Chat Modifications - Dion Dev Shoutbox v2.1 (AJAX)

DEMO URL:

http://www.diondev.com/vb

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NEW FEATURES:

- simplicity was kept in mind
- new archive layout that uses a table with name, message, time, and ip & delete for admins/supermods
- shoutbox files are all in one folder
- new option to change the width and height of the shoutbox iframe
- new option to allow supermods to delete shouts
- new collapsable shoutbox template that flows better with forums
- ip addresses are now stored along with shouts
- B, I, U, and color buttons for shouts that are remembered for each shout until the member navigates away from the page
- javascript bug fixes that caused messages with "&" and other symbols to cut off
- name colors based on group open and close tags
- new option to automatically parse urls
- removed guest shouting all together (after being disgusted with some of the things written in the shoutbox on my site, i will never re-add this feature so don't bother asking)
- new hide shoutbox from guests option
- uses a little cache system so it only redraws shouts if a new shout has been made (saves bandwidth)
- and some more features I may have forgot to mention

You can see the old feature lists in the old shoutbox vb.org threads:
Dion Dev Shoutbox v2.0
vBulletin 3.x Shoutbox 1.0

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UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. uninstall the old shoutbox product from your admin cp
2. delete all the shout*.php files from your web server
3. remove the old shoutbox code from whatever template you added it to
4. follow the "fresh installation instructions" below

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FRESH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. extract the zip file onto your computer
2. log in to your admin cp
3. go to plugins & products -> manage products -> add/import product -> browse for "product-ddsb2.1.xml" -> click "import"
4. upload the entire "shoutbox" folder (DO NOT RENAME IT) to your main vbulletin directory
5. copy and paste the entire contents of "template.txt" into the template you want the shoutbox to show up in

if you want the shoutbox to show at the top of your forum index, go to the FORUMHOME template and find:

"<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<br />
</if>"

and copy and paste the contents of "template.txt" after that.

6. go to vbulletin options -> select "dion dev shoutbox v2.1 options" at the very bottom of the list
7. edit all the options as you please and then click on the "save" button

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ADDITIONAL OPTIONS:

1. if you want to change the amount of time it checks between shouts, open up "shoutshow.js" in notepad and change "2000" to whatever number, in milliseconds, you want it to wait between checking for new shouts

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[kyrenator]

the 2.1 edition is awesome!!!
congratulations!

[kyrenator]

Buy there is a prob! It does not show the emoticons!
I have the Parse smilies to yes but it shows a space instead of the smiley!

P.S. When i write in greek it shows something like this "%u03B5λληνικα"!!

Any suggestions?

[m0rgulvale]

this is an awesome mod dion!

my users love it (marked as installed) =)

the only odd issue i have is, sometimes i get this error:

atabase error in vBulletin

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(userid)) AS count FROM session WHERE session.userid>0 AND session.lastactivity>1242367818;

MySQL Error : Out of memory (Needed 1048548 bytes)
Error Number : 5
Request Date : Friday, May 15th 2009 @ 05:16:58 PM
Error Date : Friday, May 15th 2009 @ 05:17:44 PM
Script : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...shoutcache.php
Referrer : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...x/shoutdiv.php
IP Address : xxxxxx
Username : xxx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :


i don't understand what these means... mysql didn't crash and my vps has 1gig of ram

however sometimes i get emails with this error in it

any idea what could be causing and how to fix?

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by |Jordan|

How do i change the color of the default shouts? (shouts that dont have a color selected), it defaults to black and its hard to read black and a dark background.

I will add this option to version 2.2

Originally Posted by Hall of Famer

I want the shoutbox to be used by staff members only. Can I make it impossible for ordinary registered users to post in the shoutbox?

This would require a hack to the PHP files.

Originally Posted by kyrenator

Buy there is a prob! It does not show the emoticons!
I have the Parse smilies to yes but it shows a space instead of the smiley!

P.S. When i write in greek it shows something like this "%u03B5λληνικα"!!

Any suggestions?

Please PM me the URL of your site so I can see.

Originally Posted by m0rgulvale

this is an awesome mod dion!

my users love it (marked as installed) =)

the only odd issue i have is, sometimes i get this error:

atabase error in vBulletin

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(userid)) AS count FROM session WHERE session.userid>0 AND session.lastactivity>1242367818;

MySQL Error : Out of memory (Needed 1048548 bytes)
Error Number : 5
Request Date : Friday, May 15th 2009 @ 05:16:58 PM
Error Date : Friday, May 15th 2009 @ 05:17:44 PM
Script : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...shoutcache.php
Referrer : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...x/shoutdiv.php
IP Address : xxxxxx
Username : xxx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :


i don't understand what these means... mysql didn't crash and my vps has 1gig of ram

however sometimes i get emails with this error in it

any idea what could be causing and how to fix?

Theres a fix in this thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=616487

[rmxs]

Helloo..
Many problems

No css style at my box.
No greek inside.(multilang)I use utf8 for my site
No emoticons


check here

[Shazz]

Nice options and layout.

[|Jordan|]

In the next version can you make the background of each shout alternate between alt1 and alt2 css?

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by rmxs

Helloo..
Many problems

No css style at my box.
No greek inside.(multilang)I use utf8 for my site
No emoticons


check here

That page is blank.

Originally Posted by |Jordan|

In the next version can you make the background of each shout alternate between alt1 and alt2 css?

It does.

[rmxs]

Yes because i remove it...
I fount that after you edit 2-3 files and remove some ../ from pathes and correct the path to css then works..
Byt normally must work without user edits

[kyrenator]

"rmxs"
have you fixed the errors with emoticons and greek?