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

[lordofgun]

sweet! i can't wait!

FYI - This hack worked PERFECTLY the first time i tried to install it! Great directions, couldn't ask for more!

[scsa20]

wait, are you guys going to make an add on for you to add a little window type thingy to the forumhome for the shoutout?? if so, that'll be cool

[inphinity]

v nice hack

i've found that shift clicking (open in a new window) [Reload this Page] causes IE to endlessly loop (love javascript)

to do roughly the same thing without javascript i did:

edit shoutbox.php and just near the top (11 lines down) add

PHP Code:

if ($action=="reload") {
    header ("Refresh: 0; URL=$PHP_SELF");
    exit;
} 


then edit the shoutbox template and change the javascript reload link (_javascript_:window.location=window.location) to:

<a href="shoutbox.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=reload">[Reload this Page]</a>

[Bald Bouncer]

Ive added this to my forumhome page ... is there anyway to stop getting redirected to the shoutbox page once they post?

[TWTCommish]

I'm confused, Bald Bouncer: are you saying you want them to be taken back to the forums main page after they've posted a shout?

inphinity: very cool...I'll change that for the next version, for sure.

[ceo_tfw]

nice shout box, I have installed it and great stuff, is there a way to view all shouts in the admin cp under mass delete

[Bald Bouncer]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
I'm confused, Bald Bouncer: are you saying you want them to be taken back to the forums main page after they've posted a shout?

yeah thats what i was saying

[Vivi Ornitier]

Originally posted by TWTCommish

No one helped me make this hack. However, someone who I sent it to for beta testing purposes apparently made some change and is calling it "vB Shout Box 2.0" -- they sent me a copy and I'm basically trying to figure out what's going on. I certainly didn't know anything like this was going on and I'd rather not release a second version until I've added more.

the person you sent it to is Crater Seraph, who sent it to me, and i also added an edit button and an install script (pretty useless since it has a vbhacker file).

[c-pr0mpt]

Works great bro. Now got to find some time to customize the look to match yaxay. Good job!

[ceo_tfw]

I would like to show more that 1 shout on my forum is this what I put and where does it go

PHP Code:

$shoutz = $DB_site->query('SELECT u.username, s.userid, s.shout_text, s.timestamp FROM user u, shoutbox s WHERE u.userid = s.userid ORDER BY s.timestamp DESC LIMIT 10');
while ($shout10top = mysql_fetch_array($shoutz)):
    ++$shout10topnbsp;
    $shout[timestamp]  = vbdate('n-j-y, g:i:s a', $shout10top[timestamp]);
    $shout[shout_text] = bbcodeparse($shout10top[shout_text]);
    $shouts .= "<smallfont><b>Posted by <a href="member.php?s=$sesion[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&userid=$shout10top[userid]" class="small">$shout10top[username]</a><br> Posted @ $shout[timestamp]</b></smallfont><br/><smallfont>$shout[shout_text]</smallfont><br><br>";
endwhile;
eval("\$the_shoutbox .= "".gettemplate("forumhome_shoutbox")."";");