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

[Alfa1]

You are correct. That folder existed in previous versions. I still had the old folder with the old file.

Its strange that this version refers to a folder of previous versions.

Try to create the folder and upload the file to there. See if that resolves it.

[red-dna]

Hello there, is there any option or plan for the future, to have the chat box work on the Sidebar Block? And not in the forum home top as it is at the moment?

[rknight111]

FIXED!

I went in and added mgc_cb_evo directory to the forum/includes/ folder
made that directory 755, then added the class_misc.php file to that directory, I found that in the classes directory. Im not sure if this is done correctly but the error is gone.

[Vikingant]

Apologies for sounding so vague, but in the read me file, what exactly is meant by

Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories.

Do I do this via FTP? I am having trouble finding the forum style directories.

Thank you

[Vikingant]

OK. As is often the case I have found it....but now the chatbox manager is in French?!?!
Help please

[Pro-eSports.com]

1. How can I edit the error message when pressing enter without having written a shout? It's white text on white background. -.-

2. How to have the first line of a long shout on the same line as the username?

Problem:

[RobbieZ]

Originally Posted by Pro-eSports.com

1. How can I edit the error message when pressing enter without having written a shout? It's white text on white background. -.-

2. How to have the first line of a long shout on the same line as the username?

Problem:

Q1 : That would be textarea .bginput class

Q2 : Long shouts are going to self wrap otherwise your forum width would become the length of the shout, makes no sense!

[argothiusz]

Lets say I have a different website on the same server but I want to include the chatbox on my website.

Is there anyway to add the chatbox into my website php page?

[Pro-eSports.com]

Originally Posted by RobbieZ

Q1 : That would be textarea .bginput class

Q2 : Long shouts are going to self wrap otherwise your forum width would become the length of the shout, makes no sense!

Can you be a bit more specific please? I searched in templates for "textarea .bginput" without result. When I search for ".bginput" it only shows blog.css, vbulletin-ie.css and replacement-vbulletin-ie.css.

Thanks in advance.

[RobbieZ]

I guess VBDev is using a global call to .bginput, you would need to ask him over at forumcoding for a more thorough answer.