Chat Modifications - Dion Dev Shoutbox v2.1 (AJAX)

DEMO URL:

http://www.diondev.com/vb

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NEW FEATURES:

- simplicity was kept in mind
- new archive layout that uses a table with name, message, time, and ip & delete for admins/supermods
- shoutbox files are all in one folder
- new option to change the width and height of the shoutbox iframe
- new option to allow supermods to delete shouts
- new collapsable shoutbox template that flows better with forums
- ip addresses are now stored along with shouts
- B, I, U, and color buttons for shouts that are remembered for each shout until the member navigates away from the page
- javascript bug fixes that caused messages with "&" and other symbols to cut off
- name colors based on group open and close tags
- new option to automatically parse urls
- removed guest shouting all together (after being disgusted with some of the things written in the shoutbox on my site, i will never re-add this feature so don't bother asking)
- new hide shoutbox from guests option
- uses a little cache system so it only redraws shouts if a new shout has been made (saves bandwidth)
- and some more features I may have forgot to mention

You can see the old feature lists in the old shoutbox vb.org threads:
Dion Dev Shoutbox v2.0
vBulletin 3.x Shoutbox 1.0

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UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. uninstall the old shoutbox product from your admin cp
2. delete all the shout*.php files from your web server
3. remove the old shoutbox code from whatever template you added it to
4. follow the "fresh installation instructions" below

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FRESH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. extract the zip file onto your computer
2. log in to your admin cp
3. go to plugins & products -> manage products -> add/import product -> browse for "product-ddsb2.1.xml" -> click "import"
4. upload the entire "shoutbox" folder (DO NOT RENAME IT) to your main vbulletin directory
5. copy and paste the entire contents of "template.txt" into the template you want the shoutbox to show up in

if you want the shoutbox to show at the top of your forum index, go to the FORUMHOME template and find:

"<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<br />
</if>"

and copy and paste the contents of "template.txt" after that.

6. go to vbulletin options -> select "dion dev shoutbox v2.1 options" at the very bottom of the list
7. edit all the options as you please and then click on the "save" button

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ADDITIONAL OPTIONS:

1. if you want to change the amount of time it checks between shouts, open up "shoutshow.js" in notepad and change "2000" to whatever number, in milliseconds, you want it to wait between checking for new shouts

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DONATE ANYTHING YOU CAN SPARE TO DONATIONS@DIONDEV.COM BEFORE REMOVING THE "POWERED BY" MESSAGE

[denman75]

thanks for the shoutbox ,although i mis the pop up smiley box ,its a great product

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by BEB

Hello DionDev,

Thank you very much for your prompt reply and for your suggestion. Unfortunately I still can't get it to work... I uninstalled the program and deleted the files, and re-installed it again, didn't work. I uninstalled the program/deleted files again, downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file, followed the installation instructions to a tee.. and still got exactly the same problem. I've attached a screen shot of what appears on my forum index page. It all looks great, but when I type a shout in the shotbox and click "shout it".... the text "vanishes"... but nothing appears in the shoutbox. I know this isn't much information for you to go on to work out what the problem is, but hopefully the screen shot will help. Nothing appears in the table where the shouts should appear.. could it be a database issue?

I'd really appreciate it if you could help as this mod is exactly what I've been looking for and looks great.

Thank you

BEB

PM me the link to your forums so I can look myself.

[ti07shadow]

can you add some features such as announcement posting like..

/announcement This is an announcement!!!

[XxJAYSONxX23]

This very well might be a rookie question. But I am following the "Fresh Installation" and I am not sure what you mean by step 5. Thanks. Where do I find the templates in my server. How do I do that step.

Thanks

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by XxJAYSONxX23

This very well might be a rookie question. But I am following the "Fresh Installation" and I am not sure what you mean by step 5. Thanks. Where do I find the templates in my server. How do I do that step.

Thanks

In your vbulletin admin panel, you can edit the templates of your style. This is where you will find the FORUMHOME template, etc. where you copy and paste the contents of the text file to.

[gr8whtd0pe]

It works on my main forums, but not with the CMPS. I can't seem to figure out why. It displays it, all that, but when you click shout! it does nothing.

[DionDev]

email me with your URL and an example gr8

[DeanLag]

Is this server intensive? Cause I've been using Cyb - Chatbox and apparently, it caused me some server issues - so I'm looking for something else

[ErrorLog]

Turkish character dont work.

[gr8whtd0pe]

HA! Fixed it myself. Made another instance of shoutinsert.js and changed

var url = 'shoutbox/shoutinsert.php';

to

var url = 'forums/shoutbox/shoutinsert.php';

then just called up the new one named shoutinsertcmps.js and bingo!