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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 5 2011, 06:30 PM (1,112 Views) | |
| SG2 | Jan 5 2011, 06:30 PM Post #1 |
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My board has been using the CBox service for a long time (since before the Shoutbox became a built-in feature, then we got used to and preferred CBox), but are currently experiencing difficulties with it. I decided in the meantime I'd enable the built-in Shoutbox feature, but have a few questions and comments about it. My main concern - one of the features I liked best about the CBox was that registration on the board was (obviously) not required to post in it. There have been occasions in the past where people have had problems registering or issues with their accounts and have been able to get support by posting in the CBox if they are unable to log in and post a thread or PM a staff member. Now, I have enabled both 'view' and 'post' options in the Shoutbox settings for Guests, yet...if I log out, it tells me to log in before I can post a message. Is this a known bug? If I want guests of my board to be able to use the Shoutbox, why can't they? This troubles me. In general the options available for customizing the Shoutbox are pretty slim. I know that's because things for the forum carry over (emoticons, word filters I assume, etc), but there are other things that could be improved upon a bit. For instance, it'd be nice if I had more placement options besides just 'portal' or 'board index' and disable - I can't decide where on the board index I want it to appear for instance (CBox was controlled via Board Template, and it'd be nice if the Shoutbox had similar placement options as the Board Template boxes - ex. above the copyright, below the board, so on). And this one might just be nitpicky bias, but I can't rename the Shoutbox - we've always called the CBox our 'chatbox', so it would be nice if I could rename the block as 'Chatbox' instead of 'Shoutbox'. Sound insignificant? Well my example, yes, but for instance it'd be nice if I could name the block 'Leave a message!' or something - just the option to name it what I like. I don't know if there's a Shoutbox mod, or a topic for ideas to improve on the feature or not, but I do think the Shoutbox is a bit lacking and would be nice if it could be improved upon somewhat. In the meantime my main concern is that one of the options that is available - guest posting - is not working, and would very much like to know if there is a solution for this. Thank you. |
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| Pete B | Jan 5 2011, 06:42 PM Post #2 |
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Yes, the guest posting issue is a known bug, unfortunately. The intention is for it to be fixed in a future upgrade. As for modifications to the shoutbox, see here: http://resources.zetaboards.com/topic/5100681 it's a list of the released ones. You can always try requesting something you don't see there. |
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| Ayothes | Jan 5 2011, 09:49 PM Post #3 |
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There's another code which I don't believe is in that list which allows you to change the shoutbox name as well as the "Shout!" button. It's longer, but it's very useful if you don't want to have an out-of-place button on your Chatbox. Edit the red text to change the name of yhe actual shoutbox, and the green text to change the name of the send button. I've already set it to Chatbox and Chat, for your convenience. It goes in Board Template -> Below the Board. (This wasn't made by me.)
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| SG2 | Jan 6 2011, 03:59 PM Post #4 |
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Thank you both for the resources, I'll be looking into upgrading my Shoutbox accordingly. ![]() I hope the Guests bug gets fixed soon, though, because that is a pain.
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| atomicwitch | Jan 9 2011, 01:27 PM Post #5 |
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I hope you don't mind me butting in, but we have a thread for people having difficulty in joining which is only visible to guests and admins. We've found this works well. Edited by Stephen, Jan 9 2011, 01:34 PM.
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Edit the red text to change the name of yhe actual shoutbox, and the green text to change the name of the send button. I've already set it to Chatbox and Chat, for your convenience. It goes in Board Template -> Below the Board. (This wasn't made by me.)
4:28 AM Jul 11