Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox Evo

This mod is automatically compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

Overview

MGC Chatbox Evo is the most ever installed chatbox for vBulletin !

It offers a new enhanced online experience to your members leading to increased time spent online of more than 25% by providing them with a new, more interactive, way to interact with each other.

• Important number of features
• High level of configurability to fit each users needs
• Channels system
• Many commands
• Bot system
• and more...

... makes MGC Chatbox Evo a must have for your forum !

Detailed features

Following is a non-exhaustive list:

• Simple install
• Ajax based with:
  • Fast and Intelligent chats retrieval through javascript calls to server files (refresh delay configurable per usergroup)
  • Edit/update by double-clicking on a chat
  • Interact on chats through menus and javascript
• Many usergroup permissions to limit features according to usergroups
• Full configuration of the chatbox display:
  Size, position on forum pages, editor layout (either top/bottom input or left/right textarea) and position, number of chats displayed, ...
• Full configuration of the chats display:
  Authorized bbcodes selection, date/time options, avatar display, ...
• Possibility to create channels (unlimited number) with multiple configuration options:
  • Warn user of new message when not active through blinking image and eventually sound notification
  • Possibility to select on which specific page each is displayed
  • Option to display the channel only for selected languages
  • Usergroup/User permissions to access the channel
• Many commands available with usergroup/user permissions to access them:
  • /me: well known IRC command
  • /del: remove shouts (different possibilities of removal)
  • /ignore: ignore shouts from another user
  • /ban: ban user from chatbox
  • /pm: send a private chat to another user
  • /announcement: modify the announcement on top of the chatbox
  • /slap: allow user to slap another user
  • /team: chats sending between specified usergroups
  • /l33t: I33t-ify a message
  • /banchan: ban user from specific channel [PRO only]
• Forum activity notifications system in the chatbox:
  • Different display options:
    • In the chatbox melted with chats
    • In the chatbox in a separate column
    • In the vB4 sidebar or a custom sidebar for vB3
  • Multiple notifications:
    • New thread creation
    • New post creation
    • Post thanked (Abe's)
    • New registrations (not included - separate product)
    • IBProarcade highscore (not included - separate product)
• Bot system with set of predefined trigger chat and corresponding answers and automatic bot chats [PRO only]
• Archive system with statistics as well as download and search capabilities
• Possibility to display the list of users online in the chatbox
• Force anynomous to enter a username before chatting if they can access the chatbox
• Antiflood system
• Private chats feature through PM in tabs
• Optional sound notifications
• Inactive mode feature for server load optimization
• User statistics display in posts and profile
• Chatbox statistics display on forumhome
• Create thread from a chat [PRO only]
• CMS Integration (not included - separate product)
  • vBAdvanced CMPS
  • vBulletin 4 CMS
• Importers from other chatbox systems:
  • cChatbox by Christrato [version 1.5]
  • Cyb - Chatbox by Cybernetec [version 2.3]
  • vBulletin 3.x Shoutbox 1.0 (AJAX) by DionDev [version 1.0]
  • Dream's Chatbox by Dream [version 2.1.1]
  • GSBOS by dinnerbone [version 1.0.5]
  • Inferno vBShout Lite 2.5.0 by Inferno Tech [version 2.5.1 lite]
  • vBShouts 2.0 by Zero Tolerance [version 2.0]
  • MGC Chatbox by MGC [version 1.5]

Install

Refer to the readme for the chatbox install.

Demo

Live demo on MGC Products forum

Languages

1. French
2. English
3. German [Not yet updated]
   
4. Serbian [Not yet updated]

Support

On my website mostly and in this thread

Int?gration

Integration in IBProarcade is described in the readme.
vBAdvanced CMPS and vBulletin 4 CMS integration are available as additional modules.

Compatibility

This hack is compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

Changelog

First part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

Second part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=5429

Third part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=8469

How to set the channel images

Thanks to princeedwards for this little how to : click here

PRO version and additional addons available on my website

This mod is automatically compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

[mikkle]

Originally Posted by lolo?

the error message

I can confirm this (at least when using Firefox).

I successfully patched the by replacing the outer single-quotes with double-qoutes in admincp/mgc_cb_evo.php :

Line 45:

if(confirm('<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>'))

changed to:

if(confirm("<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>"))

and Line 1313:

if(confirm("<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>))

changed to:

if(confirm("<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>"))

:O) Mikkle

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by mikkle

I can confirm this (at least when using Firefox).

I successfully patched the by replacing the outer single-quotes with double-qoutes in admincp/mgc_cb_evo.php :

Line 45:

if(confirm('<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>'))

changed to:

if(confirm("<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>"))

and Line 1313:

if(confirm("<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>))

changed to:

if(confirm("<? echo $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_are_you_sure_to_delete']; ?>"))

:O) Mikkle

Cool thanks for the fix

Not being able to reproduce it was a bit of a problem to fix it

Included in next release.

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I don't get you on that one ? What do you mean ?

If I put more "Maximum number of chats when the chatbox is not collasped (should be "collapsed" btw misspelled)" to 25. Then click a down arrow. The drop down is much lower than my curser.
On The image below, the black circle is where I clicked, and see how far down the drop down is? The more "Maximum number of chats when the chatbox is not collasped" I put, the further down it goes instead of being directly under your curser.

Originally Posted by VBDev

H is for 24 format i think. This is not a bug but rather a misset of the parameter.

Then I guess your example is wrong? You have:

"AM/PM format (ie, 11:15 PM): h:i A "

I think the correct code for that would be "g:i A"

Andrew

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by adnedarn

If I put more "Maximum number of chats when the chatbox is not collasped (should be "collapsed" btw misspelled)" to 25. Then click a down arrow. The drop down is much lower than my curser.
On The image below, the black circle is where I clicked, and see how far down the drop down is? The more "Maximum number of chats when the chatbox is not collasped" I put, the further down it goes instead of being directly under your curser.

Hum I'll have a look.

Originally Posted by adnedarn

Then I guess your example is wrong? You have:

"AM/PM format (ie, 11:15 PM): h:i A "

I think the correct code for that would be "g:i A"

Oh ok thanks.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by adnedarn

If I put more "Maximum number of chats when the chatbox is not collasped (should be "collapsed" btw misspelled)" to 25. Then click a down arrow. The drop down is much lower than my curser.
On The image below, the black circle is where I clicked, and see how far down the drop down is? The more "Maximum number of chats when the chatbox is not collasped" I put, the further down it goes instead of being directly under your curser.

About that problem, I am using vBulletin menu system to achieve the menu and the div used for that purpose are floating.

This is the reason why you see the menu above, as the chats are in scrollable div and the menu doesn't take that into account.

Unless I create my own menu system (which would take time) this won't be fixed. Otherwise, I could perhaps make the menu item open each time on top corner of the chatbox, what is your advice?

[adnedarn]

VBDev- right now I've just removed the extra post count.... It's nice to be able to scroll up some lines instead of having to open the archive if you miss something. The main problem with this problem, is even if it pops up below, when you go to click on something you run across other arrows and so you're chasing the box and it's like a boxing match trying to get to send a PM to the correct member. Does that make sense?

If you made it to open in the top corner (or maybe the bottom corner?), would it then not change even if we scrolled over other arrows? or would it still change?

Having the box show up directly under your curser is obviously best, but I understand that would be lots of work.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by adnedarn

VBDev- right now I've just removed the extra post count.... It's nice to be able to scroll up some lines instead of having to open the archive if you miss something. The main problem with this problem, is even if it pops up below, when you go to click on something you run across other arrows and so you're chasing the box and it's like a boxing match trying to get to send a PM to the correct member. Does that make sense?

If you made it to open in the top corner (or maybe the bottom corner?), would it then not change even if we scrolled over other arrows? or would it still change?

Having the box show up directly under your curser is obviously best, but I understand that would be lots of work.

Having it shown just under the cursor is IMO too much for such feature.

No If I was showing it always at tip it wouldn't move below.

[adnedarn]

having it always show up in one spot would be better I think. If whoever you click no longer changes as you move up (or down) to select your option in the box. All the options (new at top/new at bottom/input field at top/bottom) wouldn't affect this and cause a problem would it? ...just trying to think ahead

[VBDev]

No no don't worry this wouldn't

That's ok then I'll do that like that, perhaps not in the next version but the one after.

[Playa82]

can't wait till the update is comin...