Jam

hey i need a shoutbox... i suppose any will do but the one i was after was floodbox shoutbox v2...

i do have a copy of it.. but i dont know how to make it work...

anyone with php knowledge can take a look here...

http://purge.worthplaying.com/fb/floodbox2b.zip

Cocktopus

I haven't done shoutbox, but I've used other php frontends. From what I've heard about shout, you need a webserver (apache/iis) php, and a database (mysql).

One thing....that config.php file is suspicious. Usually the config file has the paths, limits, domains, permissions, etc. in an intuitive, readable format with comments explaining variables:

eg:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = ''; // MySQL port - leave blank for default port

Jam

i have a host and stuff

devnull

Does your webhoster provide you with a MySQL database to use? If not, you'll need a Shoutbox that uses files for storing the information and not a database. If your webhost does provide you with a database, then you'll need the hostname of where the database is located, the name of your database, and the password to your database. After that, the proper table schema needs to be added to the database so that the shoutbox code can keep all of the entries in the database.

So, first things first, find out if your webhost provides you with a MySQL database that you can use, and if they do, get all the information you can about it so you can access it.

BoCo

I use ShoutPro for my shoutbox. Works awesome and can be modded anyway you like.

Link: http://www.shoutpro.com/index.php

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insidious_machinae

I wrote my own tagboard (same as a shoutbox)