Free Spellchecking is Here

There has been a PERL script out for some time that allows you to make use of aspell libraries that you can have installed on your server with PHP.

I have also included a text file that has the javascript that you insert into your editpost, newthread and newreply templates to add spell checking to your forums. The edited text is then inserted into the original document when submitted.

You need to have a cgi-bin, or similar directory, set up on your server and the aspell or ispell libraries for PHP on your server. (Do a look up for aspell or ispell on google, etc. on these libraries if you don't know about them.)

If someone wants to look over the enclosed PERL script and write it in PHP that would be great and make it to were you didn't have to have PERL on your server.

Enjoy!

Parker

[rstark]

My host has the aspell libraries installed at /usr/bin/aspell. I put the spell.pl file in the cgi-bin folder and CHMOD the folder and file to 777. When I click on the spell check button, I get an internal server configuration error.

[hpsonline]

Greetings!

I am one of those computer illiterate people, who don't know anything about computers, and constantly make spelling mistakes too...

i want to install the spelling checker at my forum at http://www.hpscleansing.com

can somebody here guide me through it (hacks, smaks) step by step so that i can get it up and running... it will help a lot of people at my group....

please advise.

btw, i don't see it used here at this forum, why, is it so problematic?

peace

[Steve St.Lauren]

Got this hack installed last night - AWESOME hack!! Real easy to install and runs great - THANKS

[USODJA]

Not working for me in 2:30

[~rc~]

Any suggestion on how to add this to quick reply box?

[ice9]

01-14-03 at 03:06 AM 94supratt said this in Post #80
I get no drop down box for misspelled words. HELP!

Do you have the aspell dictionary installed? The dictionary files are available at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/.

Or, if you're using the newer version of spell.pl, from http://www.dontpokebadgers.com/spellchecker/ , it comes with a custom.dic file. Try deleting that file, and see if that works.

[Ninth Dimension]

great hack, got it working with a little help from my host. i had the same problem as 94supratt but was easily fixed once the dictornary files where installed.

[94supratt]

I've done everything and all I get is INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.

[ice9]

Today at 02:21 PM 94supratt said this in Post #88
I've done everything and all I get is INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.

1. check permissions; I would chmod it to 777 first, and if that works, turn it down to 755 and see if it works
2. make sure the path to perl is correct in the first line of spell.pl
3. make sure the script is in a directory where your host allows CGI scripts to run

Otherwise, check your error logs, and find the exact error text that corresponds to the internal server error.

[94supratt]

Today at 09:46 PM ice9 said this in Post #89
1. check permissions; I would chmod it to 777 first, and if that works, turn it down to 755 and see if it works
2. make sure the path to perl is correct in the first line of spell.pl
3. make sure the script is in a directory where your host allows CGI scripts to run

Otherwise, check your error logs, and find the exact error text that corresponds to the internal server error.

I tried 777 but not 755. It is in the correct path to perl. I verified that with my webhost. The shell.pl file is in the CGI-BIN directory.