vB Shoutbox 1.0

Well, people wanted it, so here it is: a vB-integrated Shoutbox. It's a little different than the one they used to have on this site, however. The moderation functions are VERY basic...but they'll be improved for 2.0, most likely, if there's any interest.

A short breakdown:

• It's a chatroom-esque page that everyone can use.
• Shouts that day, shouts in last 24 hours, shouts by YOU, and total shouts, are all tracked.
• Leaderboard (top shouters) is tracked.
• Clickable smilies automatically added below the add shout box.
• "delete" link shown on all shouts if you're an admin or a moderator (usergroupids 5, 6, and 7 by default).
• bbCode parsing included.

Attached is an archive containing all the files you'll need for the basic installation, AND for the optional features. NOTE: the vBHacker compatible file included within does NOT constitute a full installation. You'll still need to upload the shoutbox.php file to your main forums directory.

Enjoy. Here's a live demo: http://www.movieforums.net/shoutbox.php

[Oldfart]

but I can't locate it.

I put the vbhack.php and the shoutbox.hack.php in my /forums/admin directory. Then I put the admin_shoutbox.php in the admin directory also.

I put the shoutbox.php in my /wwwroot /forums directory.

Then I ran the vbkacker.php.

I got warnings that i'm trying to install on an later version then 224 but I went ahead anyway. It looked like everything installed alright. But i had to edit the index.php file manually.

So... now I'm looking for the shoutbox and I can't find it anywhere on my forums.

I went into phpMyAdmin and ran a query and the databases are installed correctly according to the report but I can't see the shoutbox.

I must be doing something wrong or forgotten something I think.

If someone could take a look at my test forum and tell me whats wrong i'd appreciate it very much.

http://bobmc.net/forums

[TWTCommish]

Your Shoutbox is right here.

http://www.bobmc.net/forums/shoutbox.php

[Oldfart]

LMAO!

I thought there was a link to it somewhere on my main forum no wonder I couldn't find it.

Is there a way I can put up a button link and make it showup in the forum jump menu by any chance? I just want to make it easier for my members to get to.

I'm very php impaired, but learning...

Thanks, Oh! great hack BTW!

[TWTCommish]

Well, part of the hack allows you to add the latest shout (with a link to the shoutbox) on your forumhome page...however, I don't think that part is done automatically by the vBHacker file...so you may have to use the plain text instructions for that step.

[Oldfart]

Hmm, I just tried to use the shoutbox and when I press the shout button I get a "page cannot be found" message.

Any ideas?

[TWTCommish]

Yes. Open the shoutbox_postshout template and replace this...

action="/shoutbox.php"

...with this...

action="$bburl/shoutbox.php"

[Oldfart]

Thanks ! that worked great.

One other thing. When I try to get into the admin_shoutbox.php it asks me for my username and password. I put the username and password I use for my forum admin CP in the boxes and click ok when I do I get a message telling me its the wrong password. Is there a way I can change this?

Thanks again!

[TWTCommish]

Are you sure you're not mistyping the password? If you are, I'd login via your CP FIRST, and then go to the file...and all should work just fine.

[Oldfart]

Ya I was typing the correct password. I was able to get in via the admin CP. So the only admin options right now are "delete post older than" I guess.

I found the jumpforum hack i'll be installing that right quickly.

I noticed when I post a shout it doesn't display the right timestamp. But it displays the correct timestamp right above it on the titlebar. Is there any fix for this maybe

[TWTCommish]

Hmm, perhaps I forgot to use the user's time offset for both...but I don't remember that being the case. And yes, the admin options are very limited right now...it's just for pruning, basically.