Shoutbox Autorefresh?

[MKJ]

Bit surprised to see no auto-refresh option on the shoutbox?  Is there a way to activate it or isn't there this option available?  Only way people can see any answer is by refreshing the screen. 

[Mitch]

Umm yes this confuses me too. I am guessing you have RC2? Cause I could have sworn there was a autorefresh or something similiar. I thought there were alot more options too but maybe I wasnt using the regular shoutbox when I had it.

[G6Cad]

Bloc have allready answerd this question in an other thread.. 

[crip]

if you really want another Shoutbox with AUTO refresh I can hook you up with one?..let me know.

[MKJ]

Sure - auto refresh is really important in my opinion as I can watch my forum whilst playing my gettarrr  without having to refesh all the time.  Where is an alternative shoutbox to be had?

[crip]

http://www.cj-design.com/demos/cjtagboardv3/index.php

[crip]

Umm yes this confuses me too. I am guessing you have RC2? Cause I could have sworn there was a autorefresh or something similiar. I thought there were alot more options too but maybe I wasnt using the regular shoutbox when I had it.

Your prolly talking about SMF..UltimateShoutBox mod

[MKJ]

Like the look of that CJ Tag Board V3.0.  See if I can rig something up in a popup window maybe.  Can't see how to create any auto refresh on the Tiny shoutbox as the code isn't isolated.  If it was in a seperate file - like a Joomla module - or something I might have been able to do it.  Don't know enough about coding to alter it otherwise.  Oh well where there is a will there is a way nodoubt  .

[MKJ]

Didn't take too long to sort out that shoutbox.  I took out the Key Stats box from the index.template.php file - I am using a 7Dana template which I have altered to suit my site.  Then I put an iframe where the code for the Key Stats Box was showing, which is showing the new shoutbox - CJ Tag Board V3.0.  I have altered various bits of the Tag Board again to blend into my site.  Next I added some silent refresh code into the display.php file that Tag Board uses which I have set to every 10 seconds.  Dead simple to alter this.  Viola - auto refreshing shoutbox that I can hide out of the way with smilies too boot  .  Looks pretty good to me and seems to work perfectly.  Ok you have to enter a name now but I dont' suppose you can have everything.  Pity though.  Oh well.  I have made the Header collapse on first loading of the site for neatness but I might change this now.  If you want to test and see the shoutbox load my site up then click on the furthest left arrow next to the Home button.  If you want the code for the silent auto-refresh then I can easily post it.

Next job is to show it in a neat popup option.

Regards
MKJ

[crip]

Can I see?