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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[The General]

Thanks muchos!

Works like a charm...very cool...

Is it possible to change the color of the text input bar? Now it's white, and I can't change it in the cp.

[sauron2002]

argh, well i had a nightmare installing, i downloaded the version, did exactly what he said in readme, then got that chmod error on 62, then it wouldnt reinstall, so i kept deleting tables, but same error, then i read to delete the other table in user part, so i do that, so i then chmod the config file to 777, then i try install again, and again same error, hooray, so i read to ignore it, so i do, so i follow the rest of the install, then i go into admin cp and its all there, the shoutbox, only thing missing is the actual bloody thing!!! theres no shout box on the forum! lol, dear me

[sauron2002]

also i tried the template from erwin, and got another error:



') mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ''shoutbox','
<iframe name=\"shoutbox\" noresize width=' at line 1 mysql error number: 1064 Date: Saturday 09th of November 2002 01:36:58 AM Script: http://www.wolfensteinx.com/surface/..._templates.php Referer: -->

be interesting to know why some people are indeed getting the chmod line 62 error and others are not, ive tried chmoding that file to 777. If you look at line 62 it says strangely enough " chmod ("shoutbox_config.php", 0775);"

i tried 775 cmod as well before but that didnt work either

[sauron2002]

argh, trying again, i deleted all the templates, uploaded back the online, index and other index, removed all the tables, yes the user one too, uploaded the files again and chmoded config t o777 and guess what error i get ?
thats righttttttt, i get:

Warning: chmod failed: Operation not permitted in /home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/surface/forums/admin/shoutbox_install.php on line 62

fun fun fun

[sauron2002]

holllddd up, hmmmm

[sauron2002]

ok now its incredibly infuirating or however u spell words, i thought i had it, i missed out step to, add the $ bit to the template, i followed it there so instensely my eyes hurt, but guess what? thats right its still not displayed on the forum! wooooooooooo

i love being annoyed, i can see the admin panel, theres shout stuff all listed, i can see the templates too, i can see everything but the damn thing :////////////////////////////////////

*sobs*

[sauron2002]

ok well 3 or 4 times, its made me go insane, no more,

[The General]

Can you post a txt file of the hack, so I can implement it in my other styles as well?

The installer worked great, but it won't let me install the same thing for a different style.

It works great! My users are very happy with it.

[sauron2002]

*explodes*

[Dev-United]

Mozilla and MSIE6 problem. The buttons overlap. I am using MSIE6 myself but I have no problems. But several of the members have reported this bug. One of the members has also posted a screen shot: