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

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by suryoyena

Hello,

I tried to use the thread-seach but without luck.

My request: Is it possible with this mod, to chat only with your added buddies?

Similar to the facebook-chat.

Well currently no but you are able to ignore some users.

Anyway this could be an added feature for a next version, I am putting this in the todo list.

Originally Posted by LGKeiz

Well, I found a BIG bug; when you uninstall, it doesn't remove permissions in usergroups

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Tuesday, January 20th 2009 @ 04:08:12 PM
Error Date : Tuesday, January 20th 2009 @ 04:08:13 PM
Username : Keith
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.75-log

in usergroup edits, the custom chat columns are still there.

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

I noticed this also although I don't think I would gas as far as considering it a BIG bug. lol

Well it's not a bug at all ... It just a problem of correctly reading the instructions.

You can't consider something as a bug if you don't follow the path.

Let me explain why this happen if you don't remove the files prior to the chatbox uninstall.

Well basically vBulletin automatically retrieves the usergroup permissions fields from xml files located in the includes/xml directory. But in order for these fields to be updated when saving, you have to have added a field in the mySQL usergroup table corresponding to them.

So if you remove my product this table will not be there anymore but due to the file being still present the fields appear in the usergroup permission page.

See the problem ?

Originally Posted by Cybershaolin

OK I found a big problem here.

I was in holidays when upgrading the Chatbox to 2.1.0 and it was working very well. Now that I'm back at my home, where my Internet connection is quite slower than where I was before, now my ChatBox is only loading and loading without being able to see anything on it.

I also asked some people on my site and everybody who have a 56k connection have the same problem than mine.

All the other users don't have problem.

I have to mention that we've tried everything. Cleared cookies, cleared cache, refreshed pages many times, tried other browsers, other computers and still nothing.

Is there a way to resolve that?

P.S Using branding free version.

Well I didn't thought users were still using those slow 56k connections anymore

Try having a higher refresh rate to see if the issue is a problem of loading the chats before the next loading happens.

[Del_Boy]

Thanks vbdev!

I got it working now!

Can you tell me how to fix this loading problem?

I spent about 1 hour reading through posts earlier and even tried the search this mod function but i couldnt find what to do...

Thanks

[Del_Boy]

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

I have installed it and it appears fine but the status just stays loading...

Ive read in a few peoples posts about a fix for it but i cant find what you need to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[gmerin]

ok, after doing a fresh install of v2.1.0 and specifically selecting the English language file, I have a french menu in the admin panel. what did i miss (besides high school french)?

[Del_Boy]

Originally Posted by gmerin

ok, after doing a fresh install of v2.1.0 and specifically selecting the English language file, I have a french menu in the admin panel. what did i miss (besides high school french)?

When importing the language file i chose to overwrite and existing one, logged out and back in again and the menu was changed to english!

[Del_Boy]

Originally Posted by Del_Boy

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

I have installed it and it appears fine but the status just stays loading...

Ive read in a few peoples posts about a fix for it but i cant find what you need to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Can someone help me?

Im dying to use this chatbox!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by gmerin

ok, after doing a fresh install of v2.1.0 and specifically selecting the English language file, I have a french menu in the admin panel. what did i miss (besides high school french)?

Refresh your browser then it should be ok

Originally Posted by Del_Boy

Can someone help me?

Im dying to use this chatbox!

Which vB version are you using ?

[Cybershaolin]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well I didn't thought users were still using those slow 56k connections anymore

Try having a higher refresh rate to see if the issue is a problem of loading the chats before the next loading happens.

No, the load on our forum is OK. Tried full mode and got same results.

You mean this:

Intervalle de temps entre deux v?rifications
Temps d?finit en minutes

It's at one (minute).

BTW: Increasing the refresh rate would not create more load on the forum?


It works sometimes and sometimes does not work at all.

I'm getting really frustrated. I'm missing the sound when there is a new chat/post!

It started working again last night and stopped again at noon today. On vb.org, when you said:

I also tried this:

Nombre de notifications ? afficher dans la chatbox
Attention : cette option est prise en compte uniquement si vous avez configur? l'option de s?paration des requ?tes SQL sur Oui.

I have it setup at 10 (was at 30 before).

Finally, tried this;

Nombre de messages dans la chatbox
Nombre maximum de messages dans la chatbox en mode non repli?

I have it setup at 30 (was at 60 before).

Nothing seems to work!

[Del_Boy]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Refresh your browser then it should be ok



Which vB version are you using ?

latest i think...3.8

how do i fix the loading message?

[Za4a Tuner]

after an update, the chatbox doesn't work with FF3.0.5!
Using IE6 -> evrything is fine,

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but with the firefox no shouts are been shown!

Attachment 93263

when i go to the archiv --> i can see the shouts, but even not in the chatbox!

When i send a shout -> the loading image runs, and runs, and runs ... but nothing happens!

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I 've installed the newest vB-version 3.8 with PHP Version 5.2.0-8 and mysql 5.0.32.

whats wrong with the shoutnox?


kr chris