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First, create a new category and set it to disabled. Then, create a new forum NOT in the disabled category. Make sure the forum permissions are set correctly. If you want a group to only be able to see shouts, set them to read. If you want them to be able to shout to it, set their group permissions to read and reply. Now, create a new topic in that forum, name it whatever you want, and put whatever you want in the first post. The post will become the first post in the shoutbox when you're done (there is occasionally a glitch that causes the shoutbox to not show up if there are less than 2 shouts, so to be safe, may want to make a second post as well).

As soon as you post the topic, look up in the address bar and record the topic NUMBER (not the whole link). It should look like this:

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http://zx.invisionfree.com/yourforumname/index.php?showtopic=Topic_Number

After that, go to the forum that the topic is in. Do the same thing, but with the forum NUMBER (again, not the whole link):

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http://zx.invisionfree.com/yourforumname/index.php?showforum=Forum_Number

All you need is the number at the end. Now, remember that disabled category you made earlier? Move the shoutbox forum there. This will make it so no one can see the forum or topic from the index.

Now go to the Board Wrappers section in your Admin CP, and paste the following code in the "JavaScript" text box (third box from the top).

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<style type="text/css">#shoutbox{width:100%;text-align:left;}
#shoutcontent{height:150px;overflow:auto;}
.smallpost{font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana;}</style>
<script language="JavaScript">
// Operation Settings
var shoutboxfid='Put_Forum_NUMBER_Here';
var shoutboxtid='Put_Topic_NUMBER_Here';
// Basic Settings
var indexonly='0';
var guestvisible='1';
var guestshouts='1';
var viewlink='0';
var modlink='1';
var enablebb='1';
var toptobottom='0';
// Advanced Settings
var topclass='maintitle';
var textlength='100%';
</script><div id="jumpfix"></div>

Obviously change the bolded green and red text to those numbers you wrote down earlier. Here is instructions on what the other options do:
- indexonly: Set to "1" if you only want the shoutbox to appear on the index. Otherwise, "0".
- guestvisible: Set to "1" if you want guests to be able to see the shoutbox. Otherwise, "0".
- guestshouts: Set to "1" if you want guests to be able to post shouts. Otherwise, "0".
- viewlink: Set to "1" if you want members to be able to access the shoutbox topic. Otherwise, "0".
- modlink: Set to "1" if you want all mods to be able to access the shoutbox's mod area. Otherwise, "0".
- enablebb: Set to "1" if you want the bbcode options to appear. Otherwise, "0".
- toptobottom: Set to "1" if you want new shouts to appear on the bottom instead of the top as default. Otherwise, "0".
- topclass: Sets the style for the top class of the shoutbox. I recommend either "maintitle", "titlemedium", or "pformstrip".
- textlength: Sets the width of the textarea for typing in shouts. Set to whatever looks good.

Paste this code first in the Footer text box in the Board Wrapper (box at the very bottom)

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<script language="JavaScript" name="IPB Shoutbox 2.5: Build-F" src="http://209.85.48.10/6539/182/upload/p11556253.ibf"></script>

Now you are going to decide where you want the shoutbox to appear. Where ever you want the shoutbox to appear in your board wrappers, paste this code.

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<center><div id="shoutbox"></div></center>

I put mine just above the <% NAVIGATION %> tag in the Header & Body section of the Board Wrappers (fourth box down). Make sure that you put that code above the code in the footer, or it wont work.

Now go to the index of your board and see if the shoutbox appears where you told it to. If you followed the installation process correctly, then it should work, if not, go over the tutorial again and see what you did wrong. If you just can't seem to get it working and you are sure you followed the tutorial correctly, ask patiently in this topic and I or someone else will attempt to assist you.