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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[Floris]

nice!

[Tok Muda]

this kinda cool

currently i'm also using TWT shoutbox, if wanna use this one
just simply overwrite the files right?

[[D]Vincent]

Looks great but last time I added a shoutbox my bandwidth got killed overnight =\

[p0s3id0n]

@ Tok Muda : if i were you, i'd make a choice between the two
and if my choice was to try this one, i'd completely uninstall the
other one ... Just in case .

@ [D]Vincent : this shoutbox really adds load to the web server
when full sized. But when reduced it does only add two small
queries per home page view .
And it doesn't add any load on other pages.

[DemiNeo0101]

this is extra nice!

Me clicks install.

I dont think im going to install it on Mine JUST b/c i run an irc network and this is to much like irc(i need all the user i can get on the ircd ). if i din't though i would defintly have this on. You deserve that install though. GREAT first hack.

[Erwin]

2 extra bits of instructions:

1) Chmod shoutbox_config.php to 777
2) In your index.php, place these templates into your

templatesused ="shoutbox,shoutbox_bit_me,shoutbox_bit,shoutbox_f ermee,shoutbox_bit_vide,..."

section to reduce your queries substantially.



I'm installing it as you can see...

[p0s3id0n]

@ erwin : that was the point of me posting this here erwin
(apart from having people installing it all over the world and
making screenshots of their forums for my momy to be proud ),
I wanted to be sure my code was correct, and you just helped
me going the right way, when i upgraded my templates system
i forgot to add all the new templates to the var
$templatesused in the index.php and the shoutbox.php where
there are some missing ...

I will change it as soon as i get some sleep .

And i will also add the chmod in the install file, with a bit of
instruction in case it doesnt make it on its own .


@ DemiNeo0101 : thanks for the kind words

[Erwin]

I'm running into some major problems.

1) The icons to click on the smilies and close/ open the shoutbox is located on top of the "Go" button. I have enlarged the iframe with no improvements.

2) When I close the shoutbox, I get a blank spot with the word "Close" in it.

Any suggestions?

[Erwin]

Okay, figured it out.

Thanks, looks nice. I'm customizing it to suit my site. Curious - why do you use < div> tags for the icons? Why not leave them out?

[p0s3id0n]

I use div because the body tags of the default header of vBulletin
has a 10px margin all around. And since i'm using the default
header because i dont want to create another template , and
i dont want this box to be too large, it permits me to have
everything fit in the room, with absolute positionning .

Oh and by the way, i am just upgrading to 1.2.2 with $templatesused
var filled and chmod made by the install script .