vB Shoutbox 1.0

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

[Chris M]

Well? Anyone?

Satan

[PiotrasG]

sup all

for some reason i get a white page for my shoutbox any idea why??? plz help

http://polskieforum.com/forum/shoutbox.php

[Kars10]

How can i reduce the maximum Characters of a Shout?
Any Ideas?

[NTLDR]

Find:

PHP Code:

if ($type == 'shout' && $comment_submit && trim($message) != '' && $bbuserinfo[userid] > 0) { 


Add after:

PHP Code:

$message = substr($message,0,CHARS); 


Change CHARS to the maximum number of characters they can use, any extra are just removed. Not the best way IMO, but the quickest and easiest

Alternativly you could do something similar to just reduce the text shown on forumhome.

[Kars10]

Cool Thanks NTLDR!!

[Hoffi]

Hi,

i just want to modify this Script for my Site. So I want to change the filename. But after that I saw a white Screen when i load the Page. Why?

[FWC]

Originally posted by Hoffi
Hi,

i just want to modify this Script for my Site. So I want to change the filename. But after that I saw a white Screen when i load the Page. Why?

If you change the name of the file you will have to change any references to the file name in the templates, also.

[Hoffi]

Sure. I changed the MetaRefresh in the File itself, and the Form in the postshout template.
But at first, this has no effect, and it is for the first call of the site unneccesary.

[LanciaStratos]

This is an outstanding hack (the best since FireFly's "Quick Reply Box")! Thank you VERY much, TWTCommish, your work is greatly appreciated!

[LanciaStratos]

Here's an idea - wouldn't it be great if the actual shouts (in the left column), were loaded into an <iframe>, where they could then be refreshed at a frequent interval? This would allow you to see new shouts without loosing a message you might be typing...