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.

[Alzeimer]

Cannot see the file modifications, I get a blank screen, can someone attach them in a txt file?

[Vman]

Originally Posted by BBCVman

How do I mass prune shouts...I can't seem to find that!

ANYONE.....or does everyone just let their shouts stackup so you have 44 pages in 5 days...If there was an option for this I did not see it, So Please point me in the right direction...Thanks.....

[noppid]

Ok Ok already. I recreated the notes for you guys. This is not official but it's what I have and use.

[moethelawn]

Huh... after my vB 3.0.4 update, the shoutbox is blank... and I found out that all the shoutbox templates disappeared. So I dug around and found the templates in the installer and then I manually created the templates. Actually, once I put the 'SHOUTBOX' template in a couple of styles, the other shoutbox templates that disappeared came back (but there were a couple of other styles I had to manually add the templates back up again).

Now I can shout again from the homepage... BUT if I click and go into shoutbox.php... it gives me this crap:

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/gamerene/public_html/forums/shoutbox.php(1059) : eval()'d code on line 46

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ']' in /home/gamerene/public_html/forums/shoutbox.php(1059) : eval()'d code on line 47

I've already made the necessary file changes since the upgrade.

Any ideas?

[TruckMuddr]

Originally Posted by dleblanc3

Is there a way to display on the CMPS?

Yes, I just tried it and it is very easy.

Make a new Template and use this code or if you change the code that was on the FORUMHOME template use that.
Template name: adv_portal_shout

<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>

Now, go to Add Module Under vBa CMPS, and enter this info:

Module Title: Shoutbox - Thats what I used, You can use anything
Module Identifier: Leave Blank
File to Include: None
OR Template to Include: shout - Same as the template but w/o "adv_portal"
Active: Yes
Column: Center Column
Display Order: Where ever you want it
Templates Used: Leave Blank

You may or may not have to go to Edit Page and Click on the page and make sure the shout box is checked.


Hope this helps and doesn't piss anyone off. Atleast someone is trying to help.

[noppid]

Originally Posted by moethelawn

Huh... after my vB 3.0.4 update, the shoutbox is blank... and I found out that all the shoutbox templates disappeared. So I dug around and found the templates in the installer and then I manually created the templates. Actually, once I put the 'SHOUTBOX' template in a couple of styles, the other shoutbox templates that disappeared came back (but there were a couple of other styles I had to manually add the templates back up again).

Now I can shout again from the homepage... BUT if I click and go into shoutbox.php... it gives me this crap:

I've already made the necessary file changes since the upgrade.

Any ideas?

We had to run the installer after upgrading to to 3.0.3 and 3.0.4 and then everything worked fine. Oddly enough my template edits remained intact. But, hey, it works!

[zell_11]

Hye can u tell me how to get this on ever page

[moethelawn]

Originally Posted by noppid

We had to run the installer after upgrading to to 3.0.3 and 3.0.4 and then everything worked fine. Oddly enough my template edits remained intact. But, hey, it works!

I still have the problem... even after uninstalling and reinstalling the shoutbox...

Hmm... could this be affected by my previous 1.0.3 Shoutbox installation?

[noppid]

Originally Posted by moethelawn

I still have the problem... even after uninstalling and reinstalling the shoutbox...

Hmm... could this be affected by my previous 1.0.3 Shoutbox installation?

If you mean after the upgrade to 3.0.4 nothing shows up on the shoutbox.php then I'd have to say no. I'm certain when I re-ran the installer it said I was on 1.03 and then when done 1.04. I thought I was on 1.04 but apparently I had downloaded the update and not installed it.

I have the hack on 3 sites. It does work. Abiet I have modified some templates and limited the operation in use and operation through the ACP settings and template mods. I believe I posted the shoutbox display code I use on forumhome and the settings I use to get the desired result. You can see this at the sites in my sig.

[moethelawn]

Originally Posted by noppid

If you mean after the upgrade to 3.0.4 nothing shows up on the shoutbox.php then I'd have to say no. I'm certain when I re-ran the installer it said I was on 1.03 and then when done 1.04. I thought I was on 1.04 but apparently I had downloaded the update and not installed it.

I have the hack on 3 sites. It does work. Abiet I have modified some templates and limited the operation in use and operation through the ACP settings and template mods. I believe I posted the shoutbox display code I use on forumhome and the settings I use to get the desired result. You can see this at the sites in my sig.

Reinstalled it again.... and it worked. I guess it didn't like my first reinstall, lol...