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

[bvbuk]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

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

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT dateline, userid FROM vbcustomavatar WHERE userid = 19;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Wednesday, November 26th 2008 @ 10:35:13 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, November 26th 2008 @ 10:36:05 AM
Script : http://planetdortmund.net/board/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php
Referrer : http://planetdortmund.net/board/index.php?
IP Address : *****
Username : OldBorusseSco
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

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i have contacted my support on my host, as most searches bring up it is their problem

[Ranger187]

Just loading your main page looks like the server is struggling. It has to do with packets and data. Almost certain it's their issue.

[JetHaCkR]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

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.

I bought my server from ecatel,
they are very known for selling offshore servers.

This is like their best server they have,
are you sure its not good enough?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by JetHaCkR

I bought my server from ecatel,
they are very known for selling offshore servers.

This is like their best server they have,
are you sure its not good enough?

Yeah, it's not good enough. I'll give you an address where you can send it, then buy a new one.

MY GOD, do you not understand sarcasm?

When you say bought, you mean hosting I'm guessing, since Ecatel doesn't actually make servers, and instead they host and offer co-location. Sadly, they are horrible at hosting.

If you can run a website, you can run this plugin. The load imposed from it is not even a factor so no worries.

[Stile2]

Originally Posted by VBDev

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

Doesn't mean anything????? What???

Never mind, this chatbox is seriously not worth the hassle of dealing with the coder or people on this thread.

Uninstalled and deleted!!!!:down::down::down:

[iJoe]

Originally Posted by pedroenf

That is something not, at least polite, to say. U have it installed since first edition, installed and uninstalled several times and did no harm to my forum. You must have done something wrong, but even wronger is to say that this mod kills a forum.

How is it wrong to say it killed my forum? It did, database errors everywhere and then no pages would show properly as the database was so messed. I'm talking from past experience, not everyone likes every single thing. I said it killed my forum, which is true.

Originally Posted by Ranger187

I don't recommend you talk or eat but that doesn't mean others need to listen. It's an opinion.

Anyways, if you read the readme file it CLEARLY tells you how to uninstall. And EVERY person that had issues including you didn't follow those instructions. I know this because I've installed it on about 2000+ sites for people including uninstalling, troubleshooting etc.

Reinstall the product, FOLLOW the readme, and it will uninstall fine.

1. You never posted here for help.
2. You posted in the Ajax(non evo) thread for something else, but again, not asking for help. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1977 By that post it looks obvious you don't understand some settings as that issue is easily remedied.

It takes me all but a few minutes to set this up on any site and 100% work. And I'm not the developer. I just like the product and offer support freely. If you want help, ask. I can get it working for you if you want, just pm me info like ftp and forum account and I'll help.

And the reason I support it so much, is every forum I have it running on, user impressions (amount of time spent on forum) more then doubles. People went from a few minutes to hours.



Yeah buddy, enable usergroup options.

Maybe I did do something wrong but un installing most mods means simply going to product manager clicking un install, with this it didn't work and broke my forum.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Stile2

Doesn't mean anything????? What???

Never mind, this chatbox is seriously not worth the hassle of dealing with the coder or people on this thread.

Uninstalled and deleted!!!!:down::down::down:

Well, I would suspect you should be asking about the cpms in the correct thread to begin with. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=169965

The coder is more laid back then anyone, so I don't see how you can assume that.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by iJoe

How is it wrong to say it killed my forum? It did, database errors everywhere and then no pages would show properly as the database was so messed. I'm talking from past experience, not everyone likes every single thing. I said it killed my forum, which is true.



Maybe I did do something wrong but un installing most mods means simply going to product manager clicking un install, with this it didn't work and broke my forum.

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Uninstall instructions :
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You must carefully follow these steps if you don't want to screw up your forum when uninstalling the chatbox.

1/ Remove the chatbox files from your forum directories
2/ Uninstall the MGC Chatbox Evo product
3/ You're done with the uninstall

Lets get a few things straight bud.....

First off, you should be doing backups of the database to begin with. If not, there is nobody to blame but yourself for poor administration. Of course that's also how I learned way way back when I first started with VB. I installed all this crap, had no experience with it, messed it all up, had to start over. Learn from your mistakes. You claim the chat messed it up, I'll challenge you to prove that because I'm 99% certain it was user error. The chat makes it's own tables, and doesn't affect vb's. Somewhere, somehow, you probably did a boo boo and you admit it by saying you just clicked uninstall and never read the readme.

And for your second reply. Uninstalling mods doesn't simply mean click uninstall. Almost every plugin/mod comes with a readme. How did you install the product if you didn't read that file? Because in that readme is the install info and uninstall info. Don't get me wrong, I hate reading those long ass files sometimes (more then a few lines = long haha) but the developers make them for a reason and I also messed up the chatbox and had forum errors way back when I first started using the earlier mgc chats. The time it took you to post your reply , is the same time it takes to read the uinstall info.

Do yourself a favor. Start doing db backups with any changes. It's so worth it in the end. It gives you more flexability.

[KevinL]

I don't know...I've had to uninstall this and install it again a few times and haven't had a problem yet.

It's by far the best chatbox I've found...

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

2.0.0 Development status :

Yeah as you can see guys the next version won't be 1.1.1 or 1.2.1 but 2.0.0 !

This means that some part of the software have been totally rewritten in the upcoming version. This time it's not the PHP but the javascript !

As stated long ago, I add to modify the chatbox js code in order to apply the new vB ajax way of use based on YUI syntax. And here you go ! I have had time to do it and it's working well !!

This migration will lead to major enhancements in the version following the coming one ! BE PREPARED

Back to the subject ! So development is going pretty well, there is still one feature to be moved to YUI : the dialog box. Then there will be still few other bugs to fix (remaining one in the list) and perhaps some other additionnal features as well and the release will be ready for ... beta testing !
As many changes have been made to the javascript core of the chatbox I want true beta testers not just users that want to see how the new version looks like ! As a consequence, the beta phasis will certainly be a bit longer this time in order to give users the time to test all features of the chatbox (not only the one they use frequently) in order to make in-depth feedbacks of the new release !

So hold on to your keyboards, baby is coming

As Always, YOU THE MAN! :up:

Originally Posted by Ranger187

This time add the save/restore/backup feature

What He Said!! :up:

Originally Posted by Stile2

Doesn't mean anything????? What???

Never mind, this chatbox is seriously not worth the hassle of dealing with the coder or people on this thread.

Uninstalled and deleted!!!!:down::down::down: