[AJAX] vBShout v2.0

[high]Staff Edit/Update[/high]

I have released an updated version of this hack (version 2.0.1), this version fixes some security issues with this hack. All version prior to this one allow users to insert html in their shouts, this can cause problems with them using html that breaks the site layout or malicious javascript. Download the new zip file (vBshout_fixed.zip) and upload the new vbshout.php file to patch/upgrade. If you want to manual instructions they are in the zip file, in the file bugfixes.txt

Second Staff update

I've uploaded a new version of this hack, dubbed '2.0.2'. This one should fix the html injection issues without breaking special characters. To upgrade, download the new zip file and upload the new vbshout.php file.

Please note that this only fixes the html injection issues. I do not use this hack on my own forum (although I've tested this on a client's board) so I will not be fixing the server load issues. I suggest you do not install this hack if you can't deal with the extra server load, as it's rather intensive.

- Brad

[high]End staff edit[/high]

Well, been a while since I've been to vb.org and released anything, thought i'd break the trend and whip up something quick while I have a little spare time.

A shoutbox as you would assume, a very simple one to start off with, but does include AJAX Technology, which pushes the shoutbox 1 step closer to live, messages from other people will appear with no refreshing, and so will yours that you post

A preview is below, i'd estimate a 50 second installation max

Primary Features:
- AJAX Technology (no refreshing)
- Administration control an display element options
- Fast format editor

Change Log::

- v1.1:
WOL (Who's Online) Correction

- v1.2:
New Posting Featurs (Bold/Italic/Underline/Colour/Font)
Admin Controls

- Change location/position of shoutbox
- Change number of shouts displayed
- Switch vbcode/similes on/off

- v1.3
Firefox javascript issue fixed
New Admin Controls

- Command Activation
- Swtch extra format options on/off
- Change position of editor (above/below messages)

New Commands

- /prune (Clears the shoutbox completely)
- /prune [username] (Clears all shouts posted by specified user)

- v1.4
Usergroup HTML Markup For Usernames
Clear Editor Button
Emoticons Pop Up Menu
Time display configurated to vBulletin settings
Username Links To Profile
New Admin Conrols

New vBShout Position (Directly Above Forums)
Banned Users
Banned Usergroups
Banned Permissions
Smilie Pop-Up Box Height
Smilie Pop-Up Box Width

New Commands

"/me" - Action message (all users are able to use this command)
/pruneshout [shout] - Deletes a single shout

- v1.5
Improved Smilies Display
XHTML 1.0 Transitional Valid (couple of errors fixed)
New Admin Options

Shoutbox Height
Smilies To Show
Shout Messages Order
Banned Permissions (fixed)

- v1.6
Bug Fixes:

- Unable to delete shouts that used /me command fixed
- Shouts being displayed from bottom-upwards only showed first 20 shouts

Automatically parses URL's

- v2.0
New Archive

- Displays shouts and pages
- Stats and top 10 shouters
- AJAX Edit/Delete (staff can edit/delete all shouts)

Enjoy,

- Zero Tolerance

[beansbaxter]

Shoutbox is getting too much lag after one day of install - too many shouts. How do I clear it?

Also, how do I remove the date/time stamp to the left of the username in the shoutbox??

[beansbaxter]

I uninstalled it - too much server load and no way to slow down the unlimited amount of shouts in there.

[divided_by_fear]

Originally Posted by cinemablend

How do you clear it out? Haven't been able to figure that out.

I'm getting like 1000 shouts a day, I can't delete them one at a time.... and if I can't delet them they're really going to build up fast.

read the coders first post on the commands used in the shoutbox /prune will clear every shout he has a few listed

[Supes]

works great

/me installs

[LBSources]

can anyone using this hack on a shared hosting account type please contact me .. id like to inquire about a few things .. my contact info is in my profile.. thank you very much ..

[midnightwalker]

it's did support unicode plz fix it



ooops I mean just my case others work well

[mindcry]

I was wondering about size, speed, and when to prune. My site makes it to about 20k shouts usually witin a couple days depending. I was wondering when was a good point to prune the shoutbox and maybe if there was an automated way to do it.

[LBSources]

Originally Posted by mindcry

I was wondering about size, speed, and when to prune. My site makes it to about 20k shouts usually witin a couple days depending. I was wondering when was a good point to prune the shoutbox and maybe if there was an automated way to do it.

+1 ..

Bump

[TygerTyger]

Well you can prune it when you think you need to. I do it frequently just as I happen to be passing by, nobody ever looks at the archive or cares that it gets pruned. An automated feature would be nice, yes.

I use it on a shared hosting account, although it's a premium quality hosting account. What did you want to know? It does put my bandwidth up a lot (block search engines from vbshout.php via robots.txt, helps a fair bit) but my server resource use is fine (Dual Xeons though, you might find budget hosts will get upset about things like Shoutboxes).

[midnightwalker]

anyone here support to the posting "in progress error"?

everytime I type unicode message (in vietnamese) it's take forever to load and can't post any message more