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

[Sothside40]

Originally Posted by VBDev

It is appearing in french because it's an option



Hu really ? That's really strange. Anyone else encountering that problem ?




Just put mgc_cb_evo_team

yeah this is why i uninstalled it from my site, and also it makes the site go alot slower.

[Kaycee123]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Basically, the only thing that will be needed is to add a field in the mgc_cb_evo_chat table called sticky.

Then the menu would, through ajax, set this field to 0 or 1.

And in the chats retrieval query there would be an order clause : ORDER BY sticky DESC,date DESC

I'll do this as soon as possible by the way.

Thank you, I'd appreciate it! And I'd be interested in the IP feature too.

[ronx]

Originally Posted by adnedarn

From the prior non EVO version? No. When you read the readme for the new evo versions step one of install says "Step 1 : If you hadn't previously installed the chatbox, skip this step
1/ If you want to keep an archive of the chats from the previous version, download them from the archives page of the chatbox as we unfortunately have to remove them due to the incompatibility of the new version and the lack of time to write an import script."

As far as from the evo versions... I have updated from the first evo up through the current and the archives have stayed through each update (so have user settings.) Hope that helps
Andrew

thanks adnedarn, since there is no way to upload the old archive to the new evo version - will it be possible to change(manipulate) the stats, my members are gonna hate me if the old stats are gone

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by lordtopcat

vBDev,

I would be grateful for the IP command. As we allow our guests to post on the chat box, we often have spam on the shout box, and would love to be able to retrieve the IP address and ban them.

This would really benefit our forum!
Cheers,
LTC

I don't think you have understood the feature, I was speaking of a command that would return to the user who sends it it's ip.

Originally Posted by Dr. Bantham

I was hoping that the problem with the module was the same as the one causing my perpetual "Loading.." on vBa portal (page variable method). I was also considering using the module if I could not get the page variable method working, but I am not keen on the width restriction. Of course, I could not get the module to work either and I received this initial response from stangger5:I deleted everything from scratch (losing all previous messages) and reinstalled again as a last resort - to no avail. Wit's end has come and gone. I am totally frustrated. My donation offer stands. Otherwise, I am off to install a less feature-laden but more stable mod.

This is not a problem of stability for your problem.

The problem is that you are certainly using vBAdvanced with the forum in a folder, so there is a problem of path.

I have tried to use a variable of vBAdvanced config files from within the chatbox code to have the right path but it seems that it's not working properly or it's not visible.

I think I'll try to take my eyes on that problem as soon as possible.

Originally Posted by entertain

but with Internet Explorer 7 it's working.

gn8

It does.

Originally Posted by Sothside40

yeah this is why i uninstalled it from my site, and also it makes the site go alot slower.

This certainly depends of the configuration you have choosen for the chatbox.

Originally Posted by ronx

thanks adnedarn, since there is no way to upload the old archive to the new evo version - will it be possible to change(manipulate) the stats, my members are gonna hate me if the old stats are gone

No sorry this is not possible.

[Animecraving]

seriously.. update almost everyday... im tired of updating this mod lol..

[Playa82]

Hello, i just got a simple question, do u see my Shoutbox here:

http://crackmuzik-gfx-elite.de/forum.php

cause my members say they dont see it. but i activated the settings in my admincp...

[lordtopcat]

I don't think you have understood the feature, I was speaking of a command that would return to the user who sends it it's ip.

Are you able to implement my feature idea?

Cheers
LTC

[BozzaJos]

VBDev,

Thanks for adding my Feature Request. I wanted to ask you something else. Do you know why it is that the shoutbox doesn't appear while creating a new thread or post while I have it enabled to show in threads!?

[nerofix]

Salut french boy,

I still have this errors:

This browser is AJAX compatiblevbulletin_global.... (line 749)
syntax error
[Break on this error] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or...
mgc_cb_evo_cmd_de... (line 1)
POST http://www.xxx.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php (625ms)connection-min.js (line 7)
vBmenu :: System Activated
Firing System Initvbulletin_global.... (line 1912)
syntax error
[Break on this error] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or...
mgc_cb_evo_cmd_pm... (line 1)
vB_AJAX_Handler.prototype.fetch_data() is deprecated. Use responseXML.getElementsByTagName("x")[i].firstChild.nodeValue instead.vbulletin_global.... (line 706)
POST http://www.xxx.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php (563ms)connection-min.js (line 7)
vB_AJAX_Handler.prototype.fetch_data() is deprecated. Use responseXML.getElementsByTagName("x")[i].firstChild.nodeValue instead.vbulletin_global.... (line 706)
POST http://www.xxx.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php (594ms)connection-min.js (line 7)
vB_AJAX_Handler.prototype.fetch_data() is deprecated. Use responseXML.getElementsByTagName("x")[i].firstChild.nodeValue instead.

[Dr. Bantham]

Originally Posted by VBDev

This is not a problem of stability for your problem.

The problem is that you are certainly using vBAdvanced with the forum in a folder, so there is a problem of path.

I have tried to use a variable of vBAdvanced config files from within the chatbox code to have the right path but it seems that it's not working properly or it's not visible.

I think I'll try to take my eyes on that problem as soon as possible.

For clarification, my vBa portal is in the root directory of my site, not a subdirectory. Stagger5 just released an update for the vBa module that now works. Though I vastly prefer the full width version as a page variable, I am content to use the module for now and wait out a fix for my preferred method. Thanks!