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

[danyz81]

Hello,
how can change the french's words on my language?
MY default language is italian so also if i install the english patch most of the words remaining on french. It's possible to change it on english (for translate in a second time) or i must translate it once at once from french?
Thnks!

[Sador]

Originally Posted by danyz81

Hello,
how can change the french's words on my language?
MY default language is italian so also if i install the english patch most of the words remaining on french. It's possible to change it on english (for translate in a second time) or i must translate it once at once from french?
Thnks!

Originally Posted by Sador

There is an English patch. Upload with the language manager, refresh, and it changes to English.

This.

If your main language is Italian and you want the English patch, use language manager to overwrite your Italian language with the patch. (it sh?uldn't have any effect on anything other than this mod, but I haven't tested it, so it's at your own risk)

If you want an Italian translation for this mod, I think you'll have to make one yourself.

Hope this helps.

[itswiz]

One of my member's can't view chat.... This is what in chat box..."your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing." Any idea how to resolve issue, so member can view chat... Also member can type a chat and submit it but doesn't see it. Note everyone else can view it.

[AdamFL]

I installed the Chat and everything seems good except the chatbox keep loading forever. any idea how to fix this?

Thanks

[gsmumbo]

I installed the chatbox, it worked fine but all of a sudden, the notifications(which are merged with the chats) are showing up above the chats, essentially acting like they are stickied. It is leaving very little room for the actual shouts. Anybody know why this would happen and how to get them back to normal(being treated like a regular chat, when a new chat is made the notification gets pushed down and the new chat is displayed on top of it)

[Cplkaos]

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT autocomplete,js_file,phpcode_chatbox_display,userg roupids,userids FROM mgc_cb_evo_command WHERE active='1';

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'autocomplete' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Monday, October 5th 2009 @ 07:39:53 PM
Error Date : Monday, October 5th 2009 @ 07:39:53 PM
Script : http://www.**************.co.uk/forum/
Referrer :
IP Address : 92.***.***.108
Username : The Grinch
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.85-community


Can anyone help please?????

This is stopping me getting into the forum and indeed Vbulletin

[mp3u]

Originally Posted by creppello

This worked for me.....
#5664
03 Oct 2009, 04:15
creppello
Member

Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7
Design: Blue Lagoon,Fixed
Originally Posted by mp3u
Sorry to but in here guys but I'm a newbie, I've installed the chatbox - all good except it's stuck on loading and I get a security token missing error. So do all of my user groups, in all browser types. Any ideas? There are a few potential advanced looking fixes in this thread - i don't want to break anything. Any concrete fixes for these issues?

This worked for me.....

Originally Posted by cory_booth View Post

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.


One site I deal with they have set up really goofy, Their forums home page is not their .com page. I had to put files in both the forums directory as well as the publichtml directory, th3en upload the xml files.

That fix above cleared up all my problems though.

Thanks for this, how to I change the .js file though? I can't seem to open it - do I need to download a program to create/tweak .js files? Dumb question I know... please help!

[SuperDave71]

mp3u,

Use a text editor like wordpad or notepad.

Open wordpad for example and drag the .js file on top of it. You should see the text contained in the .js file.

Hope this helps!

-SuperDave71

[AdamFL]

I did the edits mentioned before but it's still loading... I guess this is not for me.
Thank you anyway.

[papabear99]

I have tried installs on this a few times and finally gave up and went to ChatBox integration which works excellent...