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

[wmlvb]

Please just send my donation back. No where does it say where the instruction were for UPGRADE I did not ask for installation instruction.! I said I was a newbie. He was A jerk. I am sorry you have jerks answering question for you but I will not put up w/ it. Please return my donation. I will uninstall!

Please keep things civilized here.

@wmlvb - donations do not guarantee support here, ever. Donations are a means to show your appreciation to a Coder's work.

Also, as this is a public thread, anyone can respond to your queries but that doesn't mean they are officially working with the coder of the modification.

Hope this clears things up.

[VBDev]

* Development update : Next version development starts right now

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by VBDev

* Development update : Next version development starts right now

Great. Maybe then i'll install it again. But could take a look at this bug, i consider it a very important issue as members can disregard PM because they don't get the popups:

[Major but non blocking] vBulletin confirm popup (logout or PM) have been reported by somes users as not displayed in IE when the chatbox is active (IE javascript triangle appears)

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Great. Maybe then i'll install it again. But could take a look at this bug, i consider it a very important issue as members can disregard PM because they don't get the popups:

[Major but non blocking] vBulletin confirm popup (logout or PM) have been reported by somes users as not displayed in IE when the chatbox is active (IE javascript triangle appears)

This one will ofcz be adressed

[andy@zippyracin]

is there a way to amend the width of the shoutbox and also for the admin to be able to edit peoples posts? i have flicked through all the settings i can see and cant find anything?

Thanks

Andy

[Veer]

I have a suggestion

There should be an option in the chatbox user drop down menu to copy/move chat to a new/existing thread, i.e "Copy this chat message to a new thread"

thanks.

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

* Development update : Next version development starts right now

Awesome been waiting for this! Good Luck man and thanks again for all your hard work and time on this excellent mod :up:

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by andy@zippyracin

is there a way to amend the width of the shoutbox and also for the admin to be able to edit peoples posts? i have flicked through all the settings i can see and cant find anything?

Thanks

Andy

The chatbox width is not an option I am sorry but is already in the todo list as you can see.

About the possibility to edit, this is the usergroup permission : Can manage the chatbox which allows users to edit others post.

Originally Posted by Pehchaan

I have a suggestion

There should be an option in the chatbox user drop down menu to copy/move chat to a new/existing thread, i.e "Copy this chat message to a new thread"

thanks.

Do you really think that would be useful ?
I don't really see an interest in such feature as chatbox is just for chit'chat not for full discussion so I am not sure it would be much used.

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

Awesome been waiting for this! Good Luck man and thanks again for all your hard work and time on this excellent mod :up:

Thanks for the encouragment.

[zelnik]

Just a quick to warn people who have vBSEO running and using the rewrite rules as mentioned.

If someone starts a thread called "chatbox" only it will throw up a vbseo error when someone tries to read the thread.

Original :

'mgc_cb_evo\.php$' => 'chatbox.html'
'mgc_cb_evo\.php\?do=view_chatbox$' => 'chatbox.html'

Changed:

'mgc_cb_evo\.php$' => '<sitename>_chatbox.html'
'mgc_cb_evo\.php\?do=view_chatbox$' => '<sitename>_chatbox.html'

of course replace <sitename> with your sitename.