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

[DEADLY S0LDIER]

I didn't like the mod so I un-installed it and I get this error when I try to edit a usergroup:
MySQL Error : Unknown column 'mgccustomusergroupperms' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Saturday, December 1st 2007 @ 02:04:57 PM
Script : http://rsmarkets.com/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer : http://rsmarkets.com/admincp/usergro...&usergroupid=6
IP Address : 68.251.109.173
Username : DEADLY SOLDIER
Classname : vb_database

[VBDev]

This is because you didn't followed the uninstall instructrions.

You have to remove first the chatbox files (and especially the one in the xml directory) and then uninstall the products.

To correct that problem, you have to remove the files and then rebuild manually the bitfields.

[entertain]

Hey VBDev,

one of my users say that he get this message:

fetch_object("canal_team_off") has no properties
attente_check_team_msg()mgc_chatbox.js (line 469) 
[Break on this error] fetch_object('canal_team_off').style.display = 'none'; mgc_chatbox.js (line 469)

What can that be?


cu
entertain

P.S. How far are you with the version 2.0?

[entertain]

Hey VBDev,

one of my users say that he get this message:

Now I've deleted all shouts and the problem is fixed

*edit*
5 Shouts later same problem.
Only he has this problem. Can that be because of a slow inernet connection?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by entertain

Now I've deleted all shouts and the problem is fixed

*edit*
5 Shouts later same problem.
Only he has this problem. Can that be because of a slow inernet connection?

Hum, when you look at your chatbox templates in the acp, does they look like not orignal ? I mean have you done modifications to them ?

[VBDev]

v2.0 Development Update :

Hi everyone !

As every monday, I post a little update on the development of the 2.0 version.

I have made good progress last week ! The acp part of the "suprise" (which is the base of 2.0) is near from completion, I just have one functionnality remaining which I will finish this week.

Next I will have to rework the user side but this is basically well thought so that should be quite easy to do it .

As the things are going, I think that perhaps I could be able to launch a beta phase in 2 weeks (if the chatbox is mature enough at that time which I think it will).

So as you can see things are going well I think I might make less progress this week as I am doing big changes to my hack selling forum due to recent plagia of one of my products by vbteam ...

I'll let you wait for the next progress update

Cl?ment

[nyunyu]

Hi, I install this hack. But there is no shoutbox appears on my forum??
take a look here --> http://www.animeheist.com/forum

Please if anyone could help me find out what is wrong.

Thanks.

[adnedarn]

nyunyu go into each usergroup and setup the permissions for them to see it. The default is they cannot.

Mainly set "Can use MGC Chatbox?" to YES and set the other stuff to whatever you want...

Andrew

[nyunyu]

@Andrew, Thank you very much!
This shout looks very nice. I like it!

[Animecraving]

looking forward to the new version
and i hope this version will have the option that make user/guest have can see shoutbox and can't shout unless they have 1 post count