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

[srt10etr]

Had to Disable the time outs, but it works now...

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Stoebi

Hi VBDev,

i love your Shoutbox and support and can't wait for 2.0 ;-)

My wish is to think more about Non-JavaScript user. An /announce as non-javascipt user in not working etc.

A second wish is to make the /announce command AJAX combatible, i hate to refresh the site, if not really needed. ;-)


Kind Regards,

Stoebi

I didn't really understand your phrase about the non-javascript thing.

You know that all the chatbox is built aroung javascript even the refresh thing through ajax so thinking about the non javascript users would lead to a complete different version as ajax won't work (it's based on javascript you know).

Regarding the announcement, yes this could maybe be done through ajax, I will think at it.

Originally Posted by pmkb

How does this mod compare to Flashchat (with the vB flashchat integration mods)? Has anyone done a comparison? I'm specifically interested in knowing how they compare in terms of server load/resources.

There could not be any real comparison between flashcat which is a real chat and my product which is only a chatbox.

I think my chatbox is not very server intensive

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by srt10etr

I have a few users getting this screen.... any suggestions??? thanks for a great mod btw...

Originally Posted by srt10etr

Had to Disable the time outs, but it works now...

Hum this is strange, do you have any particular information about those users ? (configuration or any other information).

[benjaminbih]

@VBDev on translating the installation guides i found out that in the german and english readme.txt it says:

Accents
It is possible that some of you meet problems with accents in the messages of the Chatbox. This problem is inherent to the server and can't be easily managed without modification.

If you meet this problem, edit the file functions_mgc_chatbox.php and replace: $chatbox_utf8 = 0; by $chatbox_utf8 = 0;.

But it have to say the following such as it says in the france readme:

Probl?me d'accents
Il est possible que certains d'entre vous rencontrent des probl?mes d'accents dans les messages de la chatbox. Ce probl?me est inh?rent au serveur et ne peut pas ?tre g?r? ais?ment sans modification :-)

Si vous rencontrez ce probl?me, ?ditez le fichier functions_mgc_chatbox.php et remplacez : $chatbox_utf8 = 0; par $chatbox_utf8 = 1;

This have to be corrected

Greetings from Germany

[VBDev]

Sure this will

[schmidtm]

When I enable the product MGC Chatbox I get these errors on my forum:

Warning: Unknown(): Unable to access /mounted-storage/home17b/sub003/sc19177-YZQW/wiiusers.net/wii/includes/functions_mgc_cb.php in /global.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 207

Warning: Unknown(/mounted-storage/home17b/sub003/sc19177-YZQW/wiiusers.net/wii/includes/functions_mgc_cb.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /global.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 207

Fatal error: (null)() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/mounted-storage/home17b/sub003/sc19177-YZQW/wiiusers.net/wii/includes/functions_mgc_cb.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /mounted-storage/home17b/sub003/sc19177-YZQW/wiiusers.net/wii/global.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 207

Any Help?
Thanks

[pmkb]

Originally Posted by VBDev

There could not be any real comparison between flashcat which is a real chat and my product which is only a chatbox.

I think my chatbox is not very server intensive

Could you please explain what the difference is between a real chat and a chatbox? They both look like they are doing the same thing to me.

[captainslater]

Originally Posted by benjaminbih

@VBDev on translating the installation guides i found out that in the german and english readme.txt it says:



But it have to say the following such as it says in the france readme:



This have to be corrected

Greetings from Germany

Thanks for the hint, I will correct the german readme in the next version.

[VBDev]

@schmidtm :

I think you haven't uploaded the includes/functions_mgc_cb.php file

@pmkb :

I think a real chat is something with rooms and else, which the chatbox don't exactly do the same way.

Of course they are similar in a way but using a chatbox as a chat could become hard to manage.

I think you should give them both a try to really view the differences.

[Lilyandy]

This was has translated partial the traditional Chinese language
family files

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=68259


How ask should completely the language family remove, please？

Thinking You~~~~~~^___^