Question Questions regarding location of Shoutbox

[Kitch87]

Hi there, I am thinking of downloading this however I have a few questions first:

1. Does the Shoutbox show in threads?

2. Can I have the Shoutbox only show up in threads in one forum only, but the shoutbox not show up anywhere else on my site? I don't want the shoutbox to show in Forum home, or every forum or thread, just in one forum's threads.

3. I have a live updates section whereby I have live updates of matches, which will automatically refresh, and because I want it to stay on the OP when it refreshes I have disabled anyone from being able to post replies to the thread so they can keep up with the live updates in the OP everytime it refreshes, therefore I would like the shoutbox below the OP so people can see the OP keep updating with AJAX Threads, but can also comment in the shoutbox rather than post a reply in thread. Could this be done, whereby the shoutbox can be put in the location under the OP of threads only in this forum section only?

Thanks for any replies, and I have quickly glanced through a few threads but couldn't find the exact answer, but it was only a glance, so sorry if this has been answered elsewhere.

 

[Fillip H.]

1. Not by default, no.

2. & 3. You can, here's this canned stuff first:
To put vBShout in a custom location, do the following:


Step 1: AdminCP -> DBTech - vBShout-> Instance Management -> [Edit].

Step 2: Change the Auto-Display Shoutbox setting to Disabled.

Step 3: Write down the the Varname setting. For the default shoutbox, it's instance1. The rest of this guide will assume you replace instance1 with the actual Varname if it is different.

Step 4: Enter the Style Manager and add either {vb:raw show.vbshout_instance1} (vB4) or {$show[vbshout_instance1]} (vB3) to the templates you wish the shoutbox to appear in.


Follow these steps as described and you will have total control over the position of the Shoutbox.
Please note that some locations may not work as intended on vBulletin 3.8, and also note that it is not designed to go in the Forum Blocks side-bar (vBulletin 4).

Hope that helps


You can wrap it in

<vb:if condition="$thread['forumid']">

</vb:if>

in the SHOWTHREAD template to only display it in a certain forum

Below the OP can't be done AFAIK, sorry

 

[Kitch87]

Ok, I have copied this word for word, my forum ID is 6, how do I write this in

<vb:if condition="$thread['forumid=6']">

{vb:raw show.vbshout_shoutbox}

</vb:if>

?

And where abouts in SHOWTHREAD does it go, anywhere?

Thanks for any help

 

[Kitch87]

OK, I've seem to have done it by:

<vb:if condition="$thread[forumid] ==6">

{vb:raw show.vbshout_shoutbox}

</vb:if>

It appears just above the footer but below the members who have read this thread and forum permission etc. Is there anyway to move it above those?

 

[Kitch87]

Ok ignore me seem to have done it, sorry but thanks for help

Managed to get it just below the OP, sweet

 

[Fillip H.]

Glad you got it working

 

[Replicators]

For some reason it will not display correctly, i put it inside the ad_global_header1 template and nothing shows.

 

[Fillip H.]

That template is rendered too soon in order for the Shoutbox to properly integrate into it. I believe the navbar template is the "earliest" template it can be added to.

Sorry