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

[Bicho??]

Originally Posted by skywalker2208

Under edit options of the chat box select chat display and then under that option there is an option "HTML Code for the usernames display". In that option you can remove teh brackets.

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

Yeah just like skywalker said, just go into Chats Display, under the MGC Chatbox EVO options list.. Goto the section that says "HTML Code for the usernames display" and it should have this in the field...

FIND:
<{1}>

CHANGE TO:
{1}

Thank you both, kind regards!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by gpc10347

Thanks for the quick response. I moved back to version 4 as my users (what few they are) consider this the number one feature ever in a Vb board!

I don't have firefox but would be more than happy to go get it if it would help fix me up..

Oddly enough, there's no error that I can detect: As an example, if I want to enter a url or image, I click the approriate icon, the screen dims (similar to log off), the foreground entry box pops up as expected and if I hit cancel (for instance) - the entry box goes away but the screen and cursor never return.. If I refresh the entire page, all is well again...

I know I'm grasping at staws here as it obvious the product is perfect in all the other styles. I can't locate anything in the two oddballs that would interfere but will keep looking.

Perhaps I should wait and see what happens with a newer version later?

Yes certainly coz currently I am a bit buzy. I'll leave for a two weeks holiday (from the 15 August to the 31 August) so I am not really available to help out

Anyway yes you should wait for the next version but I don't think this version will change the problem as this part of the chatbox wasn't changed.

The changes to it were introduced in the 5.0 version. The popup is based on a jquery plugin so I am not sure I'll be really able to fix that out but let's see once the new version of the chatbox is up

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Yes it does make sense but there is no query for that. The only thing would be to make a change in the code to display the BBCODE bar collapsed by default.

I would actually like it to appear UNcollapsed by default. That way it's there all the time regardless of what the user chooses. What template would I need to modify to make it do this? Thanks!

[VBDev]

To make it uncollasped by default is not that simple as collapse state is stored in a php variable.

You should have a look at the build_mgc_cb_evo function in the functions/mgc_cb_evo.php modifying it could lead to what you want.

Unless you don't now anything about php In that case I'm sorry but I currently don't have the time to guide nor help you.

[RedGTiVR6]

Got it to work!

Only one problem....when I first visit the chat, the text that's in the entry field is still in french.

It states the following.

Where can I change this?

EDIT: Message to display in the input field on page load

under Chats Formatting and Sending.

Fixed!

[RedGTiVR6]

Originally Posted by sweede

I think i figured it out.

the function mgc_cb_evo_autocomplete() is in a template that is only used when the chatbox is active.

However, the function is called on every page since msc_cb_evo_headerinclude is included every where.

I removed the following code

function mgc_cb_evo_autocomplete()
	{
   	<if condition="!empty($autocompletion_js)">
  			$("#mgc_cb_evo_input").autocomplete([$autocompletion_js]);
		<else />
			;
		</if>
	}

from the mgc_cb_evo template and put it in the headinclude template

my new mgc_cb_evo_headinclude template looks as such.

<!-- JS -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_add/js/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_add/js/jquery.autocomplete.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_add/js/jquery.blockUI.js"></script>

<!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_add/css/jquery.autocomplete.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />

	

<script>

function mgc_cb_evo_autocomplete()
	{
   	<if condition="!empty($autocompletion_js)">
  			$("#mgc_cb_evo_input").autocomplete([$autocompletion_js]);
		<else />
			;
		</if>
	}

$(document).ready(function(){
	mgc_cb_evo_autocomplete();
});
</script>

This fixed the issue for me as well!

Thanks!

We're in business again!

[zelnik]

Nice mod and I would love to use it but not comfortable with the fact it forces everyone to read it the content.

Is there or would it be possible to add a section in the users CP to totally disable it?

Thank You.

[RedGTiVR6]

if you put it on a different page, then users aren't forced to see it at all. They opt to go to it.

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by zelnik

Nice mod and I would love to use it but not comfortable with the fact it forces everyone to read it the content.

Is there or would it be possible to add a section in the users CP to totally disable it?

Thank You.

Not that it's perfect but I have a couple of styles that I left it out of (for mobile purposes). This allows the user to select a style w/chat or w/o chat...

[Soup^Dragon]

i have a problem with the archives and the full page link not working. When i try to see the archives or the full page mode the chatbox disapears and i get this error at the top of the page

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/modules/news.php(686) : eval()'d code on line 3

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/modules/news.php(686) : eval()'d code on line 3

any ideas?

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