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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[Dennis B]

Guys,

I've just installed this on vB 2.3.0 RC3 and it seems everything worked out ok, except... I'm not getting any icons with the smilies/reduce/etc functions on the right-hand side of the chatbox. I've double-checked the path to the images in checkbox_saisie, even replaced it with the absolute url to them, but nothing... The weird thing is that I don't get the "X" box telling me it didn't find the images, the "go" box is just right there at the edge. Pls see image attached. Thanks for any ideas...

[p0s3id0n]

@ DOTS : look at the chatbox template, you just need to
change the width parameter of the iframe tag.

@ x-fan : i think i'll make another archive of this hack in
zip format since it seems that some people can't extract rar.

@Dennis B : i'd say that since your 'ok' button is larger in
portugese (is that it ?) than in english, the 'option' buttons
went to the next line... To get them on the first line you
should play with the width parameter of the input type="text"
box in the template chatbox_saisie, making it smaller.

[Dennis B]

p0s3id0n,

Thanks for the reply. Actually that's the way it's been since installation, with the original 'go' button. I've edited the text later...

[DOTS]

you forgot to answer to my question p0s3id0n
i dont like you no more

hey p0s3id0n thanks, kinda hard to type that lol
thanks for your help
one last question...
where do i control the width of the shoutbox? ? need to make it fix whit my other forum tables...
here it is look
http://www.mc-clan.com/forum/index.php?
thanks a lot and Awesome hack man.

[Dennis B]

p0s3id0n,

Could it be that this hack is being messed up by my customized welcome panel right above it...? I did place $chatbox outside of the welcome panel code, but... It just looks weird, the box is too big for only 2 messages, it looks like it got "influenced" by something else... I'll try putting $chatbox somewhere else to see what happens...

[p0s3id0n]

errr... missed ...

then, anyway, you could have a look to that chatbox_saisie
template because everything in that bar is there...
have you tried to reduce the width of the input box in half ?

and if nothing works, maybe you could try to use the install
script, just delete the chatbox templates and bypass the first
part where it does the querrys then chose the templateset
where you want the templates added and go to the next step...

last, you could pm me the template chatbox_saisie, i'd have a
look for you.

@ wolfman : i'd be you, i'd redo the install from 0. if it still
doesnt work, it must be another hack wich interacts with
your smiliesbox function since i'm using the usual function on
that part.

[p0s3id0n]

Today at 07:44 PM DOTS said this in Post #245
you forgot to answer to my question p0s3id0n
i dont like you no more

you're being a bad boy i edited my reply before you replyed on
your turn
the clock can testify .

[Dennis B]

p0s3id0n,

It was the "size" parameter of the input box.

Merci beaucoup! Very nice hack.

[p0s3id0n]

yup you're right size/width i missed the good name ...

thanks

[Dennis B]

p0s3id0n,

Where do I resize that box? chatbox_saise has all the inside stuff, but what about the external dimensions, border, etc...?

Thanks.