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

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by helwoe

Thank you for creating this mod.

Is there a way to change the "information request" for guests to just say "enter nick name" ?

Thanks

There is an option for that, you have to allow unregistered to chat through usergroup options, then you have to set an option to ask guests to input a username.

Originally Posted by Asmod

how i unban the users in chatbox ?

Either through the /showban command than open a page to let you do this.
Or with the /unban command (see help inside the chatbox for more info on its syntax).

[Asmod]

Thanks for the support but it seems that i got some problems with it and database error, first it makes forums not showing the last post made by last one who posted in threads, is showing only the starter // and second it gives error when i try to validate post or threads in admincp ( error on mgc_evo line 1 ....etc) Uninstalled.

[VBDev]

The bug for validation in admincp is a known bug I have to correct.

Regarding the other problem you are the only one that reported such issue so far.
Can you post an exact screenshot plz ?

[cdoyle]

Hi,
I uninstalled this because my users were not using it, but I've run into a problem.
When I go into my usergroup permissions, the chatbox options are still there and if I try and save any changes I get a db error.

How can I completely remove this from my forum?

[Schoelle]

Originally Posted by cdoyle

Hi,
How can I completely remove this from my forum?

Have you followed the instructions from the readme file?
If you follow these it should be removed completely.

[GhettoTech]

I'm having an issue with links being parsed with something to the beginning and treating everything as relative links rather than absolutes. for instance... if in the chat I post

http://www.yahoo.com

in the chat it's displaying www.yahoo.com

but clicking or hovering over the link shows - http://www.forextips.com/forums/www.yahoo.com

please help.

[Nelson58]

When I try to move a thread, since installing Evo, I get the following error. How can I fix this please?


Nelson




Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO mgc_cb_evo_chat
(
dateline,fromuid,name,ctext,sticky,chanid,coidenti fier,iswarning,warningtype,tpforumid,tpthreaduseri d,
hascustomavatar,avatarid,avatarrevision,usergroupi d,displaygroupid

)
VALUES
(
'1331055049','356','jgedde','5646,I got robbed last night - just venting',0,0,0,1,'thread','13','356'
'0','0','0',
'22','22'

);

MySQL Error : Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
Error Number : 1136
Request Date : Tuesday, March 6th 2012 @ 09:30:49 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, March 6th 2012 @ 09:30:49 AM
Script : http://www.hobby-machinist.com/posti...ethread&t=5619
Referrer : http://www.hobby-machinist.com/postings.php
IP Address : 207.29.40.2
Username : Allthumbz
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Allthumbz

When I try to move a thread, since installing Evo, I get the following error. How can I fix this please?


Nelson




Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO mgc_cb_evo_chat
(
dateline,fromuid,name,ctext,sticky,chanid,coidenti fier,iswarning,warningtype,tpforumid,tpthreaduseri d,
hascustomavatar,avatarid,avatarrevision,usergroupi d,displaygroupid

)
VALUES
(
'1331055049','356','jgedde','5646,I got robbed last night - just venting',0,0,0,1,'thread','13','356'
'0','0','0',
'22','22'

);

MySQL Error : Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
Error Number : 1136
Request Date : Tuesday, March 6th 2012 @ 09:30:49 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, March 6th 2012 @ 09:30:49 AM
Script : http://www.hobby-machinist.com/posti...ethread&t=5619
Referrer : http://www.hobby-machinist.com/postings.php
IP Address : 207.29.40.2
Username : Allthumbz
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

That's a known bug, It's correcting in upcoming version (somewhere end of week for the release).

Originally Posted by GhettoTech

I'm having an issue with links being parsed with something to the beginning and treating everything as relative links rather than absolutes. for instance... if in the chat I post

http://www.yahoo.com

in the chat it's displaying www.yahoo.com

but clicking or hovering over the link shows - http://www.forextips.com/forums/www.yahoo.com

please help.

You're posting the url with the http and it prepend your forum url ?

Are you seing the same thing elsewhere on your forum like in posts if you set it to automatically parse links in text ?

[GhettoTech]

Originally Posted by VBDev

You're posting the url with the http and it prepend your forum url ?

Are you seing the same thing elsewhere on your forum like in posts if you set it to automatically parse links in text ?

No, I am not seeing the forum url being prepended to the links in other places on the forum. This is only happening on the chat box.

[Nelson58]

Originally Posted by VBDev

That's a known bug, It's correcting in upcoming version (somewhere end of week for the release).

Merci Clement.

Nelson