good, now running live... will report any issue i encounter

thanks ZT

[Stifmeister2]

Originally Posted by ShawnV

Estimated time to release of PRO version and cost?

_V

Does the pro version cost something???

[paldo]

how would i go about making the default text larger ? i have alot of older peeps on my site .. they love the shout box but hate the small text

also will the pro version offer a history ? and or will you be able to edit shouts ?
and you know how peeps hate change they are missing their smile dropdown lol

[hamidkh]

i have a problem

always vBShout display my last post in forum !!!

what must i do ?

[paldo]

Enter forum ID(s) which are exempt from new thread/reply shoutbox notices
did you do this in admin ?

[MP1]

it crashed my forums.

Anyways... I fixed it, but I will pass.... Good Job though.

[karlm]

This is working fine so far on my live forum, however, I've MANY sub forums and it's pulling in replies from all of them.

I think an option to switch the 'post latest replies' on & off would be immensely useful, else folks are stuck removing forum id's 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,....99,101,102 - not very practical in that one regard.

Another area I think shuold be standard is the to have groups enabled & disabled for viewing of the shout box.
I'm happy with all my members seeing it, but I don't want guests seeing the shoutbox until they've registered. So, with that in mind, I did this little code to block guest from seeing the shoutbox.

<if condition="!$show['registerbutton']"><!--{%SHOUTBOX%}--></if>

Hope that helps anyone who's wanting to stop guests seeing it too.

[l2-inferno]

Great work Zero Tolerance, a simple question, how i can add Inferno vbshout on all pages?

[Vizionz]

Originally Posted by Zero Tolerance

Just an update for those wondering, the next release will patch up issues encountered:

Bugs Currently fixed for the next release:
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
User member profile links leading to null entries
Active shoutbox users fixed (invalid amount shown, duplicate entries shown)
URLs will be linked automatically, if you allow the option to use [url] bbcode within the shoutbox.
Enabled option to switch to an alternate shoutbox layout, curved elements will be removed at the cost for functionality. Only use this if you're having issues with your styles and the shoutbox display.
Drop thread linkage on reply/thread creation notices if link bbcode is enabled.
Use alternate methods to link to threads in reply/thread notices to visit thread without opening a new window.
Make thread links in thread/reply notices go to the last post within the thread.
An off switch for any thread/reply notices.
Thread titles with special characters messed up in thread/reply notces.
Special characters in different charsets.
Shoutbox notice now made slightly higher than other shouts to fit in better.
Fixed shoutbox deployment plugin (didn't follow path directives).
JS error when user was banned and system attempted to fetch new shouts.

Bugs pending for the next release:
vBSEO compatability (Pending on information to debug)

Page Deployment Issues
Obviously people with vBSEO and a custom portal system are having issues right now, I know the person with the portal system said changing the "THIS_SCRIPT" constant to something other than 'index' would cause issues, however all frontend scripts are meant to have unique names for the THIS_SCRIPT constant, so I'm afraid that's bad implementation on the portals end. That said, Im not sure how this messes up your portal page, it would load the shoutbox for deployment, but without the template edit for your portal, the shoutbox wouldn't actually show, so perhaps you could eloborate on that for me?

As for vBSEO, currently looking into this still, if anyone can contact me via PM or Yahoo messeger (

scot1ace@yahoo.com

) that can offer ACP/FTP access please do so this can get fixed up

When's PRO coming?
Sooner than you think

I'll reply once the Lite version has been updated with the bug fixes, thanks for everyones feedback on errors and general likeness

- Zero Tolerance
Inferno Technologies Lead Developer

great job scott this is way better then your other shoutbox i am really fealing the thread notifications in the shoutbox. and seeing that your fixing the bugs and making it so them threads are directed to the post instead of a new window i will be very happy with this..

you always do such great work thanks for doing so much for the community