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

[dyna88]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Wow that's very odd !

Which version of vB do both of you have ?

Thanks for having found that tricky one ! I will add it to the todolist and see what's wrong in it.

3.7.4

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by dyna88

3.7.4

Thanks ! Glad someone find out what was causing the problem, I now can more easily investigate.

[Stile2]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Yeah buddy, enable usergroup options.

Sorry not the most experienced. I not see "enable usergroup options" where is that?

This has been put on a forum that has never had any chatbox or shout box. Followed directions carefully. Still can see the chat box admincp, but not chatbox on the forum home page.

Could someone be a lot more specific than "Yeah buddy, enable usergroup options."?

Thanks

[Stile2]

Never mind I figured it out.

[Stile2]

Ok I can see it now but I am using a VBa CMPS integration page and the chat box shoves the center column to the right and off the screen.

Fix?

[VBDev]

Sorry but this doesn't mean anything... Can you reformulate yout sentence please ?

[JetHaCkR]

Hey is this chatbox very heavy on the server?
do you think it will run smoothly on a quad core server with 2 GB ram with a 100mbit port.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by JetHaCkR

Hey is this chatbox very heavy on the server?
do you think it will run smoothly on a quad core server with 2 GB ram with a 100mbit port.

OMG, you all but made me spit my soda all over my screens. Are you serious? I think you need 16 cores to run it, or your system will flop... It's a plugin, not an application

I have about 30 sites running on my one server, and even with them all posting/chatting at the same time, server load is very minimal.

And the 100Mbit port no ISP uses unless you have a T1 or straight fiber connection. It's usually 10 based.

[bvbuk]

Originally Posted by bvbuk

i seem to recieve alot of Error 2006 emails regarding this chatbox, does anyone wknow how to resolve this?

can anyone help with this???

i am fed up having an inbox full of error messages every day

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by bvbuk

can anyone help with this???

i am fed up having an inbox full of error messages every day

You need to supply more detail. Copy/paste the email.