Here we are, with a shoutbox plugin for MyBB that is fast and elegant. It uses the AJAX technology with fair usage of javascript and a mechanism that utilizes minimal resources while distributing the load between client side and server side.

Hopefully, you will find it faster than the shoutbox offered by other forum softwares in competition of MyBB. MyBB 1.2 is no longer supported. Upgrade to 1.4! If you don't want to upgrade, follow the instructions on this page. But use the following file: http://spicefuse.com/mybb_mods/spicefuse_shoutbox.zip

Installation is simple, follow the steps below:

1. Download the SpiceFuse AJAX ShoutBox plugin.

2. Extract the zip and upload the files to the MyBB directory on the server.

3. Log into admin cp and activate the plugin.
4. Here you have an option now, follow a if you want a shoutbox only on index page, or follow b if you want a global shoutbox.

4a. Edit the template 'index' (under "Index Page Templates" template group), find:

add below:

4b. Edit the header template, and add <sf_shoutbox> somewhere towards the end, or wherever you would like the shoutbox to be displayed.

6. That's all, you're done with the installation, now you can go to the settings and configure as necessary.

Commands (for admins)
Type any of these commands in the shoutbox to perform an action.

• /delete newer than 07-15-2008 - delete any shout made after this date.
• /delete older than 07-15-2008 - delete any shout made before this date.
• /delete all - delete all shouts.
• /delete newer than 5 - delete all posts having an id greater than this (mouse over any "del" link to view an id shown in the form of deleteShout(ID, 1))
• /delete older than 5 - delete all posts having an id less than this (mouse over any "del" link to view an id shown in the form of deleteShout(ID, 1))
  

• Added flood check.
• Made compatible with MyBB 1.4.
• Added few more /delete features.
  

This post was last modified: 08-26-2008 12:53 PM by Pacifier.

Great! Thanks!

Sadly, it doesn't work for me.

It gets stuck on "loading"...

This post was last modified: 12-31-2006 02:56 AM by Andy.

Andy, can you please enable it and let me troubleshoot. Or if not, can you please answer me the following questions:

1. Which browser are you using?
2. Did you delete all of the existing shouts (if you got the chance to)?

Let me know.

1.) Mozilla Firefox 2
2.) Nope, I couldn't even get it to load anything.

In that case, please go to Tools -> Error Console (on Firefox) and click Clear Errors. Refresh the page, and then copy/paste any errors it's throwing.

Edit: Nevermind, go to ACP -> under settings, Click Change -> click SpiceFuse Shoutbox -> and save it without changing anything. That should fix it.

Thanks for testing

This post was last modified: 12-31-2006 04:39 PM by Pacifier.

No problem, I just hope you don't get annoyed with all my questions.

(See attached image)

go to ACP -> under settings, Click Change -> click SpiceFuse Shoutbox -> and save it without changing anything. That should fix it.

Yup, it works now. Thanks.

will this delete all my current shouts on my non spice shoutbox?

It's a completely different plugin, so yes it won't contain the shouts from your other shoutbox.