New Posting Features - vB Spell :: Spell Checker in WYSIWYG and Standard Modes

What this does: vB Spell allows you to install a dictionary (English dictionary included) into your MysQL database, and provide a spell checking window that works in both of vB's editor modes, standard and WYSIWYG.

Background: This mod was originally developed by tamarian for vB 3.5.x. With the release of 3.6.x the installer stopped working for fresh installs and the template changes were considerably out of date, tamarian gave cynix2 permission to release a 3.6.x version with updates. I have now carried it over to 3.7.x and will support it to the best of my ability.
This version should work with 3.5.x, 3.6.x, and 3.7.x series.

Features:

• Supports most recent versions of browsers. Firefox, Mozilla/Netsacpe, Opera and Konqueror (Konqueror implies Safari, but please confirm Mac folks). Currently does NOT work in IE 7, if anybody can look through the code and know of a way to fix the mod to work in IE, then please send me a pm.
• Learn Feature uses cookies, so it won't increase the database size.
• Admin panel options.
• Spell Check button appears anywhere there is a WYSIWYG Enhanced or Standard Editor Toolbar [includes quickreply but not quickedit].
• Skips quoted text and other tags (PHP, code, etc.).
• Usergroup permisisons.
• Template based interface, and uses your default style.
• Link buttons (Thesarus and Lookup) with links to Merriam Webster's online thesarus and dictionary links with the suggestion for misspelled words.

Installation:

• Unzip main package.
• Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forum home directory.
  Regular Install:
  • Unzip Dictionary.zip.
  • Upload DICTIONARY.DIC to your forum home directory.
  Alternate Install
  • Unzip Manual-SQL.zip or Split-SQL.zip.
  • Import the SQL files to your database.
• Import product-vbspell37.xml.
• Go to AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vB Spell and edit your usergroup permisisons.
• Template changes are now automatic. [need tms]

Q: What is the Alternate Install method for?
A: If you are having problems with the Regular Install (such as your dictionary import freezes at x%) then you should consider using the Alternate Install. If neither of these methods work for you then there might be an issue with your server host.

Upgrading:

• Unzip main package.
• Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forum home directory.
• Import product-vbspell37.xml.

To make template editing less tedious i have made use of Andreas Template Modification System found here. If you install tms before applying this mod, all template edits will be done for you. If you do not want tms installed, then i have supplied easier to understand template editing instructions inside the mod zip file.

IMPORTANT: If you decide to use tms and have the templates be automatically installed, then you need to go into your styles and save the following templates.

editpost, newreply, newthread, album_pictureview, calendar_edit, visitormessage_editor, socialgroups_editor, USERCP_SHELL, SHOWTHREAD, postbit_quickedit, pm_newpm, picturecomment_form, and modifysignature

Just go into the templates and save it without making any changes for each skin. TMS will not edit any unmodified templates, so if any of them templates are already red, then they are already modified and you don't need to save them.

HISTORY:
1.1 - Added use of TMS to make template modification easier.
1.2 - Added tehtide's fix from here
1.3 - Made some changes in the product, and made manual template instructions a little less tedious, but there is no easy way of doing it unfortunantly. You will need to redo the template edits that go above </head>.

[Replicators]

Originally Posted by skendle

Supports most recent versions of browsers. Tested on IE,

Why would you say that? You even admit it yourself, you hadn't tested it in IE. Did you test it in any other browser? Has anyone ever gotten this working in IE? Does anyone else even get suggestions to their misspelled words, even as simple as "tesst"...

I took "Tested in IE" to mean "Tested in IE" my mistake.

No need for the disrespect, obviously that line was copied from a earlier version of this mod, and obviously it was tested and did work, for IE 6! IE 7 does things differently though which ruins most html and php scripts which is why i recommend everyone to use firefox or netscape as IE 7 is crap.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Replicators

No need for the disrespect, obviously that line was copied from a earlier version of this mod, and obviously it was tested and did work, for IE 6! IE 7 does things differently though which ruins most html and php scripts which is why i recommend everyone to use firefox or netscape as IE 7 is crap.

You know they stopped support of Netscape recently. They're sending everyone over to a browser called Flock. A browser name that inspired about a dozen obvious puns seconds after reading it.

[Gene Steinberg]

What about Safari? I tried this mod in Apple's Safari, which is the majority browser on the Mac platform and a strong third now on the Windows platform. It didn't work.

Everything was installed properly, including the tms template system. The spell check icon shows up, but when you click it, it does -- nothing!

So where do we go from here?

Peace,
Gene Steinberg

[Deimos]

Stopped working for me since the last forum update

I Get this at the top

var mispstr = "

Originally Posted by bah

blahblahblah

_|_"; var misps = Array();;

[csoroner]

The original still works fine for me so I'll just stick with that but I would like to know how I could get the spell check to show up in the quick reply box? I tried the edits from this mod but it didn't seem to fly.

Any ideas?????

[space?]

Could this be made with AJAX?

So the users don't have to click the check-button and get warnings/correction suggestions while they type.

[Megatr0n]

This ever gonna be compatible with 3.8?

[SloppyGoat]

Will someone update this for 3.8.0? I had an older version working (even in quick reply!), then tried to update some things and now I can't figure out how to get the damn thing to work again. It only works on newpost or newreply, I think.

[csoroner]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

This ever gonna be compatible with 3.8?

It works fine on my 3.8.0 board. After the update I found that most of the edits from the Manual Template Editing.txt were missing and once I did those all is well.

[SloppyGoat]

Yeah, but my existing spellcheck button used to work, without having to install ieSpell. I didn't have to add another extra spell button in every template. What screwed me was thinking I should update to this version. I didn't know it wasn't the same as the last version, and I ran the xml file. It hasn't worked right since, even though I uninstalled it and installed the earlier version again. (Which had no manual template edits, except the one for quick edit, which I never did get to work. But at least it worked everywhere else!) What exactly did it do that made the earlier version stop working as completely as it used to? More importantly, what code in the templates that still do work is responsible for that? Maybe I can add it to the others and get them working again. If anyone has this working with the older version, with the iespell button, will you please post your templates?