Spell checker: PHPSpell for vBulletin3 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

PHPSpell for vBulletin3 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

Intro: PHPSpell uses a MySQL based disctionary and requires no additional tools than your standard PHP/MySQL setup. One draw back to this hack is that while it works with vBulletin in WYSIWYG mode, the popup window will still display html and vBCode tags. But the advantages are numerous, such as the "learn" capability and the admin tool.

There is another hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=65737 for PungoSpell that supports WYSIWYG mode disply on the spell check popup window. It has less features than PHPSpell, but it supports WYSIWYG display. Check it out, and compare which one is best for your forum.

Credit PHPSpell Was written for PHPBB, and then expanded to work for all major forum software, including vB2 and vB3. Due to vB3's WYSIWYG mode, PHPSpell only supports standard mode. This hack will allow it to work for both standard and WYSIWYG.

If you like this software, please click the PayPal button on the Author's site, so they'll add more features. Their future plans so far include:

* PHPBB Template integration
* Other Languages (Currently supports English & Russian)
* Finish Language support so that hardcoded output is stored in language files
* Ability to delete Learned Words for the end user
* Ability for Admin to View/Edit/Delete words in installed dictionaries
* Ability for Admin to export Dictionaries
* Ability for end user to choose which Dictionary/Thesaurus Site to use
* Ability for end user to be able to change which Language to use
* Ability for end user to change # of words to find.
* Ability for Integrated Dictionary/Thesaurus
* Other Program Integration

Demo: http://www.master-technology.com/demos/spell/index.php

What this hack does This hack modifies the PHPSpell software package from PHPSpell to allow spell checking on vBulletin for both modes, WYSIWYG and standard mode.

Note: You will see tags like <br> and others in WYSIWYG and BBCode in standard mode. Edit the config file to ignore them. This happens in both WYSIWYG mode, and in standard mode. It will show the tags, but it will not spell check them. This hack does not add new features to the spell checker, it just makes it work, as designed, for vB3 in both WYSIWYG and standard mode.

Instructions

1. Download the attached file, and unpack into a new directory called "spelling" below your forum directory.

2. Edit the config file "spell_config.php" and enter your forum database username and password.

3. Find a dictionary and upload it to the "spelling" directory. A copy is provided in the zip file. PHPSpell's site has a couple of dictionaries for download: http://www.master-technology.com/dem...l/download.php

4. Run "spell_admin.php" from your browser (URL/spelling/spell_admin.php) to create the dictionary datanbase table. When done, delete this file and the dictionary file.

5. You might want to modify the css files to have the look and feel of your forum and colours.

6. The rest is template edits for each template where you'd like to have the spell checker. For example:

newreply template

Find

</head>

Add above

<script language='javascript' src='spelling/spellmessage.js'></script>

Find the submit and preview buttons:

		<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" value="$vbphrase[submit_reply]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="p" tabindex="1" />

Add below:

<if condition="DOTOOLBAR!=2">
<input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="1" />
	<input type="button" class="button" name="spellcheck" value="SpellCheck" accesskey="c" tabindex="1" onclick="openspell('1');"/>
<else />
<input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="2" />
	<input type="button" class="button" name="spellcheck" value="SpellCheck" accesskey="c" tabindex="1" onclick="openspell('2');"/>
</if>

And repeat the same steps for other templates like newthread etc.


Optional: Other Templates that contain edit boxes are:
USERCP_SHELL just add the first change here in above the </head section. Required for pm_newpm and modifysignature.
editpost
Calendar Templates: calendar_edit
New Posting Templates: newreply, newthread
Modify User Options Templates: modifysignature (add the the first change in USERCP_SHELL)
Private Message Templates: pm_newpm (add the the first change in USERCP_SHELL)

I may have missed a few, so let me know.

7. If it doesn't work, run the file "spell_diags.php" from your browser, it will test your setup and report any problems.

Enjoy

[Coyote75]

:tired: ok I am an idiot and need help

im getting this

Warning: main(../config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/hardcore/public_html/spelling/spell_config.php on line 197

Warning: main(../config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/hardcore/public_html/spelling/spell_config.php on line 197

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/hardcore/public_html/spelling/spell_config.php on line 197
You need to fill in the Database Information in the Spelling Configuration File.

i understand filling in db info but confuised at it as well can someone walk me thru it ?

[Morgalis]

Not sure what I am missing to get the full colour changed in the 4 .css files

What am I missing to get rid of the blue?

[PolyMarauder]

lol ok laugh at me Im a confused Noob.

Im actaully trying to install phpspell and I can't figure out something so since you all have it installed I am sure someone can help me out.

in the instructions is says to Change the Spell_Config["DB_Type"] to "vBulletin"

So should it look like this?

PHP Code:

  $db = mysql_pconnect($vBulletin['DB_Host'], $vBulletin['DB_Username'], $vBulletin['DB_Password']); 


A voice in my head says no... :nervous:

[agiacosa]

When using WYSIWYG mode in vB3 3.0.5, it shows you the html code and tries to spell check it. Is there any way to get it to ignore code?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by agiacosa

When using WYSIWYG mode in vB3 3.0.5, it shows you the html code and tries to spell check it. Is there any way to get it to ignore code?

You mean like it says in the first line of the hack description .....

Intro: PHPSpell uses a MySQL based disctionary and requires no additional tools than your standard PHP/MySQL setup. One draw back to this hack is that while it works with vBulletin in WYSIWYG mode, the popup window will still display html and vBCode tags. But the advantages are numerous, such as the "learn" capability and the admin tool.

[Spinball]

Originally Posted by Morgalis

Not sure what I am missing to get the full colour changed in the 4 .css files

What am I missing to get rid of the blue?

edit spellcheck.php, search for
----------
echo '<body bgcolor="#1F7FB0" onload="parent.Run_Spellchecker();">';
----------
and replace it with
----------
echo '<body onload="parent.Run_Spellchecker();">';
----------

[Greebo]

I'm also trying to get this to remove the html tags like P and EM and the like in the wysiwyg editor and having no luck.

Has anyone got a WYSIWYG solution to this somewhere we can tap into?

I'd love to integrate this hack - Pungo isn't an option (no pspell on my host) so its this or...well or I dunno what - but I can't have these tags showing.

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by dsmcd01

I was playing around this weekend, trying to get the Learn button to appear only for specific users.

It was easy enough to get the userid to the openspell function in spellmessage.js by adding $bbuserinfo[userid] to the template code, but I can't seem to get the userid from there to spelling.js where it'd do some good.

No big deal, and I understand I'm using the hack and phpSpell in a non-standard way. But, has anyone gotten this to work?

TIA,
D.

I would appreciate if you could share with us your progress on this issue. I have no Java programming experience, so I am at a total loss trying to alter those .js scripts, and I would like to have the learn button appear for a certain usergroup. Unfortunatelly, I have no idea how to pass the $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] to the js files.

Any idea would be really appreciated.

Rgds

[sv1cec]

Bump,

Has anyone done anything with the Learn button? I need that feature because there are some very specific words than are usually ... used in our Forums and which are missing from the dictionary, but I can't leave the feature open to all users.

Any help would be appreciated.

[lefthome]

I would like to install this hack. Currently I am using vb 3.06 and will upgrade to vb3.07 this weekend. Does this hack work in vb3.07?