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

[silvermerc]

Looks rather nice!

[m0rgulvale]

hey dion,thx for great mod


im using the old version but about to ugprade, but im getting these errors every now and then:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(userid)) AS count FROM session WHERE session.userid>0 AND session.lastactivity>1241945068;

MySQL Error : Out of memory (Needed 1048548 bytes)
Error Number : 5
Request Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 07:51:08 PM
Error Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 07:51:14 PM
Script : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_.../shoutshow.php
Referrer : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...m/shoutdiv.php
IP Address : xxxxx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :


Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(userid)) AS count FROM session WHERE session.userid>0 AND session.lastactivity>1241945065;

MySQL Error : Out of memory (Needed 1048548 bytes)
Error Number : 5
Request Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 07:51:05 PM
Error Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 07:51:14 PM
Script : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_.../shoutshow.php
Referrer : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...m/shoutdiv.php
IP Address :
Username : a
Classname : xxxxx
MySQL Version :


Database error in vBulletin :

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM datastore
WHERE title IN ('','options','bitfields','attachmentcache','forum cache','usergroupcache','stylecache','languagecach e','products','pluginlist','cron','profilefield',' loadcache','noticecache');

MySQL Error : MySQL client ran out of memory
Error Number : 2008
Request Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 07:51:10 PM
Error Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 07:51:10 PM
Script : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_.../shoutshow.php
Referrer : http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...m/shoutdiv.php
IP Address : xxxxx
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :






should i be worried? what is causing this? my VPS has 1 gig of ram

does new version fix this if it was a bug?

[DionDev]

Upgrade to the new version.

[Sdahe]

Dion, I would like to add this shoutbox in one of my vBadvanced CMPS modules so I can have it in my portal page... can you tell me the steps to do this?

Thanks

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by PhotoBoricua

Dion, I would like to add this shoutbox in one of my vBadvanced CMPS modules so I can have it in my portal page... can you tell me the steps to do this?

Thanks

Install it as normal, and insert the template.txt code into your VBA CMPS portal template.

[PaleRiders]

I like it.

[Cyberkef]

Doesn't really work here...

You use mysql_fetch_assoc($sql) instead of $db->fetch_array($sql) methods, so on some configurations all your queryreaders are fubar. Looks like using MySQLi does the trick.

I found:
line 21 in shoutshow.php
line 8, 9, 18 in shoutinsert.php
line 34, 75 in shoutarchive.php
....

I hope changing all the methods will make it work.

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by Cyberkef

Doesn't really work here...

You use mysql_fetch_assoc($sql) instead of $db->fetch_array($sql) methods, so on some configurations all your queryreaders are fubar. Looks like using MySQLi does the trick.

I found:
line 21 in shoutshow.php
line 8, 9, 18 in shoutinsert.php
line 34, 75 in shoutarchive.php
....

I hope changing all the methods will make it work.

Yes I will be changing that for the next version. I've also used mysql_result in a couple of places, that will be changed as well.

[|Jordan|]

How do i change the color of the default shouts? (shouts that dont have a color selected), it defaults to black and its hard to read black and a dark background.

[Hall of Famer]

I want the shoutbox to be used by staff members only. Can I make it impossible for ordinary registered users to post in the shoutbox?