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

[theOZer]

One more thing...
If you've upgraded from the previous Chatbox V1.x, eg V1.5, you need to DELETE all of the old/prior files. That's absolutely necessary.
There's also a MGC Chatbox template that's created (in V1.x). I've yet to learn how to delete this older V1.x template; but, it doesn't seem to affect the new Chatbox Evo.

[cypher1973]

no m8 it hasnt sorted but could it be that the forum homes are different ? this is a fresh install

[theOZer]

Okay. Assuming you're running V0.3.0, did you upgrade from a V0.2x, or any earlier release?
VBDev makes it clear that you need to completely uninstall everything then load V0.30.
And, you have turned on the Evo Chatbox in your usergroups, right?

[macc]

hello!

need more help ...have created one channel more (team), and how get there user font colors and text style (font mean) like in general channel?


regards

macc

[theOZer]

Can you create more than one Team channel without dinking things is my question?
Plus, articulate; I can't 'read' what you're trying to ask? Sorry.

[macc]

make one more channel - now have 2 channels ... users can in usercp - edit options - make own colors for fonts and size for fonts also (mean for chatbox) but those works only in genaral channel not in extra channel...
how to get that works in both channels?

reg

macc

[theOZer]

Have you turned on access to the Team channel for the relevant usergroups?
Also, in Manage Channels, under 'Channel command information' have you clicked on/allowed the usergroups you want to have access to the Team channel?
And, this could be a 'glitch' that VBDev needs to address.

[macc]

Also, in Manage Channels, under 'Channel command information' have you clicked on/allowed the usergroups you want to have access to the Team channel?

that is problem .. i think because when i click on some usergroups and come back .... all boxes is empty...


reg

macc

[theOZer]

Are you testing this using different 'test' people. I have different psuedo users that I log in as, one's a SuperMod, one's a Regular User, one's a Mod, and my Admin user.
And, you're right. It does appear that the Team channel only uses the default color (not a user's preferences) for, say, Team channel. Try putzing with that color if nothing else. In each usergroup there's a 'MGC Chatbox Evo: Default chat color.' Tweak that, see, if nothing else, if that has any affect.
Regards, ~OZ

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by poolking

the /me command, how can I get so that it works in more than 1 channel?

It's not possible currently.

When developping the first version of the MGC Chatbox Evo, I have thought at it but haven't found the good way to handle it.

This is something I would like to handle but I won't handle it right now, it could take time before I add it to the chatbox.

Originally Posted by poolking

Second question:

How can you get the 2nd channel use the same colour text as the general channel, without having to use the BBCODE function when posting all of the time?

I don't get you on that point, can you give me more details on what you're meaning ?

Originally Posted by Tom S

I thought that I was following your instructions correctly, very new to this stuff. I had posted earlier in this thread and asked questions and was told not to have in separate folders within the folders that the files were to be in. Can you pm me please, because I really want this working correctly.

Tom S.

Read carefully the install instructions, you just have to upload the content of the files directory in the forum root thus keeping the directory structure.