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

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by HTMMinion

Thanks Snapoff...

I didn't have that section in my AdminCP until I reopened it for some reason, no wonder I couldn't find the right area!

That's normal After upload of the files, you need a full browser refresh for the new menu items to be retrieved from xml files.

[Skyrider]

Hey VBDev, quick question if you don't mind:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=179137

This used to work in the previous versions in your chat box, but no longer. Any idea why?

Also a small suggestion. Is it possible when people post images in the chat box, it'll display as a very small image (like smaller than an avatar size or something) and you can click on it to view the whole image?

[AdmiralGeek]

I'm not sure what you mean by you deleted the drop down. Which drop down are you refering to? Mine doesn't work at all in IE (except for archives) and displays the chats horizontally in FF.

The drop down menu which gives you a quick option of sticking the chats. Do this, in the admin panel, select to have the background to "rotated colors" you will see that the drop down menu's width is and 70% of the total chatbox width. There is some kind of CSS conflict some where, but I cant find it.

Even if you apply custon CSS for the particular ID, it still has no effect. Uninstalled it and installed CYB chat box til there is a fix.

But it is more than likely a MOD comflict.

[AdmiralGeek]

very strange, is just went and reinstalled the chat box, and the problem is gone.

Align usernames and chats
Select YES if you want the usernames and the chats to be aligned (one column for each)
when this option was cset to yes, you could see that the date, chatbit menu, and chat had its own "colum" and the chatbit menu dropdown had a rough value of 70% of total width.

But now that the bug is gone,
Align usernames and chats
Select YES if you want the usernames and the chats to be aligned (one column for each) does not seem to have the same effect, as in it does not work

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Hey VBDev, quick question if you don't mind:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=179137

This used to work in the previous versions in your chat box, but no longer. Any idea why?

I don't know how that mod works so I can't answer that one sorry.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Also a small suggestion. Is it possible when people post images in the chat box, it'll display as a very small image (like smaller than an avatar size or something) and you can click on it to view the whole image?

No unless you do it for the whole forum. Image tags are parsed by the general vBulletin parsing function.

Originally Posted by AdmiralGeek

very strange, is just went and reinstalled the chat box, and the problem is gone.

Align usernames and chats
Select YES if you want the usernames and the chats to be aligned (one column for each)
when this option was cset to yes, you could see that the date, chatbit menu, and chat had its own "colum" and the chatbit menu dropdown had a rough value of 70% of total width.

But now that the bug is gone,
Align usernames and chats
Select YES if you want the usernames and the chats to be aligned (one column for each) does not seem to have the same effect, as in it does not work

You mean that the problem you encountered it totally gone ?

Or you have a new problem ? Please do a screenshot.

[TandyServices]

Thanks installed and nominated

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by VBDev

In the mgc_cb_evo template there is a "<else>", it should be "<else />".

Thanks it really solve the problem. But still have a IE yellow triangle in the bottom-left corner when inactive-mode on load is active, tried to change the minutes inactive mode delay and in session validity time up and down, smaller and greater and still have: error in time of execution unknown. If inactive-mode on load is off everything fine, no errors. Thanks for the tip. Smaller bug but i have users that notice everything

[HTMMinion]

Ok.. all seems well now except when I use commands like "/me XXXX" nothing appears in the chatbox. I also have a database error, I don't know if the two are related or not.

Invalid SQL:

         SELECT DISTINCT u.username,u.displaygroupid,u.userid,s.userid AS suserid,u.usergroupid
                        (u.options & 512) AS invisible
         FROM vbmgc_cb_evo_session AS cbs
         LEFT JOIN vbuser AS u ON (cbs.userid=u.userid)
         LEFT JOIN vbsession AS s ON (cbs.userid=s.userid)
         WHERE cbs.dateline>='1224841377' AND cbs.userid!=0;

MySQL Error   : FUNCTION u.usergroupid does not exist
Error Number  : 1305

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Thanks it really solve the problem. But still have a IE yellow triangle in the bottom-left corner when inactive-mode on load is active, tried to change the minutes inactive mode delay and in session validity time up and down, smaller and greater and still have: error in time of execution unknown. If inactive-mode on load is off everything fine, no errors. Thanks for the tip. Smaller bug but i have users that notice everything

lol Can you tell me what the error says in firefox ?

Originally Posted by HTMMinion

Ok.. all seems well now except when I use commands like "/me XXXX" nothing appears in the chatbox. I also have a database error, I don't know if the two are related or not.

Invalid SQL:

         SELECT DISTINCT u.username,u.displaygroupid,u.userid,s.userid AS suserid,u.usergroupid
                        (u.options & 512) AS invisible
         FROM vbmgc_cb_evo_session AS cbs
         LEFT JOIN vbuser AS u ON (cbs.userid=u.userid)
         LEFT JOIN vbsession AS s ON (cbs.userid=s.userid)
         WHERE cbs.dateline>='1224841377' AND cbs.userid!=0;

MySQL Error   : FUNCTION u.usergroupid does not exist
Error Number  : 1305

The sql error is a known bug see the thread at the top for the link to the fix.

[HTMMinion]

Got it... sorry I missed that while searching.

The "me/" command still displays nothing in the chatbox, another bug or did I misconfigure something?