Spell Checker: PungoSpell for vBulletin3 Standard and WYSIWYG modes

There's also a vB 3.5 version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=83258

PungoSpell for vBulletin3 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

Intro: PungoSpell supports WYSIWYG mode disply using DHTML on the spell check popup window. It uses PHP's buitin PSPELL module. Many have this already compiled in, but if not, it's easy to add.

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

Change Log:

v1.6 December 25, 2005: Security fix for cases where you allow HTML posts and they contain malicious code (Credit goes to Brendan Donahue for finding the issue and alerting TechGuy, and to TechGuy for alerting me to it)

v1.5. Minor bug fixes

v1.4
1. Fixed scrolling, so the spelling window will scroll to the next mis-spelled word.
2. Changed config defaults to allow the most common configuration. The "Learn" function is turned of by default. Make sure you test it before tunrning it on.
3. Re-worded comments on config options, hopefully they will now make sense.

v1.3
1. Created a new config file (pungo-spell-config.php) to avoid the need to edit checkspelling.php, which is a bit tricky with end of line characters.
2. Added an option to disable the learn feature. This may be needed if your aspell setup does not allow, or not properly setup, for personal wordlists.
3. The language is now defined in the config file as well.

v1.1:
1. Added a "Learn" button. This allows users to add words into the dictionary.
2. Restricted access to members only, with allowed usergroups definable in config file
3. Restrict user groups allowed to use the "Learn" feature. Configurable option.
3. Options to ignore quote blocks, code bloacks, and PHP blocks
4. Added buttons (Thesarus and Lookup) with links to Merriam Webster's online thesarus and dictionary links with the suggestion for misspelled words.
5. Added Quit and Done buttons. One to quite without saving, and one to save without going through the whole post for suggestions.
6. Fixed extra lines added for WYSIWYG paragraphs
7. Made it skip vBCode tags, so it won't spell check URL's

v1.0:
Initial version, . Identical to PungoSpell functionality, but adapted to handle vBulletins's WYSIWYG and standard mode.


Note: There's another hack for spell checker for vBulletin3 using PHPSpell. You might want to compare both to decide which one you like best.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=65723

PHPSpell has a "learn" button, to allow adding new words to the dictionary, PungoSpell does not. PungoSpell has a better WYSIWYG display, while PHPSpell does not hide HTML and vBCode tags. So each one has it's advantages and disadvantages.

In a future release, I'll try to add a "learn" functionality to PungoSpell. (done)

Credit PungoSpell Is a free software using the MIT license. By default, it will work fine in standard mode. This hack will allow it to work for both standard and WYSIWYG.

Requirements: You will need to have PSPELL compiled into your PHP setup. Many have this by default. To find out if you already have it, check your PHP info from the vBulletin Admin Panel: Import & Maintenance > View PHP Info. Search for "pspell". If it's there, you're fine. If not, you can recompile PHP with the "--with-pspell" paramater.

From the readme file:

What does it require?
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PHP 4.3.1 (http://www.php.net) or greater with Pspell support enabled.
If your system doesn't have pspell/aspell installed, see the pspell source page at
http://pspell.sourceforge.net to download it.

What browsers does it work with?
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Only "modern" browsers that support DOM level 2 (http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/) are supported. MSIE 5.5+, Opera 7.2+, NS 6+ should work fine for you. Your milage may vary.

Demo: http://frigate.clemson.edu/local/pun...l/example.html

Bugs: Scrolling down to the misspelled word is not yet working.

Instructions

1. Download the attached file, and unpack into your main forum directory. Make sure the file "custom.pws" is writable by apache, otherwise the "Learn" function will not work.

2. It has English setup by default. If you want it to use any other language, it's easy. Just edit the config file "pungo-spell-config.php".

Change this line:

$my_lang = "en";

"en" stands for English. Change it to the code of the language you want. Like "fr" for French, for example. Make sure your system has the required dictionary. You see the dictionary config by typing "aspell config" at the command line, to see which dictionaries you have.

Also, in the file custom.pws, the first line reads something like:

personal_ws-1.1 en 0

You will need to change en to the language you use, like fr

3. Edit the config section in checkspelling.php to suit your needs:
[code]
// Config section
$my_lang = "en"; // set the language you want, make sure you have the correct aspell dictionary on your system

// Access restriction options
$allow_guests = 0; // Change to 1 if you allow guests to post and use the spell checker
$restrict_groups = 0; // Change to 1 to enable access restriction by group id
$allowd_groups = array (2, 5, 6); // usergroups who can access the spell checker

// Learn function options
$customwordlist = "custom.pws"; // make sure this file is readable by your apache user
$learn_enabled = 0; // set to 1 to enable the learn feature. Make sure you test first, to ensure your server setup allows this.
$restrict_learn_function = 0; // set to 1 if you want to restrict which usergroup id may add words to your dictionary.
$word_list_maintainers = array (2, 5, 6); // usergroups that are allowed to use the "Learn" feature
//

// Ignore options
$ignore_quotes = 1; // 1 means ignore the [QUOTE] block, 0 means spell check within quotes
$ignore_code = 1; // Same but for the

 tag
 $ignore_php = 1; 				// Same, but for the [PHP] tag 
 
 // end config section

4. Edit each template where you'd like to have the spell checker. For example:

newreply template

A. Find

</head>

Add above

<script src="spellcheck.js"></script>

B. Add somewhere the followin (below $navbar for example)g:

   <form name="spell_form" id="spell_form" method="POST" target="spellWindow"
                    action="checkspelling.php">
                <input type="hidden" name="spell_formname" value="">
                <input type="hidden" name="spell_fieldname" value="">
                <input type="hidden" name="spellstring" value="">
             </form>

C. 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" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck( 'vbform',  'message', '1');">
           <else />
           <input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="2" />
           <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck( 'vbform',  'WYSIWYG_HTML', '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 (A) 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 (A) in USERCP_SHELL) and the rest (B and C) here.


Quick reply

1. Show Thread Templates: Put change (A) in showthread, and the rest (B and C) in showthread_quickreply

2. Contributed by Boofo:

change:

<if condition="DOTOOLBAR!=2">

to:

<if condition="$WYSIWYG!=2">

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


Private Messages

To install in Private Messaging, check Chris's post here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=84

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Trouble shooting:

1. If you get a spell check window that says "This is a test". This is most likely due to end of line characters caused by an editor. To resolve this, re-upload the original files with FTP in binary mode. When editing the config file, make sure you use an editor that does not add any end of line characters, such as "vi" or others.

2. Learn doesn't work: Try this: Change the first line from custom.pws:

personal_ws-1.1 en 0

To:

personal_ws-1.1 english 0

en worked fine for me on Fedora and Gentoo, but I had to change to english on RHE.

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Enjoy

P.S. The two screenshots below show the spell check popup menu. One for standard mode, and one for WYSIWYG mode.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by sketch42

ok also i noticed that when i have the quote options set to 1 and try using the spell check i get "this is a test"

It may sound unlikely, but I'm 90% sure it's due to saving the file in a non *nix editor. You may want to try editing it on the server using vi

In the next version, I will make a seperate file for all the configuration options. This should prevent any end of line errors.

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by tamarian

It may sound unlikely, but I'm 90% sure it's due to saving the file in a non *nix editor. You may want to try editing it on the server using vi

In the next version, I will make a seperate file for all the configuration options. This should prevent any end of line errors.

vi??

any text editor u recommend?

[tamarian]

Updated:

v1.3
1. Created a new config file (pungo-spell-config.php) to avoid the need to edit checkspelling.php, which is a bit tricky with end of line characters.
2. Added an option to disable the learn feature. This may be needed if your aspell setup does not allow, or not properly setup, for personal wordlists.
3. The language is now defined in the config file as well.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by sketch42

vi??

any text editor u recommend?

vi is a small command line editor, great for editing files on the server, like config files. But it's for old farts, like me. New Linux distors now days use Pico or Nano.

However, check the new update, it will eliminate the need to edit checkspelling.php That file is sensitive to end of line characters.

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by tamarian

Updated:

v1.3
1. Created a new config file (pungo-spell-config.php) to avoid the need to edit checkspelling.php, which is a bit tricky with end of line characters.
2. Added an option to disable the learn feature. This may be needed if your aspell setup does not allow, or not properly setup, for personal wordlists.
3. The language is now defined in the config file as well.

ok everything's working now except the learn... is there anyway to get the learn feature working???

i take this back ... well not really... just that the values are backwards... apparently 0 checks within the quotes and 1 doesnt

maybe that can help fix the learn feature... can it be something like that?

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by sketch42

ok everything's working now except the learn... is there anyway to get the learn feature working???

i take this back ... well not really... just that the values are backwards... apparently 0 checks within the quotes and 1 doesnt

maybe that can help fix the learn feature... can it be something like that?

Yes, the 0 and 1 in the ignore options is confusing and reversed to what it actually means. I'll update the first post.

As for the learn problem, if it's enabled, and you you belong to a user group allowed to use it (i.e., you see the "Learn" button, then it should work, unless there's a language mismatch between the language you use, and the language listed in the first line of "custom.pws, assuming it's writable.

[sketch42]

is there any possible way to maybe get the learn feature working in future versions?

[sketch42]

even without the learn function im keeping this just for the usergroups...

clickity click click.... Install

anyway to make the pop up box a drop bigger...it doesnt maximize to where you can see the buttons...

also can we manually add words?

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by sketch42

is there any possible way to maybe get the learn feature working in future versions?

It's working correctly right now. As I explained in my earlier post, if it's not working, it's an issue with language and the system's aspell software setup.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by sketch42

anyway to make the pop up box a drop bigger...it doesnt maximize to where you can see the buttons...

In the spellcheck.js file, the popup is opened with:

openSpellWin(640, 480);

You can fine-tune the size there.

What browser are you using?

also can we manually add words?

I can add an admin interface to add words but it will have to use the same PSPELL PHP code, which means if there's a problem with the server's setup for that language in word lists, it won't work.