vB Shoutbox 1.0

Well, people wanted it, so here it is: a vB-integrated Shoutbox. It's a little different than the one they used to have on this site, however. The moderation functions are VERY basic...but they'll be improved for 2.0, most likely, if there's any interest.

A short breakdown:

• It's a chatroom-esque page that everyone can use.
• Shouts that day, shouts in last 24 hours, shouts by YOU, and total shouts, are all tracked.
• Leaderboard (top shouters) is tracked.
• Clickable smilies automatically added below the add shout box.
• "delete" link shown on all shouts if you're an admin or a moderator (usergroupids 5, 6, and 7 by default).
• bbCode parsing included.

Attached is an archive containing all the files you'll need for the basic installation, AND for the optional features. NOTE: the vBHacker compatible file included within does NOT constitute a full installation. You'll still need to upload the shoutbox.php file to your main forums directory.

Enjoy. Here's a live demo: http://www.movieforums.net/shoutbox.php

[lordofgun]

hmm...thanks...but...

when i type it on the shoutbox, i get this

* loves hockey

it doesn't show the username.

also, on the index page, it shows "/ me" instead of the username on the "latest hack" table.

any ideas??

BTW, TWT, you got a great site!

[WebMasterAJ]

Just curious, how do I make the smilies show up on the main page of the boards. http://www.finheaven.com/boardvb2/

Note that the smilies do show up on the shoutbox page, just not the main forum page.

[WebMasterAJ]

Also, there is an idiot on our board that likes to post LOOOOONG shouts, is there a way to make the forum home only display like the first 20 characters of the shout on the forum home?

Thanks in advance!

[tony]

How do I do this part???

CREATE TABLE `shoutbox` (
`shoutid` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`userid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`shout_text` text NOT NULL,
`timestamp` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`shoutid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

[TWTCommish]

Ask your host for command-line MySQL access, or enter it using a MySQL script like phpMyAdmin. If that fails, just ask your host how you can execute a query on your DB.

[Zombie]

Thanks for the hack TWTCommish

[Jeremy W.]

Or use FireFly's SQL hack

[Dean C]

This is great... it works fine... but is there any way i could have pop up (like on the random quote hack) where users can submit a shout out from the forumhome???

Thanks In Advance

- Mist

[TWTCommish]

Yeah, it's perfectly possible...but a little bit of an annoyance. How badly do you want it?

[Dean C]

its just a thought... i dont need it ya kno... but i'd like it as i feel it would make a good addition to this hack ...

but if ure busy i wont be heartbroken if you dont make it