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

[Lesane]

I have already a shoutbox running but still great, well done.

[TWTCommish]

Thanks. I dig the Shoutbox...but I wanted something a little more advanced with a few more features on my site, so I went for it. Thanks for the kind words.

[FleaBag]

I've been testing this on my forums too [www.gamerforums.com/board/shoutbox.php] and it's definitely what I was looking for - I recommend it to everyone!

[Lesane]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
Thanks. I dig the Shoutbox...but I wanted something a little more advanced with a few more features on my site, so I went for it. Thanks for the kind words.

Your welcome and yes i see more features then the one i created from the old shoutbox, so i think i will install this one.

[ZiRu$]

very nice.....Will install later

[Bald Bouncer]

fantastic mate, I had only one small problem in shoutbox_postshout I had to change <form action="/shoutbox.php" too <form action="shoutbox.php"

also if anyone else wants to have the shoutbox on their forumhome page with more then 1 shout do the below,

PHP Code:

$shoutz = $DB_site->query('SELECT u.username, s.userid, s.shout_text, s.timestamp FROM user u, shoutbox s WHERE u.userid = s.userid ORDER BY s.timestamp DESC LIMIT 10');
while ($shout10top = mysql_fetch_array($shoutz)):
    ++$shout10topnbsp;
    $shout[timestamp]  = vbdate('n-j-y, g:i:s a', $shout10top[timestamp]);
    $shout[shout_text] = bbcodeparse($shout10top[shout_text]);
    $shouts .= "<smallfont><b>Posted by <a href=\"member.php?s=$sesion[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&userid=$shout10top[userid]\" class=\"small\">$shout10top[username]</a><br> Posted @ $shout[timestamp]</b></smallfont><br/><smallfont>$shout[shout_text]</smallfont><br><br>";
endwhile;
eval("\$the_shoutbox .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_shoutbox")."\";"); 


open forumhome_shoutbox and replace it with,

PHP Code:

  <tr id="cat">
    <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" colspan="6"><a href="$bburl/shoutbox.php?s=$session[sessionhash]" title="The Shoutbox"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>The Shoutbox - Latest Shout</normalfont></b></a></td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" colspan="6">$shouts</td>
  </tr> 


thanks for the hack again mate, great work!

[Velocd]

Interesting..I have a shoutbox I downloaded yet to try but its called Shoutbox V2 and it was made by Mewtwo, Crater Seraph, and TWTCommish. Is this the same one you have just released? If so, you forgot to include 2 others who helped make it ^_^

[filburt1]

I get a JS error when I try to use the clickable smilies: "'message' is null or not an object'

[EXCHANGE]

I'll give this a try later, the demo looks really good to me

Good Work!