Truefusion Shoutbox - No Database required!

truefusion

Mar 23 2006, 04:55 PM

After several tests, i think it's good enough to be released.
Please report any problems in this topic.

About the shoutbox:

QUOTE

It's supports many bbcodes that we're all used to.
Over 60 smileys.
No database required for shout storage: All stored on flatfile.
XHTML valid.
Installation is basically extract files, and chmod the files "shouts.log", "ipban.log", "wordfilter.log" 666.
Compatible with standard-compliant browsers, and Internet Explorer.
Admin Cpanel: Edit/delete shouts, IP ban/unban, Word Filter.
Users can delete/edit their shouts within a one-minute time frame.
Paginated shouts.

Note: If previous version has been installed (used), empty out the "shouts.log" file for it to be compatible with v2.5 or above.

Preview/test drive:
TrueFusion Shoutbox

Download:
TrueFusion Shoutbox

Saint_Michael

Mar 23 2006, 07:01 PM

hey true you have a error on IE when you rollover the menu doesn't show up might be the hover bug.

But its not bad though a little big but since all it takes is just a little customizing to fix the width and what not.

Johnny

Mar 23 2006, 07:59 PM

To put it simply, that's hot. I could see some cool integration uses for that.

Oh, the smilies have a white background and the shoutbox has a gray one. Or at least it did when I tried.

truefusion

Mar 23 2006, 08:10 PM

Hmm, that hover "bug" in IE must be cause the CSS is imported. I'll make one compatible for most IEs, later. And as for the smileys, some of them, having white backgrounds, i noticed that too, but i'm too lazy to go through them and fix them >_<.

Inspiron

Mar 24 2006, 06:04 AM

Nice shoutbox. You can place your shoutbox at HotScripts. Who knows it becomes a hot favorite.
Anyway, the popup smiley and bbcodes are not working well in Opera browser as well. In Opera, I cannot scroll the popup box. When I mousever the "BBCodes" and "Smiley" text, the popup appears. When I mouseout, it disappears. Hence I'm not able to scroll through the list.

Nice script though. I'll like to have one as well after all the bugfixes.

truefusion

Mar 24 2006, 06:11 AM

Opera's scrolling i found different than other browser's scrolling. I tested this shoutbox in Opera more than any of the other browers. I'm not sure if such a problem could be fixed in the Opera settings, but to scroll, you have to continualy click in the scrollable area, and then scroll. It's not really the coding's fault, but the browser's. The box will stay visible, as long as the cursor is over the box, or the link.

But, i'll think about submitting it to Hotscripts.

Inspiron

Mar 24 2006, 07:06 AM

Not an offending one, but I think alot of websites has made such scrollable parts working in Opera. I guess it's the CSS part that is doing the trick and many browsers not understand them. I'm been working on websites on CSS and found that CSS is hard to style a webpage and made compatible with all types of browsers. But the programmer must find a way to get it done so that it is viewed the same for all the browsers. You will realise why many websites look the same for all browsers, because it is done.

It's not easy task to get all to look the same. But experience do count.

Avalon

Mar 24 2006, 09:54 AM

I too seemed to have a problem with the list boxes for the bb code and smileys, (using Firefox) then I discovered that the links for the bb codes and smileys go halfway across the page. Therefore, with careful sideways movement of the mouse from the text links it is possible to get to the scroll boxes. I just wonder if it might be easier to have the list boxes centered in their section like the text link is? This way the list boxes *should* appear directly below the text links and would be easier to use. I think it would also be helpful if the lists were clickable which then inserted the code in your shout. The input box for the shout text could be a bit longer too, just to make it easier to see what you have typed before you 'shout' it.

Very nice job True! Wish I could build something like this.

truefusion

Mar 24 2006, 05:55 PM

The boxes should center itself closer to the text, if the shoutbox was smaller in width. Cause when first building this shoutbox, i figured that it would be used in an iframe, or something, on someone's site, like seen in most sites. Ratherthan, just have a page of its own, like the preview. As for the insert the bbcodes onclick, i was hoping for this to be javascript free, but, i'll see what i can do in the next version. I'm not a javascript expert, but i'm sure it shouldnt be that hard to find some scripts that do the same thing.

truefusion

Mar 29 2006, 02:24 PM

Version 1.5 now available. Check first post for updates about v1.5.

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truefusion

Apr 11 2008, 12:31 PM

QUOTE(tracdoor @ Apr 11 2008, 06:05 AM)

God, this must of taken you ages to make!
I wish i could make something like this, one day maybe

I think i'll wait till the SQL version before i run it on my website

Funny you should say the first line, as i have started from scratch for version 4.0.

Hopefully it'll increase performance. The MySQL version will be intertwined with the flat-file version. By default it will be using flat-files until you install the MySQL schema it requires. Then it'll only use the config.log file to see if you changed back to flat-file; if not, everything else will be obtained through MySQL. It will also have AJAX support (i.e. script.aculo.us, quite possibly the latest version). It'll have a new GUI for both the shoutbox (not that much of a difference, but it's more "eye-candy-ish") and admin panel (in fact, i've been spoiled by the new look, that when i look at the current stable version, i find it to be ugly). It'll contain a user system if MySQL support is installed. I still have to implement some features in the admin panel and make more JavaScript functions. But version 4.0 won't be out real soon, as i have other projects which currently have higher priority, which i'm almost done with. Once i'm done with these other projects, i'll get working back on version 4.0.

I've been contemplating whether or not i should make the script revert to flat-file in the case of unable to connect to the MySQL database. The only thing that's been keeping me from implementing this is that that would mean guests could use the usernames of registered members and pretend to be them. However, i may just add an option in the admin panel for the admin to choose for such a thing to be enabled or not.

tracdoor

Apr 11 2008, 10:05 AM

God, this must of taken you ages to make!

I wish i could make something like this, one day maybe

I think i'll wait till the SQL version before i run it on my website

truefusion

Aug 14 2007, 09:51 AM

QUOTE(master_bacarra @ Jun 23 2007, 12:43 PM)

i'm waiting for the mysql driven shoutbox.

Since i have finished updating my gallery script, i am currently working on the MySQL version. The MySQL version will support a user and log-in system, so expect some time before this newer version of the shoutbox comes out.

As for the SMF add-on, so to provide some convenience for me and after finishing this version of the shoutbox, i'ma check to see if there is one already for SMF and use that as reference.

master_bacarra

Jun 23 2007, 04:43 PM

i'm waiting for the mysql driven shoutbox. i'm kinda not into the file writing as of the moment, that's why i'm not updating the shoutbox on my blog.

truefusion

Jun 23 2007, 04:15 PM

QUOTE(alex7h3pr0gr4m3r @ Jun 23 2007, 11:51 AM)

... and if you must submit, can't you have it submit to the same page??

Believe me, i've tried to do this, but for some reason the shouts don't get updated, and you have to refresh the page, and the way it is now is more automatic. It must be a cache problem, but i've even tried disabling cache through PHP headers—that didn't work as well. So for now, i have no choice but to leave it as it is.

As for AJAX, i haven't taken the time to learn JavaScript, but if anyone manages to get my shoutbox to work with their AJAX script, PM me it.

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