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 atlambros83

have the smiley categories been taken into account yet in the next update?

It has been taken into account in the last release.

Originally Posted by sickboy6ths

Hi, I was thinking about a new feature:
How about a chat-page, like the full-sized chatbox, where you can display each channel you have access to?

I was thinking you could choose the channels you wish to display there (if you got access to them).
Or the possibility to display all channels in 1, while each nickname is prefixed with the channel name, and you can talk by adding /channelname blalbalb to their channel (like you can do now from the global channel etc too :P)

Just brainstorming, but thought it might be a nice idea (Moderators, Want-To-Know-Everything types, etc etc )

Honestly I won't develop such a feature. This would be an enormous rework and I don't see the point of such a feature sorry.

[molieman]

Excellent addition to my site. Thank you VBDev

In the read me there is

"edit the FORUMHOME template and add the $mgc_cb_evo_stats where you want the stats to appear on your forum home."

This is where I placed the above statement in FORUMHOME:

</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
$mgc_cb_evo_stats
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->

I've taken the "yes" option in AdminCP "Display stats on the forumhome"

Unfortunately, nothing happens, nothing is displayed on the forum page. Perhaps I'm not doing something that I should.

Please help

[maidos]

hey just wonder if u remember to check the utf8 issue ?

[yeku]

Hi all,

I'm receiving by mail this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:

      UPDATE session
      SET lastactivity = xxxx, location = '/info/mgc_chatbox.php?do=ajax_refresh_chat', inforum = 0, inthread = 0, incalendar = 0, badlocation = 0
                    WHERE sessionhash = 'xxxx';

MySQL Error  : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Date         : Monday, March 17th 2008 @ 02:56:09 PM
Script       : http://www.mydomain.com/info/mgc_chatbox.php
Referrer     : http://www.mydomain.com/info/index.php
IP Address   : xxxx
Username     : xxxx
Classname    : vB_Database

The timeout configuration of the mysqlserver isn't the problem (i've spoken with the admin).

Do you have any idea?

Thanks.

[theOZer]

Running vB3.7.0 RC1 in testvb with prior Chatbox V1.5 uninstalled before upgrading vB3.6.8 to vB370RC1.
Followed installation instructions.
In ACP > UserGroups > UserGroup Manager
I try to set any usergroup's Chatbox Permission to Yes, then Save,
and get this error message:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0 Release Candidate 1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	`title` = 'Super Moderators',
	`description` = '',
	`usertitle` = 'Super Moderator',
	`opentag` = '',
	`closetag` = '',
	`passwordexpires` = '0',
	`passwordhistory` = '0',
	`forumpermissions` = '8388607',
	`genericpermissions` = '1609520879',
	`attachlimit` = '0',
	`pmquota` = '50',
	`pmpermissions` = '7',
	`pmsendmax` = '0',
	`calendarpermissions` = '63',
	`wolpermissions` = '15',
	`adminpermissions` = '1',
	`genericpermissions2` = '1',
	`genericoptions` = '63',
	`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
	`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
	`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
	`avatarmaxsize` = '25000',
	`signaturepermissions` = '237567',
	`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
	`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
	`sigpicmaxsize` = '2000',
	`sigmaxrawchars` = '1000',
	`sigmaxchars` = '500',
	`sigmaxlines` = '0',
	`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
	`sigmaximages` = '4',
	`albumpermissions` = '255',
	`albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
	`albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
	`albumpicmaxsize` = '100000',
	`albummaxpics` = '100',
	`albummaxsize` = '0',
	`usercsspermissions` = '31',
	`visitormessagepermissions` = '63',
	`socialgrouppermissions` = '511',
	`mgccustomusergroupperms` = '0',
	`nbmsgshowchatbox` = '',
	`vbblog_general_permissions` = '126',
	`vbblog_entry_permissions` = '24188',
	`vbblog_comment_permissions` = '990',
	`trgpermissions` = '0',
	`mgc_cb_evo_permissions` = '127',
	`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_show` = '0',
	`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_perday_show` = '0',
	`mgc_cb_evo_default_color` = '000000'
WHERE usergroupid=5;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'mgccustomusergroupperms' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Date          : Wednesday, March 19th 2008 @ 05:44:21 PM
Script        : http://ozmad.net/testvb/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer      : http://ozmad.net/testvb/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=5
IP Address    : 205.170.15.222
Username      : fLASH
Classname     : vb_database
MySQL Version : 4.0.27-standard-log

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by molieman

Excellent addition to my site. Thank you VBDev

In the read me there is

This is where I placed the above statement in FORUMHOME:

</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
$mgc_cb_evo_stats
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->

I've taken the "yes" option in AdminCP "Display stats on the forumhome"

Unfortunately, nothing happens, nothing is displayed on the forum page. Perhaps I'm not doing something that I should.

Please help

Hum seems ok to me.

Anyone else having this issue ?

Originally Posted by maidos

hey just wonder if u remember to check the utf8 issue ?

No sorry I am bit busy and forget everything.

What was it exactly ?

Originally Posted by yeku

Hi all,

I'm receiving by mail this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:

      UPDATE session
      SET lastactivity = xxxx, location = '/info/mgc_chatbox.php?do=ajax_refresh_chat', inforum = 0, inthread = 0, incalendar = 0, badlocation = 0
                    WHERE sessionhash = 'xxxx';

MySQL Error  : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Date         : Monday, March 17th 2008 @ 02:56:09 PM
Script       : http://www.mydomain.com/info/mgc_chatbox.php
Referrer     : http://www.mydomain.com/info/index.php
IP Address   : xxxx
Username     : xxxx
Classname    : vB_Database

The timeout configuration of the mysqlserver isn't the problem (i've spoken with the admin).

Do you have any idea?

Thanks.

Honestly I don't know.btw this is not the good thread, you are asking questions about the mgc_chatbox and not the mgc_cb_evo

I think it could be a too low refresh rate perhaps but not sure.

Originally Posted by theOZer

Running vB3.7.0 RC1 in testvb with prior Chatbox V1.5 uninstalled before upgrading vB3.6.8 to vB370RC1.
Followed installation instructions.
In ACP > UserGroups > UserGroup Manager
I try to set any usergroup's Chatbox Permission to Yes, then Save,
and get this error message:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0 Release Candidate 1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
    `title` = 'Super Moderators',
    `description` = '',
    `usertitle` = 'Super Moderator',
    `opentag` = '',
    `closetag` = '',
    `passwordexpires` = '0',
    `passwordhistory` = '0',
    `forumpermissions` = '8388607',
    `genericpermissions` = '1609520879',
    `attachlimit` = '0',
    `pmquota` = '50',
    `pmpermissions` = '7',
    `pmsendmax` = '0',
    `calendarpermissions` = '63',
    `wolpermissions` = '15',
    `adminpermissions` = '1',
    `genericpermissions2` = '1',
    `genericoptions` = '63',
    `profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
    `profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
    `profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
    `avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
    `avatarmaxheight` = '80',
    `avatarmaxsize` = '25000',
    `signaturepermissions` = '237567',
    `sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
    `sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
    `sigpicmaxsize` = '2000',
    `sigmaxrawchars` = '1000',
    `sigmaxchars` = '500',
    `sigmaxlines` = '0',
    `sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
    `sigmaximages` = '4',
    `albumpermissions` = '255',
    `albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
    `albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
    `albumpicmaxsize` = '100000',
    `albummaxpics` = '100',
    `albummaxsize` = '0',
    `usercsspermissions` = '31',
    `visitormessagepermissions` = '63',
    `socialgrouppermissions` = '511',
    `mgccustomusergroupperms` = '0',
    `nbmsgshowchatbox` = '',
    `vbblog_general_permissions` = '126',
    `vbblog_entry_permissions` = '24188',
    `vbblog_comment_permissions` = '990',
    `trgpermissions` = '0',
    `mgc_cb_evo_permissions` = '127',
    `mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_show` = '0',
    `mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_perday_show` = '0',
    `mgc_cb_evo_default_color` = '000000'
WHERE usergroupid=5;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'mgccustomusergroupperms' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Date          : Wednesday, March 19th 2008 @ 05:44:21 PM
Script        : http://ozmad.net/testvb/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer      : http://ozmad.net/testvb/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=5
IP Address    : 205.170.15.222
Username      : fLASH
Classname     : vb_database
MySQL Version : 4.0.27-standard-log

You haven't uninstalled the 1.5 version correctly.

You should have removed chatbox files prior to the new install.

To correct that, you have to remove the 1.5 version files and then rebuild bitfields manually.

[Inferno Dragon]

how I can disable the sticky feature of chat messages for the regular members? some members sticky their dumb shouts :S

[maidos]

well because utf8 character are disabled or not working at all with ur chatbox. iposted öäå oon the quick reply whihc ajax feature was enabled and it worked.
but it dont work when ipost öäå on ur shoutbox

[theOZer]

VBDev, Right On!
I had uninstalled Chatbox V1.5, but I also needed to delete the CBv15 files. Once I deleted those files, ChatBox Evo works in my vB370RC1 testvb.

[VBDev]

<font color="Red">Thanks to molieman for his kind donation
</font>