Thank you for downloading ShoutCode!
ShoutCode is a script written in PHP 5. It uses flat-file databases (no MySQL) which makes the installation a lot quicker & easier.
Users can post smilies and use BBCode; you have an overview of your posts and - if worse
comes to worst - you can ban IP addresses & whole IP ranges, as well as customize how the posts are being shown on your website!
The administration features of ShoutCode give you full control on what users are allowed to post. Here are some of the features:
BBCode
You can add more smilies, remove existing ones or disable smilies overall. BBCode can also be disabled completely. Alternatively, you can
also only allow certain tags.
Double post & flood prevention
Double posts (i.e. posts with the exact same content already posted by the user) can be rejected and to avoid being flooded, you can define an
amount of time a user has to wait before being able to post again.
Templates
To match the output of ShoutCode with your site's design, you can edit the feel & look of posts in the templates module.
IP Ban
If someone is causing trouble, you can easily ban their IP or even IP range from posting. You can also search for posts made by the same
IP address, i.e. posts which were made from the same computer (or network in certain cases).
1) Upload ALL files within the downloaded .zip-file to your server (except this file, readme.html).
2) Visit the shoutCode folder in your browser, for example http://mysite.com/shoutcode and follow the instructions given on the page.
3) To include the posts onto another page of your website, add this code:
<?php
include('/path/to/shoutcode/show_posts.php');
?>
... replacing /path/to/ with the path to ShoutCode.
» Be sure that the file in which you're including ShoutCode (i.e. adding the code above) has a .php extension.
» The integration wizard in the ShoutCode administration area (located at Options > Integration Wizard)
will automatically give you the correct path.
Customizing how ShoutCode displays its posts (and the 'submit comment form') is easy! The templates manager is located at Options > Templates.
» Note that {post} will be replaced by the actual post content, {author} by the poster's supplied name, etc. See the legend next to the text area. The HTML code you supply in that text field will be repeated for each post, the {post} tag will be replaced with the actual post, etc.
» This requires basic HTML knowledge (which is somewhat required to run a website). You can simply enter the HTML you'd like
in the form and it will be shown like that for every post.
Example: If you want the post messages to be shown in bold, wrap <b> and </b> around {post}. (= <b>{post}</b>)
If you have any further questions or feedback, or if ShoutCode is acting weirdly — please contact me.
Any input about this script is welcome.
Contact: http://KoRn19.Ch/misc/contact.php.
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