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vB Shoutbox 1.0 · **Released**: 05-15-2002

Well, people wanted it, so here it is: a vB-integrated Shoutbox. It's a little different than the one they used to have on this site, however. The moderation functions are VERY basic...but they'll be improved for 2.0, most likely, if there's any interest.

A short breakdown:

It's a chatroom-esque page that everyone can use.
Shouts that day, shouts in last 24 hours, shouts by YOU, and total shouts, are all tracked.
Leaderboard (top shouters) is tracked.
Clickable smilies automatically added below the add shout box.
"delete" link shown on all shouts if you're an admin or a moderator (usergroupids 5, 6, and 7 by default).
bbCode parsing included.

Attached is an archive containing all the files you'll need for the basic installation, AND for the optional features. NOTE: the vBHacker compatible file included within does NOT constitute a full installation. You'll still need to upload the shoutbox.php file to your main forums directory.

Enjoy. Here's a live demo: http://www.movieforums.net/shoutbox.php

firewars · #**102** 06-10-2002, 07:38 PM

One more thing:

How would I "echo" a letter (m) in the same function?
As the function recognizes m as a part of the datefunction and thus returns a value.
Thanks so far

TWTCommish · #**103** 06-10-2002, 07:40 PM

Since it recognizes that letter, you'll just have to add the letter in afterwards, sorry to say. You might need two variables as a result.

firewars · #**104** 06-10-2002, 07:43 PM

Any idea how to?

Sorry for keeping asking you, I appreciate your help

TWTCommish · #**105** 06-10-2002, 07:46 PM

Nevermind, my mistake: just put a backslash before the "m" and it should be treated literally.

firewars · #**106** 06-10-2002, 07:47 PM

Thanks, it works like a charm

Tech_Koss · #**107** 06-11-2002, 05:40 AM

sorry .....I realise this hack is a bit old, but I need some help.
Is there any way where I could limit the amount of words/letters and smillies used in a shout-out ???

Unfortunately there are some people that abuse the function, and I hate to remove this wonderful hack because of those very few people.

-thanks in advance!

TWTCommish · #**108** 06-11-2002, 11:30 AM

Actually, this hack is less than a month old.

Yes, you could limit the total number of characters in each shout. How many characters would you like to limit it to?

firewars · #**109** 06-11-2002, 11:47 AM

Could you just tell me/us the code so we can define the max. chars ourselves?
Thank you

TWTCommish · #**110** 06-11-2002, 11:49 AM

*sigh* You can define it yourselves anyway, but I'd rather have an actual digit to stick there for now, which you can then modify at your leisure.

Whatever...I'll just wing it.

firewars · #**111** 06-11-2002, 12:23 PM

Something between 500 and 750 maybe?

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