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

[jazde86]

Feature Request:

Notification if a user says Thanks to a post with the Post Thank You Hack from Abe1.

[zelnik]

It's a great addition to my site vBDEV..

I really hope the new threads/replies option stays in the new version as I had to uninstall it when it did not have that as people would just sit in the chat all day and not post on the forum! It was to successful

One feature request I would like that I believe it can not be done yet is permissions for certain channels.

What I would like is to have guests be able to read the 'general' chat but not to be able to read what goes on is say a private channel.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by utahraves

Yep, I followed instructions as stated. I'm excited for your next release. I'll be donating to you at that time

Thanks

Originally Posted by utahraves

Feature Request: New registration notification

Oh yes interesting one ! I am totally adding this.

Originally Posted by utahraves

[edit] I also feel like a total newb... but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to create new commands. The instructions are out of date (which you stated already), there is no 'edit channel' option on the main channel like in the pictures and didn't see anything in "plugins" for it.... i'm just lost I've tried searching through the pages but 340 pages is a lot for looking up what to do.

It's normal You can't create own commands anymore.

Yeah I know the pictures are out of date, I should do new ones.

About the general channel is not possible to edit it and has never been.

Originally Posted by updated

Feature request: I would like to see an alternative avatar layout where only the last person who chatted could have a full avatar showing. Nobody else's avatar would show. I used to have a program that did this, but I like yours better overall. That feature would be nice since as you chat the avatar of the last person changes and you can see the detail from their avatar in full size without taking up screen space showing everyone's avatar at that size.

The format then would go like this:

Column 1:
First rows: Enter Chat Here - Buttons - Icons
Last rows: Last Person Chatted Avatar (Full Size Avatar shows)

Column 2+:
As it is now, Date, Time, Chat, etc.

I am totally lost. Can do you do a sketch in pain or kinda like that ?

Originally Posted by Brentnauer

Right now the full-sized avatar image is being used in chat, but is being squished down to a tiny size. Would it be possible to use avatar thumbs, as used on profile comments and social group posts?

And this is were you are wrong It does use thumbs.

Originally Posted by cory_booth

Notifications and Chats have different sounds.

Yeah forgot to add this, doing it now.

Originally Posted by Lilyandy

Author of Hello!

I am a Chinese translator, has translated into Chinese would be 1.4,
But language is not easy comparison, it has ceased to translation to date,
I hope the main language is English, which will easily translated into Chinese,
At the same time, if you provide relevant, I would be willing to provide the Chinese translation (both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese) cooperation. Thanks! ^_^

The main language is not english but the english xml is so you just have to translate that xml file and change the encoding at the top of the xml file.

If you are not sure which phrase were updated between two versions, you can check the xml lines where the version number is the most recent one.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Kolbi

I would wish that it doesn?t need so much ressources

Ok that's a pointless comment bud. If you don't provide anything to enhance your sentence there is nothing I could do...

What makes you think that uses lots of ressources ?

Originally Posted by exyuteam

I'm glad to hear that your work on next release is going very well I just hope so that you'll fix problems with displaying chats when oldest on top and editor is bottom.... I posted earlier this problem (with bunch of Print Screen pictures). I beleive that you already find solution to fix this problem. Ver. 1.5 working well, you code it, so I beleive in you

This issue was already corrected in the latest version I think.

Originally Posted by jazde86

Notification if a user says Thanks to a post with the Post Thank You Hack from Abe1.

Ah yes if there are the necessary hooks then yes why not

Originally Posted by zelnik

I really hope the new threads/replies option stays in the new version as I had to uninstall it when it did not have that as people would just sit in the chat all day and not post on the forum! It was to successful

I don't remove features don't worry

Originally Posted by zelnik

One feature request I would like that I believe it can not be done yet is permissions for certain channels.

What I would like is to have guests be able to read the 'general' chat but not to be able to read what goes on is say a private channel.

That's already implemented.

[Skyrider]

VBDev, this forum has issues with the latest replies & new threads:
http://www.corona-bytes.net/index.php

Try to click on the latest replies, you'll get:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

They recently (couple of months ago) upgraded from a free forum to vbulletin. How ever, your chat box doesn't automatic uses the new thread or reply ID when someone posts a reply. Possible you can implement this so it automatic grabs the new ID from the thread itself rather than the old one?

[VBDev]

It seems to me that they don't use the latest language file.

It's showing t= while it's should be p= for the posts.

[kalisekj]

Originally Posted by zelnik

It's a great addition to my site vBDEV..

I really hope the new threads/replies option stays in the new version as I had to uninstall it when it did not have that as people would just sit in the chat all day and not post on the forum! It was to successful

One feature request I would like that I believe it can not be done yet is permissions for certain channels.

What I would like is to have guests be able to read the 'general' chat but not to be able to read what goes on is say a private channel.

This is already a feature of the chatbox.

[updated]

I have attached a rough sketch of the proposed layout. I did use something similar to it before. The users liked it since the full size avatar of whoever last chatted would show up.

Thanks.

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I am totally lost. Can do you do a sketch in pain or kinda like that ?

Feature request: I would like to see an alternative avatar layout where only the last person who chatted could have a full avatar showing. Nobody else's avatar would show. I used to have a program that did this, but I like yours better overall. That feature would be nice since as you chat the avatar of the last person changes and you can see the detail from their avatar in full size without taking up screen space showing everyone's avatar at that size.

The format then would go like this:

Column 1:
First rows: Enter Chat Here - Buttons - Icons
Last rows: Last Person Chatted Avatar (Full Size Avatar shows)

Column 2+:
As it is now, Date, Time, Chat, etc.

[kalisekj]

I love this chatbox, just one issue I have is there is some instruction missing or a code missing that truly allows me to add the chatbox to other pages, like postedit, profile, search, worldmap, ibproarcade, no matter what I have tried I have been unable to get the chatbox to show on any other page other than what it allows by default. Can anyone address this issue or give a solution. Trust me I have followed the instructions to the Letter and still no chatbox showing, its like the var code is not registered on a necessary page or file which allows us to use the var code, and just putting the page names in the admin cp does no good either.

Thank you,

PS: If you have a channel stop showing the chats or shouts go into the archive and delete any chat or shout with special characters. The chatbox will start working again.

[Alfa1]

I have opened the chat box up for a large number of my members, so that was some rigorous testing. Here is what I encountered:

Problems:

1. The chat box could not handle around 100 concurrent members. Whenever more than 80-90 members where in, the chat became problematic and slow. Whenever near 100 chatters, members would be thrown out/denied with 15-20 at a time. Can this be improved / avoided?
2. Access from the chat box on forum pages was hard for a lot of members, while chat access from the main chat page /mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_chatbox did not give access problems(until 80 chatters where in). Members often where unable to view shouts in the main channel, when accessing on a forum page.

Does this make sense to you? Any idea what happened?
I would like to open the chat box up again for my members, if it can take a few hundred concurrent chatters.

Feature requests:

1. A much requested feature by my members is to have the input field below the shouts. please consider adding this.
2. It would be useful to be able to infract members from the chat box.
3. Invite members into a channel.