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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[NuclioN]

wow, awesome! Question though. How can i make it function in a way that the input is by the footer and the output (plain text and time) is at the top in for example a welcome panel?

[NuclioN]

members are asking if it is possible to read passed messages. I know from a shoutbox that was working with Postnuke portal as a module that a javascript popup could display all messages. Is that possible with this to?

[jbear6]

First of all, Congratulations, this is a fantastic hack
I would really like to run both the TWTCommish shoutbox, and this chatbox at the same time (in two different areas of our forums).
If I changed all the names of the tables, and files in this hack from "shoutbox" to "chatbox", would this work? Is this realistic, or way too many changes?

Thanks
Jbear

[p0s3id0n]

@ NuclioN : You can change the maximum posts in the box, on the admin CP.

@ jbear6 : it seems that i will have to make this hack work with the other box... and it seems it is this one that must be changed since the other one was here before .
So maybe i'll give a try soon to changing all the files, tables and calls names .

[scottct1]

Is there anyway to keep unregistered from from posting in the chat?

I want them to be able to see the chat but I don't want them posting.

Thanks!

[jbear6]

Originally posted by p0s3id0n
[B@ jbear6 : it seems that i will have to make this hack work with the other box... and it seems it is this one that must be changed since the other one was here before .
So maybe i'll give a try soon to changing all the files, tables and calls names . [/B]

Thank you very much, you are a scholar and a gentleman I'll check this thread later for further developments.

Thanks Again,
Jbear

[scottct1]

Also is there anyways when a user minimizes the window to show more then one shout? I would like them to see the last 5.

I figured out how to block non members from posting I banned the user (space) (Just pressed the Space bar and pressed save.)

Neat huh?

[p0s3id0n]

@ scottct1 : Err... normaly the unregistered can't post, but i've already heard about unregistered being able to post with a username apearing as blank... Your idea to ban the ' ' user seems good to me .

As for having 5 'shouts/chats' visible when the chatbox is reduced, you will have to look at your root index.php and find :

PHP Code:

    $chat_result = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM chatbox ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1");
    if(!mysql_num_rows($chat_result)){
        eval("\$chatbit = \"".gettemplate('chatbox_bit_vide')."\";");
        eval("\$chatbox = \"".gettemplate('chatbox_fermee')."\";");
    }else{
        $chat_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($chat_result);
        $name = $chat_row["name"];
        $comment = $chat_row["comment"];
        $date = $chat_row["date"];
        $date = date("Y") . "-" . substr($date, 4, 2) . "-" . substr($date, 1, 2) . " " . substr($date, 7, 2) . ":" . substr($date, 10, 2);
        $date = date("[d/m|H:i]", strtotime($date) + ($bbuserinfo['timezoneoffset'] * 3600));
        $comment = parseurl($comment);
        $comment = ereg_replace("sessionhash=[a-z0-9]{32}", "", $comment);
        $comment = ereg_replace("s=[a-z0-9]{32}", "", $comment);
        $comment = bbcodeparse($comment);
        $comment = str_replace("<br />"," ",$comment);
        $comment = str_replace("<br>"," ",$comment);
        $comment = swear($comment);
        if(substr($comment,0,3) == "/me"){
            $comment = stripslashes(substr($comment,3));
            eval("\$chatbit = \"".gettemplate('chatbox_bit_me')."\";");
        }else{
            $colorirc = $un_color_chat;
            $comment = stripslashes($comment);
            eval("\$chatbit = \"".gettemplate('chatbox_bit')."\";");
        } 


and replace it by that :

PHP Code:

    $chat_result = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM chatbox ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5");
    if(!mysql_num_rows($chat_result)){
        eval("\$chatbit = \"".gettemplate('chatbox_bit_vide')."\";");
        eval("\$chatbox = \"".gettemplate('chatbox_fermee')."\";");
    }else{
        while($chat_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($chat_result)){
            $name = $chat_row["name"];
            $comment = $chat_row["comment"];
            $date = $chat_row["date"];
            $date = date("Y") . "-" . substr($date, 4, 2) . "-" . substr($date, 1, 2) . " " . substr($date, 7, 2) . ":" . substr($date, 10, 2);
            $date = date("[d/m|H:i]", strtotime($date) + ($bbuserinfo['timezoneoffset'] * 3600));
            $comment = parseurl($comment);
            $comment = ereg_replace("sessionhash=[a-z0-9]{32}", "", $comment);
            $comment = ereg_replace("s=[a-z0-9]{32}", "", $comment);
            $comment = bbcodeparse($comment);
            $comment = str_replace("<br />"," ",$comment);
            $comment = str_replace("<br>"," ",$comment);
            $comment = swear($comment);
            if(substr($comment,0,3) == "/me"){
                $comment = stripslashes(substr($comment,3));
                eval("\$chatbit .= \"".gettemplate('chatbox_bit_me')."\";");
            }else{
                $colorirc = $un_color_chat;
                $comment = stripslashes($comment);
                eval("\$chatbit .= \"".gettemplate('chatbox_bit')."\";");
            }
        } 


I think it will work... tell me how it goes as it's just theory, I haven't tryed on an active forum .

[scottct1]

Nope didnt work, still just one.

Only reason I want 5 is because guests are shown the box minimized. I want to to be able to watch the chat, and hopefully will consider registering as a member.

[p0s3id0n]

i edited the post on top of this one, everything is now ok