nneonneo's Shoutbox

[adventurer]

how can I get time line and shout text in 1 line???

[Picobrain]

Ok I finally have installed shoutbox on my forum (actually ameo installed it for me, thanks dude ) and I have 2 questions:

1. How can I put shoutbox on the bottom of the page, right now its on the top.

2. Can I hide somehow shoutbox not to show on every page? For example if I go to my profile I can still see the shoutbox, or if I go in the admin panel shoutbox is still there. I just want shoutbox to show only on the first page of the forum.

Thank you

[henryjesus]

how do you reduce the lines for the shoutbox ?

[nneonneo]

@MrMoney: I swear that I've posted instructions on how to do it before...unfortunately, the search feature refuses to show me more than one post, so I can't find it

The previous one was for making the shoutbox show people entering/leaving as shouts (IRC-style), but the idea is the same.

The basic idea is this: when the chat is loaded, add the user to a list of active users, and when the chat is unloaded, remove the user from that list. The active list can be included as part of the shout updates, which should reduce the amount of AJAX required.

Really early versions (pre-1.03) came with a disabled form of typing notification, which would show users who was typing at a given moment. However, that killed servers very quickly due to the incredible load, which is why it was disabled. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of that script any more.

@SirTony: Open yshout.php and change

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// Regular user $_GET commands: history, help
if(isset($_GET["history"]))
{
history();
exit;
}
to

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// Regular user $_GET commands: history, help
if(isset($_GET["history"]))
{
if(isGuest()) echo 'Register to view shoutbox history.';
else history();
exit;
}

@magnastik: Have you tried http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=137508.msg1829501#msg1829501?

@Casal: Uhh, sorry, I'm not sure what you are saying. Are you getting database errors of some sort?

@zach21uk: There's a way to do it. It's a little hack, but it is minimally invasive.

Open up yshout.php. Before

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// Check configuration files
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'settings.php'))
add

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if(isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!') $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';
else $settingsPath='settings.php';

Now change both

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'settings.php'
to

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$settingsPath
(n.b. one might be "settings.php")

Now, if $shoutFile starts with an exclamation mark (which will be stripped off later), the alternate settings file gets loaded. So, we can just change

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$shoutFile='home';
to

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$shoutFile='!home';
in the files where the alternate settings should be loaded.

Note that this doesn't scale to more settings files well, but the advantage is minimal modification of the scripts.

@adventurer: Edit preg_timeformat in yshout/settings.php to your liking...

@Picobrain: You can opt to move the shoutbox code (the block with // YSHOUT HERE - shoutbox code) from index.template.php where it is installed by default to BoardIndex.template.php, and place it at the bottom as you desire in that file.

@henryjesus: Edit yshout/settings.php and reduce $maxLines.

[nneonneo]

OK. Let me try this...

These are instructions for making an online-users list. They are most definitely alpha instructions, so they might not work 100%.

In yshout/js/yshout.js, change

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function unloadChat() {
to

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function setStatus(status) {
   new ajax (yshout_php, {
         postBody: 'reqtype=status&status=' + status + '&file=' + shoutFile
      });
}
function unloadChat() {
setStatus("off");


In yshout.php, change

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// Load settings
require_once($yshoutdir."settings.php");
global $ban_ips_readpost,$ban_ips_post,$ban_names_readpost,$ban_names_post,$sbMaintenance;

to

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if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'_status.php'))
{
// If _status.php has been deleted, assume it should be reset to defaults
$online_list=array();
$sbMaintenance=false;
writeBanList();
}
// Load settings
require_once($yshoutdir."settings.php");
global $ban_ips_readpost,$ban_ips_post,$ban_names_readpost,$ban_names_post,$sbMaintenance;
require_once($yshoutdir.'_banlist.php');
global $online_list;
require_once($yshoutdir.'_status.php');

Change

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case "autoshout":
if(isMod())
processCommand($_POST["shout"]);
break;
}
to

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case "autoshout":
if(isMod())
processCommand($_POST["shout"]);
break;
case "status":
setStatus($_POST['status']=='on');
break;
}

function getStatus() {
global $online_list;
$list=$online_list;
if(isset($list[0]) && $list[0] >= 1) {
$list[0] = $list[0] . ' guest' . (($list[0]!=1) ? 's': '');
} else {
unset($list[0]);
}
return '<br /><div id="status">Users currently viewing the shoutbox: '.implode(', ', $list).'</div>';
}

function writeStatus() {
global $online_list, $yshoutdir;
$writeText = "<"."?php\n"; // php header
$writeText .= '$online_list = '.var_export($online_list,true).";\n";
$writeText .= '?'.'>'; // end tag
$handle = fopen($yshoutdir."_status.php", "w");
if($handle===false) die('File error (writeStatus); aborted');
$failcount=0;
while( !flock($handle, LOCK_EX) ) // just IN CASE two bans happen simultaneously
{
usleep(50000);
$failcount++;
if($failcount > 20) die('Write error (writeStatus); aborted'); // one second
}
fwrite($handle, $writeText);
flock($handle, LOCK_UN);
fclose($handle);
}

function setStatus($online) {
global $user, $online_list;
if($user['id']==0) {
if($online)
$online_list[0]++;
elseif($online_list[0] >= 1)
$online_list[0]--;
} else {
if($online && loadMemberData(Array($user['id']),false,'profile')!==false) {
global $user_profile;
$profile=$user_profile[$user['id']];
$a_style = ' class="userclass" style="color: '.(empty($profile['member_group_color']) ? $profile['post_group_color'] : $profile['member_group_color']).'"';
$online_list[$user['id']]="<a$a_style href=\"index.php?action=profile;u=".$user['id'].'">'.$user['name'].'</a>';
} elseif(!$online) {
unset($online_list[$user['id']]);
}
}
writeStatus();
global $chatPath;
touch($chatPath);
}

Change

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return $chatText.' '; // hack: totally empty responses can break some browsers
to

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return $chatText.getStatus().' '; // hack: totally empty responses can break some browsers

[zach21uk]

@zach21uk: There's a way to do it. It's a little hack, but it is minimally invasive.

Open up yshout.php. Before

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// Check configuration files
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'settings.php'))
add

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if(isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!') $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';
else $settingsPath='settings.php';

Now change both

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'settings.php'
to

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$settingsPath
(n.b. one might be "settings.php")

Now, if $shoutFile starts with an exclamation mark (which will be stripped off later), the alternate settings file gets loaded. So, we can just change

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$shoutFile='home';
to

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$shoutFile='!home';
in the files where the alternate settings should be loaded.

Note that this doesn't scale to more settings files well, but the advantage is minimal modification of the scripts.

I'm probably being really stupid here, but im getting and error in the shoutbox now saying "no settings"

This is my code:

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// Figure out where the yshout folder is
global $yshoutdir;
$yshoutdir=(defined('SMF')||isset($yshout_from_index))?'yshout/':'';

if(isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!') $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';
else $settingsPath='settings.php';

// Check configuration files
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'$settingsPath'))
{
echo 'Error: No settings.';
return;
}
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'_banlist.php'))
{
// If _banlist.php has been deleted, assume it should be reset to defaults
$ban_ips_readpost=$ban_ips_post=$ban_names_readpost=$ban_names_post=array();
$sbMaintenance=false;
writeBanList();
}
// Load settings
require_once($yshoutdir."settings.php");
global $ban_ips_readpost,$ban_ips_post,$ban_names_readpost,$ban_names_post,$sbMaintenance;

What have I done wrong?

[nneonneo]

Don't put quotes around $settingsPath. You also need to replace "settings.php" by $settingsPath.

[zach21uk]

Don't put quotes around $settingsPath. You also need to replace "settings.php" by $settingsPath.

OK I've done that and had partial success.    The shoutbox on my main page seems to be using the settings from "settings1.php" instead of "settings.php".    settings1.php should only be used on the /yshout/index.php version of the shoutbox.

The only variable that I need to be different is that on the main board, I need 18 lines displayed and on the /yshout/index.php I want 40 lines displayed.

Once again, here is my code from yshout.php as it stands:

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// Figure out where the yshout folder is
global $yshoutdir;
$yshoutdir=(defined('SMF')||isset($yshout_from_index))?'yshout/':'';

if(isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!') $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';
else $settingsPath='settings.php';

// Check configuration files
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.$settingsPath))
{
echo 'Error: No settings.';
return;
}
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'_banlist.php'))
{
// If _banlist.php has been deleted, assume it should be reset to defaults
$ban_ips_readpost=$ban_ips_post=$ban_names_readpost=$ban_names_post=array();
$sbMaintenance=false;
writeBanList();
}
// Load settings
require_once($yshoutdir.$settingsPath);
global $ban_ips_readpost,$ban_ips_post,$ban_names_readpost,$ban_names_post,$sbMaintenance;
require_once($yshoutdir.'_banlist.php');

and this is the code from the yshout/index.php where i added the "!"

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// YSHOUT HERE - <head> code
global $boardurl,$shoutFile;
$boardurl=".."; // change this to the relative or absolute path to the forum root
$shoutFile='!home';
if(!file_exists("$boardurl/Themes"))

[Casal]

x nneonneo;

What I say is that the chat does that the forum sometimes does not connect with the database and gives mistakes constant.

[t0k3nBuDz]

I am sure this has been asked before, but I get this error.  What should I do?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function allowedTo() in /home/c732108/public_html/forum/yshout/yshout.php on line 69

[Cobra97]

Hi,

  I installed this today, and everything went fine.  However later I decided that I didn't want to use it after all.  So I un-installed it, and again everything said it went fine.

However now my forum has crashed, and I'm not sure why?  I'm getting this now:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an Error Document to handle the request.

I had made a backup before I installed it and uploaded these files thinking it would fix the problem.  I even reinstalled a backup of my database, still with no luck??  What am I overlooking here?

I have manually reinstall all the files this mod has changed?

./index.php
./Themes/default/index.template.php
./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php
./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english-utf8.php

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EDIT

I found the problem, it was being caused by some permission errors left over from the mod.

[t0k3nBuDz]

I am sure this has been asked before, but I get this error.  What should I do?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function allowedTo() in /home/c732108/public_html/forum/yshout/yshout.php on line 69

[henryjesus]

thanks sunking .. i'll give it a shot ... the best !

[henryjesus]

sunking .. it worked .. i have a scrollbar now ... just want to ask , is it possible for the shoutbox position to be reversed ? instead of having messages at the bottom , i would like to start from the top

[[unplugged]]

Open /yshout/settings.php and change $reverseshouts to true.

[t0k3nBuDz]

-

I am sure this has been asked before, but I get this error.  What should I do?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function allowedTo() in /home/c732108/public_html/forum/yshout/yshout.php on line 69

Open /yshout/settings.php and change $reverseshouts to true.

This reply was for me?  I just want to make sure before I do something I shouldn't be doing... (edit) I see now that it was not for me, is to reverse the messages.  Thats nice....I will use that too. Thanks.

BTW, I am extremely grateful you all take the time out of your busy schedules to help a n00b like me.  After trying to read this tread, it seams this could be a full time job, just answering questions and dealing with issues.  So.....Thanks

[zach21uk]

REPOSTED

OK I've done that and had partial success.    The shoutbox on my main page seems to be using the settings from "settings1.php" instead of "settings.php".    settings1.php should only be used on the /yshout/index.php version of the shoutbox.

The only variable that I need to be different is that on the main board, I need 18 lines displayed and on the /yshout/index.php I want 40 lines displayed.

Once again, here is my code from yshout.php as it stands:

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// Figure out where the yshout folder is
global $yshoutdir;
$yshoutdir=(defined('SMF')||isset($yshout_from_index))?'yshout/':'';

if(isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!') $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';
else $settingsPath='settings.php';

// Check configuration files
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.$settingsPath))
{
echo 'Error: No settings.';
return;
}
if(!file_exists($yshoutdir.'_banlist.php'))
{
// If _banlist.php has been deleted, assume it should be reset to defaults
$ban_ips_readpost=$ban_ips_post=$ban_names_readpost=$ban_names_post=array();
$sbMaintenance=false;
writeBanList();
}
// Load settings
require_once($yshoutdir.$settingsPath);
global $ban_ips_readpost,$ban_ips_post,$ban_names_readpost,$ban_names_post,$sbMaintenance;
require_once($yshoutdir.'_banlist.php');

and this is the code from the yshout/index.php where i added the "!"

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// YSHOUT HERE - <head> code
global $boardurl,$shoutFile;
$boardurl=".."; // change this to the relative or absolute path to the forum root
$shoutFile='!home';
if(!file_exists("$boardurl/Themes"))

[nneonneo]

@zach21uk: Sorry, that code had a slight problem. Try replacing

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if(isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!') $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';
by

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if((isset($shoutFile) && $shoutFile[0]=='!') || (isset($_REQUEST['file']) && $_REQUEST['file'][0]=='!')) $settingsPath = 'settings1.php';

@Casal: Try the tips for "high-bandwidth usage" on the main mod page.

[zach21uk]

The two settings files still seem to be getting confused.   I updated to the new code you provided, but settings1.php is still being used on the main shoutbox, which is supposed to be using settings.php

[zach21uk]

Also - Can someone tell me where I can control the overall WIDTH of the shoutbox