Add-On Releases - ShoutCast Status - NavBar

*This Mod requires Zachariahs ShoutCast Status Forumhome to be installed*
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What does this modification do?

This will simply add a more prominent ShoutCast Server Status in your navbar which will aid in more forum members and guests being aware your site has a ShoutCast broadcast enabling them to listen in using windows media player, if online.

What do I need?

You need Zachariahs vb3.6 ShoutCast Server Status Mod installed as mentioned above & a working vbulletin 3.6. You can also use this mod with vBadvanced with the further instructions included.

What have you tested this on?

Tested on vb3.6.8, ShoutCast Status Forumhome mod 2.0 & vBa v3.0 RC2

Demo?

http://www.sog-team.co.uk/index.php > SEE NAVBAR

Instructions:

1)
Firstly upload the image attached "shoutcast_offs.gif" to your styles image misc folder. Example; "domain"/images/misc/

2)
Now open your styles "navbar" template and find:

<div class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>
		</if>
	</td>

Underneath add:

<!-- / START SOG-TEAM SCAST NAVBAR STATUS -->

<if condition="$streamstatus">
<td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont"><img border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/radio.gif" alt="$servertitle: $vbphrase[online] ($currentlisteners/$maxlisteners @ $bitrate kbs)" ALIGN=LEFT><center><b>$servertitle</b><br /><a href="#" onclick="window.open('/forum/$vboptions[forumhome].php?do=mp','mp','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=360,height=75'); return false;"><span style="text-decoration: blink;">Tune In</span></a></center></td>

<else />

<td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont"><img border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/shoutcast_offs.gif" alt="$servertitle: $vbphrase[offline]" ALIGN=LEFT><center><b>$servertitle</b><br/>$vbphrase[offline]</center></td>

</if>

<!-- / END SOG-TEAM SCAST NAVBAR STATUS -->

3)
Save Template

Complete!

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How do I get this to also work on VbAdvanced?

If you use VbAdvanced, the variables used will result in the following modification not working unless you perform the following steps. Note you likely need vBa v3.0 to get it to work!

1)
Go to Plugin Manager; "Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager"

Find: "Shoutcast Status Full - Main"

Edit plugin & Change the "Hook Location" to "parse_templates"

2)
Save Plugin

3)
Go to vBa options; "Admin CP > vBa CMPS > Default Settings > Main Options"

Now find: "Portal Output Global Variables"

Copy the following into the box exactly in the format below:

streamstatus
servertitle
bitrate
currentlisteners
maxlisteners

4)
Save Settings

Complete!

How do I get this working on PhotoPlog?

1)
If not done so already; Go to Plugin Manager; "Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager"

Find: "Shoutcast Status Full - Main"

Edit plugin & Change the "Hook Location" to "parse_templates"

2)
Save Plugin

3)
Go to "Admin CP > vBulletin Options > PhotoPlog Settings > Global Variables"

4)
In the "Global Variables" text box add the following in the exact format:

streamstatus
servertitle
bitrate
currentlisteners
maxlisteners

5)
Complete
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*NOTE - The "Tune In" link will only flash / blink in firefox!*

If you have any other requests or ideas, post them here so I can include them in the next version. The next version will include a product xml.

Please Click Installed if you use this modification!

Version History:

v1.0 - Initial release

[m002.p]

Reserved for future use & updates

[tanyeri24]

hi this zachariahs script is one of the best but always I enable the plugin my server load grows up still server not reachable, because of that I have to disable this plugin always..

[m002.p]

hmm that hasnt happened to me ^^^^^

Perhaps your server hosting package isnt capable of dealing with these type of scripts.

[tanyeri24]

but the shoutcast is on other server, I dont know why this problem happened at mine vbulletin..

[m002.p]

You could try setting shoutcast to update its cache at a longer interval....

[tanyeri24]

the value is 20 at mine, what is your choice?

[m002.p]

60 ^^^^

[tanyeri24]

I will try it for one day, now its night not much user online and I can not say if the server load is real..
Must wait till tomorrow, and there is other problem with firefox:
In internet explorer the cell growing with the dj input text but at firefox it stays fix and if the message is too long its overwriting the other box (welcome, Nickname..).
And in firefox the 'tune in' phrase is blinking and in internet explorer not

[m002.p]

Have you a link to your first issue?

The second issue is due to the fact "text decorations" arent picked up by IE and so unfortunetly as stated in the mod info above, the tune in will only blink for firefox.