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

[midnightz]

Anyway to turn off the auto-refresh that happens with the shiutbox or set it at a much higher rate. it would be ideal to disable it.

Thanks,

midz

[-Sidekick-]

You can set it at a higher rate yourself in shoutbox.php

I don't see why people say this. The only reason for it needing to be increased is if people post huge messages there. I don't allow that on my forums cause huge messages on forumhome make your forums look retarded.

oh btw, anyone work a word wrap into this yet?

[proxyMX]

the shoutbox isnt displaying on my index, help

[proxyMX]

bump, the thing is simply slowing down my frontpage, and its not displaying the shoutbox there

[proxyMX]

helloooooooooooooo
No one giving support to any hacks now a days phhft

[TWTCommish]

99.9% of all problems (of which you shouldn't have any if you follow the instructions properly) which you might run into have already been explained and dealt with in this thread.

I guess writing a hack for public use and engaging in public troubleshooting for ONLY months on end isn't enough to merit your gratitude, though.

[monstergamer]

first make sure you did the query on your database

PHP Code:

CREATE TABLE `shoutbox` (
  `shoutid`    int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `userid`     int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `shout_text` text NOT NULL,
  `timestamp`  int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`shoutid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM; 


if you did that make sure you added
In the "forumhome" template, replace this code:

PHP Code:

$pminfo 


With this code:

PHP Code:

$pminfo
$the_shoutbox 


[Xelation]

-Sidekick-

would it be possible to add the option to ban someone from the shoutbox in the mod and admincps.. like a link called "Ban From Shout" and then it brings you to a page with a list of people that are banned and yuo can remove them from the ban list or add people to the ban list? that would be awesome!

[Dean C]

You can easily create an admin cp option where you can enter a list of userid's to be banned Matt

- miSt

[hpisavagecom]

Ok, i installed this hack, works great for registered members, but if a guest now attempts to view my forum/index.php they receive the following error:

There seems to have been a slight problem with the HPISAVAGEFORUM.COM database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

This is very annoying, as guests think the site is down and don't register.....

Is there a solution to this problem???

Thanks