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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[lioncool1589]

how do i disable date and time stamp

[lioncool1589]

what are usergroup id for Unregistered and Users Awaiting Email Confirmation

i dont want those ppl use chatbox

[Slappy Nutz]

So heres the next problem, sometimes after a user types in there chat and hits go, or enter they are taken to a blank white page inside the chatbox. I have no clue on what it could be!!!

Any idea would be good! Thanks

[gmarik]

Connection lost. Happens.

[Slappy Nutz]

But its happening ALL the time, but seems only with IE users. Im on Linux and use Galeon and it never happens to me

[msimplay]

i'm using internet explorer i never have problems with this hack

[Slappy Nutz]

Yes im bugging a lot, but should this line be // out?

PHP Code:

//        if(chop($message . "") == ""){

//            echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=chatbox.php?page_chat=chat\">";

//        } 


[Gizmo99]

Ok

use the hack and its great BUT !!!

When u click the Close (or minimse) button we get

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: swear() in J:\wwwroot\rsocbb\index.php on line 388

Other users can still us the box, until they click the close button.

Help as this stops us using the board

also if you go direct to the chatbox.php script it works fine !!!

Plot thickens !!! if u
http://<URL>/index.php?chatbox=open&s=

The index page loads :surprised: if you
http://<URL>/rsocbb/index.php?chatbox=close&s=
u get
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: swear() in J:\wwwroot\rsocbb\index.php on line 388

Having looked at the code the only diff is no spaces either side of the chatbox=0

if($chatbox == "open"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox = 1 WHERE username = '$bbuserinfo[username]'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 1;
}elseif($chatbox == "close"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox=0 WHERE username='".$bbuserinfo['username']."'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 0;
}

Cant logg -in the server from work so cant check is this the prob ??


Have now had a dam good think I recon

elseif($chatbox == "close"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox=0 WHERE username='".$bbuserinfo['username']."'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 0;

Should be

elseif($chatbox == "close"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox = 0 WHERE username = '$bbuserinfo['username']'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 0;

Has none else ever had this problem, I have had a nose through most of the pages and I think not
Giz

[Gizmo99]

Well changed the above NO GOOD ;(

Just // in front of $comment = swear($comment) ;

and fixed ????

Y ?

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Giz

[gmarik]

I wanted to have the chatbox in another, new folder "/chat", how can I do that? Just copieng and changing the file paths does not help, a blank screen is shown... read more about it