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

[Alexvanleeuwen]

I get this mail, can you help me with it?

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.4:

Invalid SQL:

(
SELECT c.*,fromu.userid AS fromuserid,fromu.username AS fromusername,fromu.usergroupid AS fromusergroupid,fromu.displaygroupid AS fromdisplaygroupid,
tou.userid AS touserid,tou.username AS tousername,tou.usergroupid AS tousergroupid,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid,
avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width AS avwidth, customavatar.height AS avheight,
customavatar.height_thumb AS avheight_thumb, customavatar.width_thumb AS avwidth_thumb, customavatar.filedata_thumb,
fromu.avatarid,fromu.avatarrevision

FROM mgc_cb_evo_chat AS c
LEFT JOIN user AS fromu ON (c.fromuid=fromu.userid)
LEFT JOIN user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = fromu.avatarid)
LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = fromu.userid)

WHERE (
chanid='0'
AND coidentifier IN ('0','me','announcement','pm','slap')
AND (touid='0' OR fromuid='2369'
OR touid='2369')
AND iswarning='0'
)
ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
LIMIT 15
)
UNION ALL
(
SELECT c.*,fromu.userid AS fromuserid,fromu.username AS fromusername,fromu.usergroupid AS fromusergroupid,fromu.displaygroupid AS fromdisplaygroupid,
tou.userid AS touserid,tou.username AS tousername,tou.usergroupid AS tousergroupid,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid,
avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width AS avwidth, customavatar.height AS avheight,
customavatar.height_thumb AS avheight_thumb, customavatar.width_thumb AS avwidth_thumb, customavatar.filedata_thumb,
fromu.avatarid,fromu.avatarrevision

FROM mgc_cb_evo_chat AS c
LEFT JOIN user AS fromu ON (c.fromuid=fromu.userid)
LEFT JOIN user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = fromu.avatarid)
LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = fromu.userid)

WHERE
ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
LIMIT 20
);

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
LIMIT 20
)' at line 39

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by entertain

When clicking on "View all chats of ..." in the menu of a shout (from an other user), I can always only see my own shouts.

I confirm that.

[The Realist]

Same here.

The code I see is:

mgc_cb_evo.php?do=search&what=userchats&u=1

Originally Posted by entertain

When clicking on "View all chats of ..." in the menu of a shout (from an other user), I can always only see my own shouts.

Originally Posted by pedroenf

I confirm that.

[zelnik]

VBDev,

I'm hoping you can help me on this matter but since installing the latest version of your chatbox I've been notice people have been having to following error on while i'm watching the whois online page..

Unknown Location:

/forum/config.txt

can you please confirm this has nothing to do with your application so I can help narrow down what it could be?

Thanks

[Wheemer]

I would like to have the chat box display on my arcade pages...

Also the chat box displays on my zoints pages, but always says loading. I think this is because the zoints pages are in a "z" subdir.

Can you help please.

[pedroenf]

VBDev where can i change the sound file extension? Is it possible?

[pedroenf]

Nevermind i have found it: mgc_cb_evo_functions.js file in clientscript folder. Maybe an option to change the sound file in next version would be a good choice

[apiasto]

nice work,very impressive/is there a way that user can set their default font n color?thnx

[Shishir]

Originally Posted by The Realist

I had the same problem, see my post Here.

Regards

Couldn't read so many pages. Hmm, so there is no response for this. Ok. I'll live with this. The Mod is good. So not much to shout about.

Thanks for the input.
Shishir

[Greenskull]

it just says loading for me then if i type something it gives me an error:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

I couldn't find the mgc_cb_evo.js file anywhere either. Is that what I needed to change?

EDIT: Tried the security thing. That didn't work

EDIT: AHA! I did waht you suggested: Check that you haven't any non reverted chatbox templates (one that you might have modified) Thanks