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

[Mellymonster]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum, for how long had you been inactive ? (so that I can test)

Well I thought it was just being inactive, but I got a PM from one of my members today, saying that it would hang every 15 seconds for her, no matter what she was doing. She said if she was chatting in the actual box, then it might give her 15 minutes.

For me it does hang every once in awhile if I'm sitting on a page, it happens different times.

[kronnos]

Will there a bug fix version this month or should just do the fixes manually listed above?

[VBDev]

I am planning on providing a bug fixes version this month without new addition (or at least not major ones).

[Mellymonster]

Oh and is the chat box suppose to follow you onto User CP and "Who is online now" area? because it isn't following me there, but I see it on the forums and threads.

[OblivionMage]

If I try to update any profile options I get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function can_view_mgc_cb_evo() in /home/****/public_html/****/forums/profile.php(2154) : eval()'d code on line 1

Regardless of what I try to update. (using 2.3.1)

Any ideas? Thanks.

[kronnos]

Woots! i see all the current bugs list is fixed So when can we expect the fixed new release?

Thank You

[Mellymonster]

I asked my members if they had a problem with the CB to please let me know, well one member posted this... If I get anymore I'll let you know.

The only problem I myself is facing is it does freeze once in awhile, as I've said above.

I can't use the chatbox in IE. Not IE 6, 7, OR 8. This is because the chatbox slows the entire thing to a crawl sometimes, and also if you try to type in the chatbox, the text goes so slowly that long after I'm done typing I'm still waiting for the text to appear in the typing box! By the time all my text is done typing itself out, the conversation has moved on, LOL

The refresh thingy in IE is severely broken and "hangs". It doesn't cause the site to hang, it just stops refreshing, and so in order to keep up with the conversation in the CB, I'd pretty much have to just sit there hitting the refresh key all day.

I'm getting "blank messages" from people showing up in the CB, I already sent you a screenie of that.

In firefox the CB seems to run as normal, except I do get the refresh issues happening now and again without reason.

And this is one issue she was talking about a screen shot

[Ranger187]

Sounds to me like it's a db issue.

[picamajstori]

My forum went DOWN after 3rd step of install:
"Log into the admin control panel of your forum and import the product located in the Product folder."

Could I have uploaded the "Images in each of your forum styles directories"? I uploaded them in my images folder on the server.

Pls help, cannot access my forum after this unfortunate incident!

Edit: I can only access my forum as guest now, once I log in I get the vbulletin error message

[Ranger187]

1. You fruitcakes need to learn to do backups before you fuddle with hacks, addons etc. When will you cupcakes learn?

2. Ur forum didn't go down due to this. It went down due to you doing something wrong.

3. Unless you post the error, your post = useless.