Spell checker: PHPSpell for vBulletin3 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

PHPSpell for vBulletin3 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

Intro: PHPSpell uses a MySQL based disctionary and requires no additional tools than your standard PHP/MySQL setup. One draw back to this hack is that while it works with vBulletin in WYSIWYG mode, the popup window will still display html and vBCode tags. But the advantages are numerous, such as the "learn" capability and the admin tool.

There is another hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=65737 for PungoSpell that supports WYSIWYG mode disply on the spell check popup window. It has less features than PHPSpell, but it supports WYSIWYG display. Check it out, and compare which one is best for your forum.

Credit PHPSpell Was written for PHPBB, and then expanded to work for all major forum software, including vB2 and vB3. Due to vB3's WYSIWYG mode, PHPSpell only supports standard mode. This hack will allow it to work for both standard and WYSIWYG.

If you like this software, please click the PayPal button on the Author's site, so they'll add more features. Their future plans so far include:

* PHPBB Template integration
* Other Languages (Currently supports English & Russian)
* Finish Language support so that hardcoded output is stored in language files
* Ability to delete Learned Words for the end user
* Ability for Admin to View/Edit/Delete words in installed dictionaries
* Ability for Admin to export Dictionaries
* Ability for end user to choose which Dictionary/Thesaurus Site to use
* Ability for end user to be able to change which Language to use
* Ability for end user to change # of words to find.
* Ability for Integrated Dictionary/Thesaurus
* Other Program Integration

Demo: http://www.master-technology.com/demos/spell/index.php

What this hack does This hack modifies the PHPSpell software package from PHPSpell to allow spell checking on vBulletin for both modes, WYSIWYG and standard mode.

Note: You will see tags like <br> and others in WYSIWYG and BBCode in standard mode. Edit the config file to ignore them. This happens in both WYSIWYG mode, and in standard mode. It will show the tags, but it will not spell check them. This hack does not add new features to the spell checker, it just makes it work, as designed, for vB3 in both WYSIWYG and standard mode.

Instructions

1. Download the attached file, and unpack into a new directory called "spelling" below your forum directory.

2. Edit the config file "spell_config.php" and enter your forum database username and password.

3. Find a dictionary and upload it to the "spelling" directory. A copy is provided in the zip file. PHPSpell's site has a couple of dictionaries for download: http://www.master-technology.com/dem...l/download.php

4. Run "spell_admin.php" from your browser (URL/spelling/spell_admin.php) to create the dictionary datanbase table. When done, delete this file and the dictionary file.

5. You might want to modify the css files to have the look and feel of your forum and colours.

6. The rest is template edits for each template where you'd like to have the spell checker. For example:

newreply template

Find

</head>

Add above

<script language='javascript' src='spelling/spellmessage.js'></script>

Find the submit and preview buttons:

		<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" value="$vbphrase[submit_reply]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="p" tabindex="1" />

Add below:

<if condition="DOTOOLBAR!=2">
<input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="1" />
	<input type="button" class="button" name="spellcheck" value="SpellCheck" accesskey="c" tabindex="1" onclick="openspell('1');"/>
<else />
<input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="2" />
	<input type="button" class="button" name="spellcheck" value="SpellCheck" accesskey="c" tabindex="1" onclick="openspell('2');"/>
</if>

And repeat the same steps for other templates like newthread etc.


Optional: Other Templates that contain edit boxes are:
USERCP_SHELL just add the first change here in above the </head section. Required for pm_newpm and modifysignature.
editpost
Calendar Templates: calendar_edit
New Posting Templates: newreply, newthread
Modify User Options Templates: modifysignature (add the the first change in USERCP_SHELL)
Private Message Templates: pm_newpm (add the the first change in USERCP_SHELL)

I may have missed a few, so let me know.

7. If it doesn't work, run the file "spell_diags.php" from your browser, it will test your setup and report any problems.

Enjoy

[Lionel]

Have you tried to open the file?

[Snake]

LOL I will now...

[charlesk]

This hack is great but I am having one problem -- the learn feature doesn't seem to work. Anyone have any tips on what might cause it to not function? It just "forgets" learned words. Thanks. --c

[WEForums]

I assume this hack is quite intense on the server, right? So it wouldn't be good for a larger board?

Just making sure.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by charlesk

This hack is great but I am having one problem -- the learn feature doesn't seem to work. Anyone have any tips on what might cause it to not function? It just "forgets" learned words. Thanks. --c

The "Learn" function is a bit tricky. It does not add learned words to the dictionary table, it adds a user's own learned words to their cookies. So when the words are "forgotten", it's either due to the user clearing their cookies, or disabling cookies.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by WEForums

I assume this hack is quite intense on the server, right? So it wouldn't be good for a larger board?

Just making sure.

I'm not sure. The disctionary is about 10 megs, but well indexed and uses soundex.

[WEForums]

Anyone running it on a forum with hundreds online, over at least 1 million posts?

[NJTackle]

I am getting this error message (see below) when I click on 'spellcheck'. When I run the diagnostics file things seem fine. I am running MS IE 6 with the latest patch. phpSpell is installed on vb3 3.0.6. Even tried from various machines with Netscape just to get same error message. I searched and read this thread numerous times for anything close to this but nothing. Any help would be appreciated as I am about bald trying to troubleshoot this....



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phpSpell only supports one of the following browsers:
Opera 6+, Netscape 6+, Mozilla 1+, Internet Explorer 4+, Safari
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[tamarian]

Originally Posted by NJTackle

I am getting this error message (see below) when I click on 'spellcheck'. When I run the diagnostics file things seem fine. I am running MS IE 6 with the latest patch. phpSpell is installed on vb3 3.0.6. Even tried from various machines with Netscape just to get same error message. I searched and read this thread numerous times for anything close to this but nothing. Any help would be appreciated as I am about bald trying to troubleshoot this....



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phpSpell only supports one of the following browsers:
Opera 6+, Netscape 6+, Mozilla 1+, Internet Explorer 4+, Safari
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Maybe you have some privacy/ad blocking tool that blocks your browser agent?

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by sv1cec

It does, if you do not mind the known problems. I can live with the tags issue, but I had to totally remove the Learn button, since no one seems to have any idea on how to disable it for certain usergroups only.

If the concern is with someone flooding the dictionary with bogus words, you shouldn't worry about that. The "learn" function simply adds those words to the user's own cookies, not the database.