Found another possible stumbling block for those who "hit send button, but nothing happens." Posted a possible fix for you on the author's website under "how to install shoutbox".

best of luck to you all.

Only two issues for me:

1. Whenever someone posts a message, my BlastChat module that shows online user resets and all the user names disappear. A browser refresh fixes it, but it's still annoying.

2. Anyone know how to add the date and time next to the user's name so that you can tell when each shout was posted? I have the Shout Box in my content area, so I've got enough horizontal space.

This is an excellent little addition to the Joomla community.

I have found that a shoutbox really help to develop small online communities and this one is a good example of how to do it.

One problem though. The Shoutbox will only show the last 10 shouts. Ok in most circumstances probably but I (and others) often want a bit more.

fwhilton found the problem and submitted a fix in the joomla forums.
File: mod_shoutbox.php Line: 282 reads
$sql = "SELECT * FROM #__liveshoutbox ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10";
Now while the file does include the variable "$jal_number_of_comments = 35;" that seems to be ignored in favour of the hardcoded value of 10. His suggestion. Edit the line to read:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM #__liveshoutbox ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 200";

Tested on my sites and it works just fine.

when people input some "loooooooooooooooooooonnnnngggg" word, the shoutbox was expended to right. So left panel becomes wider in ie6,7. It's ok with firefox.

fuzi

one download. and using easy to install joomla feature, in 5 minutes the shoutbox appear. it's ok for me to have blue border.

your work is great.

Yes, the options in the admin are very limited, but this is compensated by the clearly commented css file. It's simple and I love it :).

great stuff..works all fine.but i'm already being spammed.

Easy to install, easy to config, works as expected.

The height and the borders have to be configured through the css file on the modules directory...
other thank that really good component

Hello,

This shoutbox works fine, I use the beta version. But:

1/ I don't have smily icons under the inputbox. I only see the word 'Smilies?'

2/ Not registered users can put comments in the shoutbox. If I change the module to registered users only than it works but the not registered users can't see the shoutbox.

3/ When registered, the name of the registered person is not visible, only the word "name:" is seen.

Easy to install, works well. Options given work as advertised. I would like a few more however :)
Smiles once in view do not seem to hide unless the page is refreshed.
Does anyone know how to change the color of the text input box. Everything I tried didn't work.
All in all a very functional extension.

I am relatively new to Joomla, and just recently decided to transfer over 10 hardcoded sites to the Joomla CMS.

With all these balls up in the air, I need as little hassle as possible, and the best, easiest ways to do things.

This shoutbox code was one of those easy things. It installed quickly and was easily customizable. I put the module in right side in my sites, then added a second template for a center position for those who wanted to chat in a more determined way. It worked great in both positions.

I agree with the others that there are things that could be added, yet I find that the simplicity is very appealing, and it does the job quite well, as-is.

This shoutbox is very nice but when I try to write turkish character it fails. I hope the further version will handle this problem.

Thank you.

to use with utf-8 encoding translate a new file a save it with utf-8 encoding go to database to "your database_shoutbox" and set the tables collation UTF-8_bin
if you can't install go in zip file and delete the folder __macosc

and its work for me! my lang is greek!!!

Functions nicely, and is easily customizable. It's pretty easy to update the stylesheet. It's one of the first modules I've added-on and it went smoothly.

A couple things though:

1. So far I haven't found out how to get rid of the blue border around the entire sections of shouts.

2. I'd like to be able to allow Guests to only -view- the shoutbox and not post, and registered users be able to post. Otherwise this might lead to lots of spam.

But those are minor points ... great work!

Owner's reply:
1: Open the css file in your modules directory and the delete line 33 & 34



border: 1px solid #;

border-width: 1px 1px;



2: Beta has this option already :)