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

[Verbose]

Hey, this mod rocks.. thanks so much!

I followed the install instructions and have it working well, but I have a small issue - the "MGC Chat" link in the top navbar (between "Calendar" and "New Posts") does not do anything when clicked on.

Here is the code I put into my navbar template that is showing this link...

<!-- START CHATBOX CODE -->

			<td id="mgc_cb" class="vbmenu_control">

			    <a href="#">MGC Chatbox</a>
			    <script type="text/javascript">
			        vbmenu_register("mgc_cb");
			    </script>
			</td>
		
<!-- END CHATBOX CODE -->

Any ideas?

I'm running vBulletin 3.6.8 and MGC Chatbox 1.5 (English). Thanks.

[Verbose]

I just realized that this link doesn't actually link anywhere, which explains why the link doesn't work...

<a href="#">MGC Chatbox</a>

Is this a bug or did I do something wrong?

[class101]

Greetings from france, god job buddie, france 0wnz, well ok no luck at rugby ======> []

[class101]

looking for the vbadvanced CMPS integration and all is awesome in this addon

[class101]

Ha no found a bug, I'm using vbulletin replacements variables to rename defaut vbulletin's smillies to mine, they are correctly appearing in the smillies mebu selection but when the post is displayed the replacement variable isn't used so the default smillies appear

in french, j'utilise les variables de remplacements pour détourner le nom des smilies par défaut de vbulletin sur les miens, ça me permet de garder le skin de vbulletin standard intacte tout en pouvant rediriger les images vers celles que je veux grace aux vars de remplacement. Apparemment ça marche bien dans le menu de selection des smiles mais quand je poste, le smilie de vbulletin par defaut est affiché donc la var de remplacement na pas été prise en compte.

J'ai pris une screen sur le problème , c'est plus parlant, j'y ai poste le smilie qui devrait etre bleu mais comme la var n'est pas prise en compte j'ai le redface normal de vbulletin.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Karabaja

Got a bug to report. I never noticed it on my board. But installed a chatbox on friends board which is not English but in Ex-Yugoslavian languages like Croatian,Bosnian etc.
And this happens when someone tries to use a special character letters from that language like:

Čć?đ?

A shout containing those letters is not displayed. Nor error received. But afterwards messages that don't contain them can't be posted either by that member, they get an error:
"error: please wait some seconds before sending a new message".

After that logging out seems to help to loose that error.

This is a problem of character encoding and ajax.

I am unfortunately not skilled enough in that domain to find out what could fix that

Do you encounter the same problem when using the quick reply with ajax ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by jonbaker

never mind.. got it.. !!! thank you for all your help!

Cool

Originally Posted by Verbose

I just realized that this link doesn't actually link anywhere, which explains why the link doesn't work...

<a href="#">MGC Chatbox</a>

Is this a bug or did I do something wrong?

There are two bit of code to add in the navbar template, you added one but maybe not the other part ?

Originally Posted by class101

Greetings from france, god job buddie, france 0wnz, well ok no luck at rugby ======> []

Yes

Originally Posted by class101

Ha no found a bug, I'm using vbulletin replacements variables to rename defaut vbulletin's smillies to mine, they are correctly appearing in the smillies mebu selection but when the post is displayed the replacement variable isn't used so the default smillies appear

in french, j'utilise les variables de remplacements pour d?tourner le nom des smilies par d?faut de vbulletin sur les miens, ?a me permet de garder le skin de vbulletin standard intacte tout en pouvant rediriger les images vers celles que je veux grace aux vars de remplacement. Apparemment ?a marche bien dans le menu de selection des smiles mais quand je poste, le smilie de vbulletin par defaut est affich? donc la var de remplacement na pas ?t? prise en compte.

J'ai pris une screen sur le probl?me , c'est plus parlant, j'y ai poste le smilie qui devrait etre bleu mais comme la var n'est pas prise en compte j'ai le redface normal de vbulletin.

I think that replacement variables are maybe not taken into account in the shouts, this is strange, I add it to the list to check that out.

[Karabaja]

Originally Posted by VBDev

This is a problem of character encoding and ajax.

I am unfortunately not skilled enough in that domain to find out what could fix that

Do you encounter the same problem when using the quick reply with ajax ?

Actually I do, never noticed that either. But writing a numerical code of that character works, and it is translated to the letter in shoutbox.
Like if I write:

&?#268;

it will turn out as:

Č

in the shoutbox. Maybe that can be of some help.

P.S. Had to insert a question mark after "&" sign in that numerical code or else it got translated into letter Č here as well

[class101]

Btw if someone with a vbAdvanced CMPS not in the same home of its forum and congrats to display the chatbox on the cmps homepage please post informations here for everyone.

[class101]

je suis sur la piste de trouver ce qui ne va pas VBDev pour vbadvanced, je te met au courant des que ma box n'ets plus bugg? mais jarrive enfin a lafficher sur vba et le forum sans qu'il n'ai ? ?tre dans le m?me dossier