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.

[docvader]

I'm getting the white screen of death after upgrading to 3.06, whenever I click on "shout", which calls to shoutbox.php. I've reinstalled, and saved the templates again. All my file edits are still there. The shouts get installed, and are viewed, once you click "back" on your browser. Anyone have any idea why this is only partially working????

http://x.russbo.com/vb/index.php

[CuriousGeorge]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge

I just upgraded my VB installation to 3.0.6. I re-installed the hack as I have had to do following these security upgrades. Now it seems like something has gone wrong, and if you review the attached screen shot you can see what I mean. The words like shot now and others have disapeared from the mainpage.

Can anyone give some guidance on how to restore these words?

Nevermind, I figured it out.

I was using ExamDiff to check the modified files from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6 & I guess I completely missed index.php

Anyway, everything is under control now

[Gary King]

For some reason, when I send a message to my shoutbox on forumhome, it refreshes the entire page instead of just the iframe? This just began happening recently.

Has anyone had this happen to them before, and how did you solve it?

Thanks in advance!

[Vman]

why is it that some members can only see the shoutbox if it NOT in iframes? I get alot of member who say they can't see the shoutbox, then I change it to non-iframes and then they see it...

[Vizionz]

not all browsers allow iframes i dont think netscape is capable of them

[Gary King]

I think Netscape is capable of iframes. Netscape still keeps up-to-date with such HTML code like iframes. AFAIK anyways, I don't see why they don't.

Unless you are talking about something like Netscape Navigator, which is like 4 years old

[sportster]

I installed this hack, but think I may have missed something :ermm:

Was I meant to edit some templates?? I just kept clicking next on every page of the install process.
I have the Shoutbox option in my Admin CP ,and the shoutbox is set to ON but I see nothing

[djjeffa]

when i veiw the online.php it says im @ Unknown Location
/vb/shoutbox.php?do=iframe
any way i could fix this?

[Jenta]

Prune all shouts with a cron job

Can't believe this hack didnt come with this standard so here you go

Upload to includes/cron/

Then just have it run once a week or whatever suits you

[sportster]

I installed this. How do I get the box to appear on the screen??
I take it I have to add a module??
What template do I use with it?Do I have to create one?
The documentation is rather sparse.