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

[lord eriol]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum the javascript code has remained unchanged. I hope you haven't applied the javascript modificatin for SECURITYTOKEN as you are running 3.7 ?

no, no javascript modification applied, I installed directly the 1.0.0 version (fresh install) on
vb 3.7.2 and then i not needed javascript mod
Anyway, i repeat, the 1.0.0 version was running fine with that skin, the "security" problem is apparead only after upgrading to new version

Oh seems like it's a center = middle which shall not be applied to that column. Let's add it to the bug list.

ok, thanks

Known bug see the bug list, corrected in the next version

thanks

There is an option to get smilies in the vBulletin posts order since you requested it.

where is this option? i just see only 2 options to set:

-Retrieval of smilies in the admincp set order (yes/no)
-Random retrieval of the smilies (yes/no)

i tried all combination of this setting, and i get ever a random-like order of smilies, and this for the few smiles visible inside chatbox but for box showing all smilies too (th box that opens when you click on "...more")
Only setting "no" to both I obtained a max 18 smilies inside the chatbox that respect the admin panel order, yes just 18, if i set a greater number (from "Number of listed smilies" option"), starting from 19th smile the order is random-like. In any case the box with all smilies, show smilies NOT in order, ever, with any setting.

This is because you don't use the right syntax.

For username : /pm uname "Lord Eriol" test or /pm uid userid test (without "" for the uid).

oh! thanks! i didn't noticed that quotes

...can i suggest you a simpler sintax? I think no one use the userid format, the only format used is "username", then you should remove the "uname" and use this sintax:
/PM "username" textmessage

but you can leave userid sintax if someone want use it, with same format as is now

about PM, i noticed that you have included a set of icons for PM, that suggest me that PM can function as channel... maybe? how can i use that icons?

Isn't it an usergroup permission ? Are you sure of this bug ?

i investigate on that and solved, my usergroup setting error
i have that prob because MODs are registered users too! i supposed (wrongly) that chatbox appling the "best" permission of mod usergroup. However solved removing MODs from registered users usergoup.

Do all users who posts experiences that bug ? Only with IE but not Firefox right ?

no, no... i experienced that with FF and near all of my users use FF, and much of them experienced that prob, i cant say if all... but many

just another thing that seem don't function, comand SLAP.... i tried to slap "username" o Slap username (without quotes) but nothing happen

as ever.. many many thank for your effort and your support

[cheat-master30]

New update already? Looks good though, so I'll update for my own forum tomorrow.

[gpc10347]

Hope it's not already been mentioned as a potential non-life-threatening issue but it seems the alternating row colors doesn't always work. If I refresh, it reappears properly but occassionally runs the same color for an unspecified period...

Also noticed (admin cp title) MGC Chatbox Evo : Chats diplay - but who reads this stuff

[Alfa1]

What changed in the latest version. I can't find info about it in the changelog:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

[BucWiLd]

can you set a daily post requirement on this hack? Like a user must make 3 posts to the forum before being able to use the chat feature

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by BuCwIld

can you set a daily post requirement on this hack? Like a user must make 3 posts to the forum before being able to use the chat feature

Why don't you guys start explore hacks before ask unswered questions?!?!?! This is in each usergroup settings: Minimum number of posts to use the chatbox.

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

What changed in the latest version. I can't find info about it in the changelog:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

Yeah I was wondering the same thing...

I think maybe just a language added?

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Why don't you guys start explore hacks before ask unswered questions?!?!?! This is in each usergroup settings: Minimum number of posts to use the chatbox.

He said DAILY post count.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by carlos2000

Today I installed the chatbox on a vB 3.8 beta test forum with standard style and everything worked fine with ie and firefox. I installed vbcms portal and included the chatbox on the portal site and everything worked perfect.

I uninstalled the chatbox in our "real" forum, deleted all the files from the server and deleted all templates and installed the chatbox. But still the same problem. IE users can't see the shouts in the shoutbox. May there be a problem with the style?

Do you have a specific difference between your real forum server and the test one ?

Originally Posted by Jasmin

VBDev,

The users on my site really want a chat function, and I really want a transcript function to make sure good stuff doesn't slip away into the ethers of obscurity. I really don't want to add chat until there's a way to do that.

Just something that could drop an entire chat, or maybe an hourly or daily snapshot of history... something like that... into a chat transcript forum. That'd be dandy.

Title could of the transcript post be based on the date, whatever. Nothing too fancy needed. Just something functional. That way, if anything amazing comes up, there's a record, and it'll come up in the search.

If you can add this, I'll donate at least $100 to the project by paypal. More if you find this complex in any way.

PM me your paypal addy if this is do-able and okay by you.

Thanks kindly
Jas

Originally Posted by carlos2000

UPDATE: I just imported the style to our testforum and the chatbox is still working. Do you have an idea where the problem is?

The chatbox archive is the transcript of the chats yes.

All old chats that aren't shown in the chatbox anymore will still be shown there

[carlos2000]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Do you have a specific difference between your real forum server and the test one ?

What do you mean with specific difference? The test forum was a new installation. Our "real" forum was updated from an earlier version of vB to 3.7.3. We also installed an earlier version of the mgc chatbox. But we uninstalled it and deleted the files on the server when we used mgc chatbox evo.

And our testforum runs on another server. Are there some server settings which have to be done?