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Posted by: Jan304On 2006/3/11 12:30:06 9219 reads

An unexpected release of Shoutbox. It seems that spammers have picked up Shoutbox and now recognize the post method and are actively spamming on it.

It seems that I forgot to add an check to prevent anonymous users from posting in Shoutbox when they do not have the correct privileges.

If you are experiencing a spam problem, please upgrade as fast as possible:
http://xoops.jan304.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=58

This upgrade will only fix the problem from spammers being able to post even when they do not have the privileges for it. If you allow anonymous users to post spammers will still be able to spam on your installation.

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Re: Shoutbox 3.2 + Plan for xoops!!

wizanda Published 03/12/2006 8:11 Home away from home Joined 03/21/2004 Comments 1585

Does it include the fixes I sent you for w3c?

Do You know what XOOPS needs, a site for XOOPS constructive members to upload modified and fixed versions of files.

So like with this, there is still more things that I have been editing and normally I have a full copy on my site and myPC.

Yet if I could upload for all XOOPS user I would, yet someone said that you must consult the maker, which I did, yet I bet you haven't add the fixes as you are proberly working on things in your order, as I would.

Where as if there was a Site dedicated to XOOPS Module Fix's!

Then before you do what you are fixing, in your order of things, you would check the Site to see if there are bit you needed to add where things have been fixed.

weaverslave
is good for this as it can check against old files and high light the diffreneces, so you can easily check and just swap across, what people have added for numerous copies.

I know I should have posted this in the forum, yet as I started to ask Jan, if he added the fixes and I remembered the conversasion I had on the forum last time.

This is something as a community we are sadly missing and due to this we still have un-repaired modules in our repository; that I have downloaded and many of us and fixed the odd bit that need fixing, again and again????

So unlike alot of CMS that have built in report system that start making them heavy.

Can we use XOOPS for what it is good at and make a quick site that can be used as a repository of module repairs.

This can have limited access for people who are serious and known by us.

Yes, I know we have xoops.dev, yet this again needs permission from the maker.
Which is fair as people making a new release of a module as they fix a 'bit like this' doesn't make a new version.

Yet to have somewhere for odd PHP files that have been repaired.

If the space is a problem to have on a site, then could we added it to sourceforge as a new section with file repairs.

A XOOPS site would be better as then we could add a description of what has been done and so it doens't get added again.

So did you added the fixes?

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

adrock Published 03/12/2006 20:41 Quite a regular Joined 12/07/2004 Comments 291

Littlemanhosting.com would be more than happy to donate a business plan to the cause!

If someone from the development team contacts me, I'll go ahead and set it up with whatever is needed.

...but, as I said, Littlemanhosting.com will donate a one year subscription to a business account for the cause.

(Also, interested in finding a complete shoutbox module with all the fixes...it'll save me heaps of time!)

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

LionHeart Published 03/13/2006 2:03 Just popping in Joined 05/14/2005 Comments 70

What version(s) of XOOPS is this module compatible with?

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

horkthegreen Published 03/13/2006 10:04 Just popping in Joined 07/11/2004 Comments 21

Is there any way to delete only certain messages that are in the shoutbox and not others?

I was looking in the database and couldn't find the table where these are stored? Can someone point me to it?

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

adrock Published 03/13/2006 10:19 Quite a regular Joined 12/07/2004 Comments 291

root/uploads/shoutbox/shouts.csv

unfortunately the shouts are not yet integrated into the database

as for the version...I know it works with all of the 2.0.x versions, but have not tried it in 2.2+

even with all of it's 'quirks' it's still one of the better shoutbox mods for XOOPS (imho)

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

Red_Bee Published 03/13/2006 13:01 Just popping in Joined 05/12/2004 Comments 98

Quote:

Poster: LionHeart Posted: 2006/3/13 11:03:06

What version(s) of XOOPS is this module compatible with?

I run it since the earlier version of XOOPS, until now it runs fine with 224. I reported
this 2 weeks ago and tested the 3.2 for a week without any issue.

Thank you Jan304 for the prompt response.

Re: Shoutbox 3.2 + Plan for xoops!!

Jan304 Published 03/13/2006 20:24 Official Support Member Joined 03/31/2002 Comments 520

Quote:

I know I should have posted this in the forum, yet as I started to ask Jan, if he added the fixes and I remembered the conversasion I had on the forum last time.

I cannot remember having a conversation with you? Feel free to send me suggestions (your improvements regarding webstandards) but remember: no response -> not received.

My spam filter is very aggressive (this is required, I was starting to get nuts) and your mail might be blocked. You also didn't send me any pm.

And you cannot say that I respons slowly on suggestions: a week from the date I read about the problem with Shoutbox I released a new version. I mean, what more can I do?

And please keep discussions non regarding to Shoutbox on the forums

Forgive me that there is still no SQL version, it seems that being a full time student really means full time...

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

horkthegreen Published 03/20/2006 15:49 Just popping in Joined 07/11/2004 Comments 21

Thanks for the path to where the shouts are stored, adrock. I allow anonymous posters, but needed to edit out the spam.

I'd love to see 1) notification of new posts and 2) moderation of new posts added to the shoutbox.

Overall, a fun little module.

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

CCV_Pinto Published 03/21/2006 0:58 Just popping in Joined 11/06/2005 Comments 5

there is an error at my shoutbox

i tryied the 3.0 version and the 3.2 version

and the error is: the time of post is completely wrong

my XOOPS is configured to get the gmt hour
and my time is (-3)

but it shows (-7) from my time, what means -10 from gmt time

anyone can help?

[]´s

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

toddherrold Published 03/21/2006 16:31 Quite a regular Joined 06/13/2004 Comments 274

Thanks for the fix. . .The shoutbox spam was killing me. I would be interested in the w3c fixes as the shoutbox has some issues with breaking the table on certain themes. I think the idea of user submitted fixes is a good one, especially for modules that have been orphaned or are not actively evolved by the original developer. Version control and new user created bugs are the obvious problems with this but you could basically have a site for the hacked versions along with the latest official release, so people would be able to revert back to the official if things are screwy.

Re: Shoutbox 3.2

giba Published 03/21/2006 17:02 Just can't stay away Joined 04/26/2003 Comments 638

Translation for google Gmt XOOPS and hours in shoutbox

Xoopers regular mistakes they miss in code.

wizanda Published 05/06/2006 7:24 Home away from home Joined 03/21/2004 Comments 1585

Ok I will post it on here, as a lot people are making these same mistakes with XOOPS modules, and also with general html, as I found in this module.

...Some of these included:
Adding Titles to some of the pages, using the XOOPS code you had, yet in more files, to point to the XOOPS module title and member name.

If XOOPS system is used at the start of a page, then this also implies; that when it tells the module to be present, it is encased in either the body for modules or td for blocks.

When you opened td using Java, these should be closed properly with document write \/td as to close it properly, have a look you will see what I mean.

I know you properly know this, things are meant to always go in this order, and a lot of people don’t do this.

Table can not go in a form, so form first.
form
table summary=”” also always needed for W3C
tr
td
td
tr
table
form

To do this with the module, I had to also enclose the odd and even in tr and then, the item in td, instead. Which now makes the amount of guest and members show as power gauge almost, as it makes a new block for each person on the site.

This is one loads of Xoopers do….. Which is to not close inputs properly, when they are imbedding in PHP code it is just the same….. if it is printed by PHP or echoed, as it is displayed in html , so it needs all inputs closing like this:
/>

In img you need to add an alt=”” all the time, even if it doesn’t say anything.
This is all over XOOPS and we need to go through all of these in 2.0.13.2 and not just leave it as we could have so many updates from some of the files that exist already and with out much change other then fixes for the newer versions.

I added more Refresh time, which you know how to, I felt it needed a longer time as to be a permanent chat system running all the time.

You tried to shove a load of boarderwidths and sizes into body, which will not accept them, so if W3c doesn’t pass them, that means the browsers just ignore it in most cases.

I raised the question to the beginning, so it applies now to everything that is displayed, unless it is a member.

When people insert Java script the correct term is:

script type="text/javascript"

Not
language= ect

I also suggest if you use firefox already and if not to get it just for this purpose, to also get a copy of the Tidy extension, Tidy is by W3C and it shows a little box in the corner of the page with firefox, that shows the source and how to validate it for W3C.

This applies to all Xoopers, let’s get XOOPS validated and stop having red x’s with Tidy as this means…… yes it may look ok in one browser, yet half the time, W3C doesn’t validate it correctly and it looks different in other browsers.
An example applies to marquee, as yes it looks lovely in Internet explorer, yet half the worlds other browsers don’t even know what marquee is!!!
That was as an example, of how and why we need to be Tidy, as for me I didn’t know this as a new comer to XOOPS 2 years ago or more now.
So for a long time I had the marquee running on my site, thinking everything was fine (until I learned to check how things look in different browsers, I even brought an Ibook cheap for this)
Not knowing that when any, Mac firefox netscape, and the list goes on tried to view my site it went all over; unlike how I thought it had looked.

All I did, is expected all the programmer had done it correctly to start; knowing what they are doing…..Yet now 2 years later I have realised we are all human and we all mis-things some times.

So when we release a module lets think of some of the users, who may not have the slightest clue how to look through code and find a simple for us ‘’ around a word in php or a / html to Finnish it and make their site display properly in all browsers.

I am willing on most modules, I use to do this and re-release fixed Tidy versions also with XOOPS core for 2.0.13.2 until we move on to the newer upgrade…
(If someone will please explain how to release XOOPS edits and module in a full guide some where)

If I think of any more, I will add them later,
Peace B with U

p.s. Jan don’t take offence I posted these mistakes on here, as many apply to most of Xoops!

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