nneonneo's Shoutbox

Phoenxx · July 05, 2008, 03:30:51 PM

I've installed the shout box 1.16 and it seems like the whole forum is having trouble. I'm getting can't connect to the server errors, slow load time on pages etc... I went to unload the mod but I'm getting

QuoteInstalling this package will perform the following actions:
   Type    Action    Description
1.    Execute Modification    install-smf1.xml    Modification parse error
2.    Execute Modification    -    Modification parse error
3.    Delete Tree    yshout

I have locked the shout box to see if that will help at all with the server problems, but I'm stuck otherwise. I love the idea of a shout box, but can't have the forum running with all these problems... any ideas?

trekkie2444 · July 05, 2008, 04:26:47 PM

The file you tried to save generated the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting '{' in index.template.php on line 254

nneonneo · July 05, 2008, 05:29:53 PM

@Phoenxx: Have you tried a manual uninstall? Basically, just remove the shoutbox from index.template.php (code between // YSHOUT HERE and // YSHOUT END), then delete the yshout folder; for complete removal, you should also remove the text strings in Modifications.english.php.

@trekkie2444: attached

Phoenxx · July 05, 2008, 06:55:48 PM

Done. Too bad our server sucks because I really like the shoutbox. I also went and edited out the extra lines in the index template. The user info box was huge otherwise.
Thanks for the help!

porcelainprincess · July 06, 2008, 03:14:32 AM

I have this shout on two forums, they were working fine until I upgraded my FireFox to 3, and now I am getting the

"...loading shoutbox..." Standing forever and the other one is in TinyPortal so the TP box just isn't loading. Is there some sort of help for this?

(Sorry did a search and only came up with FireFox should load fine but IE will be a bit slow, so sorry if I missed the answer!)

nneonneo · July 06, 2008, 03:17:14 AM

That's really odd. I have Firefox 3, and it's always worked fine.

Try Shift+Refresh to clear the cache, and if that doesn't work...well, I don't know what might be the problem!

porcelainprincess · July 06, 2008, 03:20:48 AM

Quote from: nneonneo on July 06, 2008, 03:17:14 AM
That's really odd. I have Firefox 3, and it's always worked fine.

Try Shift+Refresh to clear the cache, and if that doesn't work...well, I don't know what might be the problem!

Still not working. I guess I may have to check my coding, see if something is messed up along the way. It's just strange because it worked fine until I upgraded and then I had others complaining they can't see the shout either.

HistoryHunter · July 06, 2008, 02:45:20 PM

Yes, same problem: ...loading shoutbox never ends.
I had this problem b4, with a much earlier version, but cannot remember the fix, which was quite simple.

nneonneo · July 06, 2008, 02:54:43 PM

Are you using 1.16 or 1.20? If you are using 1.20, are you using a custom theme with the 1.16 shoutbox code? Remember that the <head> code section must be updated for 1.20, or loading will fail.

1.20 features instant-on, which doesn't have the "...loading shoutbox..." message (under 1.20, if you use 1.16 shoutbox code, you may still see this message while it loads, and possibly, if the installation was very broken, it might persist)

HistoryHunter · July 06, 2008, 02:56:13 PM

I am using 1.15 with default smf theme

nneonneo · July 06, 2008, 03:03:36 PM

There's many possible reasons for the ...loading shoutbox... problem, but the most common is chmod security on yshout.php. Try chmod'ing yshout/yshout.php to 755 (the standard value), and see if that works.

HistoryHunter · July 06, 2008, 03:12:52 PM

Sorry, chmod'ing didn't work. I also just tried un- and reinstalling, without change.

nneonneo · July 06, 2008, 03:18:19 PM

1.20 tries to resolve the majority of problems related to these errors; could you try that to see if it will work?

HistoryHunter · July 06, 2008, 03:32:36 PM

You've gotta larf sometimes!
1.20 works perfectly

Thanx

porcelainprincess · July 06, 2008, 09:59:10 PM

Well I tried 1.20 but I get almost everything but the shout itself. Like the icon buttons are there, there is a text box for the user to type their shout, but the shout box isn't there...

I do have a custom theme and I am using TP. Let me try it on the one that doesn't have TP and see how that works out...

EDIT - Yep now it's broken for everyone lol Well I tested in IE and it's broken like that for IE now too.

nneonneo · July 06, 2008, 10:13:42 PM

That blank box means that there aren't any shouts. Have you tried shouting?

porcelainprincess · July 06, 2008, 10:20:46 PM

I have tried, still just blank

nneonneo · July 06, 2008, 10:40:32 PM

OK, that's not right...do you have a URL I can visit?

porcelainprincess · July 06, 2008, 10:51:07 PM

Thank you for checking it out, sent you a PM with the URL and other info

SA™ · July 06, 2008, 11:01:31 PM

i just srewd my sbox up

ERROR: Prefix shout with "/" (slash character)! See "/help impersonate" for details.

cant get rid of it

see here

http://waynesworld.kicks-ass.net/forum/index.php

/return is a wonderfull thing lol

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