ShoutBox

[L-Booma]

Nobody is doing hush hush lol. There already topics made about this, were we respond.

Josh is just testing and working on something, its not known when it will be back.

[MCNewYork71]

Why are the mods being so hush hush about this?

I agree bring it back

I don't know the first thing about shout box lol I'm usually always on my phone so I don't see the feature.

So i guess thats how you got to 10K post cause i never see you post lol

Oooooohhhhh shit!!!! Lmao!!!! [MENTION=2963]Krow just burned you [MENTION=7784]Omar hahaha you turned ghost on us for a while.

[007]

[MENTION=1]007

When Will The Shout Box Be Back On The Front Forum Page Like It Has always Been???

#admin

Yup yup yup

Bring it back plz

bring back shoutbox i always forgot that theres a "Shoutbox" button now

Why are the mods being so hush hush about this?

I agree bring it back

The shoutbox was moved back to being part of the main site, instead of being hosted on another server. I did this because the shoutbox was not used that much, and it didn't make sense for me to keep paying $150 per year for a dedicated shoutbox server, on top of the $200 per year I pay for the main server.

Now that just the one server is hosting both the site and the shoutbox, having it on the main page is a major freaking headache for a webmaster. The main page is loaded by just about every single member, every single time they visit the forum. As members browse, they bounce back to the main page multiple times, in order to reach other parts of the site.

The main page has enough hooks and database queries by itself. Adding the shoutbox on top of that absolutely crushes the database, and the site along with it, especially when every member is loading it dozens, if not hundreds of times per day. It is by far the most resource intensive thing on the site. In fact, it alone uses more resources than everything else on the site combined.

There really isn't much difference now of using the shoutbox tab, as opposed to having it on the main page, since I added the "Latest Posts" mod to the shoutbox tab.

If you guy's want, I can add a drop down menu to the shoutbox tab, that links to each of the sections on the forum. This way there will be no difference having the shoutbox on the tab, other than the huge performance increase we will receive by not having the shoutbox loaded a couple thousand times per day on the main page.

[Mr.Passion]

yes I understand completely, is also pointless to pay so much extra money !

You can open a new tab and finish, its not a problem.

[Krow]

The shoutbox was moved back to being part of the main site, instead of being hosted on another server. I did this because the shoutbox was not used that much, and it didn't make sense for me to keep paying $150 per year for a dedicated shoutbox server, on top of the $200 per year I pay for the main server.

Now that just the one server is hosting both the site and the shoutbox, having it on the main page is a major freaking headache for a webmaster. The main page is loaded by just about every single member, every single time they visit the forum. As members browse, they bounce back to the main page multiple times, in order to reach other parts of the site.

The main page has enough hooks and database queries by itself. Adding the shoutbox on top of that absolutely crushes the database, and the site along with it, especially when every member is loading it dozens, if not hundreds of times per day. It is by far the most resource intensive thing on the site. In fact, it alone uses more resources than everything else on the site combined.

There really isn't much difference now of using the shoutbox tab, as opposed to having it on the main page, since I added the "Latest Posts" mod to the shoutbox tab.

If you guy's want, I can add a drop down menu to the shoutbox tab, that links to each of the sections on the forum. This way there will be no difference having the shoutbox on the tab, other than the huge performance increase we will receive by not having the shoutbox loaded a couple thousand times per day on the main page.

Thanks for the info...

[Vinnie P]

Sounds good, thanks for the info!

[007]

Due to popular demand, and persistence by our little gung ho newest mod [MENTION=7784]Omar, I am revisiting this topic. I will find a way to make this work for everyone.
[MENTION=2963]Krow [MENTION=432]JayFromTheBay [MENTION=7241]THROWED [MENTION=327]HazeSilver [MENTION=13201]MobFigga357

[Omar]

@Krow @JayFromTheBay @THROWED @HazeSilver @MobFigga357


I threatened him real bad ... we paki terrorists go deep


Even if not on main page, Boss will do his best for us ... Lets pray

[mussolini]

Thanks [MENTION=7784]Omar

You terrorists arent so bad after all

[007]

@Krow @JayFromTheBay @THROWED @HazeSilver @MobFigga357


I threatened him real bad ... we paki terrorists go deep

Yea, I don't want that thing near me ever again

Uh but yea, I will also be upgrading the shoutbox to the latest version just released a few days ago. Here is a list of the new features/improvements:

Change Log
v6.2.0 - 31st May 2013, 23:43
Shoutbox Sessions
Shoutbox activity is tracked separate from users' shouts
Only shows people who perform an action as active
"Active Indicator" on the toolbar shows whether the user is active in the SB or not
Doesn't flag users generating automatic notices as active


Anonym.To Integration
Ability to anonymise any URL entered in the Shoutbox per-instance with Anonym.to
Works with BBCode URLs
Displays regular URL while editing shouts


Disallow "ALL CAPS"
Ability to disallow all caps per-instance
Uses vBulletin's "Prevent SHOUTING" setting to de-caps the shout


New Slash Command: /resetshouts
Resets all users' "Lifetime Shouts" counter to how many shouts they currently have in the system
(Pro) /resetshouts user to reset an individual user's "Lifetime Shouts" counter
Great way to put spammers in their place


Context Menu Improvements
Dedicated context menu item for editing shouts (if user has permission to edit that shout)
Dedicated context menu item for deleting shouts (if user has permission to delete that shout)
JavaScript performance for menu closure operations has been improved


(Pro) Global Custom Commands
Create custom commands that anyone can use via the AdminCP
Prevents users from creating commands with the same shortcut
Great for "canned responses"


(Pro) Per-User Shoutbox Toggle
New UserCP option to turn off the entire shoutbox
Hides it completely from all pages


Bugfixes
In certain cases, the menu could fail to close properly

[Omar]

Yea, I don't want that thing near me ever again

Uh but yea, I will also be upgrading the shoutbox to the latest version just released a few days ago. Here is a list of the new features/improvements:

Change Log
v6.2.0 - 31st May 2013, 23:43
Shoutbox Sessions
Shoutbox activity is tracked separate from users' shouts
Only shows people who perform an action as active
"Active Indicator" on the toolbar shows whether the user is active in the SB or not
Doesn't flag users generating automatic notices as active


Anonym.To Integration
Ability to anonymise any URL entered in the Shoutbox per-instance with Anonym.to
Works with BBCode URLs
Displays regular URL while editing shouts


Disallow "ALL CAPS"
Ability to disallow all caps per-instance
Uses vBulletin's "Prevent SHOUTING" setting to de-caps the shout


New Slash Command: /resetshouts
Resets all users' "Lifetime Shouts" counter to how many shouts they currently have in the system
(Pro) /resetshouts user to reset an individual user's "Lifetime Shouts" counter
Great way to put spammers in their place


Context Menu Improvements
Dedicated context menu item for editing shouts (if user has permission to edit that shout)
Dedicated context menu item for deleting shouts (if user has permission to delete that shout)
JavaScript performance for menu closure operations has been improved


(Pro) Global Custom Commands
Create custom commands that anyone can use via the AdminCP
Prevents users from creating commands with the same shortcut
Great for "canned responses"


(Pro) Per-User Shoutbox Toggle
New UserCP option to turn off the entire shoutbox
Hides it completely from all pages


Bugfixes
In certain cases, the menu could fail to close properly

great stuff .... dont know how much the members understood there .. Its quite simple .... I'm gonna rape u all !!!!!


PS: disallow caps is important to use against [MENTION=7241]THROWED .. Good one Josh

[THROWED]

great stuff .... dont know how much the members understood there .. Its quite simple .... I'm gonna rape u all !!!!!


PS: disallow caps is important to use against [MENTION=7241]THROWED .. Good one Josh

Ill Show U All Caps [MENTION=7784]Omar

[Omar]

Ill Show U All Caps @Omar

not while I'm green ...

[THROWED]

not while I'm green ...

Really [MENTION=7784]Omar R U Letting The Green Go 2 Ya Head Thought U Was my Nigga

[Omar]

Really @Omar R U Letting The Green Go 2 Ya Head Thought U Was my Nigga

hahahahaha ... im just fuckin around ... I'll always be ya nigga ... never doubt it ....