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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[geezzaa]

Thanks .
I managed to get it working. Im a bit new to this.
How do i get the window with the fonts selection and smilies as shown on your screen shot in the first post.
Its certainly looking better than what i had on my forum pages earlier

[lioncool1589]

any command i could ban user from shoutbox without go in admin control panel

[wolfman]

Well at www.groom-family.com/forum I have tried removing this hack and re installing it, but I still can not get the smilies to come up inthe popup window.

[superman]

can someone give me instructions on how to manually do this chmod 777 thing? I have no clue what to do :\ please help!!

PHP NOOOB!

oh yeah and there is also no optiosn in the admin cp to do antying, I can't find it anywhere :\ so can you tell me what to do?

[Dennis B]

p0s3id0n,

Unfortunately it's not displaying 5 posts, it's displaying only the 5th from last post...

[Dennis B]

superman,

You have to FTP to your server and either do it manually if you're working off a command line or use your FTP progarm's built-in funtions. For example on coffecup FTP, if you click the right button on the file, you get the option "change permission" and just go ahead and click on all boxes.

[Dennis B]

wolfman,

Have you edited you chatbox_saisie template?

It should have this function next to the beginning (unedited)

PHP Code:

function ouvresmil(){
    var NewFen = true;
    if(winsmilies != null)if(!winsmilies.closed)NewFen = false; 
    if (NewFen)winsmilies = window.open("chatbox.php?page_chat=popupsmil&s=","Smilies","left=600,top=0,width=400,height=550,scrollbars=yes,status=no,directories=no,toolbar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,menuBar=no");
    else{
        winsmilies.window.resizeTo(400,550);
        winsmilies.window.moveTo(600,0);
        winsmilies.window.location.replace("chatbox.php?page_chat=popupsmil&s=");
    }
    winsmilies.focus();
} 


and a line close to the end calling the ouvresmil javascript.

[wolfman]

Actually that pretty much broke it though I just noticed that I am using a slightly older version of this 1.2.2

[wolfman]

OK I went and uninstalled 1.2.2 (its ok I will kick myself in the butt) and installed the latest version 1.2.4 and works great and not a single problem and was able to import the post in the shoutbox back for a minimal loss for my users.

[p0s3id0n]

@ wolfman : nice to hear all is right now

@ Dennis B : i just forgot two dots ... just edited the post
with the code, do the copy paste once again, and it should
be ok .