vB Spell :: Spell Checker in WYSIWYG and Standard Modes

There's also a vB 3.5 version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=92202

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: Many of you liked PungoSpell, but didn't like recompiling PHP for it. Many liked PHPSpell, but didn't like the lack of WYSIWYG support and browser compatibility. vB Spell solved both problems, I hope, by combining the best of each.

Features:
o Supports most recent versions of browsers. Tested on IE, Firefox, Mozilla/Netsacpe, Opera and Konqueror (Konqueror implies Safari, but please confirm Mac folks)
o Learn Feature uses cookies, so it won't increase the database size
o Admin panel options
o Skips quoted text and other tags (PHP, code, etc.)
o Usergroup permisisons
o Template based interface, and uses your default style.
o Link buttons (Thesarus and Lookup) with links to Merriam Webster's online thesarus and dictionary links with the suggestion for misspelled words.

Installation:
1. Download vbspell.zip and upload the files and run vbspell_install.php
2. Go to AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vB Spell and edit your usergroup permisisons.
3. For each template where you would like to add a vB Spell, do the following edits (Example: editpost, newreply, newthread, etc.)

Note: For those running PHP in cgi mode and get timeouts while installing the dictionary, you can download the file dictionary_sql_for_php_cgi.zip to import it to mysql through the mysql command line.

A. Find:

</head>

Add before:

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

B. Find: (or anywhere in the body)

$navbar

Add after:

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

C. Find the submit and preview buttons:

		<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" value="$vbphrase[save_changes]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_changes]" accesskey="p" tabindex="1" />

Add below:

<if condition="$show['wysiwyg']">
        <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', 'WYSIWYG_HTML', '2');">
<else />
        <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', 'message', '1');">
</if>

Other templates:

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: add the the first change (A) in USERCP_SHELL) and the rest (B and C) in modifysignature

Quick reply: . Put change (A) in showthread, above </head>. Then add change B to the beginning of showthread_quickreply. Then find

			<input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[go_advanced]" accesskey="x" title="(Alt + X)" name="preview" tabindex="3" id="qr_preview" onclick="this.form.clickedelm.value = this.value" />

Add after it:

<if condition="$WYSIWYG == 2">
        <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', 'WYSIWYG_HTML', '2');">
<else />
        <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', 'message', '1');">
</if>

History:

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)

November 2nd. 2005: Fixed a bug with slashes in text.

Oct 17, 2005: v0.9.5 Cecks for primnary and secondary group permission. Also fixed quoted words.

July 10, 2005: v0.9.4 Added an error if accessing vB Spell directly, like from who's online page.

July 10, 2005: v0.9.3 Fixed a problem with capitalized first letter of words, so chosing a suggested alternative would not alter capitalization.

July 10, 2005: v0.9.2 Fixed a browser bug, fixed an installer issue effecting some, and fixed handling of some special characters.

July 9, 2005: v0.9.1 Learned words in cookies are no longer case sensitive. Abbreviations are ignored and not spell checked.

July 8, 2005. initial release, v0.9

Please click Install if you have installed this mod.

[yoyoyoyo]

I uploaded the files, and did the template edits, however when I go to spellcheck a post the window pops up with the word highlighted in red, but no options for replacement, no nothing, just blank boxes where that stuff should be. If I hit replace it replaces it with nothing, naturally. I made sure that teh files were upped properly, and re-checked the edits and sm only able to get a pop-up window with nothing in the lower boxes. I can post a screenshot if you like.

[Chris@TSE]

Sounds like you didnt run the install.... The dictionary file was never added.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by Chris@TSE

Sounds like you didnt run the install.... The dictionary file was never added.

I added it, and even checked in PHPmyadmin and they are all there, 192917 words from a to zyzzyvas in the proper table.



I tried it in IE and firefox - same thing.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

I uploaded the files, and did the template edits, however when I go to spellcheck a post the window pops up with the word highlighted in red, but no options for replacement, no nothing, just blank boxes where that stuff should be. If I hit replace it replaces it with nothing, naturally.

The empty box just means it found no suggestions to correct the misspelled word. This does happen to some words, if they are unlike anything in the dictionary.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by tamarian

The empty box just means it found no suggestions to correct the misspelled word. This does happen to some words, if they are unlike anything in the dictionary.

Ok- well I tested it using the phrase "This is a tesst. I am tetsing the spelll fucntion and I hopp it works" and it found no suggestions for changes. If it can't fix that then the spell check is pretty useless. Please try entering that phrase in to your forum (where vbspell is working) and let me know if it catches it.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

Ok- well I tested it using the phrase "This is a tesst. I am tetsing the spelll fucntion and I hopp it works" and it found no suggestions for changes. If it can't fix that then the spell check is pretty useless. Please try entering that phrase in to your forum (where vbspell is working) and let me know if it catches it.

Every spell checker has words it can't find suggestion for. That's just the way they work.

However, tesst should have worked and found test.

I suspect something went wrong in the installation. Have you done anything different than the instructions? If you followed everything to the letter, and have the latest version, create a test account and PM it to me, I'll take a look.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by tamarian

Every spell checker has words it can't find suggestion for. That's just the way they work.

However, tesst should have worked and found test.

I suspect something went wrong in the installation. Have you done anything different than the instructions? If you followed everything to the letter, and have the latest version, create a test account and PM it to me, I'll take a look.

thanks for the offer and thanks for the hack. I reinstalled it again (for the 4th time) and it is now working! I can't tell you what I did differently, but I re-ran the installer a few times, and this time it stuck!

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

thanks for the offer and thanks for the hack. I reinstalled it again (for the 4th time) and it is now working! I can't tell you what I did differently, but I re-ran the installer a few times, and this time it stuck!

Must be the gremlins Glad it worked for you :up:

[yoyoyoyo]

I added changes B & C to the pm_newpm template and it works fine for private messages

[bjs144]

Very good!!!