Shoutbox Hack 1.04b

11/09/04 - Version 1.04b. Just an installer upgrade, nothing more. Nothing to see here, move along.

10/22/04 - Version 1.04a released. This is not an upgrade from 1.04. If you already have 1.04 installed, don't worry about this. This release just updates the installer and fixes any errors in it. If you had problems installing it last time, this should work better. If you need support, posting it here may get it answered, though posting at the board at GeekyDesigns.com is prefered.

This is the same hack formerly released by Link14716.

08/30/04 4:19 PM EDT: Fixed a settings bug (I hope): see this post.

08/29/04: Shoutbox 1.04 is released, featuring a new installer system (using the Hack Installer System) and redone templates, as well as a few bug fixes. Enjoy.

Presenting: The Shoutbox Hack


Support posts made at GeekyDesigns.com have a higher priority than posts made in this thread, and is the prefered way of getting support.



There are way too many features to list, so I'll just let the screenshots do the talking.

Shoutbox credits

PHP Code:
Matthew Gordon
Templates:
Zachery Woods
- misc: Matthew Gordon
- Originally by TWTCommish, redone by Zachery for 1.04


If you feel your not able to install this yourself please feel free to drop me a pm and we can make arrangments

If you would like to donate to us please pm us and again we can make arragnments

Dont forget to click install!

Install Instructions:

NEW INSTALL/UPGRADE FROM 1.03 to Current
 
 1. Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forums directory.
 2. Run http://www.yoursite.com/forums/install/hack_install.php
 3. Select "Shoutbox Hack" and then follow the instructions to install.
 4. Follow the directions in the readme files when it gets to that step, then finalize the install (by clicking the last link in the install).
 5. Enjoy your shoutbox!

Matrixgl did a template modification to make the shoutbit more like its vB2 counterpart and released it (tested on 1.03) here.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT SUPPORT, SPECIFY THIS INFORMATION OR BE IGNORED:

What is the exact error you recieve?
Where does the supposed error happen?
What vB version are you running?


Here are the old screenshots, new ones will be posted soon:
settings.gif (186.0 KB)
forumhome.gif (37.1 KB)
forumhome_iframe.gif (30.0 KB)
shoutbox_home.gif (96.1 KB)
shoutbox_home_guest.gif (84.8 KB)
user_settings.gif (85.5 KB)
usergroup_permissions.gif (67.8 KB)
shoutbox_home_textarea.gif (78.9 KB)




Enjoy.

[uae-style]

btw..when i post a new shout the whole page refreshes...is there a way 2 refresh the iframe insted of the whole page?

[JAYEMULE]

Ok I uploaded the files and double checked to see they were all there. Ran the installation but I did not see where to make any changes to any files/templates. Therefore I do not see the shoputbox on the forum or in my admincp. I am sure I missed something along the way so how do I go back and find what I need ?
Thanks for the help. Looks like something my members will use.
pS I am using vb 3.7

Update; I have the shout box settings in my admin cp but no links to it on the forum any where. I am still missing something here.

[JAYEMULE]

Got it all straigtened out. Just had to put on the eyeglasses to read where to click for the file and template changes link

Thanks kindly for a nice hack.

Jaye

[dina]

I'm also looking for a way to just refresh the shoutbox when there is a shout, guessing it's just a template edit, but have someone found a way to do this?

[JAYEMULE]

We love this hack on my forum.
Just one thing I was wondering, and have read all the posts here, is there a way to change the size of the shoutbox ? Like to make it not as tall ?

Thanks for a great hack! Look forward to when you get a chance to add impovements and more functions

Jaye
WWW.MULES.ORG

[Muderman24]

there is no support on geekydesigns forums so if anyone can help me with this plz do

Invalid SQL:CREATE TABLE vb3_shoutbox_posts (
`shoutid` BIGINT (255) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' AUTO_INCREMENT,
`text` TEXT,
`userid` BIGINT (255) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
`username` VARCHAR (255) DEFAULT '0',
`ip` VARCHAR (25) DEFAULT '0',
`time` BIGINT (20) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
`edittime` BIGINT (20) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
`edituser` VARCHAR (255) DEFAULT '0',
`deleted` TINYINT(1) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0',
PRIMARY KEY(`shoutid`))
mysql error: Invalid default value for 'shoutid'

mysql error number: 1067

[jilly]

Requests:

* Can I show the number of shouts a member has made in their postbit?
* Can I increase the number of top shouters shown on the leaderboard area?
(figured this on out - in the shoutbox settings in vbulletin options I could increase the number of people shown on the leaderboard)

Also, when I go to shoutbox.php, and try to use the advanced window to add colors and different sizes, the autocontrols dont work. If i physically type the code in, it does, but I can't use the drop down selection boxes like i can in a post
Thanks

[Kyderoy]

I tried to install Shoutbox but i get this error when I type http://www.yoursite.com/install/hack_install.php ( I removed my site name for this post) Below is the error message I see when I try to install




Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in D:\Inetpub\forums\install\his_files\hack_install_b 3.php on line 30

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\Inetpub\forums\install\his_files\hack_install_b 3.php on line 31

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in D:\Inetpub\forums\install\his_files\hack_install_b 3.php on line 31

[Muderman24]

Has support for this been dropped or what?

Can someone help with my problem?

[eva01_]

muderman24 what version of PHP are you running?