vBShout 4.5.0 Alpha - Known Issues / F.A.Q. / Feedback

[Fillip H.]

Known Issues

• Disabling System Messages in the Shoutbox Settings also hides them from the System Messages tab.
• Disabling Notifications in the Shoutbox Settings also hides them from the Notifications tab.
• There's no setting for the Active Users block location / disable in the Shoutbox Settings.

F.A.Q.

Q: Can you move the Active Users block?
A: The idea is that both users and Administrators should be able to configure location (or hide it altogether). See known issue above.

Q: Where's the link to the Shoutbox Settings / Archive / Detach?
A: They're moved to the drop-down menu you get when you click the shoutbox' title. This was done to support the new compressed layout and still have it look good on 800x600.
If you want the buttons back, you can edit the dbtech_vbshout_editortools_pro template.

Q: Why doesn't the Smiley button show a small window with the same smilies the Posting interface does, with a "More" link?
A: Most commonly, the smilies shown at first are ones we normally type, like : ) etc. Having a button makes it easier to get a complete overview of the smilies the users may not instantly know the short-cut for.


Hope that answers some of your questions
Do keep in mind that some features discussed in this thread may be exclusive to the Professional version.
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[entertain]

What will be the major changes of this release?

 

[Fillip H.]

The new layout with the new Active Users block, and support for Instances and Chat Rooms.

Instances are basically separate shoutboxes. You can have one shoutbox display on the CMS page, and a completely separate shoutbox show on Forum Home.
Chat Rooms are either admin-created usergroup-limited chats (miniature instances, pretty much. You can't leave these chat rooms, they are persistent) or user-created chat groups similar to an MSN group convo (anyone can invite, leaving is possible).

 

[SSSlippy]

May I ask what is with the double active users? There is no reason to display this data twice.

 

[JoN]

I get this error when i click detach

Warning: Missing argument 1 for DBTech_Framework_Shoutbox::render(), called in [path]/dbtech/vbshout_pro/includes/actions/detach.php on line 36 and defined in [path]/dbtech/vbshout/includes/libs/shoutbox.php on line 1592

 

[Fillip H.]

The "double active users" is just because we wanted to have the data more readily available. Also, you might notice that the sidebar doesn't have the new advanced menu, which means the data isn't so much duplicated as just offering two methods of display.

As for that error, I'll fix t, thanks!

 

[entertain]

When you aren't logged in the chatbox only shows "loading...".

Is this already known?

 

[Fillip H.]

That was not in the Known Issues list, no. But it has been fixed now, and I'll have an RC1 up here as soon as I've solved the other two issues.

 

[JoN]

I'll have an RC1 up here as soon as I've solved the other two issues.

Great news

 

[Cold Assassin]

Awesome!!! Can't Wait

 

[Fillip H.]

I made a small booboo in the Known Issues and FAQ - the Active Users block follows the same rule as the Shout Area; when the Shout Area is on the left / above / below, the Active Users block will be on the right. If the Shout Area is on the right, the Active Users block will be on the left.

To change this requires a bit more tweaking than the other two known issues, so giving you total control over this block is something that'll be postponed to the next version

 

[Trekkan]

Error importing the XML file:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.3:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO `vb_dbtech_vbshout_instance`
(`name`, `description`, `active`, `autodisplay`, `deployment`, `templates`, `permissions`)
VALUES (
'Shoutbox',
'This is the default Shoutbox.
You can change this description by clicking [Edit].',
1,
1,
'index,forumdisplay,forumhome',
'',
'a:33:{i:4;i:2060;i:6;i:4095;i:30;i:0;i:28;i:0;i:29;i:0;i:8;i:0;i:40;i:0;i:38;i:0;i:39;i:0;i:41;i:0;i:37;i:2108;i:36;i:2076;i:26;i:0;i:25;i:0;i:27;i:0;i:35;i:3772;i:15;i:2076;i:34;i:0;i:13;i:0;i:7;i:2109;i:22;i:0;i:21;i:0;i:23;i:0;i:2;i:2108;i:5;i:2109;i:20;i:0;i:19;i:0;i:24;i:0;i:1;i:0;i:3;i:2060;i:44;i:0;i:42;i:0;i:43;i:0;}'
);

MySQL Error : Table 'trekkan_forums.vb_dbtech_vbshout_instance' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146

 

[Trekkan]

Now getting:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT chatroomid
FROM dhv_dbtech_vbshout_chatroommember
WHERE userid = '1'
AND status = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'status' in 'where clause'

 

[Fillip H.]

Run the following query:

ALTER TABLE dhv_dbtech_vbshout_chatroommember ADD status tinyint(1) default '0'

 

[hornstar]

I am about to upgrade to this latest release. Is it stable yet?

 

[Trekkan]

I am about to upgrade to this latest release. Is it stable yet?

Yes, the zip was updated with all of the fixes, make sure you download a new copy.

Also something that tripped me up, if you have any issues after you upgrade, make sure you revert any DBtech Shoutbox templates/CSS changes you might of made.