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

[kalisekj]

Once Again My Default Main Channel is Blank again, showing up in archives only, the other created channels work fine though. Waaaaa this is becoming an ongoing issue.

[Riotblade]

Is there any way I can integrate this on an external page? I want to create a channel for use with my staff page, which is on an external page but it's integrated with the VB includes.

Thanks

[mr.trichomes]

got it working perfectly in 15 minutes with my custom style, thanks a lot for this

[RedDevil]

Found a bug in the delete chat bit i think heres the problem.


On testing vip group they cannot delete chats despite set to manage own chats in usergroup.

I set del command to allow access to delete however they can delete all chats not just own, also manage chatbox is disabled in this group.


I have turned this off for now await your reply to this problem.see screen shot of curent setting for group.

[sjsteve33171]

Hi all!

It works great except for the small problems i have in admincp. I have several options:

1. Manage Commands
2. Manage Channels
3. View Logs
4. Import Scripts
5. Counters Update

They give me a page cannot be displayed... I've quadrouple checked every file is uploaded correctly. The "Postbit" has correctly been entered... No idea why. Any tips would be appreciated!

[kalisekj]

Can you please tell me why I keep losing display of my main chat channels? Now My Main Chat and The Backup Main Chat Channel / Members Chat Area are no longer displaying the chats nor notices, although the chats will show up in Archives. Please Help, This seems to be a temporary issue because a few hours later they start working again on their own. my Site is HTTP://FreeOnlineMoviesForum.com

Thank You!

[mr.trichomes]

Hi, I was wondering if you could help with something, I have the sidebar column mod installed and your chatbox installed, I was wondering if I could go from


to


It gotta be simple to do and you seem like you know whats up with all this coding jazz, i;ll donate a generous amount if you can help me out real quick, sry if this is out of line or the wrong place to ask this, just trying to get some work done.

[ShiZoPhreN]

Hello,

i found a bug.. when the vbulletin censur option is on and any post a censored word in the chatbox, the chatbox is dead.. ^^ little fix is delete the censored word from archiv.. but that is bad..

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by rmxs

Hello,
I try to display the chat to one custom VB page byt no luck

I edit the template i add $mgc_cb_evo_var i activate it from CP i check the setting byt doesnt works..
ANy help how to display this on onother templete exept forum home ipbarcade etc?

also i fount the THIS_script i add the template name and still nothing....

Well if your page does include global.php file then it should work.

Could you put a screenshot of your chatbox display configuration ?

Originally Posted by kalisekj

Once Again My Default Main Channel is Blank again, showing up in archives only, the other created channels work fine though. Waaaaa this is becoming an ongoing issue.

I have had a look but don't find out what's wrong.

do you have compression active (gzip) on your server ?

Originally Posted by Riotblade

Is there any way I can integrate this on an external page? I want to create a channel for use with my staff page, which is on an external page but it's integrated with the VB includes.

Thanks

Well if your page includes global.php, you just have to set up the chatbox so that it's either displayed on all pages below the navbar or in a var.

Then you can set on which page (based on the THIS_SCRIPT value at top of the php files).

Originally Posted by Red-Devil

Found a bug in the delete chat bit i think heres the problem.


On testing vip group they cannot delete chats despite set to manage own chats in usergroup.

I set del command to allow access to delete however they can delete all chats not just own, also manage chatbox is disabled in this group.


I have turned this off for now await your reply to this problem.see screen shot of curent setting for group.

Well it's normal, delete brings access to all chats deletion, it's not supposed to be given to all users.

I have in the todo list a todo for this.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by sjsteve33171

Hi all!

It works great except for the small problems i have in admincp. I have several options:

1. Manage Commands
2. Manage Channels
3. View Logs
4. Import Scripts
5. Counters Update

They give me a page cannot be displayed... I've quadrouple checked every file is uploaded correctly. The "Postbit" has correctly been entered... No idea why. Any tips would be appreciated!

You must be missing the file in the admincp directory.

Originally Posted by kalisekj

Can you please tell me why I keep losing display of my main chat channels? Now My Main Chat and The Backup Main Chat Channel / Members Chat Area are no longer displaying the chats nor notices, although the chats will show up in Archives. Please Help, This seems to be a temporary issue because a few hours later they start working again on their own. my Site is HTTP://FreeOnlineMoviesForum.com

Thank You!

I think it might come from some chats but haven't been able to find out which chat it was as I wasn't online at the right moment when it stopped working. Could you try to pin point it out ?

Originally Posted by mr.trichomes

Hi, I was wondering if you could help with something, I have the sidebar column mod installed and your chatbox installed, I was wondering if I could go from


to


It gotta be simple to do and you seem like you know whats up with all this coding jazz, i;ll donate a generous amount if you can help me out real quick, sry if this is out of line or the wrong place to ask this, just trying to get some work done.

I think you can do that, you should edit the chatbox forumhome plugin as if you were having style issue (see readme) and then put the chatbox var at the right location in the templates.

Originally Posted by ShiZoPhreN

Hello,

i found a bug.. when the vbulletin censur option is on and any post a censored word in the chatbox, the chatbox is dead.. ^^ little fix is delete the censored word from archiv.. but that is bad..

Oh :/ Will look into this.