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

[Ohiosweetheart]

There seems to be a problem connected to the upgrade to RC4.

I upgraded a clients' forum today, and they use this chatbox. All of a sudden, it's doing this (see screenshot).....

I've had them disable it until we can find the solution.

[Digital Jedi]

There's a quick fix for that a few posts back, I believe.

[Honk0815]

I have the self Problem

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

There's a quick fix for that a few posts back, I believe.

I found it, but unfortunately, that didn't fix it.

[sickboy6ths]

Originally Posted by maidos

thank you macc ^_^ it works now
and of course BIG THANKS to sickboy6th for making this hotfix so quickly ^_^ a job well done

No problem. Missing '&' only seemed logical, only problem was to find the right files, as there's php's, js's, plugins & templates

VBDev after his return might handle it differently

Originally Posted by Ohiosweetheart

I found it, but unfortunately, that didn't fix it.

The problem seems to be with browser caches and proxy caches.
A) Make sure you don't use a proxy (also not in some way through provider). Cause if you do, you will have to wait until their caches refresh

B) Make sure your browser cache is clear. For some CTRL + F5 worked, for others they needed to close all browsers but 1, delete browser cache, close the browser, start the browser, clear browser cache, and then it worked

Hope this helps

[Keyser520]

hmm...commands came with the product? I didn't see that in the install directions or the downloads. I must have missed something. What should I do to install those?

here are the steps I took:

MGC Chatbox Evo - > Manage Channels

"Add a channel"

Title: testtitle
Description: testdescription
Name of channel image: testimage
Order: 1
Warn user upon new message in channel: no
Activate the channel: yes

...or create a new command: testcommand
Usergroupds allowed to use this command: administrators

I then clicked "save"

I now see a broken image. Thanks!

Questions:
1) Is there a way to rename the "general channel"?
2) If no, then is there a way to turn of the general channel?
3) How do I create a /me command?
4) When creating a channel, the people that can view that channel are the user groups you gave access to that particular command?
5) In "General options" there is an option called "Number of days before automatic chats removal" and it says "Number of days after which the chats are automatically removed if the automatic chatbox digest is activated"
* I have searched in all of the MGC Chatbox Evo options and can't find the way to activate or deactive the "automatic chatbox digest".

Thanks for your help!

[joe1989]

How do I change the text that automatically appears in the text box? It's in some different language, and I don't want that to show up; I just want it to say "Enter text here" IN ENGLISH. How can I do this?

[Keyser520]

Joe, if you go to "Admin CP" -> "MGC Chatbox Evo" -> "Chats formatting" and look at the bottom, you will see "Message to display in the input field on page load"

I believe that's where you change it. However, I am having problems getting it to show up. It says "Only displays if the previous option is activated and for the defined usergroups". The previous option is "To avoid users from taking this field as a search field".

You define what usergroups see the prompt with the "Show prompt message for this usergroup" in your "usergroup manager."

[joe1989]

I got it to work; thanks!

[joe1989]

When you add a channel, what does it mean to "Attach a command" to that channel? How do you pick one? Why are there only two? I'm just looking for a good explanation for this...