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

[kensaurus]

goddammit. so the gap is intentional since nobody knows?

[Sugoi na]

If I implement this admin can do what they want like typing small commands or whole text.

Up to you to set a command and its replacement.

Bingo! That's all I asked for =)

Thanks for the reply!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Knyteguy

Hi, getting this error:

Call to undefined global YAHOO on line 8.

It's only an internal error, it shows that little yellow warning icon on internet explorer. Nothing of the sort on Firefox.

It doesn't stop anything from working, but I'd still rather it not be there.

Happens with call from Yahoo server on, or off.

Does it happen with chatbox mod disabled ?

Originally Posted by intell_iut

i have a problem , one of my users is a simple member i joined him to secondary usergroup that is for example chatboxgroup , member usergroup only can see chatbox but chatboxgroup usergroup can view and use chatbox
this user can view chatbox but can not use it , how can i fix it? i cann ot change chatboxgroup as first usergroup for him , is another solution?
thanks you VBDev

Hum it might be possible that the default permissions that are taken into account by vB permissions are the primary ones. This how vB behaves.

Originally Posted by boiragee

i installed it on my forum but it is slow like hell. every member is complaining. any solve?

http://www.dhakashaheens.com/index.php

Well what is slow ? The page load or the chat load ?

Originally Posted by Se?or Ramos

Alright, so I installed 2.3.2 (or at least followed the directions) but it only shows up in AdminCP. The chatbox running on the site is still 2.3.1. Where should I begin troubleshooting?

Are you sure you updated the files ? (refresh your browser cache perhaps your browser is still using old version of js files)

Originally Posted by gpc10347

>> Well you need to know where otherwise I can't help.

It appears that it's the archives only.. not the downloads and not in the chatbox itself (during real time)


I've checked every setting and can't seem to determine why this is the first I've heard of it..

Thanks

There used to be such problem in version earlier than the current one but I had fixed it.

Have you been able to confirm this yourself ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by reitube

Another question: I changed the refresh time from 30 to 10 or 20 seconds for various user groups but nothing seems to change. I watch the refresh icon and it moves like before after 30 seconds. Any ideas?

Normally if you change the refresh rate in your usergorup permissions it's applied, unless you didn't set it.

Originally Posted by reitube

I also have the prob that usersonline works a bit weird. I understand there is a bug in that feature. Is it planned to fix it with next version?

Yeah it's planned. However next release won't be before june, I am moving from location on the first week of june so have to prepare lots of things before

Originally Posted by l_amhed

I re-tested your chatbox on my localhost (Yahoo YUI on localhost too, IE no access to internet) and have this error :
Erreur : e.get is not a function
Fichier source : ./clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js
Ligne : 1

With latest chatbox version ?

Originally Posted by kensaurus

i got a problem here, installed your chatbox but there is a gap on every single page the chatbox is present:

its quite annoying with that big gap. any help?

That big gap must dissapear once the chatbox shows the chat and the loading... sentence has dissapeared.

Isn't it the case ?

Originally Posted by gpc10347

- One quickie side question: Is there a quick way to force a new sound? I uploaded a new wav file (new_chat) and overwrote the current one but I doesn't seem to take.. I cleared my browsers cache - re-checked the path and still hear the old one.

Also: Is it's name something I can go change in the code somewhere?

(thanks)

It's because sound was moved to flash instead of wav.

Originally Posted by Markos

i think hes meaning the gap between the chat box and the forum section

Yeah but the gap should be one or two br but not that much space.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by mikey1991

How's this for server load? Better than vBShout?

Depends of how you set it. It's reported as less than vBShout.

I am still working on optimizations though. Next version shall be a bit less intensive.

Originally Posted by Sugoi na

Bingo! That's all I asked for =)
Thanks for the reply!

You're welcome

[yotsume]

Sticky Message Refresh Bug?

When I stick a message in the chatbox or unstick a message it is refreshing the whole page. Can't this be made to just refresh the chatbox itself since it is ajaxed?

Seems a waste to have the whole site refreshed for one darn sticky message.

Can this be changed or is it a bug?

EDIT: Some more info just in case its needed:
-Using vb3.7x
-Latest vBa installed
-Using vBa addon for the chatbox
-NOTE: The whole page is refreshed in both vBa and VB.

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by VBDev

It's because sound was moved to flash instead of wav.

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring to perhaps take this back to the .wav format - I don't currently own anything that can let me easily edit the file and - well - it's one of those features the users like:

On that note, a /bell with an option in the cp to reference what sound gets sent would be a nifty add-on...

Regarding the Security Issue with the archives: Although I had the newer version, I skipped the update just before this release. Thinking this could be the issue, I completely uninstalled - then reinstalled - and it appears to have gone away...

As always, Thanks!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by yotsume

Sticky Message Refresh Bug?

When I stick a message in the chatbox or unstick a message it is refreshing the whole page. Can't this be made to just refresh the chatbox itself since it is ajaxed?

Seems a waste to have the whole site refreshed for one darn sticky message.

Can this be changed or is it a bug?

Working as designed

It's refreshing because it's not just about stickying one small chat but keeping date order and so on. I have made it so because to minimize the oding effort.

I admit it could be optmized though.

Originally Posted by gpc10347

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring to perhaps take this back to the .wav format - I don't currently own anything that can let me easily edit the file and - well - it's one of those features the users like:

On that note, a /bell with an option in the cp to reference what sound gets sent would be a nifty add-on...

To get it back to wav, edit the clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js and replace clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/sound/new_chat.swf by the .wav, this should work.

Not sure a /bell is really what user needs. However, I could perhaps add the possibility to admin to select/manage sounds and allow their users to select which sound to use.

Originally Posted by gpc10347

Regarding the Security Issue with the archives: Although I had the newer version, I skipped the update just before this release. Thinking this could be the issue, I completely uninstalled - then reinstalled - and it appears to have gone away...

Then it's fine

[kensaurus]

ok the gap doesnt disappear even after the website is fully loaded.
it occurs on every page the chatbox is on.
any help please?
(this did not happen when i used cyb chatbox)

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Working as designed


To get it back to wav, edit the clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js and replace clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/sound/new_chat.swf by the .wav, this should work.

Not sure a /bell is really what user needs. However, I could perhaps add the possibility to admin to select/manage sounds and allow their users to select which sound to use.



Then it's fine

That would be tremendously cool (for me).. and also, thanks for the tip on changing back!