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Adding ShoutBox in wordpress...

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adi007 Original post #1
Mar 20, 2008 at 6:23 PM
A shoutbox, saybox, tagboard, or chatterbox is a chat-like feature of some websites that allows people to quickly leave messages on the website, generally without any form of user registration.
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A shoutbox is of immense use if you want to interact with your readers quickly…​
Let’s learn how to do it in case of Wordpress blogs….
  • Download the Shoutbox plugin from *pierre.sudarovich.free.fr/upload/File/wordspew-intl.zip
  • Upload it to your wordpress plugins directory i.e,wp-content/plugins/ directory
  • Activate the plugin
  • Add the widget “Shoutbox” in the Sidebar
  • Save the changes..That’s all..
You can now try it….

Now in order to manage your shouts …Go to Manage>> Live Shoutbox

You can clear all the shouts,delete the particular shout,change the color,change or add banned words list and IP addresses and many more things from there…

Their is also an option called “Use sound alert”.This will create a popup sound every time the user shouts...You can also change the sound…All you have to do is replace the "msg.wav" file in the shoutbox plugin directory with your choice …. *blog.aditech.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif

I hope you liked this small tut…
Waiting for your Comments and Feedback….and not to mention your SHOUTS *blog.aditech.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif in my blog....

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topgear
topgear #2
Mar 20, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Thanks for that plugin. Will come handy in the future.
utsav
utsav #3
Mar 21, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Shoutbox is a crap thing. it makes the spammers work easier. in the beginning you will like it but later when the blog becomes popular. it will attract lots of spammers and you will go nuts. :D
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adi007 #4
Mar 21, 2008 at 2:00 PM
^^Hey i forgot to tell it has spam blocker feature :cool:
and also you can use the captcha...
so no problem with spammers ..
You can also ban the IP...and not to mention the IP range...:cool:
MetalheadGautham
MetalheadGautham #5
Mar 25, 2008 at 12:39 PM
and you can also make it members only.
then it becomes something like IRC within website.
Gigacore
Gigacore #6
Mar 25, 2008 at 12:50 PM
nice tutor adi !
Gigacore
Gigacore #8
Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM
whoa! it was a hell :x