Batjo Extensions

As probably all of you know Joomla! 1.6 was released in the beginning of this year. And as you probably know as well both the free and pro version of the shoutbox don't run on Joomla! 1.6 yet. I have good news for you all: I've been working hard on getting both versions ready. One of the problems I faced was that the plugins I use for smilies and bbcode haven't been ported yet to J! 1.6. Therefore I've decided to port these myself since I don't want anyone to lose features when they upgrade to the new Joomla version.

At the moment I have both version of the shoutbox running on J! 1.6 and both plugins. There's still a bit of testing left and I hope to release them all by the end of this week!

This update was long overdue but it's finally ready. Version 1.4 includes lots of new features that were frequently requested on the forums. List of the new features:

• Run multiple shoutboxes on the same page
• New shouts can be added to the top or bottom
• Completely rewritten the Javascript of the shoutbox, which support both mootools 1.1 and 1.2
• Sounds are now played with flash and not a QuickTime object
• Performance greatly improved, and now also works with smilies and BBCode
• Kunena avatar support
• Latest message updates automatically and can also be turned off

Clearly this is the best release of the shoutbox ever. Currently it's in the final testing phase, hence it's a release candidate. If no issues are found in the coming days, the final version will be released very soon. But you can download it already from this site.

Upgrade is simple: install the patch (1.4) and then upgrade your shoutbox by installing the new module. Please report any bugs you find in the forums!

Oh yes, summer is here and we need a vacation!

Please note that it might take a bit longer to respond to things in the forum during the summer.

We will be back in full force sometime middle/end of August!

Have a great summer everyone!

This new release contains addresses two issues, which could lead to unnecessary requests. Also a bug in the message delimiter has been fixed. We've also included a new option in the module parameters which let you hide the send button which should result in less spam in your shoutbox. Update is available for free at: http://joomla.batjo.nl/downloads/free/146-modshoutboxfree1-3.html