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Should we have a shoutbox here? The one on the Hangout kind of died and I don't like seeing topics like, "OMG SG! WALL NOWZ!" I think Meiun should add a shoutbox on here, but I'm worried about the hackers. What if the forums get hacked again? Well go ahead and vote.

Id like to see a shout box, its annoying having to find a topic to post in when something comes to mind. Also it would be very helpful for shouting out SGs'.

Well if its safe than yes.

Like ARTGames said, a chatbox would be great but has a high chance of posing a security threat. Meiun's already said this in: http://www.stick-online.com/boards/index.php?topic=209.0

Also, the Walrus joke was already used. Let it go.

Yes.

Just a question, will it be like the ipbfree shoutboxes, or like you have to type your name and stuff to shout? Also, shouldn't SMF have this on there site like an add-on? I don't know.
Anyway, get one if it's safe.  :)

walrus =)

I don't know, I kinda don't mind this forum not having a shout box.
At the moment it draws more attention to actual posts rather than just random conversations (which should probably be held elsewhere), over the forums; However, I suppose it could boost activity here too.  :-\

Well last time we had a shoutbox was it really actively used? It depends on the vote of the people and if it will be secure enough to withstand a hacker. I'm sitting on the fence of this argument.

Quote from: flashmaniac on September 11, 2009, 02:14:05 AM
Well last time we had a shoutbox was it really actively used? It depends on the vote of the people and if it will be secure enough to withstand a hacker. I'm sitting on the fence of this argument.

Over actively.
This has been talked about before, and again we seem to come to the same agreement of "Yes, if it's safe." which I'm quite sure is Meiun's view as well. All that's left to do is wait and see.

And <.<, Stop putting Walrus in the polls, I can't choose anything but it.

Agreed, we should ditch the walrus, it was funny the first time. But when someone votes Walrus it just makes their vote unincluded in the actual vote so it has no real effect on the decision making.

nneonneo's shoutbox (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=585) is your answer.

It's been tried and tested for almost 3 years now.  The lastest version of the shoutbox was tested on 1.1.8, and this version is 1.1.10, so I'm fairly confident it would work just fine, but there is always that ever so slight chance of error.  None the less, if you want security, this is your answer, plus it's a fairly powerful shoutbox.

Enough people seemed to want it that I decided to go ahead and put one in. Went with AjaxChat this time, which seems to be a pretty solid and trusted shoutbox. Enjoy!

Edit: removed until some further testing/tweaking can be performed (need sleep now though X_X)

Legend Meiun!

Or you could just write a basic PHP script not to allow to topics about SG walls and such.

And I have a very good chat system on a forum I help run, I'll try and find the name of it for you Meiun.

Quote from: ZaC on September 12, 2009, 05:55:48 AM
Or you could just write a basic PHP script not to allow to topics about SG walls and such.

WHAT XD

It would just make it worse. How are we supposed to tell that theres a SG then?

Quote from: Meiun on September 12, 2009, 04:11:30 AM
Enough people seemed to want it that I decided to go ahead and put one in. Went with AjaxChat this time, which seems to be a pretty solid and trusted shoutbox. Enjoy!

Edit: removed until some further testing/tweaking can be performed (need sleep now though X_X)

Sounds good, much thanks.