Title: [Plugin: Schreikasten] Nice plugin Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Schreikasten] Nice plugin * Resolved [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/) * First, I would like to thank you for this plugin, I’ve been looking for a shoutbox which can work in a page and not only as a sidebar widget. * I’m aware you’re still developing this plugin and what I’d like to see is a “ purge” shouts older than x days to avoid DB bloat. * I also saw the “experimental” refresh rate and was wondering what it was and if this adds on server load/bandwidth. * Gracias, Gene Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1667858) * Oops, just encountered a problem, my settings are: * Registered users only: Yes Comments must be moderated: No Require e-mail: No * And if I log in as a test user, I can type in a shout but it doesn’t show and all previous shouts disappear after clicking Submit. * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1667859) * Never mind, it was a conflict with another plugin. * Being that I’m using this on a page, could I modify it so the date and time are next to the username? * Also, is there a way to insert a space between each shout? A previous shout is right above the next shout’s username and can be confusing to some members (could also be a
) * Plugin Author [Sebastian Echeverry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebaxtian/) * (@sebaxtian) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1667944) * Hi Gene53 and thanks for using Schreikasten. * [Question 1] Purge old shouts: It is a feature in my to-do list. Next release would come with it. * [Question 2] The experimental refresh rate turns schreikasten into chatbox. It adds a lot of bandwidth when used as a heavy message forum. Still working on this issue cause a lot of people use it as a chat room. * [Question 3] Which plugin makes the conflict? * [Question 4] You can modify the layout of the message, but as SK is still in development I don’t suggest to change it (neither documented how to do this) because a modified layout would be outdated in the next release. * Thanks for your suggestions. I will work on the purge system, and speed up the‘ personal layout’ system. The chat room issue with bandwidth is a work in progress. * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1667969) * Hola sebaxtian, ¿como esta? * 1) Great, a purge is a must. * 2) Good idea, I also want to use it as a chat room. * 3) Mingle (social networking plugin) * 4) Makes sense. * Also, is there a way to show the newest shouts first (top)? * Gracias, Gene * Plugin Author [Sebastian Echeverry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebaxtian/) * (@sebaxtian) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1667975) * The only SK layout that shows the newest shouts at the end (bottom) is chatbox layout. Use any other layout. * The refresh rate dosn’t require the layout ‘chatbox’ to operate as a chatbox. * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1667980) * Thanks, I changed it to Blackboard, it’s the same as Twitter, FB, Google Buzz, etc. * BTW, if you’d like to have someone to test Beta versions, don’t hesitate to ask, I’m a beta tester for quite a few plugin authors. * Out of curiosity, where are you from? * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1668023) * Found a small bug, most extended characters show (! @ # $ % ^ etc.) show except for the ampersand (&) which shows as %26 * Also, I think it would be a good idea to add an option to turn emails off when someone uses the “reply” to comments, this would probably decrease server load and php mail functions. * Plugin Author [Sebastian Echeverry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebaxtian/) * (@sebaxtian) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1668024) * beta testers are always welcome. Thanks. * I’m from Colombia. And you? * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1668029) * Great, I’d be happy to help out. * I’m from Canada but I lived in Costa Rica for 3 years and in Boquete, Panama for 15 months. * I found your site and now following you on Twitter (my ID is Chaotic Neurons) so once you follow me, I’ll send you my email address via DM. * Thread Starter [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/) * (@gene53) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1668043) * Found another small bug, the time shows twice in the shout’s timestamp: (Sep 11, 05:37 PM **5:37 pm**) * Plugin Author [Sebastian Echeverry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebaxtian/) * (@sebaxtian) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-schreikasten-nice-plugin/#post-1668054) * I’ll check the ‘&’ situation. Thanks for report it. * About not send email on reply, I think the general setting to send or not email when a message comes is enough. The idea is to notify any user he hasa reply to a comment. SK was designed as a shoutbox, that’s why an email notification is important. But the admin can choose to not send the email. * It’s possible you have time data inside your date format. Check it in the general configuration. I’ll figure a way to not use the ‘time format’ when the ‘date format’ has time data on it. 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