Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox (with AJAX)

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

Description

When I had left the vBulletin world, I was in the past the co-author of a little chatbox (shoutbox), very well known in the vBulletin world.
This chatbox had been developed by Svaliotti (known as Poseidon on vb.org) for vB2 in the past and I had made the porterage (with is authorisation as we were both members of the same french non-official support forum) and the improvement for vB3.

It is thus normal that in my return in the vBulletin world, I begin by getting down to this hack. Even if several versions of chatbox are already present in the vBulletin world, I said to myself that it would be a good thing to make a made in France.

Naturally, I don't deal with a "copy" version of the other chatbox, I have any coded at the beginning (it was preferable because the front code wasn't so clean any more), and I integrated a good quantity of very interesting features.

New version features

The new version contains all the features from the previous version. Description of these versions can be found in Sofia's post hereabove (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1257510&postcount=3).

Modifications from previous version are the following :

• 1.5 :
  • Fixed bugs :
    • Chatbox is shown two times in full page mode when the Display on all pages under the navbar option is selected.
    • "Fermer" is not in a sentence.
    • Overflow problem with Netscape.
    • Uppercase transformed to lowercase in the PM channel.
    • The ban cron debans user indefinitly banned.
    • Chatbox continuously loading on some forums.
    • Inactivity and guests problem.
    • Team icon blinking is not working properly.
    • Coma error in the who is online.
    • 2 spaces instead of one between the date and the time.
  • New functionnalities :
    • Option to deactivate the random smilies.
    • Option to deactivate the automatic PM sending when banning a user.
    • New permission to allow or not the downloading of shouts.
    • Option to specify the name under which unregistered users shouts appear.
    • Syntax change for the /ban, /ignore, /del, /pm commands : Possibility to use them with the username or the userid (For more information about the new syntax, check the help button in the chatbox).
  • Removed functionnalities :
    • vBAdvanced integration [TEMPORARLY] => See this for integration with this version https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628

This hack is very light in term of queries : only one for every recharging / refreshment of the chatbox and 5 for the statistics in the load of the page if you actiate them. If you don't activate advanced options of course as stated aside each in the acp

Installation

Read the file "Installation" in the pack.

Once the installation is ended, go in usergroups and edit permissions to see the Chatbox.

By default, no group has access to the chatbox.

Screenshots

The screenshots are in french as I have made it on an online website which is in french. Don't hesitate to give me new one if you want in english

They are up to date of 1.3 version.

See the following post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1292136&postcount=559

User manual

Coming soon ...

Copyright

This hack is under copyright MGC (Mtor&Grog Corporation) 2007-forever and was developed for vBulletin-Resources.com & vb-hacks.org. Its redistribution on another forum that vbulletin-ressources.com, vb-hacks.org or vbulletin.org are prohibited without aggreement of the authors!

Evolutions and improvements

This sixth version of the chatbox is already very complete, but like each product, its evolution depends on all. Then don't hesitate especially to share your ideas of improvements so that we can improve even more this chatbox.

Languages

Actually available :

1. French
2. English
3. Arabic [Translator : alessai]
4. German [Translator : captainslater]
5. Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
6. Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
7. Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

1. Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']For the translators : phrases with version number 1.5 in the English language file are the one that have been modified or added in the new version so you should probably find the modification for your language file easily.[/font]

Contact me if you want to participate and add your own country language file

Support

Several possible problems are explained in the file "Read Me"
Chatbox in iBProarcade and vBadvanced CMPS

See the readme file for iBProarcade.

For vbadvanced, a module is available here : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628.

FAQ

Q: I installed the chatbox but it doesn't display
R: Check if you have allowed users (permissions in usergroups)

Q: I see shouts but in the collapsed chatbox
R: You can specify number of shouts in the collapsed chatbox. If you don't want to see it, put "0" for this option.

Q: The chatbox doesn't display below or in the top of one of the pages while in the other position it displays
R: You use a style and it's possible that variables used in templates aren't present. (Read the file "Read Me")

Q: I have a problem with accents in the Chatbox
R: Read the file "Read Me"

Q: How to change the value of color for date and for command /me?
R: When you add additionnal CSS for each style, you can change color in class CSS.

Thanks to Sofia for her earlier help on the chatbox.

You can donate if you want to show your support

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

[nyk_user]

I've installed (or at least tried to) and I'm having 2 main issues:

First, the MGC Chatbox box on the admin control panel is all in French.

Second, I don't see where the module is anywhere on any pages... I've gone through the installation html file inclued in the zip but don't see anything on my navbar or any of my pages, someone please help

thanks

[rainyleaves]

Originally Posted by nyk_user

First, the MGC Chatbox box on the admin control panel is all in French.

You can use English with this product.
This product's version V1.4.

File deleted...Sorry.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by dirty68

Dev he can see the shout template and all the bits but the little refresh thing just keeps going round and thats it

Does they have an error shown in IE ? Which browser are they using ?

Originally Posted by sys4096

Similar issues here, 1.4 with VB 3.6.8.
Very strange.

Usergroup perms set to yes, permissions to view the shoutbox are correct, posts required set to 0.

Just doesn't display for some users. I thought it would be not displaying for an entire usergroup, however I made a test user and put him in exactly the same usergroups as a user who was using the chatbox - and I still couldnt see it. Users are identically configured except for the name.

Using the same PC and same browser logging in as the other user, I could see it.

Maybe you didn't do the modifyoptions template modification thus leading to those error type if user edit their option as chatbox options are not in the page so considered as null.

Verify that you have modified that template like told in the installation and then if not do it. The user will then have to go to its ucp to put yes in the view chatbox option.

[Mastar]

Originally Posted by VBDev

If you use upload the english language file as da420 said, this should be good

For the templates and phrases Mischievious, you mean their name ? If this is what you mean, I won't change them, there are in french and they will stay as french names. I won't change everything.



I made a quick search on the web and it seems like this is usually due to a configuration of the server.

Maybe you can have a look at this page for example which explains it a bit : http://www.tech-recipes.com/mysql_tips762.html

The only change I've made was a php upgrade to php5

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by dirty68

yea thats about the same here only afew people cant see it, well thay can but no shouts, ive now set posts to 0 and yes dev ive even gone into mysql again and thats all ok... funny that this happened straight after the 368 upgrade

That's not really illogical as upgrading infers templates changes.

So this might be as I told in my previous post, the modifyoption template modification might be missing.

Originally Posted by nyk_user

I've installed (or at least tried to) and I'm having 2 main issues:

First, the MGC Chatbox box on the admin control panel is all in French.

Second, I don't see where the module is anywhere on any pages... I've gone through the installation html file inclued in the zip but don't see anything on my navbar or any of my pages, someone please help

thanks

For the language, have you installed the language file correctly?

For the module, this is maybe because you didn't set permissions well. If you're not sure of what you're doing, put a screenshot of the usergroup permissions you have put for the chatbox.

Originally Posted by rainyleaves

You can use English with this product.
This product's version V1.4.

I don't really recommend multiplying the xml files for my hack so plz try not to modify it as far as possible. This could lead to errors which I won't understand why user complains about and so leading to harder support

Anyway ones can use your "language"ly modified version at their own responsibilities

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Mastar

The only change I've made was a php upgrade to php5

You're still using php extension not php5 ?

[rainyleaves]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I don't really recommend multiplying the xml files for my hack so plz try not to modify it as far as possible. This could lead to errors which I won't understand why user complains about and so leading to harder support

Anyway ones can use your "language"ly modified version at their own responsibilities

Sorry Deleted.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by rainyleaves

Sorry Deleted.

Don't be sorry This is just to ensure there is only one product version running everywhere at a given time

[dirty68]

Originally Posted by VBDev

That's not really illogical as upgrading infers templates changes.

So this might be as I told in my previous post, the modifyoption template modification might be missing.

dev i took off all your files and the products and got rid of the template changes and then put them all back on again, still the same im sorry to say at the mo there are 3 people on my forum that can't see the shouty one of them is using firefox and the other IE, i have sett all the permissions right and even went into mysql i cant see anything out of place at all

[VBDev]

What do they see in their ucp in the options part for the chatbox ?

There shall be an option telling if they want to see or not the chatbox.