MyShoutbox

Modifications made to the MyShoutbox plugin

This plugin was coded by Pirata Nervo but based off Asad Khan's Spicefuse Shoutbox.
http://mods.mybb.com/view/myshoutbox
http://www.spicefuse.com

Changes to MyShoutbox

Feature Changes

Allows users to toggle order of shouts displayed (newest at bottom/newest at top)
Uses a textarea rather than a text input to enable spellcheckers and auto-capitalisation of the first letter in sentences on phones.
Restyled to look like a modern messaging system
Supports images properly (max height & width)
Added option to embed YouTube videos via url (users don't need to post BBCode)
Popup shoutbox is gone

Development Changes

Moves templates into separate files
Newer code responds using a consistent JSON response format and proper HTTP status codes
Adds an automatic database migration system
Extracted a lot of PHP code into separate files in the upload/inc/plugins/MyShoutbox directory
Adds support for different types of shout messages (e.g. images, videos) with their own render template

When updating from the previous version of MyShoutbox

Make sure you are on the latest version of the old MyShoutbox
Follow the typical update instructions

Typical Update Instructions

Deactivate MyShoutbox
Upload the latest version
Activate MyShoutbox

To Enable Full Unicode Support (Emojis, etc.)

Edit the file inc/config.php in your MyBB installation.

Change
$config['database']['encoding'] = 'utf8';
To
$config['database']['encoding'] = 'utf8mb4';