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

[J105C]

What are the commands? I need to unban somone, help!

[J105C]

How in the hell do I unban, this is a joke

[J105C]

Originally Posted by VBDev

It's to ensure that admin do configure every usergroup features with great care.



It's not in the admincp nor the modcp because I wanted to separate the core of the chatbox from commands.

What is the command to unban? I'm lost

[butch3r]

/ban off uid {userid}
/ban off uname {user_name}
/ban show

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by J105C

How in the hell do I unban, this is a joke

Wow, what a m0m0. Ever hear of clicking the ? icon in the chatbox

[buckethead]

I think I installed it properly: uploaded files under "Files" directory to my forum root. Uploaded files under "Images" directory to appropriate location. Imported the chat. Using Language Manager uploaded the lang. xml. And made it visible to admins (All set to YES) under usergroup permissions.

... but it's endlessly showing "Loading..."
and there are no JS errors

Also, I still see: "Entrez votre chat >>". In GLOBAL phrases it shows: "Enter your chat >>".
When I try to post a message first goes through (but not displayed, still Loading...) and for second one I get: "Error : A chat is already being processed, please wait.", so the first post did never go through.

vb 3.7.0

Need help.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by buckethead

I think I installed it properly: uploaded files under "Files" directory to my forum root. Uploaded files under "Images" directory to appropriate location. Imported the chat. Using Language Manager uploaded the lang. xml. And made it visible to admins (All set to YES) under usergroup permissions.

... but it's endlessly showing "Loading..."
and there are no JS errors

Also, I still see: "Entrez votre chat >>". In GLOBAL phrases it shows: "Enter your chat >>". No idea why this is happening.
Need help.

VBDev, this was the issue I brought up like 20 times already that you said you can't address if you don't know about it.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by buckethead

I think I installed it properly: uploaded files under "Files" directory to my forum root. Uploaded files under "Images" directory to appropriate location. Imported the chat. Using Language Manager uploaded the lang. xml. And made it visible to admins (All set to YES) under usergroup permissions.

... but it's endlessly showing "Loading..."
and there are no JS errors

Also, I still see: "Entrez votre chat >>". In GLOBAL phrases it shows: "Enter your chat >>".
When I try to post a message first goes through (but not displayed, still Loading...) and for second one I get: "Error : A chat is already being processed, please wait.", so the first post did never go through.

vb 3.7.0

Need help.

Can you give me access to your admincp + ftp so that I can debug online ?

Originally Posted by Ranger187

VBDev, this was the issue I brought up like 20 times already that you said you can't address if you don't know about it.

I never said I didn't know about it I said that I can't debug without experiencing it (which seems logical).

[butch3r]

Originally Posted by buckethead

Also, I still see: "Entrez votre chat >>". In GLOBAL phrases it shows: "Enter your chat >>".

There's no sense in manual editing phrases, you can change this text via chat formatting options.

And as for "Loading..."
The problem is in some phrases when you edit 'em. Re-upload of original language file can help. (If you have more than one language on your board try 2 switch 2 another language, and you'll see chat working)

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

VBDev, this was the issue I brought up like 20 times already that you said you can't address if you don't know about it.

Ok as you experience that problem on some of the board where you installed the chatbox, can you try the following (it's a temp modification to find out the problem).

Replace the content of the chatbox_refresh function in the mgc_cb_evo.js file by :

function chatbox_refresh(type)

{

    var handleSuccess = function(o){

        if(o.responseText !== undefined){

            fetch_object('chats').innerHTML = o.responseText;

        }

    }

    var handleFailure = function(o){

        if(o.responseText !== undefined){

            fetch_object('chats').innerHTML = o.responseText;

        }

    }

    var callback =

    {

          success: handleSuccess,

          failure: handleFailure

    };



   /* Reset inactive mode */

   if (chatbox_inactive)

   {

      chatbox_inactive = 0;

      idleTimeout = setTimeout("activate_idle_chatbox()", inactive_mode_delay);   

   }

   

    /* Forced refreshed, lets do it */

    if(auto_refresh || (type == 'forced'))

   {

      clearTimeout(refreshTimeout);            

        /* Type of refresh management */

        if (type == 'forced')

      {

            currentRefreshType = 'forced';

        }

      else

      {

            currentRefreshType = 'normal';

        }

        fetch_object('mgc_cb_evo_refresh_img').style.visibility = 'visible';

        

        /* Chatbox is inactive, refresh forced => session update */

        if (chatbox_inactive || force_session_refresh)

        {

            var sUrl = mgc_cb_evo_jsloc + 'mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php';

            var postData = 'do=ajax_refresh_chat&status=open&channel_id=' + channel_id + '&location=' + cb_location + '&first_load=1&securitytoken=' + SECURITYTOKEN;



            YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('POST', sUrl, callback, postData);      

      }

      else

      {

            var sUrl = mgc_cb_evo_jsloc + 'mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php';

            var postData = 'do=ajax_refresh_chat&status=open&channel_id=' + channel_id + '&location=' + cb_location + '&first_load=' + first_load + '&securitytoken=' + SECURITYTOKEN;



            YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('POST', sUrl, callback, postData);                

      }

      force_session_refresh = 0;

    }

   return false;

}

It shall put inside the chatbox an error message which will help us find out the silly problem.