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

[silentdub]

I had to re-install the shoutbox and now it is white background with black text.

I had it Black background with white text.

Where can I change this?

[Yosef Sh]

While importing the product i get this

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO product
(productid, title, description, version, active, apm_releasedate, apm_author, apm_relatedurl, apm_extrainfo, apm_extraedit,apm_installdate,url, versioncheckurl)
VALUES
('ddsb2',
'Dion Dev Shoutbox',
'Adds a shoutbox to your forums',
'2.1',
1,
'',
'',
'',
'',
'',
'1254945083',
'http://www.diondev.com/vb',
'');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'apm_releasedate' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Wednesday, October 7th 2009 @ 10:51:23 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, October 7th 2009 @ 10:51:23 PM

[jkcerda]

nice

[snappy1313]

Can I get some help with this? I installed it and it's on the forum pages exactly where I want it BUT inside the shoutbox is a 404 page not found link from my host? What did I do wrong?

[silentdub]

Originally Posted by silentdub

I had to re-install the shoutbox and now it is white background with black text.

I had it Black background with white text.

Where can I change this?

Uninstalled.

[nhdriver4]

Patiently awaiting a new version for this. Seems that mysqli users are borked since you are using your own database calls. Until then, Uninstalled.

[FTG STRYKER FG]

Installed in less than 3 minutes. Thx, great mod.

I used vbShout but didn't like it because there is no option to not let guests view it and no option to allow admin/moderators delete shouts.

Only think I would change would be adding the ability for emoticons so people don't have to try and remember the keyboard verisons.

[FTG STRYKER FG]

Does anyone know where I can make these changes? And how? I basically want the shoutbox to look like the rest of my theme:





2nd image is just so you can see an entire box and its borders.

So basically I want to get the box/fame of the shoutbox to look like the rest of my site/theme. Not just grey and no borders.

Also want to change the gry color that surrounds the "text box" to the maroon color to match the site.

Any suggestions/ideas?

[Brennan Portz]

Originally Posted by FTG STRYKER FG

Does anyone know where I can make these changes? And how? I basically want the shoutbox to look like the rest of my theme:





2nd image is just so you can see an entire box and its borders.

So basically I want to get the box/fame of the shoutbox to look like the rest of my site/theme. Not just grey and no borders.

Also want to change the gry color that surrounds the "text box" to the maroon color to match the site.

Any suggestions/ideas?

look through the css of your template and find the image location and once you do that edit the xml of vbadanced and pop it in the title image of the headder files and that should do it.

[gearspro]

Ok thanks muchly for the chatbox :P, Having a little problem, which is sometimes the chatbox doesnt refresh to show new posts and you have to refresh the page in order to show the new posts. How can i fix this please?