nneonneo's Shoutbox

[nneonneo]

Huh? That's slightly odd.

Just deleting the file should work, but if the permissions are wrong...hmm.

Here's a possible fix:

In yshout/yshout.php, add

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if(isset($_GET['clear_hist']))
{
if($user['is_admin'] || $user['is_mod'])
{
$chatFile=isset($_GET['file'])?$_GET['file']:"home.txt";
$chatFile = checkName($chatFile);
$chatPath = "$logDir/history.$chatFile";
$handle = fopen($chatPath, "w");
fclose($handle);
exit;
}
}
before

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if(isset($_GET['banid']))

Then, point your browser at http://domain.com/path/to/forum/yshout/yshout.php?clear_hist. If it works, you'll get a blank page, and the history will be completely erased.

[kichu]

The Shout box is moving up and down... how to fix the fixed height of Shoutbox..

[nneonneo]

Up and down?

Maybe you wish to add a scroll bar - http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=137508.msg900272#msg900272

[kichu]

Yep Got it  thx nneo

[malware]

hello..
how can i set only selected membergroup can shout?
sorry if this already answered... i can't find

[nneonneo]

I think the easiest way to do this is to hide the shoutbox from those members:

In index.template.php, find (n.b. may not be exactly as shown)

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// YSHOUT HERE
echo '
<br /><b>Shout Box</b><br /><br />
<div id="yshout"', empty($options['collapse_header']) ? '>' : ' style="display: none;">',$txt['yshout_loading'],'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>';
// YSHOUT END
Add before

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global $user_profile;
if (loadMemberData(Array($context['user']['id']),false,'minimal')!==false && in_array($user_profile[$context['user']['id']]['ID_GROUP'],array(9,10)))
where 9,10 are the membergroups that are allowed to shout.

Also, in yshout/yshout.php, after

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$user=ssi_welcome('nothing'); // ssi_welcome only does something IF the parameter is 'echo'; otherwise the user data is returned!
add

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if (!(loadMemberData(Array($context['user']['id']),false,'minimal')!==false && in_array($user_profile[$context['user']['id']]['ID_GROUP'],array(9,10))))
die("Sorry, you are not allowed to shout.");
where 9,10 is as before.

[AHMER]

how can i do this

like if u r not logged in it say this

like can u tell me the coding thanx

[brianjw]

There is a setting in the yshout.php file.

[zookeeper]

I'm using FerryTema theme.  I believe I can see it on the forums when I first go there as a GUEST.  However, when I sign in as administrator I can't see it at all. 

It also appears to be centered and not aligned to the left.

I have a test forum I did with the default style so I "saw" basically where to install the second smaller section.  However, not sure if thats really right or not as I guess it was loaded there automatically when I added this on?

// YSHOUT HERE
echo '
<br /><b>Shout Box</b><br /><br />
div id="yshout">',$txt['yshout_loading'],'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>';
// YSHOUT END

This is an incredible thread and a little overwhelming for me I'm afraid.   I've read many tut but not why its not working for my theme?

[nneonneo]

@AHMER: Yes, the $allowGuests setting (set to false to make that message appear for guests)
@zookeeper: There are *two* spots where that code must be inserted.

In index.template.php, change

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echo ' </span>';
}
// Otherwise they're a guest - this time ask them to either register or login - lazy bums...
else
{
echo ' </span>
to

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// YSHOUT HERE
echo '<br /><b>Shout Box</b><br /><br /><div id="yshout">',$txt['yshout_loading'],'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>';
// YSHOUT END
echo ' </span>';
}
// Otherwise they're a guest - this time ask them to either register or login - lazy bums...
else
{
// YSHOUT HERE
echo '<br /><b>Shout Box</b><br /><br /><div id="yshout">',$txt['yshout_loading'],'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>';
// YSHOUT END
echo ' </span>

[AHMER]

@AHMER: Yes, the $allowGuests setting (set to false to make that message appear for guests)

But where can i find this $allowGuest

[nneonneo]

yshout/yshout.php

[AHMER]

can u make me the code like replace this with this

plzz that would be gr8

[nneonneo]

Umm, just set it to true.

[AHMER]

theses things are set to ture

// Should we use GZip compression? If you are having trouble with the shoutbox, set this to false.
$gzipCompression=true;

// Guest usage. Set to false if you don't want guests to use the shoutbox: they will not be able to read it or post to it.
$allowGuests=true;

// Guest usage for posting. Set to false if you don't want to let guests post to the shoutbox; if allowGuests is on, they will still see it.
$allowGuestsPost=true;

// Automatic Guest Usernames: should they be able to choose their own usernames?
// Set to some string (a prefix) if you want to disable guest choice of username
// Set to false if you want to allow guests to choose a username
$autoGuestName=false;//'guest-';

// Command options.
// If this is set to false, all typed commands are disabled.
// Admin functions, via admin links, are still available.
$allowCommands=true;

// If this is set to false, guests will be denied access to commands.
$guestCommands=true;

but doesnt work

[nneonneo]

Sorry, sorry; I meant false...
$allowGuests=false;

[AHMER]

i got it thanx

[aFiEND]

took me a bit but got it working, good work thanks.

had a heckuva time getting past 'shoubox loading..'

final error was from the server error logs, yshout.php was 777 which i did to test but server denied access till i made it 755

[FragaCampos]

Hello there.
Im' sorry for not reading the (72!) pages of this thread, but i used the search and nothing came up.
Here it goes: i installed the mod and th eonly thing i see is

Shout Box

...loading shoutbox...

Does this mean my server does not have ajax support?
Thanks.

[nneonneo]

Hello FragaCampos:

This is a oft-discussed problem. If your browser supports AJAX (Firefox, IE 5.5+, ...) then this message means that your browser was unable to load the shoutbox -- usually, this means the server had some problem serving it up.

Try these:
1) Check server error logs -- errors like "denied due to write-attribute/777" or "file not writable [...]" on yshout/yshout.php typically indicate misconfigurations (usually, chmod'ding yshout.php 755 or the chats folder 777/755 fixes these)
2) Go to http://domain.com/forum/yshout/yshout.php and see what comes up:
a) "Nothing to do" -- shoutbox should be functional (probably client side issue -- easiest thing to do is give me the forum URL and let me check it out)
b) Nothing at all -- shoutbox lacks language files but should otherwise work
c) HTTP Error 500 -- shoutbox failed to load due to a server error (check error log)
d) HTTP Error 404 -- shoutbox isn't installed...
e) Anything else -- Something isn't right.