vB Chatbox 1.2.4

What this hack does : Adds a box on top of your vB home page
where all members can chat/shout in an IRC like way, with all the
vB options added (smilies, vBcodes....)

I started this hack by modifying the shoutbox made by Doug
Tanner for phpnuke (i think).. And it went far far from his original
code. As far as i think he wouldn't recognize it .

I integrated it as far as i could with vB, and in the admin CP,
with every bit of it being possible to modify trough the admin
CP (prune, ban, censure...)...

SCREENSHOT

This hack has been tested and used by some people out
there in france .

1.2.4 changes :
Install problems with the mysql reserved words solved,
Uninstalling option added to the install script,
Possibility to automaticaly add the templates to the
templatesets you chose in the install script,
IE6 problem with divs solved,
timezoneoffset mod integrated,
text input limited to 255 characters.

1.2.3 changes :
security hole on the pruning of the admin part fixed.

1.2.2 changes :
templatesused var filled with all templates used by the
script in the shoutbox.php file and in the index.php file.
And chmod 777 made on the admin/shoutbox_config.php file
by the install script. Thanks to erwin

Name changed from shoutbox to chatbox, because some people
thought of this hack as related with TWT-commish's shoutbox...
no more excuses


Here is some sort of [high]FAQ[/high] from all the thread,
hope this helps, and prevents you from reading all that i just read :

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Erwin : limit of smilies a person can post in the shoutbox.
This is to prevent smilie spamming : HERE
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Erwin : Another tip for installers - instead of manually having to
ban users in the shoutbox, to automatically ban users who
you have already banned from the forums : HERE
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For the shoutbox to be in a popup : HERE
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To have 5 'shouts/chats' visible when the chatbox is reduced :
HERE
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SpeedStreet : This simply creates a link for people to click on so
that they can easily view the 'Who's Online' page without
having to dig for it : HERE
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ThoughtDiver: if you want the date format on the shout timestamps
to read Month/Day instead of Day/Month : HERE
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[ANT.menmusic]

np :tired:

[Davey]

No response to the exploit I discovered and posted?

Dave.

[ANT.menmusic]

u know - i forgot about that... havent tried it myself yet... will do when i get home.

[Paraone]

neone have any luck on the buttons being jacked up in IE6.0? someone posted a link about it a few pages back but the link was bad...

[noelmd2001]

Originally posted by Paraone
neone have any luck on the buttons being jacked up in IE6.0? someone posted a link about it a few pages back but the link was bad...

hello.. i using ie 6.0 and i also have the same problem of the buttons beig on top of the go button...

anywa help on this problem will be greatly appreciated!

thanks!

[Bad Bunny]

I use ie 6.0 and do not have that issue. SO I don't know what to tell you.

[Paraone]

well..it appears that some i.e. 6.0's do it...but also some earlier versions as well...so I wonder what is causing it...

[Erwin]

To fix this,

REPLACE the contents of the template "shoutbox_saisie" with the contents of the textfile below:

[wolfman]

Well I have a rather small problem. I have switch to a new style and now the smilies no longer appear in the popup box on the shoutbox.

Ok two problems, my co-admin can not seem to ban anyone. I have logged in with his login and when I go to ban my test user, testing, he is given the login to the admin panel and logging in again does not allow for the ban to take.

I do love this hack as do the users at my site. I really heard loudly from them when I had decided to remove it and when I redid the style of the forum.

[p0s3id0n]

@ davey : i think you are right about the misuse that could
be done whith the parsing of php in the pruning admin part.
thank you
i think you can turn around this exploit by having the shouts
bbcodparse(d) in the admin CP also, that would make, in
the prune part of the php code of the shoutboxadmin.php
script, in the admin folder, replace this:
<td><font size="1"><?=stripslashes($ipped[2])?></font></td>

by that ;
<td><font size="1"><?=stripslashes(bbcodeparse($ipped[2]))?></font></td>

or if you prefer, download the attachment and replace the script .

the bad side of the bbcodepars(ing) the shouts on the admin
cp, is that the smileys will appear as broken links in the admin
cp since you are linking them from another directory...
a small ill for a big relief methinks (er, frenchie trying to be spiritual in english... pffff).

ps : i'd like also to thank erwin for the support he's done on this
hack (as on many ). and to excuse myself for my poor english
wich makes me shy to participate to this forum .