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

[d3adlythegame]

the fact that before shouting, the sb "Refreshes" which takes time for the shout to load. In vbshout, it was instant.

[VBDev]

This is a choice of coding. Both are not coded in the same way !

So the answer is no, sorry.

[blazingpc]

Originally Posted by santimariani

Dev,

Something weird happened. Last night, the chatbox was working great. I removed the navbar stuff, add the extra forumhome code to have it show at the bottom, and it was showing in the forum display. Great stuff! However...

Today I wake up, and the chatbox is gone. I can't see it using my custome made webmaster account on neither the home page or in the forum display pages. I log in as a regular member, and I can see it in the forum display, but not forum home...

Do you know what could have caused this to happen overnight? Little bit confused.

Thanks for the help as always.

My members are having this same problem!

One of my MODs returned to my site later in the day(yesterday) and the chat box was GONE I checked everything and finally had to just uninstall and then re-install to get him back up and going again.
I got a PM from a regular member today and he has the same issue.
If they log into another account the Chatbox is there but on their own account its gone regardless of what computer they are on it is gone.

[RvG2]

how many queries does it takes?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by blazingpc

My members are having this same problem!

One of my MODs returned to my site later in the day(yesterday) and the chat box was GONE I checked everything and finally had to just uninstall and then re-install to get him back up and going again.
I got a PM from a regular member today and he has the same issue.
If they log into another account the Chatbox is there but on their own account its gone regardless of what computer they are on it is gone.

Did you ask them if they had not checked the no option for the show chatbox in their usercp ? Coz this might be the reason.

Originally Posted by RvG2

how many queries does it takes?

2 queries at each retrieving and parsing of the chats list, 5 queries more on page load if you activate the stats on forumhome.

[VBDev]

Post updated with current development status !

I'll update it regularly so that you can follow the progression

[Njm]

Originally Posted by blazingpc

My members are having this same problem!

One of my MODs returned to my site later in the day(yesterday) and the chat box was GONE I checked everything and finally had to just uninstall and then re-install to get him back up and going again.
I got a PM from a regular member today and he has the same issue.
If they log into another account the Chatbox is there but on their own account its gone regardless of what computer they are on it is gone.

i have the same problem

i checkd my usercp there is no option to show chatbox

i tray hard .. but i dont know where is really the probloem



the probloem show when i chang any thing in my profile .. after i save my changes

the chatbox gone ????



how can i fixe it ...


thanx ...

[blazingpc]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Did you ask them if they had not checked the no option for the show chatbox in their usercp ? Coz this might be the reason.

I did not have this installed because when the Box is first installed it is on by default.

After seeing the post above I see the problem is here and it is check as NO by default so when changes are made the Box is removed is the userCP code is not in place.

In the next version you may want it to be YES by default to avoid this problem if some one doesn't want the userCP option.

[da420]

Originally Posted by Njm

i have the same problem

i checkd my usercp there is no option to show chatbox

i tray hard .. but i dont know where is really the probloem



the probloem show when i chang any thing in my profile .. after i save my changes

the chatbox gone ????



please how can i fixe it ...


thanx ...

You need to do the template edits required per the install instructions.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Njm

i have the same problem

i checkd my usercp there is no option to show chatbox

i tray hard .. but i dont know where is really the probloem

the probloem show when i chang any thing in my profile .. after i save my changes

the chatbox gone ????

please how can i fixe it ...

thanx ...

Originally Posted by blazingpc

I did not have this installed because when the Box is first installed it is on by default.

After seeing the post above I see the problem is here and it is check as NO by default so when changes are made the Box is removed is the userCP code is not in place.

In the next version you may want it to be YES by default to avoid this problem if some one doesn't want the userCP option.

This is set to yes by default.

Originally Posted by da420

You need to do the template edits required per the install instructions.

Yes I didn't think about that but da420 is right, have you done the modifications to the modifyoptions template as explained in the readme file.

If you don't make it, then on first profile change, the form items will not be present. This then lead to the fact that the values returned will be equal to 0. So I am pretty certain that this could be the problem you're experiencing.