PungoSpell Spell Checker for vB3.5 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

PungoSpell for vB 3.5 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

Intro: PungoSpell supports WYSIWYG mode disply using DHTML on the spell check popup window. It uses PHP's buitin PSPELL module. Many have this already compiled in, but if not, it's easy to add.

What this hack does This hack modifies the PungoSpell software package from PungoSpell to allow spell checking on vBulletin for both modes, WYSIWYG and standard mode.

Change Log:
v2.4 December 25, 2005: 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)

v2.3 Bug fix standard mode.
v2.2 Bugfix
v2.1 Changed JS to handle vB 3.5 beta 4
v2.0 Initial release for vB 3.5 beta Features, no more config edits, uses admin panel for settings


Note: There's another hack for spell checker for vBulletin3 using PHPSpell. (I plan to port it to vB 3.5 shortly) You might want to compare both to decide which one you like best.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=65723

Credit PungoSpell Is a free software using the MIT license. By default, it will work fine in standard mode. This hack will allow it to work for both standard and WYSIWYG.

Requirements: You will need to have PSPELL compiled into your PHP setup. Many have this by default. To find out if you already have it, check your PHP info from the vBulletin Admin Panel: Import & Maintenance > View PHP Info. Search for "pspell". If it's there, you're fine. If not, you can recompile PHP with the "--with-pspell" paramater.

You also need aspell software installed on your server with a dictionary setup.

Please check with your server admin if not sure


Installation Instructions

1. Download the attached file, and unpack into your main forum directory, except for pungo_install.php which should go into your admincp directory. Make sure the file "custom.pws" is writable by apache, otherwise the "Learn" function will not work.

2. Run pungo_install.php in the admincp directory. Once you're done, edit the options in the vB options menu under the title "PungoSpell".

3. It has English setup by default. If you want it to use any other language, it's easy. Just edit the language setting from your control panel.

"en" stands for English. Change it to the code of the language you want. Like "fr" for French, for example. Make sure your system has the required dictionary. You see the dictionary config by typing "aspell config" at the command line, to see which dictionaries you have.

4. Edit each template where you'd like to have the spell checker. For example:

newreply template

A. Find

</head>

Add above

<script src="pungospell.js"></script>

B. Add somewhere the followin (below $navbar for example)g:

      <form name="spell_form" id="spell_form" method="POST" target="spellWindow" action="pungospell.php">
                <input type="hidden" name="spell_formname" value="">
                <input type="hidden" name="spell_fieldname" value="">
                <input type="hidden" name="spellstring" value="">
             </form>

C. Find the submit and preview buttons:

				<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" value="$vbphrase[save_changes]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_changes]" accesskey="p" tabindex="1" />

Add below:

<input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', '$editorid', '2');" />

And repeat the same steps for other templates like newthread etc.


Trouble shooting:

1. Learn doesn't work: Try this: Change the first line from custom.pws:

personal_ws-1.1 en 0

To:

personal_ws-1.1 english 0

en worked fine for me on Fedora and Gentoo, but I had to change to english on RHE.


2. Change language If you have learning enabled, affter you change the language from the admincp, you also, in the file custom.pws, the first line reads something like:

personal_ws-1.1 en 0

You will need to change en to the language you use, like fr


Please click Install if you have installed this mod.

[Xplorer4x4]

Well spellingcow.com had a version for phpBB2 and it says to know be vB compatible. Just rembered there old versions were not vB compatible so thanks anyways.

[Lea Verou]

tamarian do you remember me? I'm the one that liked vbspell a lot but couldn't make it work with greek. Do you think there is any possibility that this will work?

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Loukrhtia

tamarian do you remember me? I'm the one that liked vbspell a lot but couldn't make it work with greek. Do you think there is any possibility that this will work?

It does work for Greek, but there might be a problem with your host? If I recall, they won't change anything on the server, and this one requires PHP to have PSPELL compiled in it, and that the server has aspell installed along with the needed dictionaries.

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by tamarian

It does work for Greek, but there might be a problem with your host? If I recall, they won't change anything on the server, and this one requires PHP to have PSPELL compiled in it, and that the server has aspell installed along with the needed dictionaries.

Can I determine if those are installed with phpinfo()?

Also, the problem with my host isn't that he refuses to change someting that he admits has a problem, but that he never admits that any problem is caused by him

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Loukrhtia

Can I determine if those are installed with phpinfo()?

You can tell if it has PSPELL, but not aspell or the dictionaries. These can only be found from the command line or from your host.

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by tamarian

You can tell if it has PSPELL, but not aspell or the dictionaries. These can only be found from the command line or from your host.

Oh dear. I'll test it in my test forum in a few days. If it works I..., I..., well I don't know what I'll do but I'll definately be one of the happiest admins alive
I have a feeling that this will work!


edit: Arghhhhh I just saw I don't have pspell compiled!!! I'm about to kill my host :devious::devious::devious::devious::devious:

[thewitt]

I have not looked at the code yet, but one of my client's hosting companies will not compile pspell into PHP. aspell is installed and they suggest simply calling the aspell binary like these guys do.

http://chxo.com/scripts/spellcheck.php

Any thoughts on how difficult it would be to drop the requirement for pspell?

-t

[Lea Verou]

They told me that they WILL compile pspell and include that aspell thing with greek support as well!!!

I just hope it works this time...

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by thewitt

I have not looked at the code yet, but one of my client's hosting companies will not compile pspell into PHP. aspell is installed and they suggest simply calling the aspell binary like these guys do.

http://chxo.com/scripts/spellcheck.php

Any thoughts on how difficult it would be to drop the requirement for pspell?

I don't think it's that difficult. But, IMHO, it's extremelly unprofessional for a hosting company to recommend this, as it exposes the system outside the WWW root directory. That's the whole point of PSPELL, is to avoid that exposure.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Loukrhtia

They told me that they WILL compile pspell and include that aspell thing with greek support as well!!!

I just hope it works this time...

I am impressed