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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[zootsuit]

Thank you, p0s3id0n That worked perfectly.

It looks awesome!

[Vile]

Originally posted by p0s3id0n
@ Knightmare : Just go to the admin CP and in the shoutbox
section choose configuration. There you have all you need
to change the background color, and some other colors too .

Thanks for the help, and thanks for this great hack

[thefreestyler]

oué elle marche impect cette shouty mon svalinou

worked perfectly my svalinou

[Deska]

anyone can provide an update script from previous version?
'cause I can't see in the readme file
thank's...

[p0s3id0n]

@ Deska : it seems to me that you are talking about TWT-commish's [edit]great [/edit] shoutbox, which is not related in any way (apart for the name ) with this one.

Sorry if my lack of imagination for the name of this hack misleaded you .

[Erwin]

It's because TWT called his vB Shoutbox 1.0 and you called yours vB Shoutbox 1.2.1 LOL!!!

You may want to consider renaming yours to avoid confusion.

[p0s3id0n]

yes Erwin i thought about renaming it to chatbox which is, i
believe, a name more descriptive about this hack... but i cant
change the thread title, so the confusion will remain...

Once again sorry for my lack of imagination .

[Erwin]

No, you CAN change the thread title... at least I have been able to with my own hacks... I call mine "Chat Box" on my site. In fact, I'm going to remove my java irc chat soon, as this has practically replaced that.

[Deska]

ups, then I wrong,

[p0s3id0n]

Once again Erwin you were right.... Name changed ...