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 entertain

Hi VBDev,

and what's about the ajax errors? (f.e. that sometimes the chatbox is loading and loading, but can't display the latest shouts)

Are you able to fix them in the new version?

I hope so yes I'll make you beta test to ensure it

Originally Posted by Gn_Snake

Hi VBdev,
when in the chatbox a word with accent is written, the chat it does not visualize the term and does not allow to insert other...

Any idea?

Well I haven't had any issue with accent so far.

Which language is your forum ?

Originally Posted by Gamempire

why in my chatbox, the loader goes in a infinite cycle, and the messages don't appare in the chatbox?

i put an attachment

Well few questions :

• Which vB version do you use ?
• Do you have YUI files has local or ? (options of the chatbox)
• Do you have mod_security on your server ?

[Alfa1]

Is there an option to remove chats older than X days?

[NoKSouLz]

My admin commands seem to be not working..

i have checked usergroup options for my administrators and i have checked all the options for the product but still i am unable to ban people and use other commands.

How do i fix this or am i missing a certain yes / no option

[VBDev]

Yes a cron job does it if you set it to in the chatbox options. But there is also the del command which has a syntax for such action.

You have to enable commands and set permissions for these commands. Check the chatbox menu in your admincp.

[Walli]

Is the German version 2.1.0 ready

[NoKSouLz]

ok thanks.. didnt see the chatbox menu down the left :P

problem solved.

[cionfs]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok so that's not for the latest version (2.1.0) ?

MGC ChatBox Evo 2.1.0 italian language attached

[Chorouk]

Only users have more than 100 thread use the chat, HOW TO DO THIS?

[tommydamic68]

i installed but on home page getting this Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_mgc_cb_evo.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/global.php(402) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/content/t/o/m/tommydamic68/html/includes/functions_mgc_cb_evo.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/content/t/o/m/tommydamic68/html/global.php(402) : eval()'d code on line 1

[TNI]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Which language is your forum ?

Well few questions :

• Which vB version do you use ?
• Do you have YUI files has local or ? (options of the chatbox)
• Do you have mod_security on your server ?

1. English
2. 3.8.0
3. I've tried both options. local and download from Yahoo
4. I don't believe so

My chatbox stopped working in every browser except IE. I haven't upgraded/changed anything in our forums.

This is the JS error I'm getting in FF3:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER) [nsIDOMHTMLTableSectionElement.appendChild]"  nsresult: "0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER)"  location: "JS frame :: ==DOMAIN_REMOVED==/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/yui/element/element-beta-min.js :: anonymous :: line 7"  data: no]

FYI Google Chrome JS error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'TYPE_JSON' of undefined ==DOMAIN_REMOVED==/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/yui/autocomplete/autocomplete-min.js (line 7)
 Uncaught Error: NOT_FOUND_ERR: DOM Exception 8
==DOMAIN_REMOVED==/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/yui/element/element-beta-min.js (line 7)