Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox (with AJAX)

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

Description

When I had left the vBulletin world, I was in the past the co-author of a little chatbox (shoutbox), very well known in the vBulletin world.
This chatbox had been developed by Svaliotti (known as Poseidon on vb.org) for vB2 in the past and I had made the porterage (with is authorisation as we were both members of the same french non-official support forum) and the improvement for vB3.

It is thus normal that in my return in the vBulletin world, I begin by getting down to this hack. Even if several versions of chatbox are already present in the vBulletin world, I said to myself that it would be a good thing to make a made in France.

Naturally, I don't deal with a "copy" version of the other chatbox, I have any coded at the beginning (it was preferable because the front code wasn't so clean any more), and I integrated a good quantity of very interesting features.

New version features

The new version contains all the features from the previous version. Description of these versions can be found in Sofia's post hereabove (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1257510&postcount=3).

Modifications from previous version are the following :

• 1.5 :
  • Fixed bugs :
    • Chatbox is shown two times in full page mode when the Display on all pages under the navbar option is selected.
    • "Fermer" is not in a sentence.
    • Overflow problem with Netscape.
    • Uppercase transformed to lowercase in the PM channel.
    • The ban cron debans user indefinitly banned.
    • Chatbox continuously loading on some forums.
    • Inactivity and guests problem.
    • Team icon blinking is not working properly.
    • Coma error in the who is online.
    • 2 spaces instead of one between the date and the time.
  • New functionnalities :
    • Option to deactivate the random smilies.
    • Option to deactivate the automatic PM sending when banning a user.
    • New permission to allow or not the downloading of shouts.
    • Option to specify the name under which unregistered users shouts appear.
    • Syntax change for the /ban, /ignore, /del, /pm commands : Possibility to use them with the username or the userid (For more information about the new syntax, check the help button in the chatbox).
  • Removed functionnalities :
    • vBAdvanced integration [TEMPORARLY] => See this for integration with this version https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628

This hack is very light in term of queries : only one for every recharging / refreshment of the chatbox and 5 for the statistics in the load of the page if you actiate them. If you don't activate advanced options of course as stated aside each in the acp

Installation

Read the file "Installation" in the pack.

Once the installation is ended, go in usergroups and edit permissions to see the Chatbox.

By default, no group has access to the chatbox.

Screenshots

The screenshots are in french as I have made it on an online website which is in french. Don't hesitate to give me new one if you want in english

They are up to date of 1.3 version.

See the following post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1292136&postcount=559

User manual

Coming soon ...

Copyright

This hack is under copyright MGC (Mtor&Grog Corporation) 2007-forever and was developed for vBulletin-Resources.com & vb-hacks.org. Its redistribution on another forum that vbulletin-ressources.com, vb-hacks.org or vbulletin.org are prohibited without aggreement of the authors!

Evolutions and improvements

This sixth version of the chatbox is already very complete, but like each product, its evolution depends on all. Then don't hesitate especially to share your ideas of improvements so that we can improve even more this chatbox.

Languages

Actually available :

1. French
2. English
3. Arabic [Translator : alessai]
4. German [Translator : captainslater]
5. Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
6. Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
7. Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

1. Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']For the translators : phrases with version number 1.5 in the English language file are the one that have been modified or added in the new version so you should probably find the modification for your language file easily.[/font]

Contact me if you want to participate and add your own country language file

Support

Several possible problems are explained in the file "Read Me"
Chatbox in iBProarcade and vBadvanced CMPS

See the readme file for iBProarcade.

For vbadvanced, a module is available here : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628.

FAQ

Q: I installed the chatbox but it doesn't display
R: Check if you have allowed users (permissions in usergroups)

Q: I see shouts but in the collapsed chatbox
R: You can specify number of shouts in the collapsed chatbox. If you don't want to see it, put "0" for this option.

Q: The chatbox doesn't display below or in the top of one of the pages while in the other position it displays
R: You use a style and it's possible that variables used in templates aren't present. (Read the file "Read Me")

Q: I have a problem with accents in the Chatbox
R: Read the file "Read Me"

Q: How to change the value of color for date and for command /me?
R: When you add additionnal CSS for each style, you can change color in class CSS.

Thanks to Sofia for her earlier help on the chatbox.

You can donate if you want to show your support

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

[gothicuser]

I have tried both doing an upgrade, and uninstalling then re-installing to the newer v1.4, but nothing I do seems to get the vBAdvanced module to work.
I have followed your destructions to the letter, re-read them, got a third-party to read them, but alas, still no module appears.

This morning I did a 'virginal' install of vBulletin on one of my office dev machines ('nix box) no mods/hacks at all, went through the install procedure precisely to the letter, the chat box works perfectly, but still no vBA module

[alseef]

First of all I would like to thank you , and thanks also to mr. alessai for the translation.

but still I cant read the Arabic in the chatbox, as you say before this is from the provider.

Is there any other solutions ??

What also Provider has to do to solve this problem?

Thanks

[Tulsa]

This mod has progressed wonderfully!

The only thing I think this mod needs now is to store the users selection of font and color so they don't have to set it every time.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by gothicuser

I have tried both doing an upgrade, and uninstalling then re-installing to the newer v1.4, but nothing I do seems to get the vBAdvanced module to work.
I have followed your destructions to the letter, re-read them, got a third-party to read them, but alas, still no module appears.

This morning I did a 'virginal' install of vBulletin on one of my office dev machines ('nix box) no mods/hacks at all, went through the install procedure precisely to the letter, the chat box works perfectly, but still no vBA module

On monday evening, I'll check that out on a clean vbulletin install.

But it was working wonderfully on my local forum it's strange.

What you could try to do is find in the vba files in the include directory the print_portal_output function (I don't have my notebook so can't tell which one) and then at the start of that file find add : global $mgc_chatbox;

There is an option in vba which can also allow variable globalizing so you might as well at mgc_chatbox in that field instead of doing the file editing.

Tell me if that solve the thing !

Originally Posted by alseef

First of all I would like to thank you , and thanks also to mr. alessai for the translation.

but still I cant read the Arabic in the chatbox, as you say before this is from the provider.

Is there any other solutions ??

What also Provider has to do to solve this problem?

Thanks

This is a problem of encoding, i had the same problem with accent on an old forum but I really don't know which provider parameter it's due to

My skills lack on that part.

Originally Posted by Tulsa

This mod has progressed wonderfully!

The only thing I think this mod needs now is to store the users selection of font and color so they don't have to set it every time.

But it already does as users can do that through their acp. I won't make it through the selection in the chatbox.

[HDT]

Read all thread on page 38 but i want still ask.

How to show user who use the chatbox on current time?So we dont need to ask "Anyone in?' or "John Doe are you on chatbox?"

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by HDT

Read all thread on page 38 but i want still ask.

How to show user who use the chatbox on current time?So we dont need to ask "Anyone in?' or "John Doe are you on chatbox?"

Actually, there is a who's online channel which is accessible through a button in the chatbox (on the left).

However, it doesn't work very well actually coz I have problems with session and ajax calls.

To see the channel's button, you have to allow your users to see who's online in the chatbox (usergroup permissions).

[Tulsa]

lol - I totally missed that VBDev! Sweet!

[HDT]

Thanks VBDev,hope you can made this features more great.

[ButtCrackAttack]

Originally Posted by VBDev

You haven't upload the bitfield product

The files in the "p" folder? I'm confused, where should they be uploaded?

[Mastar]

Good to go... the Display on defined pages above the navbar setting was it.