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Shoutbox

This is just another simple shoutbox. I needed one for my site so I wrote one. It's meant to run inside your layout but can also be run by itself. A demo of the script in action is right here on my site. For screenshots of the admin section, scroll down.

Features

Here's a short list of features in the latest version. There are more but these are only the important ones.

  • Flat file based. Shouts are stored in files so no database needed. Installation is a breeze, just extract and upload and you have a standalone shoutbox. Include it into your layout and you have a shoutbox.
  • Uses templates that are easily stylized. The shoutbox inherits most of the styles from your layout but you can specify its styles through the "shoutbox" id selector.
  • Web based admin. You can manage shouts and banned IPs from within the web based admin tools.
  • Three different posting modes (version 2.0 beta and up only):
    Any: Anyone can post
    Users: Only users that you've added can post. Password protected.
    Admin: Only the admin can post. With a little template modifcations you can turn this into some kind of news/ticker/blog system.
  • IP Banning, flood filter, language filter, BB codes and smilies.

Screenshots

Here are some basic screenshots of the web based shoutbox admin tools. These are for version 2.0 beta and up only. Version 1.3 is almost exactly the same.

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Admin stats

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Manage shouts

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Block IPs

Requirements

I developed the latest version of the shoutbox on a pretty recent version of PHP. I didn't use any special new functions so any version of PHP 4 should work. Here are the basic requirements.

  • Safe mode must be OFF
  • PHP 4.1.0 and up recommended
  • The ability to CHMOD (except windows, you should have create and write permission)

License

Free for any type of usage as long as the attribution link remains intact. It's on the "Help" section of the shoutbox. You may modify and distribute this script and any work derived from it provided that the link remains and that the derived work is under this same license.

Download Download

The installation instructions are included in the zip file. Extract the contents to a temporary directory and follow the instructions.