would like to change where the shoutbox is located.

[dnice]

ok i have two of your fantastic mods on my site
the info panels and now the vbshout.
my only concern is that the info panels are coded to be place above
the vbshout, while id rather have the vbshout ABOVE the info panels.
anyways to do this?
maybe via template edits or something?
also, it seems the sound implementation is not working.

 

[Cosmic]

I'll let Fillip handle the positioning question, but we've had dozens of reports of the sounds working fine =)

I'll just run through the basic questions in case something was missed ^.^

Did you enable it in the ACP
Did you install the quicktime plugin
DO you hear sounds on the shoutbox here at DBTech?
If not, what browser are you using, and do you have the latest version of the quicktime plugin installed?

Hopefully it's just something simple like a missed step

 

[dnice]

quicktime plug-in?
can you elaborate on that please.
as far as the other questions, yes i have.

 

[dnice]

btw, Cosmic....arent you the creator of the old inferno box?
i had bought that from you a while ago when i was running IPB.

 

[Cosmic]

I was the designer of it yep. The coder was someone else though.

As for the quicktime plugin, it's a plugin for your browser to let you play certain times of media files (including sounds in the shoutbox). You can grab it here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

 

[dnice]

yes i installed the plugin but still nothing.
no big deal tho, ill play around with it when i get home since im at work.
my main focus was fixing where its displayed.
also, id like to speak to you privately regarding a different matter.

 

[Cosmic]

Does the still nothing also apply to the DRagonByte shoutbox? If so it's definetely a browser issue =)

 

[Fillip H.]

Also note that you will need to restart your browser after installing the plugin in order to get it to work


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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: Change the Shoutbox Deployment setting to include the script names of all the pages you wish the Shoutbox to appear on. For instance, to have it appear on the front page (CMS) as well as the Forum Home, you'd enter index,vbcms for this setting.

Step 4: Change the Manually Display Shoutbox setting to include the template names you wish the Shoutbox to appear on. For instance, to have it appear on the front page (CMS) as well as the Forum Home, you'd enter FORUMHOME,vbcms_page for this setting.

Step 5: Enter the Style Manager and add either {vb:raw vbshout} (vB4) or {$vbshout} (vB3) to the templates you named in Step 4.


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

 

[dnice]

what if i want the SB to be shown on EVERY page, above the info panels?

 

[Fillip H.]

Step 3: Change the Shoutbox Deployment setting to include the script names of all the pages you wish the Shoutbox to appear on. For instance:
To have it appear on every page, you'd remove the contents of this setting.


Step 4: Change the Manually Display Shoutbox setting to include the template names you wish the Shoutbox to appear on. For instance:
To have it appear on every page, you'd enter navbar for this setting.



Updated the post template with those changes

 

[dnice]

awesome!
thanks worked like a charm