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.

[d-mac]

After a few hrs of hair pulling I got it up and running and working fairly well.

Still a few tweeks I plan on doing but it does work....

[Q-v-n-s-Q]

Hello, I'm getting the error:

Warning: halt(./includes/functions_log_error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/ggdude/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

Warning: halt(): Failed opening './includes/functions_log_error.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home2/ggdude/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

This happens when trying to install it on my friend's forums, this also happens when trying to uninstall vBJukebox. All responses would be appreciated, thanks!

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Did you have your admincp directory renamed? If yes check the config file in ./install/his_files directory.

[Scooterpig]

Originally Posted by Q-v-n-s-Q

Hello, I'm getting the error:

Warning: halt(./includes/functions_log_error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/ggdude/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

Warning: halt(): Failed opening './includes/functions_log_error.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home2/ggdude/public_html/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 389

This happens when trying to install it on my friend's forums, this also happens when trying to uninstall vBJukebox. All responses would be appreciated, thanks!

Replace the query file with this one attached into the install/hacks/shoutboxhack/14 folder, which was posted earlier in this thread, hit the back button and then continue, which should fix your problem..

[Q-v-n-s-Q]

Nevermind, I got it working, thanks for all the help guys!

One more thing, how do I get it to actually show up on my page?

[d-mac]

Originally Posted by Q-v-n-s-Q

Nevermind, I got it working, thanks for all the help guys!

One more thing, how do I get it to actually show up on my page?

you have to edit your forumhome templet

This is what I have in mine and it puts the shout box up top

Hope this helps.

Just below $Navbar like below place the code

$navbar<---- THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE IT GOES
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_forumhomeshouts'] == 1">
<!-- shoutbox hack (by squall14716) -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_shoutbox')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_shoutbox" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_shoutbox].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]">
<if condition="$vboptions[shoutbox_numberofforumhomeshouts] == 1">
<phrase 1="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_latest]" 2="" 3="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_shout]">$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_x_y_z]</phrase>
<else /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_last]" 2="$vboptions[shoutbox_numberofforumhomeshouts]" 3="$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_shouts]">$vbphrase[shoutbox_forumhome_x_y_z]</phrase>
</if></a></td>
</tr>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_shoutbox" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_shoutbox]">
<tr valign="top">
	<td class="alt2"><a href="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/icons/icon2.gif" alt="" title="" border="0" />	
<if condition="!($permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTVIEW) || $bbuserinfo['shoutbanned'] == 1">
	<td class="alt1" width="100%"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vbphrase[shoutbox_noviewperms]</b></span></td>
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_iframe'] == 0">
<!-- IF THE IFRAME IS DISABLED -->
	<td class="alt1" width="100%"><span class="smallfont">
<div class="smallfont" style="height:150px;width:100%;overflow:auto"><hr>  $latestshouts<br/> </div>  <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == input && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><input type="text" name="message" value="" size="60" <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutcharlimit'] != 0">maxlength="$vboptions[shoutbox_shoutcharlimit]"</if>>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form></if> <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == textarea && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><center><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60" class="bginput" wrap></textarea><br><input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form></center></if>
	</span></td>
<else />
<!-- IF THE IFRAME IS ENABLED -->
	<td class="alt1" width="100%"><span class="smallfont">
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == input && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><input type="text" name="message" value="" size="60" <if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutcharlimit'] != 0">maxlength="$vboptions[shoutbox_shoutcharlimit]"</if>>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form><br /></if>
<iframe src="shoutbox.php?$session[sessionurl]do=iframe" width="100%" height="165" scrolling="auto" frameborder="0" name="forumhome_shoutbox" id="forumhome_shoutbox"></iframe>
<if condition="$vboptions['shoutbox_shoutonforumhome'] == textarea && $permissions['shoutboxpermissions'] & SHOUTPOST && $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 1"><center><form action="shoutbox.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="do" value="addshout"><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60" class="bginput" wrap></textarea><br><input type="submit" name="submit" value="$vbphrase[shoutbox_shout_now]" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></form></center></if>
	</span></td>
</if>
</tr>
</if>
</tbody>
</thead>
</table>
<br />
<!-- end shoutbox hack (by squall14716) -->
</if>

[ambrosious]

I have this installed on two sites, identical except one is running 3.0.1 and one is on 3.0.7. The 3.0.1 one runs great, shout box works like I want.

3.0.7 puts the entire shoutbox.php file inside of the shoutbox, instead of just the shouts?

Any ideas on why this might happen?

Thanks!

[Dark Aura]

Okay, I recently upgraded my Vb from 3.0.3 to 3.0.7, for some reason however, I have not lost the hack, but on my forum index it does not display the shouts all the time, sometimes it simply appears blank, any ideas what could be causing this?

[iLynx2k5]

Hi.

Im having trouble installing this as I have vbAdvanced CMPS. Where should i make the changes that I would normally make in index.php? Mine looks like

<?php
// ++=========================================================================++
// || vBadvanced CMPS v2.0 RC2 (vB 3.0.x) - 15955
// || ? 2003-2004 vBadvanced.com & PlurPlanet, LLC - All Rights Reserved
// || This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part.
// || http://vbadvanced.com
// || Downloaded 00:49, Tue Jul 19th 2005
// || 
// ++ ========================================================================++

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'adv_index');
define('VBA_PORTAL', true);
define('VBA_SCRIPT', 'CMPS');

// ============================================
// Enter the full path to your forum here
// Example: /home/vbadvanced/public_html/forum
// ============================================

//chdir('/vbul/upload');

// ============================================
// No Further Editing Necessary!
// ============================================

$phrasegroups = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
$specialtemplates = array();

require_once('./global.php');

print_portal_output($home);

?>

[Scooterpig]

Originally Posted by iLynx2k5

Hi.

Im having trouble installing this as I have vbAdvanced CMPS. Where should i make the changes that I would normally make in index.php?

Make the changes to whatever you renamed your original index.php which is probably forums.php now.