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

[cheat-master30]

I know it's for great care when changing permissions, but how come you can't just ask it to base the shoutbox permissions of those belonging to whatever group the currently edited usergroups overall permissions are based off of? Like group 1 is based off group 2, hence group 1 gets the group 2 shoutbox permissions?

[VBDev]

Because it uses the vBulletin permission system which is managed easily.

I won't make a complicated way to get usergroup permissions for the chatbox.

Bitwise there is no installer and for the moment I don't plan to make one so this is not really a plan to make what you ask I am sorry.

[cheat-master30]

No installer? Isn't it technically an installer when you import the product file after uploading the other files, since the product when imported is already meant to auto insert the shoutbox into the pages? And there's already installers for just about everything I can find in this mod (like the commands and such like).

[VBDev]

Yes it's an installed but it just do xml importing that's all.

For me a real installer is something you can interact with, where users have to select actions, not just import a file

[quarum]

I thnk my question got missed - how come I cant get it to save usergroups to the Team command? Go back a page - I have posted about this one already today and responded to the question you asked.

Thanks much

[WAPForum]

Hello,

We just installed this addon, and it's showing up in my VBoptions. It all appears to be configured correctly, but it's not showing up on the forum home page. Did I miss something? I've been looking at it for about an hour, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Stifler]

I've purchased InfernoShout pro and it's completely not worth it.. it's horrible the support is horrible.. the features don't work and the owner doesnt have a vb license to test it on.. MGC Chatbox > All others (including the overpriced pay to use ones)

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by quarum

I thnk my question got missed - how come I cant get it to save usergroups to the Team command? Go back a page - I have posted about this one already today and responded to the question you asked.

Thanks much

Oh yes sorry haven't seen your answer sorry.

It's strange, such problem had only been reported in the channel usergroup permissions edit not the command one.

I'll check that tonight on the current development version.

Originally Posted by WAPForum

Hello,

We just installed this addon, and it's showing up in my VBoptions. It all appears to be configured correctly, but it's not showing up on the forum home page. Did I miss something? I've been looking at it for about an hour, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Have you set usergroup permissions ?

Originally Posted by Stifler

I've purchased InfernoShout pro and it's completely not worth it.. it's horrible the support is horrible.. the features don't work and the owner doesnt have a vb license to test it on.. MGC Chatbox > All others (including the overpriced pay to use ones)

He he thanks

[lazytown]

Great mod. If you follow the directions closely (inside zip), you should be able to get it to work. I got it working with several customizations and custom commands in under 30 mins.

-vissa

[WAPForum]

Thank you!!! I hadn't done that. My bad. Great mod by the way Be well.