Features
- Very small bandwidth requirements (average 150 bytes per load)
- Multiple channel support
- Modular command system
- Command usage logging
- Fine-grained permissions for each channel and command
- Special "Aggregate" channel that allows viewing of all accessible channels at once
- New thread/post alerts, configurable so that posts in forums show in chosen channels
- For example, posts in staff forums could go in the staff channel
- Usergroup permissions for
- Viewing the shoutbox
- Posting in the shoutbox
- Posting images in the shoutbox
- Viewing the archive
- Editing own/others shouts
- Deleting own/others shouts
- Bypassing flood control
- Automatic pruning and logging options on a per-channel basis
- Flood control (X shouts in Y seconds)
- Refresh decay, so it gradually reloads slower over time with no action taken
- Automatic reload stopping after a period of time, can be combined with above
- Shoutbox announcement with /announce; accepts HTML and BBCode
- Shout queue system:
- Shouts are always posted in the correct order
- Brings up a list of unposted shouts in the case of a connection issue
- AJAX editing and deleting of shouts
- AJAX archive, integrated inside the shoutbox
- Ban and unban users via commands or Admin CP
- Gagging users (user is the only one able to see their shouts)
- View banned and gagged users (and quick unban/ungag) via /showbanned
- Ignore list from forums is honored in shoutbox
- Each user can drag the shoutbox to resize it based on their preferences
- Import shouts and some settings from the following products:
- Inferno vBShout Pro/Lite
- Cyb Chatbox
- MGC Chatbox Evo
- Dream's Chatbox
- cChatBox
- Original vBShout
- DionDev Shoutbox
- GSBOS
- /me command for action shouts
- /msg command for whispering to other users
- /prune and /prunechannel commands for pruning all shouts or shouts from a channel
- /rollback command for removing shouts made after a certain time
- Macro system via /mset, /mdel, /mshow, and /m, so users can create reusable shouts
- Other miscellaneous commands
- Fully phrased
- Tested in Firefox 2/3, Internet Explorer 6+, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.2+, Konqueror 3.5