vB Chatbox 1.2.4

What this hack does : Adds a box on top of your vB home page
where all members can chat/shout in an IRC like way, with all the
vB options added (smilies, vBcodes....)

I started this hack by modifying the shoutbox made by Doug
Tanner for phpnuke (i think).. And it went far far from his original
code. As far as i think he wouldn't recognize it .

I integrated it as far as i could with vB, and in the admin CP,
with every bit of it being possible to modify trough the admin
CP (prune, ban, censure...)...

SCREENSHOT

This hack has been tested and used by some people out
there in france .

1.2.4 changes :
Install problems with the mysql reserved words solved,
Uninstalling option added to the install script,
Possibility to automaticaly add the templates to the
templatesets you chose in the install script,
IE6 problem with divs solved,
timezoneoffset mod integrated,
text input limited to 255 characters.

1.2.3 changes :
security hole on the pruning of the admin part fixed.

1.2.2 changes :
templatesused var filled with all templates used by the
script in the shoutbox.php file and in the index.php file.
And chmod 777 made on the admin/shoutbox_config.php file
by the install script. Thanks to erwin

Name changed from shoutbox to chatbox, because some people
thought of this hack as related with TWT-commish's shoutbox...
no more excuses


Here is some sort of [high]FAQ[/high] from all the thread,
hope this helps, and prevents you from reading all that i just read :

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Erwin : limit of smilies a person can post in the shoutbox.
This is to prevent smilie spamming : HERE
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Erwin : Another tip for installers - instead of manually having to
ban users in the shoutbox, to automatically ban users who
you have already banned from the forums : HERE
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For the shoutbox to be in a popup : HERE
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To have 5 'shouts/chats' visible when the chatbox is reduced :
HERE
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SpeedStreet : This simply creates a link for people to click on so
that they can easily view the 'Who's Online' page without
having to dig for it : HERE
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ThoughtDiver: if you want the date format on the shout timestamps
to read Month/Day instead of Day/Month : HERE
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[NexDog]

It would be great to have instructions on removing TWT's shoutbox aswell.

[zootsuit]

Thank you so much for helping me but when I added this in the Footer template, I just got a runtime error asking me if I would like to 'debug'...

Am I supposed to place that code anywhere special?

Originally posted by p0s3id0n
@zootsuit : I'll have a look on the changes you have to make
for the shoutbox to be in a popup .

[edit]here we are ...
i think that, for the shoutbox to be in a popup, you just have
to add, on the footer, for example, something like :

<center><a href="javascript:window.open('shoutbox.php','left=100,top=100,height=130,width=150,scrollbars=0,status=0, location=0,resizable=0,menubar=0');">Shoutbox popup</a></center>

Don't forget to get rid of the space between java and script .

I cant remember if the top bar is included in the size of a popup
or if the size is the internal size so you will maybe have to change
the height parameter ...

Tell me if it fits [/edit]

[Erwin]

That's great! You do also need to set the server time zone as well, otherwise your time is still off.

Find this code in both shoutbox.php and index.php after adding the code by poseidon:

PHP Code:

($bbuserinfo['timezoneoffset']*3600)); 


Replace with this:

PHP Code:

(($bbuserinfo['timezoneoffset']+x)*3600)); 


where x=7 or 10 or whatever your server timezone offset is.

Thanks! It's working great...

[p0s3id0n]

Originally posted by zootsuit
Thank you so much for helping me but when I added this in the Footer template, I just got a runtime error asking me if I would like to 'debug'...

Am I supposed to place that code anywhere special?

Not in the middle of another tag, but anywhere else you want ...

Did you get rid of the space between java and script ????

Could you tell me what error the cro$oft debugger gave you ??

[zootsuit]

Yeah, got rid of the space...

The runtime error was...

Line: 0
Error: Invalid argument

I placed it right after the <!-- /content area table --> in the Footer [not in any tags that I could tell...]

[p0s3id0n]

Originally posted by Erwin
That's great! You do also need to set the server time zone as well, otherwise your time is still off.
(...)
where x=7 or 10 or whatever your server timezone offset is.

Thanks! It's working great...

err... yup you're right... as my time zone in paris is 0 it didn't
bother me .

[p0s3id0n]

@ zootsuit : this time i tried what i'm giving ... And it works .

<center><normalfont><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('shoutbox.php','shout','status=0,directories=0,toolbar=0,location=0,menuBar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=650,height=130,left=100,top=100');">Shoutbox popup</a></normalfont></center><br>

same place in the code .

[edit] there's just a small problem with that popup thing... if you
click on the reduce button, your forum homepage will take place
in the popup [/edit]

[massena]

Hello p0s3id0n,

Very, very nice hack

I installed it and it functions marvellously

Congratulations and continuous like that

To soon

massena

[meteore]

huuuummm p0s3id0n sounds like sval

great job frenchie guy

[p0s3id0n]

@ massena & meteore : thx a lot my fellow frenchies for the encouragements ... Bin oui koua on est civilis?s on koze en angl? pour qu'on nous comprenne , enfin on essaye.