diff --git a/sbox.english.php b/sbox.english.php
index 4a8c909..cba1e7d 100644
--- a/sbox.english.php
+++ b/sbox.english.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $txt['sbox_HistoryClear'] = 'Clear history';
 $txt['sbox_HistoryNotFound'] = 'No history found.';
 $txt['sbox_Guest'] = 'Guest';
 $txt['sbox_TypeShout'] = '<Type your message and press ENTER>';
+$txt['sbox_Login'] = 'Please <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=login">login</a> or <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=register">register</a> to participate.';
 
 // Settings
 $txt['sbox_Visible'] = 'Shoutbox is visible';
diff --git a/sbox.german.php b/sbox.german.php
index 0ac88b3..43966bc 100644
--- a/sbox.german.php
+++ b/sbox.german.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $txt['sbox_HistoryClear'] = 'Verlauf l&ouml;schen';
 $txt['sbox_HistoryNotFound'] = 'Kein Verlauf gefunden.';
 $txt['sbox_Guest'] = 'Gast';
 $txt['sbox_TypeShout'] = '<Geben Sie Ihre Nachricht ein und drücken Sie ENTER>';
+$txt['sbox_Login'] = 'Bitte <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=login">einloggen</a> oder <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=register">registrieren</a> zum Teilnehmen.';
 
 // Einstellungen
 $txt['sbox_Visible'] = 'Shoutbox ist sichtbar';
diff --git a/sbox.template.php b/sbox.template.php
index c650c33..ba4c6c2 100644
--- a/sbox.template.php
+++ b/sbox.template.php
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ function template_shout_box() {
 	  echo '
 			      			  <input type="hidden" name="ts" value="'.forum_time(true).'">
 										<input class="windowbg2" type="text" name="sboxText" size="100" maxlength="320" onFocus="if (this.value==\'' . $txt['sbox_TypeShout'] . '\') this.value = \'\';" onBlur="if (this.value==\'\') this.value=\'' . $txt['sbox_TypeShout'] . '\';" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" class="input" value="&nbsp;shout&nbsp;" />';
+	} else {
+	  // guest is not allowed to shout ~~> show message
+	  echo $txt['sbox_Login'];
 	}
   echo '
           				</form>
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ function sbox_printSmileys() {
 		// If the smileys popup is to be shown... show it!
 		if (!empty($context['smileys']['popup']))
 			echo '
-					<a href="javascript:moreSmileys();">[', $txt['more_smileys'], ']</a>';
+					<a href="javascript:sbox_moreSmileys();">[', $txt['more_smileys'], ']</a>';
 	}
 
 	// If there are additional smileys then ensure we provide the javascript for them.
@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ function sbox_printSmileys() {
 		echo '];
 				var smileyPopupWindow;
 
-				function moreSmileys()
+				function sbox_moreSmileys()
 				{
 					var row, i;
 
@@ -264,4 +267,4 @@ function sbox_printSmileys() {
 }
 // END: Borrowed from template_postbox(&$message) in Post.template.php
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/sboxDB.php b/sboxDB.php
index 845b4e6..56691a1 100644
--- a/sboxDB.php
+++ b/sboxDB.php
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ function locked_filewrite($filename, $data, $timeLimit = 300000, $staleAge = 5)
 // END: BORROWED FROM http://de2.php.net/manual/en/function.flock.php
 
 function missinghtmlentities($text) {
+  global $context;
   // entitify missing characters, ignore entities already there (Unicode / UTF8) (hopefully in &#123;-notation)
   $split = preg_split('/(&#[\d]+;)/', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
   $result = '';
   foreach ($split as $s) {
     if (substr($s, 0, 2) != '&#' || substr($s, -1, 1) != ';') {
-      $result .= @htmlentities($s, ENT_NOQUOTES, $context['character_set']);
+      // filter out "ANSI_X3.4-1968" charset, which just means plain old ASCII ... replace by UTF-8
+      if (strpos($context['character_set'], 'ANSI_') !== false) $charset = 'UTF-8'; else $charset = $context['character_set'];
+      $result .= @htmlentities($s, ENT_NOQUOTES, $charset);
     } else {
       $result .= $s;
     }
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ if (!empty($_REQUEST['action'])) switch ($_REQUEST['action']) {
  
   case 'write':
     if  (((!$context['user']['is_guest']) || ($modSettings['sbox_GuestAllowed'] == '1')) && !empty($_REQUEST['sboxText'])) {
+      is_not_banned(true);  // die with message, if user is banned, let him read everything though
       $content = $_REQUEST['sboxText'];
       // get current timestamp
       $date = time();