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

[Ranger187]

Has anyone noticed a significant decrease in performance when this is installed compared to the regular MGC Chatbox? My site loads slower with this on.... I'm talking slow as in 4x as long to load. This chatbox must be pulling a lot more queries.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Has anyone noticed a significant decrease in performance when this is installed compared to the regular MGC Chatbox? My site loads slower with this on.... I'm talking slow as in 4x as long to load. This chatbox must be pulling a lot more queries.

Have you tried to disable/activate the chatbox and see how much queries differences ?

I haven't added much queries since the previous version on page load.

4 times slower seems really a lot to me.

[Keyser520]

I was trying to add this and got to the language part.. it says that you created the language in 3.6 and i'm on a later version... what do i do?

[Keyser520]

I overode the English language and ignored version... but it won't display..

I changed my FORUMHOME template to read

...
</table>
<!-- / icons and login code -->
<!-- Keyser added -->
$chatbox_forumhome
<!-- /keyser added -->
$footer
</body>
</html>

and modified the Chatbox display on forumhome plugin to read

$find = '$chatbox_forumhome';

instead of
$find = '$forumhome_markread_script';

but it's not working..
HELP?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you tried to disable/activate the chatbox and see how much queries differences ?

I haven't added much queries since the previous version on page load.

4 times slower seems really a lot to me.

If I disable the chat, my site is fast as hell... If enabled....tanks. I have it set to show the last 150 lines so it's not so bad....but it's definitely a lot slower then the previous MGC.

[Keyser520]

Ok... so I fixed that problem.. I didn' thave the permission set (I'm an idiot.. lol)

Now, here's the question... can someone explain "channels" and "commands". I've been trying to figure them out, but nothing seems to be working on em... please help. Is there any documentation?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

If I disable the chat, my site is fast as hell... If enabled....tanks. I have it set to show the last 150 lines so it's not so bad....but it's definitely a lot slower then the previous MGC.

Do you have a test account with admin access so that I can see it in action ?

Originally Posted by Keyser520

Now, here's the question... can someone explain "channels" and "commands". I've been trying to figure them out, but nothing seems to be working on em... please help. Is there any documentation?

Sorry no there is no documentation unfortunately.

I honestly don't have the time to write a full documentation, vbulletin is not my job ;-).

What have you tried exactly ?

[Keyser520]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Do you have a test account with admin access so that I can see it in action ?



Sorry no there is no documentation unfortunately.

I honestly don't have the time to write a full documentation, vbulletin is not my job ;-).

What have you tried exactly ?

I understand about the time. Thanks for putting this whole program together in the first place!

I tried to create a channel. It wouldn't let me do that without creating a command as well. I called the command "test". When I typed in /test in the chatbox .. nothing happened, except that the message "/test" was posted.

I am not quite clear on what channels are, though I think they are basically different chat rooms... such as "join chat for discussing crazy stuff" or "chat for talking about why dogs are better than cats".

I am not clear on what commands are supposed to be, but I think they are things that happen when you type in /command... like in IRC, typing in " /me gives a high five"

would output

"Keyser520 gives a high five".

I also think, again not sure, but think, that a command would let you switch channels, too.

Am I on the right track? What am I missing?

[winkm]

Hi, probably a stupid question, but the install procedure is:

Upload the content of the "Images" directory in each of your forum styles directories"

My question: where are the forum styles directories ?

thanks for any help!

[Waiter]

How can I traslate this? Entrez votre chat????????