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

[nerofix]

J'ai un erreur en version 0.1.2 :

This browser is AJAX compatiblevbulletin_global.... (line 749)
syntax error
[Break on this error] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or...
mgc_cb_evo_cmd_de... (line 1)
POST http://www.xxx.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php (390ms)connection-min.js (line 7)
vBmenu :: System Activated
Firing System Initvbulletin_global.... (line 1912)
syntax error
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or...
mgc_cb_evo_cmd_pm... (line 1)
vB_AJAX_Handler.prototype.fetch_data() is deprecated. Use responseXML.getElementsByTagName("x")[i].firstChild.nodeValue instead.vbulletin_global.... (line 706

[Stoebi]

Hi

I can't use /pm stoebi hi, because i get always the error issue:
Error : The user doesn't exist.

The command /pm works only, if you use the menu command Send a private chat to Stoebi once. Each user which want to use this command need to use the menu command Send a private chat to <user> before.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Import mgc_cb_evo_cmd_pm.xml
2. Save
3. Rebuild bitfields (not really necessary)
4. Change to you forum with your Chat installed and refresh your forum.
5. Try the command /pm <user> <input> directy without using the menu command Send a private chat to <user> first

Regards, Stoebi

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by sickboy6ths

Thanks for the bug fixes!

The last 2 reported problems, can we fix them ourselves by simply editing something or are you about to release v0.1.3 (cuz then I wait with upgrading)?

Not until saturday for the v0.1.3 release.

Originally Posted by hrk

hi i could not get this to display in my dev forum ,

ive follow all single steps but none works. i beleive its my template need the custome place to place it.

pls guide , thank you

Have you set permissions ?

Originally Posted by maidos

just wondering since the lagg hasbeen fixed it takes around 3-4 seconds for msg to posted on the shoutbox is this normal

Each time it takes 3 or 4 seconds ? I don't think it's related though.

What is telling you that it takes that much time ?

Originally Posted by Gusso

Hi, i can?t reimport the spanish language file of vBulletin. i haven?t more options

Oh jezz y're right.

I could try to fix that for you, can you send me admin accesses to your forum by pm so that I can help you get your forum back to normal

Originally Posted by Desmo

Is it possible to allow users to select a different style for the chatbox? It's just that some of my users browse at work and they'd like to have the chatbox in a much subtler style to the rest of the forum so that they can keep it open.

I don't get you on that one, what do you mean by different style ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Saint_ago

No, i had almost the same problem that Rickeo had, but i've figured out how to solve - and the problem isn't related with chatbox, that's because i've edited my message..

Oh I see.

Originally Posted by lolo?

Yes on 0.1.2 and i have test on opera 9.25 exactly the same probleme like on IE7 FF 2.0.1
dont work for me with this browser

That's strange, anyone experiencing the same issue ?

Originally Posted by nerofix

J'ai un erreur en version 0.1.2 :

This browser is AJAX compatiblevbulletin_global.... (line 749)
syntax error
[Break on this error] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or...
mgc_cb_evo_cmd_de... (line 1)
POST http://www.xxx.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php (390ms)connection-min.js (line 7)
vBmenu :: System Activated
Firing System Initvbulletin_global.... (line 1912)
syntax error
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or...
mgc_cb_evo_cmd_pm... (line 1)
vB_AJAX_Handler.prototype.fetch_data() is deprecated. Use responseXML.getElementsByTagName("x")[i].firstChild.nodeValue instead.vbulletin_global.... (line 706

Please even if I am french use english to ask your questsions

With which software did you get those info ?

Did you encountered that error with previous vBulletin version ?

Originally Posted by Stoebi

Hi

I can't use /pm stoebi hi, because i get always the error issue:
Error : The user doesn't exist.

The command /pm works only, if you use the menu command Send a private chat to Stoebi once. Each user which want to use this command need to use the menu command Send a private chat to <user> before.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Import mgc_cb_evo_cmd_pm.xml
2. Save
3. Rebuild bitfields (not really necessary)
4. Change to you forum with your Chat installed and refresh your forum.
5. Try the command /pm <user> <input> directy without using the menu command Send a private chat to <user> first

Regards, Stoebi

/pm stoebi hi is not a good syntax.

Check the help in the chatbox you'll see that you're using it wrong

[maidos]

because the moment i submit my msg thats when i start counting and stop until i see a msg posted on the shoutbox

[AdeptusAstartes]

your product is great and my users love it but we have a problem with the new version, how can i change the default font color?

its now white and i want it to be black.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by maidos

because the moment i submit my msg thats when i start counting and stop until i see a msg posted on the shoutbox

i think it has not changed there is the time to seend the message and then the time to refresh chats in the chatbox.

Originally Posted by AdeptusAstartes

your product is great and my users love it but we have a problem with the new version, how can i change the default font color?

its now white and i want it to be black.

You cann do it for each usergroup in the admincp

[ronx]

is there any way to import the old archive from the previous chatbox to the new one ? thx

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by ronx

is there any way to import the old archive from the previous chatbox to the new one ? thx

From the prior non EVO version? No. When you read the readme for the new evo versions step one of install says "Step 1 : If you hadn't previously installed the chatbox, skip this step
1/ If you want to keep an archive of the chats from the previous version, download them from the archives page of the chatbox as we unfortunately have to remove them due to the incompatibility of the new version and the lack of time to write an import script."

As far as from the evo versions... I have updated from the first evo up through the current and the archives have stayed through each update (so have user settings.) Hope that helps
Andrew

[AdeptusAstartes]

Originally Posted by VBDev

You cann do it for each usergroup in the admincp

Thank you very much.