New Posting Features - vB Spell

What this does: vB Spell allows you to install a dictionary (English dictionary included) into your MysQL database, and provide a spell checking window that works in both of vB's editor modes, standard and WYSIWYG.

Background: This mod was originally developed by tamarian for vB 3.5.x. With the release of 3.6.x the installer stopped working for fresh installs and the template changes were considerably out of date, tamarian gave me permission to release a 3.6.x version with updates.
This version should work with both 3.5.x and 3.6.x series.

Features:

• Supports most recent versions of browsers. Tested on IE, Firefox, Mozilla/Netsacpe, Opera and Konqueror (Konqueror implies Safari, but please confirm Mac folks).
• Learn Feature uses cookies, so it won't increase the database size.
• Admin panel options.
• Spell Check button appears anywhere there is a WYSIWYG Enhanced or Standard Editor Toolbar [includes quickreply but not quickedit].
• Skips quoted text and other tags (PHP, code, etc.).
• Usergroup permisisons.
• Template based interface, and uses your default style.
• Link buttons (Thesarus and Lookup) with links to Merriam Webster's online thesarus and dictionary links with the suggestion for misspelled words.

Installation:

• Unzip main package.
• Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forum home directory.
  Regular Install:
  • Unzip dictionary-reg.zip.
  • Upload DICTIONARY.DIC to your forum home directory.
  Alternate Install
  • Unzip dictionary-alt.zip.
  • Import the SQL files to your database.
• Import product-spellvb.xml.
• Go to AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vB Spell and edit your usergroup permisisons.
• Template changes are now automatic. [accept for quickedit]

Q: What is the Alternate Install method for?
A: If you are having problems with the Regular Install (such as your dictionary import freezes at x%) then you should consider using the Alternate Install. If neither of these methods work for you then there might be an issue with your server host.

Upgrading:

• Unzip main package.
• Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forum home directory.
• Import product-spellvb.xml.

To manually force the quickedit template to work with this mod:
postbit_quickedit
Find

		<if condition="is_browser('ie')">
			<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_editor]/separator.gif" width="6" height="20" alt="" /></td>
			<td><div class="imagebutton" id="{$editorid}_cmd_spelling"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_editor]/spelling.gif" width="21" height="20" alt="$vbphrase[check_spelling]" /></div></td>
		</if>

Replace with

		<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_editor]/separator.gif" width="6" height="20" alt="" /></td>
		<td><div class="imagebutton" id="{$editorid}_cmd_spelling(null)"><img onclick="spellCheck('3', '$editorid', '2');" src="$stylevar[imgdir_editor]/spelling.gif" width="21" height="20" alt="$vbphrase[check_spelling]" /></div></td>

History:
0.10.x NyNe versions
v0.10.3b - 06/22/07:
Compensated for an issue brought up in this post.
v0.10.3 - 06/22/07:
Added a check to the product installer so it would not remove the vbspell table after just having created it.
Added $vboptions[bburl] to all template code that asks for files (this *might* fix the PhotoPost issues - no promises).
v0.10.2b - 08/26/06:
Fixed error in product installer (removed table prefix).
Changed all <? to <?php for php5 compatibility.
v0.10.2a - 08/26/06:
Removed alt product installer.
Product installer included now checks for dictionary file, if dictionary file is not found it continues installing.
Product installer no longer drops dictionary table before installing.
v0.10.2 - 08/22/06:
vbspell template is now XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Fixed a version check for vbspell template (made compatible with 3.5.x).
vB Spell window should now open on top of other windows.
Removed table prefix for vbspell sql table (product installer includes code to remove old tables).
Included alternate installation method (Credit goes to Replicators for the SQL Install method).
v0.10.1 - 08/21/06:
Beta release for 3.6.x series.
Switched to product/plugin based installer.

0.9.x tamarian versions
v0.9.12 - 12/25/05:
Security fix for cases where you allow HTML posts and they contain malicious code (Credit goes to Brendan Donahue for finding the issue and alerting TechGuy, and to TechGuy for alerting me to it).
v0.9.11 - 11/02/05:
Fixes a bug with slashes in text.
v0.9.10 - 10/17/05:
Check for primary and secondary group for permission.
Bug fix for quoted words.
v0.9.9 - 09/13/05:
Bugfix for JS on IE with RC3.
v0.9.8 - 07/15/05:
Bugfix for JS code mismatch with template.
v0.9.7 - 07/14/05:
Initial release for vB 3.5 beta-4.

NOTE: The above section says NyNe versions, because I go by the name NyNe everywhere accept here.

Scrrenshots: (from tamarian's 3.0.7, but it's identical)

[Chadi]

Can someone figure out how to fix this W3 error?

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...lkjesus.com%2F

I'm using the latest vbspell on VB 3.7

[DavidWilson]

I had all the same issues; window not popping up in IE; popped up in FF with a 404 page not found...

In IE it caused a 'spell_formname' javascript error "is null or object not defined".

I followed the instructions very carefully to no avail; this modification needs some tweaking I think.

Cheers,

David

[lierduh]

After upgraded to 3.7.1, I have found with the quickedit template. It needs to be changed to:

spellCheck('4', '$editorid', '2');

Original hack mentioned

spellCheck('3', '$editorid', '2');

[Chadi]

I do not know what's going on, but I just noticed that inline moderation is not working (tested in FF3 and IE7) when this hack is enabled.

It does not highlight the post when checked, nor does anything happen when you select an option from the drop down (moderation menu).

How can I even tell if the automatic template edits were done right?

[Kiint]

Anyone planning a version of this for 3.7.2+ or know of any others that I could use?

[seg]

I think I may have figured out part of the problem. The vBulletin software doesn't seem to be recognizing the $vboptions[bburl] in the product-spellvb.xml file that is uploaded. Those who have their forum as a base directory experience no problem because the path to the .js and .php files have a / - but if you have the forum in a directory, then the code is looking for the files in your base directory and not your forum directory. There are four locations in the XML file that use $vboptions[bburl] - all you need to do is remove the $vboptions[bburl] and either add the full URL path to your forum or remove the / so that only the filename is displayed.

That fixes all the pop-up and 404 issues, but I am experiencing one more problem. In my install vB Spell only works in the standard editor mode and not the WYSIWYG editor mode. The window will pop-up in the WYSIWYG editor mode, but misspelled word are not recognized by th checker. If anyone has any thoughts on this please let me know.

Thanks!

[glowinggal]

anyone know if this is working for 3.8.* or if there is one for 3.8.*?

[PGAmerica]

I 2nd that request for a 3.8x version.

[PGAmerica]

I just found this.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ighlight=spell

It is news, but still no guarantee of 3.8 compatibility.