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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[gmarik]

Originally Posted by IceMalee

how can i format this so its like another forum catigory, like the whose online, private messages

i want it right under PMs

i got it there now and this is what i made shoutbox_ferme

PHP Code:

<tr id="cat">
    <td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" colspan="6" align="center"><a href="?shoutbox=open&s=$session[sessionhash]" title="EMUSA ShoutBox"><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>?-- Shoutbox --?</b></normalfont></a></td>
</tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" align="center" valign="top">

$shoutbit</td>
</tr> 


and i put $shoutbox right under $pminfo in the forum home, but still not working

any ideas?

Have you made it? I have the same problem now, can't do it.
Another question. Where is the mod admin delete shouts in the chatbox add-on gone? Uh?!

[SharronH]

anyone can help me fix this problem please?

Originally Posted by SharronH

Some of my members have a \ in there name and when they post in the chatbox, the backward slash is removed, but the forward slash isn't. Anyone know how to fix it? TIA

[Quintak]

Can a user choose to disable the shoutbox popup / show in screen individually?

[fly]

Are the [url] tags not working for anyone else in the chatbox?

[gmarik]

They are working time to time ... on some servers not ...

[fly]

Originally Posted by gmarik

They are working time to time ... on some servers not ...

Weird. My server is one the [url] tags aren't working on.

[markt]

Hi

I am with a "Error 404: /forums/java_script_:; is not found at this location"

I have installed the "Chatbox" ok and I am trying to get it to run in a popup window.
I have added the following to the "Welcomepanel" hack in the "forumhome" template:
<a href="java_script_:;" onclick="window.open('chatbox.php','shout','status =0,directories=0,toolbar=0,location=0,menuBar=0,sc rollbars=0 ,resizable=0,width=650,height=130,left=100,top=100 ');"><b>Chatbox popup<b></a>

This brings up the popup window ok but I also get an "Error 404" on the page I have called the popup from.

This can be seen at http://www.carponline.com/forums
You can log in as guest with a password of guest.

Any help apreciated.
Mark

[Spiro]

hey about making the script pop-up this method is abit better then the method posted my poseidon

<a href="javascript:launch()" onclick="window.open('chatbox.php','shout','status=0,directories=0,toolbar=0,location=0,menuBar=0,scrollbars=0  ,resizable=0,width=650,height=130,left=100,top=100');">Shoutbox popup</a></normalfont></center><br>

[markt]

Thanks Spiro

Works well
Mark

[-={SWK}=-Raven]

I installed the chatbox and I keep getting this when I am trying to change my refresh rate or colors in the admincp:

Warning: fopen(chatbox_config.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/******/public_html/forums/admin/chatbox_admin.php on line 21

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

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

Also I get this error when trying to install it.
Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /home/shadizik/public_html/forums/admin/chatbox_install.php on line 65

Can anyone help me I am new at this. I have vb 2.3.2 and I installed the chatbox hack 1.2.4.

Thanks
Raven