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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[superman]

I took the liberty of trying this hack on 2.3.0

it works fine

[p0s3id0n]

@ jancarlo : you are trying the chatbox in an extremely stressing
environement ... mac os and IE 5.x.... pfiouuu, i've never even
thought about trying it on such a platform ... Also, it looks like
you are using it in a kind of popup since i donn't see any iframe
and forum around the chatbox ...
To have a serious look at your problem maybe you could give
me the html code of the frameset and the two frames... just
to see what IE5mac could misinterpret.

@superman : yup i just tried it also, and works fine for me too .

[Erwin]

03-11-03 at 09:02 AM p0s3id0n said this in Post #211

ps : i'd like also to thank erwin for the support he's done on this hack (as on many ). and to excuse myself for my poor english wich makes me shy to participate to this forum .

No worries.

Thanks for your hack. Thanks also for the update. As for renaming the thread, I've done it for you - it's now version 1.2.4

[jancarlo]

per p0s3id0n.

Risolto tutto, ora funziona, quel problema lo dava perch? sopra alla pagina del for avevo messo delle scritte, una volta tolte tutto ha funzionato alla grande grazie sei grande !!!

ok su vb230!!!

jancarlo




for p0s3id0n.

Resolved all, hour works, that problem gave it why over to the page of
the for I had put of the written ones, once removed all it has worked
to the large one thanks six large !!!

ok ok vb230

jancarlo

[p0s3id0n]

@ jancarlo : thank you too , 'thank you for what ?', you'll ask...
thank you to make me a little bit less ashamed to write
so bad in english, I think I found my master for that matter .
just kidding hey, dont take it seriously .

[lioncool1589]

08-26-02 at 06:59 AM Erwin said this in Post #30
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, you can do this:

In shoutbox.php, find:

PHP Code:

if ((mysql_num_rows($result)){ 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

if (mysql_num_rows($result) OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==8){ 


8 being the banned usergroupid.

i cant find if ((mysql_num_rows($result)){ in shoutbox

also how i make shoutbox only registered users(not Users Awaiting Email Confirmationcan) can use shoutbox
i have some stupid ppl keep spam on my shoutbox

[p0s3id0n]

err... you are right... i must have changed the structure of
my code...

now you'll have to find :

PHP Code:

if(!mysql_num_rows($result)){ 


and replace it by

PHP Code:

if(!mysql_num_rows($result) && $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] != 8){ 


cause now i'm checking the reverse condition and put the
redirection on the else statement ...

hope this helps

[Almax]

how do i fix the time its currently 5 hours behind ??? tried the update from a previous thread and it never worked ?

[p0s3id0n]

err almax, maybe you could look at those posts :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...787#post290787 and
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...093#post291093
if doesnt correct everything , that may be because
your server is not on the same timezoneoffset as you are.

[lioncool1589]

p0s3id0n i have old version shoutbox how i upgrade to 1.2.4
also there is 2 if(!mysql_num_rows($result)){
i replace them all?