Shoutbox Hack 1.04b

11/09/04 - Version 1.04b. Just an installer upgrade, nothing more. Nothing to see here, move along.

10/22/04 - Version 1.04a released. This is not an upgrade from 1.04. If you already have 1.04 installed, don't worry about this. This release just updates the installer and fixes any errors in it. If you had problems installing it last time, this should work better. If you need support, posting it here may get it answered, though posting at the board at GeekyDesigns.com is prefered.

This is the same hack formerly released by Link14716.

08/30/04 4:19 PM EDT: Fixed a settings bug (I hope): see this post.

08/29/04: Shoutbox 1.04 is released, featuring a new installer system (using the Hack Installer System) and redone templates, as well as a few bug fixes. Enjoy.

Presenting: The Shoutbox Hack


Support posts made at GeekyDesigns.com have a higher priority than posts made in this thread, and is the prefered way of getting support.



There are way too many features to list, so I'll just let the screenshots do the talking.

Shoutbox credits

PHP Code:
Matthew Gordon
Templates:
Zachery Woods
- misc: Matthew Gordon
- Originally by TWTCommish, redone by Zachery for 1.04


If you feel your not able to install this yourself please feel free to drop me a pm and we can make arrangments

If you would like to donate to us please pm us and again we can make arragnments

Dont forget to click install!

Install Instructions:

NEW INSTALL/UPGRADE FROM 1.03 to Current
 
 1. Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forums directory.
 2. Run http://www.yoursite.com/forums/install/hack_install.php
 3. Select "Shoutbox Hack" and then follow the instructions to install.
 4. Follow the directions in the readme files when it gets to that step, then finalize the install (by clicking the last link in the install).
 5. Enjoy your shoutbox!

Matrixgl did a template modification to make the shoutbit more like its vB2 counterpart and released it (tested on 1.03) here.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT SUPPORT, SPECIFY THIS INFORMATION OR BE IGNORED:

What is the exact error you recieve?
Where does the supposed error happen?
What vB version are you running?


Here are the old screenshots, new ones will be posted soon:
settings.gif (186.0 KB)
forumhome.gif (37.1 KB)
forumhome_iframe.gif (30.0 KB)
shoutbox_home.gif (96.1 KB)
shoutbox_home_guest.gif (84.8 KB)
user_settings.gif (85.5 KB)
usergroup_permissions.gif (67.8 KB)
shoutbox_home_textarea.gif (78.9 KB)




Enjoy.

[TwinsX2Dad]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge

I just installed shoutbox on a clean install of vB 3.0.3, running at www.christianchapel.net

The install went fine, and when I go to ../shoutbox.php everything works fine as well. However, nothing is displaying on my mainpage. I looked throug the settings for shoutbox in the control panel, and can see nothing that would lead me to believe something was wrong. I also searched this thread, and could find no documentation that might be of assistance.

Any reason why, on my index.php page, the shoutbox does not show?

Thanks

Did you follow the file edits? There is a point in the install procedure which requires you to click on a link to open the file edit instructions. I nearly clicked through it, without doing the edits.

[CuriousGeorge]

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

Did you follow the file edits? There is a point in the install procedure which requires you to click on a link to open the file edit instructions. I nearly clicked through it, without doing the edits.

Yes, I nearly missed that one to, but did not. I made all the edits, specifically to the ../install/vbulletin-style.xml document. I then, through my style manager, re-uploaded that as the default style. Yet, that did not seem to have any affect in getting it to show on the mainpage.

[Fking]

in forum/index.php
when i replace $phrasegroups = array('holiday');
with
$phrasegroups = array('holiday', 'shoutbox');

the main page got mixed up
all the statistic and etc things are gone and pretty much of the info on the main page is weird...

i have edited everything else and it's ok, but when replace and this....the problem appears...

[Tru Smiles]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge

I just installed shoutbox on a clean install of vB 3.0.3, running at www.christianchapel.net

The install went fine, and when I go to ../shoutbox.php everything works fine as well. However, nothing is displaying on my mainpage. I looked throug the settings for shoutbox in the control panel, and can see nothing that would lead me to believe something was wrong. I also searched this thread, and could find no documentation that might be of assistance.

Any reason why, on my index.php page, the shoutbox does not show?

Thanks

I'm getting the exact same problem o_O

Actually, apart from that, I can't view it at shoutbox.php because it says I don't have permission, even though the usergroup is set to that, and only the first box appears in the drop down menu of the Admin CP o_O

[Fking]

well i installed it, i choose the iframe options, but it still reloads the whole page when i click "shout now"
instad of reloading only the iframe....
how to make it reload only the iframe, when posting new shout?

[Fking]

does it reloads on new shouts from other users, or only only per 90 seconds (or whatever else is set in the admincp)?

[LadyBeth]

Question...and I apologize if the answer is in the thread I have not read the whole thread...

Is it possible to have a chime sound when a new shout is posted? I have this installed on two BBS's and both user groups want to hear a sound so they know when someone is trying to chat.

Beth

[leeman]

I installed this and all went smoooothly on my 3.0.3 board....

Just two stupid questions .... ( yes i'm a n00b to VB ) how do I get it to show on all forum pages..... And will there be an option to make the shoutbox a popup one ....??

[freakz]

I have installed it and everything went good, I get the box on my main page with a field for the shout and then I type in the shout field and click the shout button, it then goes to a new page that opens up blank with nothing on it.

Can anyone help me out with this?

I have vBulletin Version 3.0.1

[Ordovicium]

Thanks for this hack. It's great, but I have a very interessting problem. When I activate iframe, the shoutbox isn't visible in IE but with Firefox :ermm:
IE 6.01
Firefox 1.0