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

[TruthElixirX]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Registered users is where you set it to display it by default. The option you are showing is AFTER they are logged in. That's after the fact, that they logged in. That's a UserCP setting AFTER their usergroup takes precedence. Hence USER selects. It's simple.

Bringing this back up because it has come back on my list.

I understand quite well that this is after they login, but for some reason it is default to "No" for everyone on signing up. Where do I set it to default to "Yes" and let them change it to "No" if they want?

I can't find it anywhere. I've even found where it is set in the MySQL database "mgc_cb_evo_show";i0;s18:" is "No" and "Yes" is "mgc_cb_evo_show";i1;s18:"

But I don't know what query to run to get everyone to i1 instead of i0. The string of text for this area is this:

a:9:{s:15:"mgc_cb_evo_font";s:7:"Verdana";s:15:"mgc_cb_evo_size";i:0;s:16:"mgc_cb_evo_color";s:6:"00FF00";s:12:"mgc_cb_evo_b";i:1;s:12:"mgc_cb_evo_u";i:0;s:12:"mgc_cb_evo_i";i:0;s:15:"mgc_cb_evo_show";i:1;s:18:"mgc_cb_evo_uchanid";i:0;s:24:"mgc_cb_evo_sound_disable";i:0;}

and my MySQL skills are not up to par to write a query to exit that one portion. I have even found the code where this is set:

	$userdata->set('mgc_cb_evo_params', $serialize_cb_params);
	$userdata->save();

Inside profile_updateoptions.php. But no idea what to do with it:

		'mgc_cb_evo_show' => $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'mgc_cb_evo_show', TYPE_UINT),

So what I am asking is how do I make this:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14824930/chatbox.png

Default to "Yes" for everyone instead of defaulting to "No". I have been pulling my hair out on this for way too long. I need help bad.


EDIT:

To expand upon this I have found another issue:

I want a certain usergroup to be able to see the chatbox, but not type inside of it, so I have the following permissions set in this usergroup's permissions:

Can view the chatbox
Yes

Can use the chatbox
No

But nothing shows up for them. If I go to the User CP and click edit options, they do not have the option to display it.

I then go and change "Can use the chatbox" to "Yes" and go back to the forum home as them, and the chatbox is still not there. I go to their User CP and the options show up. I change this to show the chatbox (since it is set to no by default). I then go to the main forum page and it shows up, and they can type. I then go back to the Admin CP, turn "Can use the chatbox" to "No", go back to the forum as them, and they can still see it but they can't post in it (which is what I want). If I go to the User CP the options are gone now as well.

I've tried re-uploading all files from a fresh download and re-importing the product file, and it doesn't seem to change anything. It hasn't always been this way. It happened somewhere along with an upgrade. It was previously on by default and displaying.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Can you post a screenshot of the exact position issue ?

http://awesomescreenshot.com/0dajnzc0b
Mind that I clicked the dropdown of the chat completely at the bottom.
Clicking the options has no effect.

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum Not seing really the problem here.

The function to close the window is hidden in the chatbox text. See the top left of the window.

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well the chats doesn't load or the chatbox itself ?

The chats do not load on low bandwidth.

[karma010]

Can someone please post an example of what I would need to add to the postbit template to manually place the chat count? When I enable the feature from the settings, it places it under everything else (including the thumbs up mod I'm using) -- I'd like to place it right under "Posts".

[StikxX]

How can I integrate ChatBox in the vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.0 Portal

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by TruthElixirX

Bringing this back up because it has come back on my list.

I understand quite well that this is after they login, but for some reason it is default to "No" for everyone on signing up. Where do I set it to default to "Yes" and let them change it to "No" if they want?

I can't find it anywhere. I've even found where it is set in the MySQL database "mgc_cb_evo_show";i0;s18:" is "No" and "Yes" is "mgc_cb_evo_show";i1;s18:"

But I don't know what query to run to get everyone to i1 instead of i0. The string of text for this area is this:

a:9:{s:15:"mgc_cb_evo_font";s:7:"Verdana";s:15:"mgc_cb_evo_size";i:0;s:16:"mgc_cb_evo_color";s:6:"00FF00";s:12:"mgc_cb_evo_b";i:1;s:12:"mgc_cb_evo_u";i:0;s:12:"mgc_cb_evo_i";i:0;s:15:"mgc_cb_evo_show";i:1;s:18:"mgc_cb_evo_uchanid";i:0;s:24:"mgc_cb_evo_sound_disable";i:0;}

and my MySQL skills are not up to par to write a query to exit that one portion. I have even found the code where this is set:

	$userdata->set('mgc_cb_evo_params', $serialize_cb_params);
	$userdata->save();

Inside profile_updateoptions.php. But no idea what to do with it:

		'mgc_cb_evo_show' => $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'mgc_cb_evo_show', TYPE_UINT),

So what I am asking is how do I make this:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14824930/chatbox.png

Default to "Yes" for everyone instead of defaulting to "No". I have been pulling my hair out on this for way too long. I need help bad.


EDIT:

To expand upon this I have found another issue:

I want a certain usergroup to be able to see the chatbox, but not type inside of it, so I have the following permissions set in this usergroup's permissions:

Can view the chatbox
Yes

Can use the chatbox
No

But nothing shows up for them. If I go to the User CP and click edit options, they do not have the option to display it.

I then go and change "Can use the chatbox" to "Yes" and go back to the forum home as them, and the chatbox is still not there. I go to their User CP and the options show up. I change this to show the chatbox (since it is set to no by default). I then go to the main forum page and it shows up, and they can type. I then go back to the Admin CP, turn "Can use the chatbox" to "No", go back to the forum as them, and they can still see it but they can't post in it (which is what I want). If I go to the User CP the options are gone now as well.

I've tried re-uploading all files from a fresh download and re-importing the product file, and it doesn't seem to change anything. It hasn't always been this way. It happened somewhere along with an upgrade. It was previously on by default and displaying.

Usergroup options. But from the sounds of it, you either have sql or template edits over riding this.... I'd revert to a backup at this point if nothing else works. You do take backups right?

[warlord0]

We installed 3.3.0 and lost a shed load of features.

No /team or any other / command - no preview of commands. Had to uninstall it and roll back to 3.2.3

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by warlord0

We installed 3.3.0 and lost a shed load of features.

No /team or any other / command - no preview of commands. Had to uninstall it and roll back to 3.2.3

According to the changlog above /team is there. Did you enable it???

[Alfa1]

Same here. commands do not work in this version. Its enabled. I assume this is because we use vb3.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Same here. commands do not work in this version. Its enabled. I assume this is because we use vb3.

I don't think the VB version matters. I'm still on 3.2.3 so I can't verify this.

It's VBDev's birthday today so I'll probably see him on FB later and ask him.

[Crotan]

Happy birthday VBDev!