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.

[Za3eeM]

hi guys i installed it every thing work 1000% but i got a litleproblome i can't delete/edit shoutox can anyy boday help me with it
( Vb 3.0.7)

[Vman]

just go into your shout.txt file and clear it out when you want to, thats it! As for delete/edit, this is a very generic shoutbox and you can't do that, as far as I know of, or maybe just go into you shout.txt and change the shout there and save it....Hmmmmm Ill have to give that a try myself. I was hoping when I found this program and posted it here, that someone would step up and make something of it to work better with vB....we are still waiting....

[Vman]

Also, why is it that there are 50 pages of posts and Not One Support Person is trying to fix this problem. In BIG RED BOLD LETTERS its gives you a link for support, yet at that site, they don't offer support either!!!

[dsboyce8624]

There is a cron file somewhere, not sure if it's here or vBa that will prune shouts for you. Search for shoutbox and you'll find it, that's how I did.

I want to relate some info I found, the hard way. With newer versions of MySQL the queries for the install of this hack fail. I have attached a file to correct this. If you already ran the install and got to the failure, which says something like "Invalid Default Value '0'," you should comment out the first two queries before running it again. The settings and phrases will not give you problems. Replace the existing file in /install/hacks/shoutbox/14 or something similar.

This only solves the one problem, and I don't purport to know how to fix any others. But I did miss this info somewhere around post 500 in this ridiculously long thread. And I agree, most of these posts wouldn't be here if the people who wrote this fixed it and or it's instructions.

Hope it helps.

[Za3eeM]

hi guys i installed it every thing work 1000% but i got a litleproblome i can't delete/edit shoutox can anyy boday help me with it
( Vb 3.0.7)

[King Kovifor]

when uploading files, index.php would be your forum home right (not a portal)? So I could call it: forums.php if that's what my forums were located at? Or would I want to edit it to have all our modifications in?

EDIT: It's not forum home. May I ask what it is as I've uploaded everything in the 14 folder except for it. And does it need to be named that?

[dsboyce8624]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

when uploading files, index.php would be your forum home right (not a portal)? So I could call it: forums.php if that's what my forums were located at? Or would I want to edit it to have all our modifications in?

EDIT: It's not forum home. May I ask what it is as I've uploaded everything in the 14 folder except for it. And does it need to be named that?

If you read the directions, the uploads go to /install/. . . with the exception of shoutbox.php AFAIK.

[dsboyce8624]

Originally Posted by Za3eeM

hi guys i installed it every thing work 1000% but i got a litleproblome i can't delete/edit shoutox can anyy boday help me with it
( Vb 3.0.7)

As I posted earlier, there is a cron hack to do it for you.

Search here and/or vba.com for shoutbox and you'll see one about "Auto Prune"

[Za3eeM]

Originally Posted by dsboyce8624

As I posted earlier, there is a cron hack to do it for you.

Search here and/or vba.com for shoutbox and you'll see one about "Auto Prune"

man i can't Edit the shoutbox it's only delete by slef

can any help me how 2 Edit the shout box becaseu i can't find the ICON of it?

[Mythotical]

King Kovifor, don't worry bout it, I got it installed.

Ok my support issue, it seems that when someone presses enter or clicks Shout Now, it sends that user to /shoutbox.php which is just a white screen, any reason why that is?