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

[Skyrider]

As I mentioned to you through private message, I have a "loading..." issue.. Which either disappears when typing something in the chat box which re-appears when refreshing the page. Another way to "temp" solve this is by pressing the "refresh" button if there is any.. But still.. The "loading.." appears after I refreshed the whole page.. and I just did a whole new re-install! Still the problem is here.

EDIT:
Possible template issue.

EDIT 2:

VBDev? I can no longer find the plugin template "Chatbox display on forumhome" How come?

[Skyrider]

VBDev, it seems the "loading..." issue only appears in my first (default) custom template, and works on others. I already tried reverting the second template to the first one (a duplicate copy) but that doesn't seem to work either. I can't figure this out, any help please?

EDIT 3:
It seems this effects ALL templates! The only way it seems to "fix" this issue is add a automatic refresh rate for each usergroup, but it has to do this every time the chat box is loading / refreshing page.... but this still doesn't work as it should on my first template.. I'm forced to uninstall this as it doesn't work properly!

EDIT 4:
It seems "MGC Chatbox Evo created by MGC, Version 2.4.1, Copyright 2009 all rights reserved" at the bottom is being added on all the templates, except for the first one. I'm not very confused.. What's going on?

[jeejuh]

Nice update. Thanks!

I think I found a bug... Using the new /pm command: Activate the private chats in tabs feature, the option of clicking on a username to open a private chat tab doesn't seem to work for usernames with apostrophes in them.

[cory_booth]

To everyone who uses this plugin and has the "always loading" issues....

Seach both javascript functions found in /clientscript/mgc_cb_evo..
mgc_cb_evo_functions.js
and
mgc_cb_evo_static.js

Find the following: mgc_cb_evo_jsloc+"mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php"

Replace with: "http://yourwebsite.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php"

For me the mgc_cb_evo_jsloc varible has never worked on any of the versions.

There are multiple occurances of these, so do a find and replace.

You may need to adjust the http:// reference if you have your forum in a subdirectory.
All this edit does is remove the "guess work" of the jsloc varible and force the correct location.

[cory_booth]

You can very easily add this to VB Advanced by:

Create a template module and place the following in the template:
<div>
$mgc_cb_evo_var
</div>

Also make sure you add:
mgc_cb_evo
mgc_cb_evo_var

Portal Output Global Variables in Default Settings.

[cory_booth]

Also to those who use VB Optimizer... You may need to switch your avatar storage mechanism to database rather than flat file. I had problems with some avatars displaying next to the chats.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by cory_booth

To everyone who uses this plugin and has the "always loading" issues....

Seach both javascript functions found in /clientscript/mgc_cb_evo..
mgc_cb_evo_functions.js
and
mgc_cb_evo_static.js

Find the following: mgc_cb_evo_jsloc+"mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php"

Replace with: "http://yourwebsite.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php"

For me the mgc_cb_evo_jsloc varible has never worked on any of the versions.

There are multiple occurances of these, so do a find and replace.

Sorry, not working for me .. I still have the loading issue on my first template.. it works on the others just fine.

PS: With your changes when I wanted to add something in the chat box, I received:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

[cory_booth]

Edit the template - mgc_cb_evo_smilies:

Drop the <html id="mooo".... line
Drop the $headinclude line

I added my css file manually.

If I knew the proper way to call the css I would post it.

[cory_booth]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Sorry, not working for me .. I still have the loading issue on my first template.. it works on the others just fine.

PS: With your changes when I wanted to add something in the chat box, I received:

Wish I could help more...

What I can say, if you want to troubleshoot a bit...
Download the program Fiddler2. It is free and a "good guy" program.
Run Fiddler2 and then reload your website.
Fiddler2 will show you all the calls (failed or not) for a particualr file and scripts and graphics.
You can see if you are having 404 errors and other things.
This is how i figured out the ajax piece.

[cory_booth]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Sorry, not working for me .. I still have the loading issue on my first template.. it works on the others just fine.

PS: With your changes when I wanted to add something in the chat box, I received:

Skyrider... My website has the forum in root.
Maybe you need to change to read "http://yourwebsite.com/forum/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php" ???
Or there of....

All my edit does is force the correct location to find mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php.