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

[bwcbob]

Let me rephrase... I want to put the variable to display the shoutbox in inferno_shoutbox_box template - even after modifying the plugin to do this, it will not work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reverted back, and it displays below navbar, which is not a good place on my custom templates!!!!!

[KevinL]

upset much?

You even tried in the settings where it says like below forums, above forums ...all that then gives you the variable to use if you don't want to auto insert?

And if you don't mind....why is it that you need two shoutboxes on top of eachother?

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by KevinL

upset much?

You even tried in the settings where it says like below forums, above forums ...all that then gives you the variable to use if you don't want to auto insert?

And if you don't mind....why is it that you need two shoutboxes on top of eachother?

Someone must think they have a lot of talking to do

[Drocr]

after removing the chatbox, the custom permissions still reman, is there a fix or a way to totally remove all traces of the mgc chatbox?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Drocr

after removing the chatbox, the custom permissions still reman, is there a fix or a way to totally remove all traces of the mgc chatbox?

You uninstalled without following the readme.

Delete all the files, it's probably the xml file. If that doesn't work, reinstall, then this time follow the directions to uninstall and it will be fixed.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by DawnsWebDesigns

I followed your instructions but everything's still in French I believe. How do I switch it to English?

Try doing the language import again, there might have been a transient

Anyway when you say everything is in French you really meant everything everything ?

Originally Posted by nickypoooo

great! someone can help me with making it easier to have my users work with the #
# /pm : send a private chat to another user?

I'm looking for a way to have it integrate to 'action' menu?

Thanks

I don't got you at all, what do you mean ?

Originally Posted by exyuteam

I try it on my test forum (3.8.0) and this options works... (chat ver. 2.1.0). First I turn it off, and chat was gone. Then I turn chat ON again and chat is displayed again..... So, on my test forum this working well....

Ok might be a false problem then.

Originally Posted by ispots

I am getting a lot of generic AJAX errors, is there a log somewhere that keeps up with what is going on or is there a fix?

It is becoming quite a nuisance...

Yes, see bug list for Ajax error there is a link to the fix.

Originally Posted by kisskiss

see the red lain thi is the problem the theis areya wyy this show whin we but the shat box
see the pic

That's strange, have you tried lowering the size of input field ? Same problem if chatbox is collapsed ?

[SessizDunya]

Is it possible to put a .gif image to the chatbox's background? and if it is, how?

VBDev: By editing the templates and using css attributes.

Which files or templates do I need to edit? Can you explain it a little more?

[VBDev]

You have to edit the mgc_cb_evo template and then perhaps you could achieve that by tunning the table with chats (not sure of it) id.

[bwcbob]

I need 2 shoutboxes because 1 is for users, the other is for moderators...

Above forums is below the navbar, which looks ugly, below forums is too far down... do not display and the code does not even get injected to use the variable replacer

[VBDev]

Do you know that with my chatbox you can have permissions based channels ? And thus would be able to have one for your users and one for your moderators.

What you can do to put in the inferno template is to use the style issue fix and use the new var to put it where you want in the template. See what I mean ?