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

[solong2]

how can banned user

thanks

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by solong2

how can banned user

thanks

you type /ban followed by a space and the name of the user

You then can see the banned users with the /showban command and you can unban them within the show ban popup or by typing in the chatbox the /unban command followed by a space and the name of the user.

[ragtek]

just look into the help

[bashy]

Hi

What can i add to this code to make the popup to the size i require please?

                <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[mgc_cb_aide]&nbsp;<a href="#top" onClick="return open_aide();"><img id="mgc_cb_aide" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_alt_collapsed.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
</span

[VBDev]

You can't in this bit of code.

Go in the clientscript/mgc_chatbox.js file and the open_aide javascript function in the mgc_chatbox template (at the top).

There, you should find a window_open call in which you can change the width and height value

[itdevil]

Hi, there is seems to be problem with the with Uninstall process. After uninstalling the hack it giving me DB error when try to update groups.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	`title` = '(COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderation',
	`description` = '',
	`usertitle` = '',
	`opentag` = '',
	`closetag` = '',
	`passwordexpires` = '0',
	`passwordhistory` = '0',
	`forumpermissions` = '655375',
	`genericpermissions` = '33554499',
	`attachlimit` = '0',
	`pmquota` = '50',
	`pmpermissions` = '0',
	`pmsendmax` = '0',
	`calendarpermissions` = '1',
	`wolpermissions` = '0',
	`adminpermissions` = '0',
	`genericoptions` = '56',
	`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
	`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
	`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
	`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
	`signaturepermissions` = '0',
	`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
	`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
	`sigpicmaxsize` = '10000',
	`sigmaxrawchars` = '1000',
	`sigmaxchars` = '500',
	`sigmaxlines` = '0',
	`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
	`sigmaximages` = '4',
	`vbppermissions` = '0',
	`vbp_discountrate` = '0.00000',
	`vbp_paycheckamount` = '0.00000',
	`vbp_secondarycost` = '0.00000',
	`vbp_primarycost` = '0.00000',
	`mgccustomusergroupperms` = '0',
	`nbmsgshowchatbox` = ''
WHERE usergroupid=4;

MySQL Error  : Unknown column 'mgccustomusergroupperms' in 'field list'

How can i Fix it ?

[VBDev]

I think you haven't followed the uninstalling steps rightly

You should have removed the files before removing the products, especially the files in includes/xml concerning the chatbox as they contains bitfields which are generated upon install and uninstall process.

The regeneration upon uninstall is here to remove the bitfield concerning the chatbox but before files must have been removed.

So to correct this, you must remove the xml files concenrnig the chatbox and then rebuild the bitfields by hand (activation of the debug mode and the in the options menu the rebuild bitfields link shall be there )

[bashy]

Hi VBDev

The only bit of code i can find in there with regards to a window is this

function attente_fin_envoi_chat() {
    if(envoiAjax.handler.readyState == 4 && envoiAjax.handler.status == 200 && envoiAjax.handler.responseText) {
        chatEnCours = 0;
        if (envoiAjax.handler.responseText == 'do_showban')
           window.open("mgc_chatbox.php?" + SESSIONURL + "do=showban" , "showban", "toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,left=0 top=0,width=600,height=900");
        else if(envoiAjax.handler.responseText != 'ok')
           myAlert(envoiAjax.handler.responseText);
        <!-- Clear du timeout pour lancer le refresh -->
        clearTimeout(refreshTimeout);
        chatbox_refresh('forced');
    }
}

problem is, the popup aint changing size, as you can see i made it quite big with no change?
It wernt at the top either, it was a little way down!

Also, this hack actually ppears to add 3 queries even without the stats enabled,

Hack active: 35 queries and server load of 4.64
Hack disabled: 32 queries and server load of 0.84

Killing my server if i may say so... Anyway of improving this please?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by bashy

Hi VBDev

The only bit of code i can find in there with regards to a window is this

function attente_fin_envoi_chat() {
    if(envoiAjax.handler.readyState == 4 && envoiAjax.handler.status == 200 && envoiAjax.handler.responseText) {
        chatEnCours = 0;
        if (envoiAjax.handler.responseText == 'do_showban')
           window.open("mgc_chatbox.php?" + SESSIONURL + "do=showban" , "showban", "toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,left=0 top=0,width=600,height=900");
        else if(envoiAjax.handler.responseText != 'ok')
           myAlert(envoiAjax.handler.responseText);
        <!-- Clear du timeout pour lancer le refresh -->
        clearTimeout(refreshTimeout);
        chatbox_refresh('forced');
    }
}

problem is, the popup aint changing size, as you can see i made it quite big with no change?
It wernt at the top either, it was a little way down!

Also, this hack actually ppears to add 3 queries even without the stats enabled,

Hack active: 35 queries and server load of 4.64
Hack disabled: 32 queries and server load of 0.84

Killing my server if i may say so... Anyway of improving this please?

In the template mgc_chatbox, you should find this bit of code:

   function open_aide() {
     window.open("mgc_chatbox.php?" + SESSIONURL + "do=showaide" , "showaide", "toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,left=0 top=0,width=600,height=375");
   }

This is where you can change the size not as you mentionned above

For the query part, how did you measure the server load and the queries ?

For the queries, the chatbox actually uses 2 queries on the forumhome page, one to retrieve the smilies and one to retrieve the custom bbcode. The one for the bbcode can be removed (see a previous post in the thread, about bbcodecache ).

The other query might be for the refresh if you saw it by another way than the debug mode of vbulletin it might have appeared.

I think more information on the way you did it might be useful.

For the smiliey part, it could be removed in the next version by activating the smilie in a popup instead of on the page itself (queries would be run only in case of click on the button to show the page )

[bashy]

Yep thats the one lol, didnt see you mention the template, i only noticed ya mention the file int he clientscript folder lol me is blind

I have added 2 images for the server load as well, i also hace the refresh set to 30 seconds...(default setting)
Page loading jumps about up 3 seconds

Willl look foward to the update