[AJAX] vBShout v2.0

[djjeffa]

Page 109 lies your answer.
What page is the answer for this lol

is there a way to remove the shout box from certin styles?

[Shazz]

What page is the answer for this lol

He was referrering to powerbook

[da420]

Have that page memorized ?

Yes, I do. After having going to fetch it several times in this thread.

What page is the answer for this lol

Sorry, I do not know. I tried following the directions that were given to you, but just like you I do not see a 'none' option either... then again, Im not using the version from this thread, I am using v2.1 of the shout box.

[N-0p3rz]

It does for me, just change it once and next time you sign back on (be sure to hit the remember me button)

That doesn't work at least for me. And any other person I had test this method.

[djjeffa]

Ok Im tring to use a fastloading style for those whit bad internet conection so could anyone tell me how to remove the shout box from 1 style?

[powerbook]

Thanks, I went through the first 40 pages but would have never found it thanks ;)

Page 109 lies your answer.

[United32]

Hello,

Is it possible to show Shoutbox on the left sidebar? I'm talking about this (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91888) hack.

Thank you in advance. :)

[Keyser Söze]

If you are one of the people having issues with the last fix I posted, try using the attached file instead. Let me know if this one works or not.

this is important, really should be on the main post, but anyways i thought id repeat it since it was what 70 pages ago.

if u replace your vbshout.php with this one Brad made you will be able to use stuff like ""*&^%$#@! in the shoutbox

thanks to Brad :)

[Shazz]

All around the vbshout.php has many errors, Meeks has solved about all of them...
Alot of them are unsafe

[DarthLamer]

I asked if this script used much of the CPU resources.

[da420]

Depends on your server, some can handle it no problem, some not so much... I prefer the flatfile version which I run on my site.... hardly any hit on the CPU at all...

[Shazz]

Depends on your server, some can handle it no problem, some not so much... I prefer the flatfile version which I run on my site.... hardly any hit on the CPU at all...

Are you sure its the "server"
I had 2 sites running off the my same server
One site was slow and the other wasen't

[tekstylez]

I tried installing the WOL addon and was getting errors, so I uninstalled vbshout, reinstalled and now i am getting the same error "Loading..." Also recieving the following db error..

Invalid SQL:

select s.*, u.username, u.usergroupid from shout s
left join user u on (u.userid = s.s_by)
order by s.sid desc limit;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 3
Error Number : 1064


Any idead what I can do to fix this?

[da420]

Are you sure its the "server"
I had 2 sites running off the my same server
One site was slow and the other wasen't

Of course it's the server. What else would it be? My site was slow with this mod and slowed the server down so much that I had to disable this mod because they suspended my account because I was using too many resources, once I did so my host reported that the server load dropped 50%, moved to a VPS and reenabled this hack and it was a lot better. Then I found the flat file version and haven't looked back since.

[DarthLamer]

where can i get this flatversion.

[rogersnm]

http://www.vbnova.com/showthread.php?t=416

[DarthLamer]

thank you.

[tekstylez]

I tried installing the WOL addon and was getting errors, so I uninstalled vbshout, reinstalled and now i am getting the same error "Loading..." Also recieving the following db error..

Invalid SQL:

select s.*, u.username, u.usergroupid from shout s
left join user u on (u.userid = s.s_by)
order by s.sid desc limit;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 3
Error Number : 1064


Any idead what I can do to fix this?

can I get some support with this please?

[bos-maxjay]

are u able to get it on all your pges ie new posts /threads? by the way works great ty

[7dodteam]

Thank been successfully

[tekstylez]

I tried installing the WOL addon and was getting errors, so I uninstalled vbshout, reinstalled and now i am getting the same error "Loading..." Also recieving the following db error..

Invalid SQL:

select s.*, u.username, u.usergroupid from shout s
left join user u on (u.userid = s.s_by)
order by s.sid desc limit;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 3
Error Number : 1064


Any idead what I can do to fix this?

still waiting on support :mad:

[da420]

still waiting on support

Did you undo the template edits in the "forumhome_vbshout" template that the WOL hack contains?

[tekstylez]

Did you undo the template edits in the "forumhome_vbshout" template that the WOL hack contains?
yes i did..

[da420]

Then it should work just fine after an uninstall and reinstall especially...

[tekstylez]

I got it.... I uninstalled, and also deleted the template, then re-installed. I thought by uninstalling the plugin, the template would uninstall also..

[da420]

It should have... but, sometimes it's not always perfect... good to hear you got it working...

[bos-maxjay]

tried to put shoutbox on all my pages with vBShout on all pages! instructions but it did`nt work on the instructions it says to install when you have done everything but all i can see is save in my acp can someone tell me what i`m doing wrong thanks in advance

[ReadOrDie]

Is there a way in the next version you can add something that turns off the logs? The shoutbox is creating so many database errors because of the constant shout it logs and bandwith.

[Shazz]

Is there a way in the next version you can add something that turns off the logs? The shoutbox is creating so many database errors because of the constant shout it logs and bandwith.

I PM'd you :)

[bos-maxjay]

no help then?

[Mecho]

hi ..

from 2 or 3 days before i got many many db error in shoutbox . i got these error ( via email )

Database error in vBulletin :

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM datastore
WHERE title IN
('','options','bitfields','attachmentcache','forumcache','usergroupcache','style cache','languagecache','products','pluginlist','cron','profilefield');

MySQL Error : Can't find file:
'./mechodow_mechodlthebestmanmecho/datastore.frm' (errno: 13)

any idea ?
Thanks

[Raptor]

Try this, if I am not wrong :)

Find the following in vbshout.php
if ($striphtml)
{
$text = htmlspecialchars_uni(trim($text));
}

Change to:
if ($striphtml)
{
$text = htmlspecialchars_uni($text);
}


this works great - bad code is still there in the v3_fixed vbshout.php

[coderphp]

thanx! installed

[Shazz]

this works great - bad code is still there in the v3_fixed vbshout.php

Works great?
Bad code?

[brvheart]

how can I make it so that only admins can edit the shoutbox entries?

[Shazz]

how can I make it so that only admins can edit the shoutbox entries?

Its somewhere in the actual plugin or .php file
Its set in usergroup ID

[brvheart]

any direction on where to start looking? There are a few plugin in there but I did not find it :(

[brvheart]

found this in the .php file...but dont know what to do with it just yet lol

Ok, I think that it is def in the .php file...but I have no idea how to change it so that just admins can edit...can anyone help out?

If Zero ever resurfaces might be able to get a option added to the cp menu for usergroups allowed to edit/delete.

[Shazz]

found this in the .php file...but dont know what to do with it just yet lol

Ok, I think that it is def in the .php file...but I have no idea how to change it so that just admins can edit...can anyone help out?

If Zero ever resurfaces might be able to get a option added to the cp menu for usergroups allowed to edit/delete.

Nah, there won't be any update to the shoutbox =\

[aky]

sometimes this works and sometimes this doesnt... what happens is the space where u type is sometimes there and at times its not... anyone know how to fix this? Happens in both IE and FF

thanks

[Shazz]

sometimes this works and sometimes this doesnt... what happens is the space where u type is sometimes there and at times its not... anyone know how to fix this? Happens in both IE and FF

thanks

Sometimes and sometimes not??
Whats your site
How often does it happen

[hornstar1337]

There seems there is currently an exploit in the shoutbox where people can edit posts. I first thought it was one of my mods, but when I was the only staff member on and i was invisible it was still occuring, they were inserting porn pics and making chaos in the shoutbox, I have been using the shoutbox a year now with no problems and now I have had to turn it off.

I got a pm yesterday saying that people can also insert code into your database and cause lots of trouble on your site through the shoubox, so I would love an admin to look into urgently.

Thanks.

[VTXCafe.com]

Just a FYI, this is great if used sparingly, if it's used like a chat room it will kill the server...we had to remove it from our bigger sites. The first post is correct, it is server intensive...

[Shazz]

Just a FYI, this is great if used sparingly, if it's used like a chat room it will kill the server...we had to remove it from our bigger sites. The first post is correct, it is server intensive...

If you don't let the archive get to big it shouldn't be a problem

[hornstar1337]

If you don't let the archive get to big it shouldn't be a problem I think he was more about talking about the ajax as well, having it refresh to often and having members sit on the index page can be a problem for larger sites. After having to close the shoutbox, I have noticed how much faster my site is now running.

[sheryarpatel]

works excellent on 3.6.4 :D

[da420]

I think he was more about talking about the ajax as well, having it refresh to often and having members sit on the index page can be a problem for larger sites. After having to close the shoutbox, I have noticed how much faster my site is now running.

Yes, it refreshes so often... I think the whole problem with server load is not so much that it refreshes, but that it has to pull from teh database everytime it does so. The 2.1 version fixed that by creating a flatfile so the only thing in the database is the archive which is only accessed if you go in it.

[scotch12]

Yes, it refreshes so often... I think the whole problem with server load is not so much that it refreshes, but that it has to pull from teh database everytime it does so. The 2.1 version fixed that by creating a flatfile so the only thing in the database is the archive which is only accessed if you go in it.

I've seen other cms package using shoutbox and ajax and they had the same issue with the load. Their workaround was to insert some code that allow you to change the refresh rate. I think that would be the ultimate addon on this hack at the moment.

Also another sweet improvement would be a lightbox on mouse over the user name displaying quick member information and avatar.

[Shazz]

I think he was more about talking about the ajax as well, having it refresh to often and having members sit on the index page can be a problem for larger sites. After having to close the shoutbox, I have noticed how much faster my site is now running.

I guess if you don't have that good of bandwith or good host, there can be problems

[TotalTorque.net]

Help! I've uploaded and installed it, and its showing on the site...but its just constantly giving the message "Loading..." below the text entry box!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm going to have to uninstall temporarily unless anyone can give me a quick fix for this.

[TotalTorque.net]

Phew, I have disabled it for now. Any ideas what could be causing this?

[Doc.Blade]

Cant remember if i have posted this, but i have this installed and working perfectly with vBulletin 3.6.4

I do have one question though. I have installed some extra smilies since installing the shoutbox. How do i point the shoutbox to these new smilies? They are in a new category for smilies too. Or shoud i just move all the new smilies into the main category so they all show? I prefer to leave them where they are as it shows the name of the person that made most of the smilies in the selection box.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Fixed, i had show only 8 smilies, made it 0 for show all, and they are all showing now :)

Cheers for the great Mod, My Clan Members and I love using it

Thank you

Doc

[da420]

Phew, I have disabled it for now. Any ideas what could be causing this?

make sure you uploaded the php file to your forum directory.

[acegames]

on my forum here http://www.acegames.us/forum/ I have shoutcast and then shoutbox , how can I swap so it displays shoutbox and shoutcast underneath that ?

Or an alternative to move the shoutbox above the navbar ?

[swissmike]

I'm trying to fix a problem for several days. I searched on all the sites and i didn't found a solution. I think that i'm not the only person with this problem: GERMAN CHARACTERS.

I have the latest VB 3.6.4 installed with no other modifications on a Linux machine with PHP 4.3.9 and MySQL 4.1.20.

The collation in phpMyAdmin for all tables are "latin1_german1_ci", also for the table "shout" and its fields "s_shouts" and "s_data".

Somewhere in this board i found i thread with following hint. I had to put following phrase with the charset into the "vbshout.php". I did this:

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBShout v2 Created By Zero Tolerance [http://gzevolution.net] ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1');



// ---------------------------------------------------
// Start Set PHP Environment
// ---------------------------------------------------

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

Now i (and some other german guys) have the following problem: the shoutbox works perfect but if we want to write words with characters like: ä, ö, ü, the shoutbox hangs until we refresh the browser. Other characters like: &, *, $ work correctly.

When i write in the file "vbshout.html" a character manualy like "&uuml ;" for ü, this character will be shown correctly!!!

Does anybody knows what could be the problem? Do i have to search in the SQL? Makes AJAX troubles? Is this a PHP problem?

Thanks for any hints!

[brvheart]

how can I make it so that only admins can edit the shoutbox entries?

bump please. shazz I saw that you have it posted on your site a while ack is it still there or can you post the fix here please?

[Shazz]

bump please. shazz I saw that you have it posted on your site a while ack is it still there or can you post the fix here please?

Never posted it, I will try and have that next on my to-do list ;)
Its either in plugin or most likely in .php file

[brvheart]

thank you :)

[hornstar1337]

Help! I've uploaded and installed it, and its showing on the site...but its just constantly giving the message "Loading..." below the text entry box!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm going to have to uninstall temporarily unless anyone can give me a quick fix for this.

you didn't chmod the the folders to 777 that you were asked. go back and do the steps correctly and you wont have a problem.

If it still doesn't work, then your on your own lol

[evilfairygirl]

How do you clear the history for the shoutbox?

Thanks,
efg

[da420]

type /prune into the shout box and click 'shout'

[evilfairygirl]

Awesome, thanks da420...

next time I'll ask a hard question, :)

[PoetJA-1975]

Installed without a prob! Very nice work!
Thanx for the sharing ;)

Jacquii.

[taumau]

How can I delete all shouts at once?

[Shazz]

How can I delete all shouts at once?

/prune

[taumau]

/prune

Sorry?

Didn´t understand.

Where do I do that? I´m a noob! :o

[Shazz]

Do it in your shoutbox and its magic...
:D

[taumau]

Do it in your shoutbox and its magic...
:D

You are one smart monkey!!! :p

Thank you!!!! :D

[Shazz]

You are one smart monkey!!! :p

Thank you!!!! :D

Your welcome enjoy..

[DonCharlie]

is there a way to restrict the people who can post in the shoutbox? i only want to allow people with 100 posts be able to talk in the shoutbox

[Shazz]

is there a way to restrict the people who can post in the shoutbox? i only want to allow people with 100 posts be able to talk in the shoutbox

Promotions to usergroup then ban usergroup from viewing shoutbox

[msorin]

The window does not show the shout after you post one. It works in IE but not in FireFox.

[kylek]

Someone must know this?

I am working on a new style and the vbshout is messing up the layout. Where or what do you do to revove the vbshout from the style?
Its a new style that was not made parent to anything else. I want to leave it in the default style so do not want to remove it completely. Just want to offer members another style if they do not want the shout box.

[swissmike]

Some people have problems with german and greek characters in vbshout. I already wrote what the problem is: mod_security.

What i did was to write a .htaccess in the root with following phrases:
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
</IfModule>

After this .htaccess, vbshout worked correctly with german characters like ä, ü, ö!
It worked untill some "bad guys" tried to hack my board last night because mod_security was set to "off".
Now my question is: how to get mod_security work with vbshout? Which file is making troubles with mod_security? Is it vbshout.php in the root or is it vbshout.html in the map "sb"?

Is it possible to set mod_security to "off" only for these files and not to the whole vBulletin?

thx for any hints!

[infinitiiz]

hmmm .. how come I don't see the Ajax Shoutout in admin ?? any idea ??

[infinitiiz]

oh got it after reading through stuffs around here .. short note to those who have the same problem: it is in Admin CP -> Vbulletin Options (vbShout is a sub)

[infinitiiz]

Another question, how can I set limit to 2000 shouts in database?? If it hits 2000 shouts, the older ones will be deleted..

[BrAd3r™]

hey bro...thanks for this...click install and nominate already....but one thing i want to ask...try to find if someone ask this already but can't found it....how do i set some...like changing smilies, user legend colors and removing time shout...and also the shoutbox size....please advice and thanks again bro....;)

[Shazz]

This mod is not longer supported
Other members will try and answer your questions though...

[Jorrit787]

I really wish there was a system that automatically removed, say, shouts older than 2 months. I had to go in my database and run a query to delete shouts from 2 years ago :rolleyes:

[Shazz]

I really wish there was a system that automatically removed, say, shouts older than 2 months. I had to go in my database and run a query to delete shouts from 2 years ago :rolleyes:

Already been made :P

[Jorrit787]

Already been made :PWhere? :confused:

[princeedward]

hey bro...thanks for this...click install and nominate already....but one thing i want to ask...try to find if someone ask this already but can't found it....how do i set some...like changing smilies, user legend colors and removing time shout...and also the shoutbox size....please advice and thanks again bro....;)can anybody answer of this....same question here.... :rolleyes:

[sheryarpatel]

how to i change the refresh rate of the shoutbox

can someone help plz

thnx

[Shazz]

how to i change the refresh rate of the shoutbox

can someone help plz

thnx

Refresh rate? Its ajax.. :confused:

[bashy]

How can i stop guests from viewing the vbshout.php?

[Rainingman]

How can i stop guests from viewing the vbshout.php?

I have the same problem. I can stop viewing the shoutbox in the ACP for quests, but is there a solution stop viewing vbshout.php?

Any ideas?

[da420]

Try adding a rel="nofollow" to the hyperlink to the shout archive.

[Rainingman]

Thank you very much. But can you explain this for a beginner like me? ;)

Where I have to add this?

[da420]

Change...

<a href='$vboptions[bburl]/vbshout.php?{$session['sessionurl_q']}do=archive'>Shout Box</a>

To...

<a href='$vboptions[bburl]/vbshout.php?{$session['sessionurl_q']}do=archive' rel="nofollow">Shout Box</a>

[Rainingman]

Thank you very much...but...

Does this really solve my problem?

The file vbshout.php lies in .../forum/vbshout.php

Guests kann read my shoutbox, if they know the link .../forum/vbshout.php

Sorry about my stupid questions, but I'm a beginner. :)

[bashy]

Yep this is what i said earlier, everyone can read the vbshout.php if they know the url to the file
and it don't take Einstein to figure that 1 out lol...

Anway, heres what i did, I renamed the vbshout.php and all references to vbshout.php in the
file and templates, Mine is working fine, they will have fun trying to figure out what the file is now
It might not be the best of solutions but its the oly one at hand at present :)

[da420]

Oh for some reason I thought you were trying to get spiders to not follow the link. My bad.

[sheryarpatel]

Refresh rate? Its ajax.. :confused:

wht i mean is it constantly updates causing the DB to crash any way i can decrease the time

[Shazz]

wht i mean is it constantly updates causing the DB to crash any way i can decrease the time

Sent you a PM :)

[bashy]

You need to do a search for the version 2.1 on the internet
Its the flatfile version and is so much better performance
look for vbshout 2.1 flatfile and it will be the 1st in google

[Roonie]

Why cant i write in spanish on my vbshout?

[Shazz]

Why cant i write in spanish on my vbshout?

Spanish characters?
Such as like the ç or something

[mrcrx]

I have my shoutbox running on my new dedicated server. Its running very fast, just about live but once a day my site seems to crash and get this error at the end of the day.

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11)
/home/b20vtec/public_html/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Thursday, February 1st 2007 @ 09:06:13 PM
Script : http://b20vtec.com/forums/index.php?
Referrer :
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vb_database

Now my questions are:

the other day my host said the key buffer was full

Can the shoutbox be filling that buffer up faster than it can process it and probably as a fail safe it's just killing the connection until it can catch up

[princeedward]

try to find if someone ask or reply on this already but can't found it....how do i make such thing...like changing smilies, user legend colors and removing time shout.......please advice and thanks again for any help ....

[Shazz]

try to find if someone ask or reply on this already but can't found it....how do i make such thing...like changing smilies, user legend colors and removing time shout.......please advice and thanks again for any help ....

admincp>vBOptions> The shoutbox option

[fosman]

Hey

How can I move the shoutbox above the navbar?

Thx

[burntire]

Does this archive all the shouts somewhere.
I am just curious about catching spam.

[Jorrit787]

Does this archive all the shouts somewhere.
I am just curious about catching spam.All shouts are saved until you delete them. You can go to shoutbox.php?do=archive to view them :)

[Jorrit787]

Hey

How can I move the shoutbox above the navbar?

Thx

Edit your navbar template and add $Shoutbox at the very beginning.

You probably also have to remove the following code from the "vBShout [Template Alteration]" plugin (at the very bottom):

switch ($vbulletin->options['shout_position'])
{
case 1:
$Position = '<!-- what\'s going on box -->';
break;

case 2:
$Position = '<!-- end what\'s going on box -->';
break;

case 4:
$Position = '<!-- main -->';
break;

default:
$Position = '$navbar';
break;
}

$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace($Position, $Position . ' $Shoutbox', $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']);

[princeedward]

admincp>vBOptions> The shoutbox optionmany thanks for the reply...appreciate it....but can't find it on that location....please advice from any...

thanks and best regards to all...

:o

[da420]

I believe it's vBShout Options...

[stud]

Is there any way or hack to keep your shoutbox $TopTen statistics while flushing out the cache of all previous shouts?

[dsmoke]

where can i find a list of the vbshout command line commands?

[da420]

/me
/prune
/prune username

Those are the three I use the most...

[dsmoke]

appreciate it thought there might be a bunch and a list somewhere no?

[Shazz]

appreciate it thought there might be a bunch and a list somewhere no?

What else would you want on it?

[Mecho]

Hi ... i upgrade shoutbox to version 3 today ... but i got 20db errors :

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

select s.*, u.username, u.usergroupid from shout s
left join user u on (u.userid = s.s_by)
order by s.sid desc limit;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to
use near '' at line 3
Error Number : 1064

all errors r same ...


and i have another question :

how can i add some text in the title of shoutbox . i want to add in the left and the right of the box .... like this :
MyText ------------------------------- ShoutBux ------------------------------- MyText

thanks in advance :)

[UNRE4L]

Does anyone know if there is a way to extend the length chatlogs are held for? My site is aimed for young teens and we could do with these longer records to deal with issues.

[da420]

The shout archive should be held until you delete them...

[King Sawaryn]

I'm have a problem. I went to go do the bugfix thing but for some reason I can't find my vbshout.php, would it be named something else?

[Shazz]

I'm have a problem. I went to go do the bugfix thing but for some reason I can't find my vbshout.php, would it be named something else?

Just re-download it and get only the vbshout.php

[PaulSonny]

is it possible to allow guests to use the shoutbox?

[Shazz]

is it possible to allow guests to use the shoutbox?

Um, You would have to do ALOT of tweaking, since they don't have a profile if you clicked on the username when they post a shout.
Would be kind of werid in many ways :confused:

[Neilll]

I tried to install the shoutbox, I had it working before I upgraded, but due to upgrading to 3.6.4 had touninstall it...

tried to re install and now nothing is coming up at all, not even the shoutbox

any help appreciated

[EaglezEye]

Any idea how to get moods to show up in the shoutbox? I have the moodmanager hack installed and it works fine just doesn't show up in the vbshout.

[Shazz]

Mood manager would not show up in vBshout, That would be something nice to put in there though :)
Also would be kind of annyoing to see it over and over again
But shouldn't be too hard inserting the $mood manager thing in there

[EaglezEye]

Incorrect, it is done on this site = http://simplegfx.net/forums/forums.php

[da420]

Um, You would have to do ALOT of tweaking, since they don't have a profile if you clicked on the username when they post a shout.
Would be kind of werid in many ways :confused:

No, not hard at all. Quite simple really.

In all shout templates remove the <if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] > 0"> conditionals.

Then in vbshout.php remove this snippet..

$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] > 0 &&

With it like this guests will show up with a blank username, but one could use an if conditional to say if -> guest output Guest for the username, i guess... I dont know of the conditional and am too tired to start diggin it out,,,

As you can see you can post as a guest on my test set up.

http://www.mindifidoaj.com/dev/forum/index.php

[iran.gs]

Just a Question, my hosting is telling me my shout box is using too source and his server is getting slow, personaly I think he is full of it..... can someone tell me is it true ?

[Shazz]

This shoutbox does always seem slow.
Its your server according to many people in the thread saying"server load"
IMO its the shoutbox

[EaglezEye]

I would agree with it being the shoutbox. Mine seems slow at times to update the shout.

[gazzak]

Is there a log kept anywhere of all the shouts? If there is I can't find it, just the last 20 or so shouts. Is there a way to create one? Any help appreciated.

[Shazz]

Click on the shoutbox title and it will take you to the archive

[PaulSonny]

Thanks for the infromation, it worked a treat, if possible could you please provide me the If conditionals for the Guest, I would like to be able to put in a link, so that when they click Guest, it will take to a custom page ive created saying sorry this person does not have a profile

Thanks, Paul

[Baron Von Chris]

Up and running in like 2 seconds, and I'm a n00b. Thanks Man!

[letsjoy]

is it working with 3.6.x

[Jorrit787]

is it working with 3.6.xWorks for me on 3.6.4

[EaglezEye]

Works for me on 3.6.4

Works fine for me also.

[Mecho]

fixed version has a problem with those characters ( " & or ... ) .. i was used that fixed vbshout.php file before but after upgrade to fixed version it has problem again .

any idea ?

[EaglezEye]

fixed version has a problem with those characters ( " & or ... ) .. i was used that fixed vbshout.php file before but after upgrade to fixed version it has problem again .

any idea ?

I hadn't heard any complaints about this but I just tried these characters and you are correct they don't work properly.

When & is shouted it actually displays &amp;

When " is shouted it actually displays &quot;

No idea here. Just don't use them?

[Mecho]

I hadn't heard any complaints about this but I just tried these characters and you are correct they don't work properly.

When & is shouted it actually displays &amp;

When " is shouted it actually displays &quot;

No idea here. Just don't use them?

in this biiiiiiiiiiiiig thread one vbshout.php exist that they fixed all kind of characters on it . but i asked about this fixed version . i thought he will fix in in orginal post but still .....

[da420]

I hadn't heard any complaints about this but I just tried these characters and you are correct they don't work properly.

When & is shouted it actually displays &amp;

When " is shouted it actually displays &quot;

No idea here. Just don't use them?

You can try the fixed shout.php file on page 109.

[Mecho]

yea this post :
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=958674&postcount=1623

but Brad is edited and remove attachment i think ...

[da420]

www.vbhackers.com

that should have a fixed shoutbox 2.1 released by Zero Tolerance.

[MarkSantini]

How Can i change the commands for my shoutbox on my forum from like /prune to /clear or something that my mods wont no so they wnt keep pruning every 10mins lol.
Thanks
Mark

[jazde86]

Since switching to PHP 5 the location on "Who is online" is everytime wrong.
User is on index.php, but "Who is online" is showing the user is on vbshout.php! Any suggestions? :confused:

Please help, thanks. :up:

[Jorrit787]

How would I go about getting the Shoutbox on another page, other than FORUMHOME? Simply including $Shoutbox in the template doesn't seem to work :(

[FRANKTHETANK 2]

is there any way to add a time that the person chatted in the box

[Shazz]

It should be in this one automatically

[EaglezEye]

is there any way to add a time that the person chatted in the box

Frank don't you play Battlefield2142? If so, I believe I have played with you. Go to www.thepublicenemy.net if you have and hit me up. I can't send you a private message because you haven't enabled it here.

[rjmjr69]

I just got an alarming letter from my host complaining that this script is eating up bandwhith and resources. Does anyone have any idea why that would be?

[EaglezEye]

Optimize tables?

I have 6 terabytes of bandwith a month so I don't think they will be notifying me anytime soon either way.

[rjmjr69]

Optimize tables?

I have 6 terabytes of bandwith a month so I don't think they will be notifying me anytime soon either way.

Actually this is what they say. Maybe I mis interpreted it


We've noticed your site using a lot of server resources and in particular it appears to be the script below causes a higher than allowed CPU resource usage. Do you know what may be causing this and how it could be rectified? Thank you for your cooperation

Top Process %CPU 29.5 httpd [www.binarytechzone.com] [/vbshout.php]
Top Process %CPU 29.0 httpd [www.binarytechzone.com] [/vbshout.php]
Top Process %CPU 26.3 httpd [www.binarytechzone.com] [/vbshout.php]


Does that make any sense to anyone? lol

I've done what you suggested but see no change. What would happen if I use the repair function? Do I lose any data? Or does it change any mods or whatever on the site?

[Jorrit787]

The Shoutbox uses a LOT of resources because its AJAX functions check every so many seconds to see if there are new shouts.

I don't see what difference optimizing tables would make.

[da420]

For those having problems with the shout box using too many resources I would check out the 2.1 version found at www.vbhackers.com as it uses a flatfile instead of pulling directly from teh database.

[rjmjr69]

For those having problems with the shout box using too many resources I would check out the 2.1 version found at www.vbhackers.com as it uses a flatfile instead of pulling directly from teh database.

I really love the time stamp feature almost a must to have. What gets me is that this just started happening in the last week or so. Its been installed on my board for quite sometime now. And I went to look at the other one you posted. Why does he claim that VB broke this version? The other version doesnt seem like it has any other benefits other than being flatline. I have this version running on a few sites without any issues of this nature.....

I did just read that my host upgraded the MySql could that be a cause?

[da420]

I really love the time stamp feature almost a must to have. What gets me is that this just started happening in the last week or so. Its been installed on my board for quite sometime now. The other version doesnt seem like it has any other benefits other than being flatline. I have this version running on a few sites without any issues of this nature.....

The time stamp can be hard coded in to the shout box, and a user has explained how to in the vBShout 2.1 thread at vbhackers.

The whole advantage is the flatline, which in my opinion, is a lot better solution than directly accessing the shouts from the database, and will be 1/10th the resource hog. The moment I installed it, I noticed this.

I did just read that my host upgraded the MySql could that be a cause?

Highly unlikely, mine was the same way. It could be because you have not cleared your shout archive lately.


And I went to look at the other one you posted. Why does he claim that VB broke this version?


That's between ZT and vB admins. I do not have any information on this.

[rjmjr69]

Ok awesome as long as I have the time stamp I am happy. I will check it out I thank you very much for the info.

How do I clear the shout archive?

PS. I was just curious as to what was going on didnt expect you to have the info.....lol

[da420]

To clear your shout archive type '/prune' into the shout box and hit enter. ;)

[bashy]

How do I clear the shout archive?



/prune will do the job /prune username will prune selected members :)

[rjmjr69]

I did that no change. Thanks for the info though. I guess I'm going to have to install the other version I still havent seen the info on the time stamp but I will find it

[siriuxs]

Hi. When I write the " on my shoutbox it compare &quot;
Why?

[rjmjr69]

I had the new version installed and all I can say is WOW this version here should be taken down what a resource hog. My host sent another email this morning thanking me for taking care of the issue so fast.... And I had someone install it which made it that much easier... To that person THANKS you know who you are.......

[Shazz]

I did that no change. Thanks for the info though. I guess I'm going to have to install the other version I still havent seen the info on the time stamp but I will find it

I think your time stamp issue is now solved :)
Still running good on the site?

[heroestheseries]

I know this is an old thread but wow! Thanks, this is soooo great.

[rjmjr69]

I think your time stamp issue is now solved :)
Still running good on the site?


:up: You know it bro.... Thank you so much for your help and time. I'm VERY VERY happy now. And so isnt my HOST......lol

[siriuxs]

Help me... please... :(

[da420]

The other version has that fixed.

You can find it at vbhackers.com.

[mrcrx]

how big are the sites you guys are using this on. I have about 20-30 users in the shoutbox and its jamming up apache somehow were I have to restart it. any help?

[unitedpunjab]

5-10 Users in the shoutbox slows down the entire forums,

[da420]

how big are the sites you guys are using this on. I have about 20-30 users in the shoutbox and its jamming up apache somehow were I have to restart it. any help?

Clear your shout archive.

Or you can look at my post above yours for the flat file version which is a lot less resource intensive.

[mrcrx]

I have the flatline version and I clear about 10,000 shouts out every few hours. Any other ideas?

[Jorrit787]

* Uninstalled and installed the flat-file version.

[mrcrx]

* Uninstalled and installed the flat-file version.

already have the flate-file version 2.1 running. Someone has to have a way to keep this running without crashing both apache and mysql. anyone???

[Needled]

Well, sorry if this has been answered already, but how do you fix the shout box to be able to use symbols?

[rjmjr69]

hhhmmm pretty sure you should be able to run it no problem I would redo your install making sure you follow the directions very closely. And I would think this is not the proper place to ask for support for that version considering it was not released here.

[stud]

Is there any way or hack to keep your shoutbox $TopTen statistics while flushing out the database cache of all previous shouts?



anyone know a way of doing this?

The point of this would be to keep the top ten shout count that users have accumulated without having to keep the large database table

[mat.knott]

in the last pic it shows moderation im guessing.. where would i find this?

[Shazz]

in the last pic it shows moderation im guessing.. where would i find this?

Um, That would be the archive.
Just click on the title "Shoutbox" or whatever you have it and it will take you there :)

[mat.knott]

thnx :)

other problem i seem to have is since installing this, every now and then my site just freezes for me and no link does anythink. i hve to close IE and reopen it and hten i can access my site again

[Shazz]

That would most likely be a shoutbox problem on your site
is it just this shoutbox mod that has done it? Could be a low use of host.

If you IM me I can help you out

[killerkraft]

Installed under 3.6.4 and seems to work fine.

KK

[kunninmindz]

I have forum version 3.6.4 but not happy that this shoutbox doesn't work in a standalone iframe, althought it works directly on the forum, but we'd also like it to work in a standalone iframe, if this can be done. Can someone let me know

[sally27]

I have just installed on 3.6.4 and so far have had no problems.

[kunninmindz]

yea install fines, but just on the main forum. Shoutbox usually goes in iframes so you can run on site aswell as forum. But doesn't seem to ave it with this shoutbox

[kunninmindz]

How would ya put that shoutbox in a iframe of 180 width?

[ki adi mundi]

I just installed. It seems to be working flawlessly on 3.6.3 Very nice! My only complaint is it seems to lag out a bit.

[kunninmindz]

Anyone prepared to make us a shoutbox for the right price??? pm me

[Shazz]

Anyone prepared to make us a shoutbox for the right price??? pm me

/me is interested

[Nathan2006]

Is anyone having a problem with the fonts/colors/sizes not being remembered?

It was working and then stopped.

I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it and no luck?

Thanks for any help :)

[daddygrim]

How can i disable guest from viewing? I'm using 3.6.4

[Shazz]

Ban that usergroup

[daddygrim]

how? teach me ole wise one.lol

[Shazz]

View the first screen shot
Admincp> vBoptions> vBshout

[daddygrim]

Thanks!!!

[Shazz]

Thanks!!!

Your welcome :D

[Mikecp421]

why would this suddenly not show up? box is there but no shouts

[Shazz]

why would this suddenly not show up? box is there but no shouts

Your getting the frozen loading sign?

[ki adi mundi]

I installed it, and we love it- a great alternative to our chat room. The only thing, I noticed the forums slowed a bit since it's installation. I know it heavily relies on AJAX. Any chance of reducing the load?

[Mikecp421]

Your getting the frozen loading sign?

exactly, why?

[Shazz]

exactly, why?

Does it only happen sometimes, All the time, or always did when you got this

[C2Systems]

mine only freezes on "Loading...." with FF 2.0.0.2 when I am logged off my boards :confused:

otherwise my shoutbox is visible 24/7 even to guests ... and even if they're a blocked usergroup ...

[daddygrim]

so what shoutbox can we use and not have guest view it?

[Shazz]

so what shoutbox can we use and not have guest view it?

I already answered that question like 5 posts up
#2689
And it was to you

[daddygrim]

I Didn't See It.

[serhat_kk]

Thanks for this great hack. How do i allow smilies and disallow bbcodes?
thanks...

[Shazz]

Thanks for this great hack. How do i allow smilies and disallow bbcodes?
thanks...

vBOptions

[baktabul]

hi,.zero tolerance. ı hope you are fine..first of all,your vb hack is really good one and thanks for your hack..

ı just want to ask whether we can make so limatiations.for example,how can ı limit to people to see the shoutbox..

ı mean ,ı want to make some message limitations..ı have lot of member groups..i just want people who have more than 100 message,can see the shoutbox..

the actually problem ıs..ı banned the users and they change theirs ip than write again..so message or time limit ı want..

if you can do that,i will be really glad for this..

take care,byesss

[voter]

For showing more than 10 shouts on archive page (by clikc on Title Shout Box).
Find
sanitize_pageresults($TS_D, $page, $perpage, 40, 10);

and change the 10 to whatever you like...

[whiteeagle0]

what is the link to the vbshout commands?

[Shazz]

what is the link to the vbshout commands?

Its stated above in the first post of the release

[thetopday21122]

Is there going to be one for 5.6?

[Shazz]

Is there going to be one for 5.6?

3.5.6?

[thetopday21122]

No, the latest version - 3.6

[Shazz]

No, the latest version - 3.6

Yes, it should according to the last 10 pages
It takes you longer sitting here waiting for a response then to look back a little bit :)

[baktabul]

For showing more than 10 shouts on archive page (by clikc on Title Shout Box).
Find
sanitize_pageresults($TS_D, $page, $perpage, 40, 10);

and change the 10 to whatever you like...


I mean ,ı want to make some message limitations..ı have lot of member groups..i just want people who have more than 100 message,can see the shoutbox..

the actually problem ıs..ı banned the users and they change theirs ip than write again..so message or time limit ı want..

[da420]

I mean ,ı want to make some message limitations..ı have lot of member groups..i just want people who have more than 100 message,can see the shoutbox..

the actually problem ıs..ı banned the users and they change theirs ip than write again..so message or time limit ı want..

You can create a Usergroup promotions to accomplish this.

[thetopday21122]

Yes, it should according to the last 10 pages
It takes you longer sitting here waiting for a response then to look back a little bit :)

Thanks, but now I am wondering when it is coming out...

[aramik]

well this is weird :@ www.animeseat.com - ive installed this hack many times before, but it just doesn't show up on this skin.. is there anywhere I can add code to make it pop up? please need a respond asap. dont wanna use flashchat >_< thanks

[Shazz]

Thanks, but now I am wondering when it is coming out...

It should work just follow the instructions

[thetopday21122]

It should work just follow the instructions


Thanks.

[Shazz]

Let me know your results..

[thetopday21122]

Let me know your results..


It worked great. My members will sure enjoy it.

[localhost]

i installed this a couple of weeks ago all is well but i noticed in the server logs if someone has the forum open in there browser and forget about it (tabbed browsing) or if the user becomes idle then for the next few hours or more they would have called the vbshoutbox.php file hundreds of times.

So i would like the coders to make it timeout for example. if a member or unregistered user hangs around on a page with vbshout (i have vba) and they dont make a shout within 10 or 15 minutes or the user is idle then the vbsoutbox will stop refreshing.

http://dontstayin.com has a chat system like vbshout but better that stops after a few minutes if you are idle.

i'm thinking it wouldn't be that hard for a coder to add this?

[deezelpope]

Nice!!! Installed, thanks!!!:D

[davelacey]

Installed and running sweetly.
Thankyou. :up:

[letsjoy]

thanks is it work with 3.6 ?

[freezefusion]

I have an error. There's a problem with using quotes. it will state quote out. how do i fix this?

[bagfullofrice]

vbShout installed fine for 3.6.5 for me.

[Shazz]

It worked great. My members will sure enjoy it.

Glad to hear :D

[zariyan]

I have an error. There's a problem with using quotes. it will state quote out. how do i fix this?

I'm having the same problem.

Can someone help us?

[Black Tiger]

Little problem here, but maybe the problem is an issue for my users, not for me, I don't know.

Everybody can see the shoutbox, but several users can not use the shoutbox, they can type in text, but when clicking the "shout" button, nothing happens.

This was tested with IE6, IE7, Firefox and Avant browser.
Other users, also tested with IE6 and Firefox, do not have any problems.

Could the reason be that some of the users might not have Sun Java installed?
Or is it something else?

[art99]

All characters show fine, exept for ampersan. If I type: &, it shows as: &amp.
Anyone know how to fix this?

[art99]

If I type in: Test, "test", test. it will show like this: Test, &amp;test&amp, test.

[da420]

Yep that's a bug with this shout box. You might want to check out vBhackers.

[zariyan]

someone needs to fix the quotation box

[Shazz]

Yep that's a bug with this shout box. You might want to check out vBhackers.

Your suppose to say the page number, did you forget it? :mad:

[da420]

Your suppose to say the page number, did you forget it? :mad:

It's been removed by Brad last I checked. But, I still remember it's on page number 109 ;)

[Shazz]

It's been removed by Brad last I checked. But, I still remember it's on page number 109 ;)

lmao
Post it again? :|

[deezelpope]

If I type in: Test, "test", test. it will show like this: Test, &amp;test&amp, test.
I've been getting that a little, too, but just with certain users! Bizarro! And my husband, who's also a user, can't use it at all...nothing comes up.:confused: But otherwise, it's great!:up:

[deezelpope]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazz http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/cstyle/blue/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1202051#post1202051)
Your suppose to say the page number, did you forget it? :mad:


It's been removed by Brad last I checked. But, I still remember it's on page number 109 ;)
:confused: Uhhh...which forum???;) There's a bunch! LOL!

[jhaegele]

Anyone else having problems posting a shout with the % (Percent) sign in the message? Using it seems to lock up browser until you do a refresh.

Anyone else experience this issue?

[deezelpope]

I made a autoprune function for vBshout.
Just download the attached file and put in the /includes/cron directory.
Then make a new scheduled task (see attached jpg).
I run it every night at 3 o clock but offcourse your free to run it more often than that.

What is does: It will delete all shouts that are older than 24 hours.
This way you will allways have an archive that's holds no shouts that are older than two days.
You can alter the deletion time in the php by altering the "(TIMENOW - (60 * 60 * 24)" statement.

Enjoy :)

Replaced the php with the right one

Thank you for this!!! You're awesome, Dude!!!:up: :D

[deezelpope]

If you want to have shoutbox on all forumdisplay pages:

1) Change the hook location for 'vBShout [Template Alteration]' to: forumdisplay_complete

2) Edit the plugin code for 'vBShout [Template Alteration]'

Find: '$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace($Position, $Position . ' $Shoutbox', $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']);'

Replace it with:

$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace('$navbar', '$navbar' . ' $Shoutbox', $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

This is a quick and dirty hack. The shoutbox will only show up under navbar!

3) If you want the shoutbox to show up only in certain forums:

a. add
if ($forumid ==13)
{

In the beginning of the above plugin. 13 is the forum ID you want the shoutbox to show.

b. add
}

in the end of the code.

This is really cool in theory, but I'm sorry to say, it didn't work for me.:(

[Black Tiger]

I think I will uninstall this hack again due to lack of support as well here as also on vbhackers.

[da420]

Little problem here, but maybe the problem is an issue for my users, not for me, I don't know.

Everybody can see the shoutbox, but several users can not use the shoutbox, they can type in text, but when clicking the "shout" button, nothing happens.

This was tested with IE6, IE7, Firefox and Avant browser.
Other users, also tested with IE6 and Firefox, do not have any problems.

Could the reason be that some of the users might not have Sun Java installed?
Or is it something else?

Have them check to make sure Javascript is enabled.

[Black Tiger]

I told them, javascript is enabled, they all have it installed , newest version. It's really strange because half of them has no problem, half of them do.

Tested with IE6, IE7, Firefox and Advance browser.
Furthermore I had them disable all things like firewall's, popup killers etc. to test, but this did not help.

I also have a link which starts java chat. They have no problem with this java chat.

Furthermore there is still the issue of not displaying the shoutbutton well if placed below the text, like in #64.

And then there is the problem with the length of the shoutwindow growing and growing. But it can be that this is a problem related to the hack to setup vbshout in VBAdvanced.

[leftie]

On my forum it seems that anyone can use the /prune command. Can anyone tell me where in the code i can change it for a command of my choice ie /allclear.

[Draygonia]

Whenever I use special characters, they will not display properly in the shoutbox, if I were to use < it would turn out like '&ab or something, is there a setting to fix this? Thanks.

[GoNz00]

maybe you all shoud use the thread search function, being as though the answer has been posted lots of times in this thread alone :)

[Draygonia]

What should I search for though? :/

[Shazz]

What should I search for though? :/

Mmm..
your question :)

[Black Tiger]

I always search, my question did not have an answer as far as I could find.

[deezelpope]

Whenever I use special characters, they will not display properly in the shoutbox, if I were to use < it would turn out like '&ab or something, is there a setting to fix this? Thanks.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=981036&postcount=1799

That fixes the quotation marks but not the other symbols. I typed &%*<>, and they came out looking like this... &amp;%*&lt;&gt;

And no, Shazz and GoNz00, the answer is NOT in here, cuz I've searched. And if you think it is, PROVE it and SHOW it to me.