UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support Shout Box: Content Limit?

What is the content limit for the Shout Box? Is it adjustable?

It will store 30 posts by default. There isn't a control panel option to increase this, but there is a variable in scripts/getshouts.inc.php on line 54:

$shout_limit = 30;

Thanks.

Is there a limit on individual shout length? Any restrictions on use of html in a shout?

No limit on the length, but the only html/ubbcode that is allowed is the smileys/graemlins.

Thank you.

It seems that the $shout_limit only affects how many shouts are kept in the DB. If you want to display more of the history of the past shouts, you would need to increase both the $shout_limit, to keep more and a constant in the Java script file shoutbox.js, to display more.
This may have changed in later versions. I'm still using 7.4.2.

Line: if (x < (last_shoutid - 30) )

Yeah, this is currently hard-coded that we need to make adjustable. The table is meant to be small and quick since it's queried often, but we still need to allow for more to be kept.

We use the shout box for quick/private communication between Moderators and Admins.

It would be nice if the $shout_limit was passed to the Java code.

Lrae

P.S. You guys should hire someone to go through the code and document it.