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 David1159 |
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Subject: "shoutbox"
Posted: @ 4:56 am on Oct 14 2008 |
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Member #: 526
Rank: user - (81)
Since: 12/27/07
Posts: 81
From: usa
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A lot of
shoutboxs are
hogs on the
database. I
want to make a
shoutbox, and
have been
thinking how to
do this.
All I need is
username/messag
e. No guest
stuff. Now
calling the
database all
the time is a
option. But
what about
using a .txt
file to store
the data? And
simply open the
file to display
the txt?
Append after
the old data...
Username:
Message
The thing is I
know txt is
notorious for
hacking.
I am mainly
looking for a
very simple
shoutbox,
nothing fancy,
yet easy on
bandwidth.
Coding is
simply CST...
Combining $hit
Together. We
make different
$hit to run in
unison
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| GrantDouglaso8 |
| Subject: "re: shoutbox"
Posted: @ 10:26 am on Oct 14 2008
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Member #: 765
Rank: user - (3)
Since: 10/13/08
Posts: 3
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Yeh, Im new to
php so cant
help ya but il
recommend
cbox.ws .. if
you wish to
purchase one.
its the best
around , been
using it for a
long time now.
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| bs0d |
| Subject: "re: shoutbox"
Posted: @ 9:41 pm on Oct 14 2008
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Member #: 1
Rank: Admin. - (1,510)
Since: 02/06/05
Posts: 604
From: USA
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How about
only
maintaining 25
records/comment
s? Read up on
the comments
system in the
PHP articles
section of this
site, its
essentailly the
same - just
scale it back a
bit. It helps
prevent
flooding based
on IP (which is
good enough),
and if someone
does flood, the
25 record cap
would prevent
filling up the
DB. Remember to
use addslashes
&
stripslashes,
and disable
HTML from input
fields from
users. Make it
where only
registered
members can
"shout&q
uot; - this
would assist in
preventing some
of the junk
(bots) - Also
consider a
CAPTCHA, you
should be fine.
Edited at 09:45:40 pm on 10/14/08
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| David1159 |
| Subject: "re: shoutbox"
Posted: @ 5:08 pm on Oct 15 2008
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Member #: 526
Rank: user - (81)
Since: 12/27/07
Posts: 81
From: usa
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I've tried
that bs0d. The
problem is it
chews bandwidth
horribly. My
members want a
quick way to
chat with each
other rather
than in
topics.
I had the
shoutbox
refresh every
minute to show
any new
messages. The
shoutbox saved
the old
messages in
primitives so
it didn't have
to grab all the
old data from
the database.
Also the whole
page did not
refresh only a
small embed
section.
This is the
thing, is there
some way I can
have it set up
to know to
refresh only if
someone enters
a new
message.
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As for the free
shoutbox
software, that
is a no.
Members can
enter the name
of another
member in the
shoutbox and
pose as them.
I have some
immature guys
on my site that
will do that.
I am about to
ban them
because they
keep flaming.
Coding is
simply CST...
Combining $hit
Together. We
make different
$hit to run in
unison
correctly. |
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| bs0d |
| Subject: "re: shoutbox"
Posted: @ 9:03 pm on Oct 15 2008
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Member #: 1
Rank: Admin. - (1,510)
Since: 02/06/05
Posts: 604
From: USA
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I say your best
option is chat
using AJAX. I
have not built
one before so I
cannot help you
out there,
howerver.
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| David1159 |
| Subject: "re: shoutbox"
Posted: @ 3:02 am on Oct 16 2008
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Member #: 526
Rank: user - (81)
Since: 12/27/07
Posts: 81
From: usa
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I will consult
my older
brother about
the AJAX, he
codes in that
and java at
work all the
time.
Thanks guys
Coding is
simply CST...
Combining $hit
Together. We
make different
$hit to run in
unison
correctly. |
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