Version: 3.4.0, by VBDev
Developer Last Online: Dec 2021
Category: Chat Modifications -
Version: 4.2.x
Rating:
Released: 01-27-2008
Last Update: 09-01-2013
Installs: 2476
DB Changes Uses Plugins Template Edits Auto-Templates
Additional Files Translations
No support by the author.
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
Cannot see show rules but just tried clicking the help icon which resulted in the same explorer "page not found 404" error..
If both don't works then it's perhaps because the file mgc_cb_evo.php is not on your forum otherwise both would works.
Please try uploading files again.
Quote:
Originally Posted by theOZer
Hi VBDev,
I'm back with an update on my problem where my chat disappeared during the vB3.8.0 Beta 1 update.
I'm sorry to have cried, "Wolf!"
I did NOT lose any of my chat when I did a 2nd testvb upgrade to vB3.8.0 Beta 1. I had Plugins turned OFF when I did the upgrade this time. Whatever... I'm glad the chats disappearing did NOT happen a 2nd time.
And, thanks again for this fantastic, robust mod, vBDev. You're the Man!
So It means that perhpas it does remove all chats when the plugins are not off ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by cheat-master30
Nope, they plain aren't shown period. Just the smiley code. Which works fine in posts, blog comments, visitor messages, etc but not the shoutbox.
Smilies are activated for you in the chatbox ?
If they don't display then it's perhaps because the mySmilies mod uses a specific hook for his smilies parsing which is related to the posts and threads and this is why it doesn't work in the chatbox.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ShiZoPhreN
Any News about the new version?!
The "bug".. "[Medium] Banning user only start applying if the banned user refreshes his browser. " is really bad.
This bug is corrected in the new version. It's going on, as you can see I have started adding features (see list above, all items in green are done).
The bug with the PM popup shall be corrected I think, there was a stupid JS error. However this will need to be checked during the beta test of the next version. I will as for beta testing help when I'm ready.
Yes, that is what I like to achieve. But I think 15x15 is too small. I had a shoutbox on phpbb. I think there I had 40x40 (or 30x30).
I have set up my vb to have avatars of 80x80. That would be too big. But you might be able to use the custom avatar thumbnails. On my forum it is set to 60x60. I have no idea where you can set that size to your liking.
I have read that you could call the avatar picture with this code:
Code:
src='image.php?type=thumb&u=$user[userid]'
Unfortunately I have no clue which file generates the chat messages. I was not even able to find my chat messages in the source code of the generated page.
I have checked but this feature is not possible anymore for vBulletin with the code you gave.
It would need further coding and I don't think a complicated code is really the point for such a small feature.
Ok ive installed it and activated everything but it wont show. What am i doing wrong.
Perhaps usergroup permissions, have you set them ?
Otherwise it could be a style issue. On some styles the automatic template insertion don't work due to missing vars. There is an howto in the readme for that.
However, the thumb size is a fix parameter of resize in vBulletin and can't be changed.
I have thus added 3 options :
Activate avatar display
Avatar width
Avatar height
This will lead to fix size for each avatar. As a consequence, an image which hasn't the same ratios could seems strange, you see what I mean ?
But as these are really small sizes of avatar I don't think it's a major problem.
That sounds great. I don' t see any problem with the wrong aspect ratio of the resized avatars, either. This happened on the other shoutbox, too, and nobody complained about it. But I think they would have screamed out loud if the avatars had not been shown any more.
Looking forward to your new release. Thank you very much for your hard work!
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