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

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Yes but in that case it should be at top not in the middle as you're stating.

It's top, not middle. My mistake.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Junkie

Thanks for the information. I have tried this and it works. But unfortunately, it's something that needs to be done every time I come back to a page that has the chat system on it. Any idea when this bug will be fixed?

When I'll have the time. I think the next release will be middle/end november but it could aswell be earlier, it depends of the time I have to work on it appart from the other afterwork things I do.

Originally Posted by Junkie

I have forced the chat box to collapsed mode as a temporary fix. Should there be chat dialogue showing in collapsed mode? If so, then I'll have to let members know that they will need to uncollapse the chat box in order to start chatting.

No there are no chat input in the collapsed mode.

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

No I understand that but here is what I am talking about...
When I open my adminCP the MGC Chatbox EVO tab is ALWAYS Expanded by default instead of Collapsed...

I dunno, I think that if you leave the acp with the mgc chatbox evo tab collapsed it should stay like that.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

It's top, not middle. My mistake.

Ok then it's the bug I thought and already added to the to fix list.

[feverwilly]

this does not work ..

I get the following errors in the admincp under Manage Commands

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

The chats refresh constantly on the forum home page and never show up. This is a brand new install no previous versions of this product were installed..

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by VBDev

That's strange. I had tested it when writing the redme a long time ago and it was working perfectly. However it was not on the 3.7 version, perhaps it's the reason...



Hum I haven't tested the slap command in other channels but that should not be bugging as now channels are totally not linked with commands.

When you did slap the other user, was it using the menu or by entering the slap command manually ? If not manually can you try both method please ? I suspect a bug in the menu item.

Good call. Manually slapping someone in my secondary channel works well. Using the menu causes the slap to appear in the default... (for me)

As for the other issues, I'm sure someone out there has it functional in the arcade so I'm thinking it's something in my configuration and I just can't find it.

Thanks!

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

No I understand that but here is what I am talking about...
When I open my adminCP the MGC Chatbox EVO tab is ALWAYS Expanded by default instead of Collapsed...

Collapse it and click Save prefs.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by feverwilly

this does not work ..

I get the following errors in the admincp under Manage Commands

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

The chats refresh constantly on the forum home page and never show up. This is a brand new install no previous versions of this product were installed..

I think it's a problem of file rights. Perhaps the chatbox files have not the good access permissions for your webserver.

You should check that perhaps.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum you have refreshed your browser cache ? CAn you give me a test account ?

Sure, I'll send you one via PM here in a few. Thanks again.

[gamerscms]

I have uninstalled this hack and now when i try to make any changes to my usergroups i get the following error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.2:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	`title` = 'Administrators',
	`description` = '',
	`usertitle` = 'Administrator',
	`opentag` = '',
	`closetag` = '',
	`passwordexpires` = '180',
	`passwordhistory` = '360',
	`forumpermissions` = '478150655',
	`genericpermissions` = '2147483583',
	`attachlimit` = '0',
	`pmquota` = '500',
	`pmpermissions` = '7',
	`pmsendmax` = '10',
	`calendarpermissions` = '63',
	`wolpermissions` = '31',
	`adminpermissions` = '3',
	`genericpermissions2` = '1',
	`genericoptions` = '55',
	`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
	`avatarmaxwidth` = '150',
	`avatarmaxheight` = '150',
	`avatarmaxsize` = '100000',
	`signaturepermissions` = '237567',
	`sigpicmaxwidth` = '0',
	`sigpicmaxheight` = '0',
	`sigpicmaxsize` = '0',
	`sigmaxrawchars` = '0',
	`sigmaxchars` = '0',
	`sigmaxlines` = '0',
	`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
	`sigmaximages` = '100',
	`albumpermissions` = '255',
	`albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
	`albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
	`albumpicmaxsize` = '100000',
	`albummaxpics` = '100',
	`albummaxsize` = '0',
	`usercsspermissions` = '31',
	`visitormessagepermissions` = '63',
	`socialgrouppermissions` = '511',
	`mgc_cb_evo_permissions` = '0',
	`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_show` = '',
	`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_perday_show` = '',
	`awardpermissions` = '1',
	`photoplogpermissions` = '32767',
	`photoplogmaxfilesize` = '512000',
	`photoplogmaxfilelimit` = '100',
	`tournamentpermissions` = '1022',
	`maxteams` = '5',
	`ladderpermissions` = '15'
WHERE usergroupid=6;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 @ 05:30:03 PM
Error Date    : Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 @ 05:30:03 PM
Script        : http://www.xboxhive.co.uk/forums/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer      : http://www.xboxhive.co.uk/forums/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=6
IP Address    : xxxxxxx
Username      : xxxxxxx
Classname     : xxxxxxx
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community

Could you tell me where the database table is so i can remove this.

thanks

EDIT: fixed it.

[pedroenf]

You have to delete all mgc files. That error is due to an undeleted xml file. There are some answers in this thread that tells what file is.

[cheat-master30]

Can you fix the problem with the noparse tag? It doesn't seem to work in this shoutbox. It just completely ignores this standard vBulletin BB code flat out and formats the text or whatever anyway.