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

[Saviour]

I have...all permissions are fine.

The problem with this mod is there is no option to add a link to the navbar. This being vb 4.1.2, I'm currently at a loss for adding a link to the full-size chatbox in the navbar of the site.

I currently have the chatbox open, minimzed, on the forum home. However, I don't want that. I want a link in the navbar.

Any help with the coding?

[Ranger187]

If you edit the navbar template you can add a link.

[csavern]

How do we get a side box like the one on the demo page ?

[Saviour]

When updating counters through the admin cp, it says that the process is complete, but just loops and I can't stop it unless I close the page in my browser. Links do not seem to work in the admin cp while it is sitting there looping.

Is this a bug? Is there a fix?

[eh69]

Problems with chatbox in IE (windows 7). I attaching screen shots from FireFox (first - all ok) and Internet Explorer (error in javascript). See on screens: http://img824.imageshack.us/g/99180681.jpg/


Its bug or maybe my server wrong configuration?

Its javascript debug:

Szczeg?ły błędu na stronie sieci Web

Agent użytkownika: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)
Sygnatura czasowa: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:52:20 UTC


Wiadomość: Wymagany jest obiekt
Wiersz: 2109
Znak: 3
Kod: 0
Identyfikator URI: http://www.forum.alfaholicy.org/mgc_cb_evo/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js


Wiadomość: Wymagany jest obiekt
Wiersz: 2109
Znak: 3
Kod: 0
Identyfikator URI: http://www.forum.alfaholicy.org/mgc_cb_evo/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js

2

Szczeg?ły błędu na stronie sieci Web

Agent użytkownika: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)
Sygnatura czasowa: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:52:57 UTC


Wiadomość: Wymagany jest obiekt
Wiersz: 2109
Znak: 3
Kod: 0
Identyfikator URI: http://www.forum.alfaholicy.org/mgc_cb_evo/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js


Wiadomość: Wymagany jest obiekt
Wiersz: 2109
Znak: 3
Kod: 0
Identyfikator URI: http://www.forum.alfaholicy.org/mgc_cb_evo/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js

This problem in IE is showing only when im logged in to forum.

EDIT
I found reason, when on my chatbox are /slap or /me then this error is turning on.

Maybe problems have connection with my encoding? im using ISO8859-2

[scott_gersforum]

I had to uninstall this chatbox - it was slowing my forum down.
Host says it was causing killed sleeping connections.

[eh69]

Turn on inactive mode of chatbox

Please add to new version function "sound is default disabled for users" - some my users like this sound, but some hate this too They dont know where is source (my site or other) of sound :PPPP

[Skyrider]

Has anyone an idea why the chatbox keeps pruning chats every xx days? The prune is disabled in the AdminCP and I even disabled its cron job. So why is it still doing it?

[ExciterNL]

I did install right now, on vB 4.x. I did choose english language. But in the Admin CP everything is in french. I don't understand any word in french, so i cant edit the settings now.

How can i change the admin CP language to English?

EDIT: Never mind, i did find it. It realy changes only the english language. But on my forum, we use Dutch as standard. So i just have to switch my forums to english.

Now i have to find out, how the chat wil behave for the members, as Dutch is the forum standard...

[ExciterNL]

Now, the problems are bigger. In the admin CP everything seems OK, but what kind of possibility to place the chat on the forums i do choose, there is nothing to see...

No error message's, no any corrupted view, just nothing. As if i never did install anything. The chat is set to active, the permissions are set right. Help, pls...

Edit: even this i did manage by my own. I did not see, that there are also permisions to be set in the usergroup manager...