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
[high]#----------------------------------------------------------#[/high]
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
[high]#----------------------------------------------------------#[/high]
For the shoutbox to be in a popup : HERE
[high]#----------------------------------------------------------#[/high]
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
[high]#----------------------------------------------------------#[/high]

[lioncool1589]

i have same problems

06-17-03 at 04:19 PM Gizmo99 said this in Post #349
Ok

use the hack and its great BUT !!!

When u click the Close (or minimse) button we get

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: swear() in J:\wwwroot\rsocbb\index.php on line 388

Other users can still us the box, until they click the close button.

Help as this stops us using the board

also if you go direct to the chatbox.php script it works fine !!!

Plot thickens !!! if u
http://<URL>/index.php?chatbox=open&s=

The index page loads :surprised: if you
http://<URL>/rsocbb/index.php?chatbox=close&s=
u get
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: swear() in J:\wwwroot\rsocbb\index.php on line 388

Having looked at the code the only diff is no spaces either side of the chatbox=0

if($chatbox == "open"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox = 1 WHERE username = '$bbuserinfo[username]'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 1;
}elseif($chatbox == "close"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox=0 WHERE username='".$bbuserinfo['username']."'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 0;
}

Cant logg -in the server from work so cant check is this the prob ??


Have now had a dam good think I recon

elseif($chatbox == "close"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox=0 WHERE username='".$bbuserinfo['username']."'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 0;

Should be

elseif($chatbox == "close"){
$request_chat = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET chatbox = 0 WHERE username = '$bbuserinfo['username']'");
$bbuserinfo['chatbox'] = 0;

Has none else ever had this problem, I have had a nose through most of the pages and I think not
Giz

[dakotausa]

I get this when i try to chang something in the admin panel:

Warning: fopen(chatbox_config.php) [function.fopen]: failed to create stream: Permission denied in /home/dakotaus/public_html/vBulletin/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 21

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/dakotaus/public_html/vBulletin/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 23

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/dakotaus/public_html/vBulletin/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 24

Not sure how or what to fix. The chat is working it shows up and people have used it but i can't change the config from the admin panel

[fade]

hrmz, well i've taken a look through this entire thread and haven't come across a solution on how to make smileys appear within the actual shoutbox.. maybe i'm just blind, but can anyone help me out??

[geezzaa]

I have upgraded my site to VB3 can the chatbox be used on this. I was using chatbox on 2.2.9 and it was the attraction to the site so it will be a shame if you cant

[xs1]

is it possible to allow only registred members to chat ?

[Slappy Nutz]

Ok, heres one

if forumsid= SAY. . . . A PRIVATE forum, can I just post it there instead of on the forumhome so regular users cant see it?

[sHORTYWZ]

I have the same problem as lion and Gizmo.. any suggestions?

[esfron]

Is it working on 2.3.0 ?

[kevin_r1]

Today at 01:13 AM esfron said this in Post #359
Is it working on 2.3.0 ?

It is for me.

[pjgoncalves]

Today at 01:13 AM esfron said this in Post #359
Is it working on 2.3.0 ?

for me 2