Shoutbox Character Help?

[Kurby]

Hey,

i have searched but can't find this thread, but if i have overlooked it sorry,

in the shoutbox when these characters are typed this happens:

when " is entered this shows on the shoutbox "

when & is entered this shows on the shoutbox &

is there a way to fix it? as its very annoying

Thanks in Advance

Kurby

[Videx]

Both of those characters work fine in my shoutbox. You should post in the thread of the shoutbox you actually have. Which you should have read from front to back already.

[Sofia]

What is your shoutbox ?

You can try this modification :

In the forumhome_vbshout template,

Search :

function showShouts()
{
    if (ShoutRequest)
    {
        if (ShoutRequest.handler.readyState == 4 && ShoutRequest.handler.status == 200 && ShoutRequest.handler.responseText)
        {
            Shouts           = fetch_object('vbshout')
            Shouts.innerHTML = '<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="95%" align="left">' + ShoutRequest.handler.responseText + '</table>'
            setTimeout('requestShouts()', 10000)
            <if condition="$vboptions[shout_messages_order]">
            document.getElementById('vbshout').scrollTop = 99999;
            </if>
        }
    }
}

Replace the line :

Shouts.innerHTML = '<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="95%" align="left">' + ShoutRequest.handler.responseText + '</table>'

By :

text=ShoutRequest.handler.responseText.replace(/&/g,"&")
Shouts.innerHTML = '<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="95%" align="left">' + text + '</table>'

[Kurby]

thanks it worked this has made my day thanks again