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

[Greenskull]

Originally Posted by HTMMinion

Greenskull I'm running VBAdvanced also. I don't have the loading issue but I was having database errors that were repaired by using the fix here.

ok cool thanks so much! Now I need to fix the loading problem...any suggestions?

[ReCom]

I just realized that this product (v 1.1.0) causes my pages to fail XHTML validation (http://validator.w3.org/) with 60+ errors. So here are some steps to fix those errors:

<script></script>
For inline <script></script>, enclose the javascript codes between "<!--" and "//-->". This will make the validator to skip the javascript code.
Example:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var test = confirm('Test?');
//-->
</script>

Note: error caused by template: mgc_cb_evo

onClick, onSubmit, onFocus etc
HTML attributes do not use camelCase. It should be "onclick", "onsubmit" and so on.
Note: error caused by template: mgc_cb_evo_editor

Ampersand (&) inside URLs
Instead of:

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/forum/mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_archives&page=1">Archives</a>

Make it:

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/forum/mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_archives&amp;page=1">Archives</a>

In PHP, calling the built-in function htmlspecialchars() is all you need
Note: error caused by template: mgc_cb_evo

Invalid attributes (element-specific)

<tr> does not support "width" attribute

<tr class="alt1" valign="middle" width="100%">

(template mgc_cb_evo)

Use { checked="checked" } instead of just { checked }. Use double-quote mark instead of single. Same with "selected" and "nowrap".

<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="middle" nowrap="nowrap">

(template mgc_cb_evo_editor)

Other typos (showing corrected text/code only)

functions_mgc_cb_evo.php (line 541)

$bbcodes .= '&nbsp;<input type="image" name="clear" class="inlineimg" src="' . $stylevar['imgdir_misc'] . '/mgc_cb_evo/mgc_cb_evo_clear.gif" value="' . $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_clear_bbcode'] . '" onclick="return remove_bbcodes();" />';

I hope it'll be fixed in the next version ...

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by 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?

If it displays as is with the /me at the beginning of the message then you perhaps haven't activated the command and set the usergroup permisisons of the command (Manage command in acp).

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Sorry but i can't see any error related to the chatbox. Maybe you can www.g6-team.com. If you want i'll give you a test user.

Update: installed IE8 Beta2 and same problem. However i have tried with IE8 Beta2 in XP and no error. Odd!! But i have another "bug", in IE with inactive-mode-on-load there's no inactive-mode message only Loading... And after inactive period still no inactive-mode-message too just a (in my case) black empty screen.

Please yes give me a test account.

Originally Posted by gpc10347

Anyone else find an issue related to "[Minor] Slap user through menu item in a secondary channel are posted in the general channel. However it works correctly when inputing the command manually. "

I find that a Private Message behaves the same way.. (appears in general)

Yes I know that. I corrected it in the next version as I discovered that while doing the bug correction for the slap command

Originally Posted by Greenskull

seeing as you are helping everyone here and I'm not getting a response there, I have a question.

How come so many people have the Loading issue with the Chatbox module for VBAdvanced? Do you know it?
Also, I seem to be getting aroud 10-20 emails a day telling me that the forum experienced an error. The error was related to the chatbox. Odd...

So please help, thanks

Copy the error here please

About vBAdvanced, it seems to depends of the user's configuration but stangger5 is the one who manages that part of the chatbox so I am not very aware of the functionning in vBAdvanced.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

You could download and check it out?

... Well yes I could ... But I won't ;-)

Imagine that for every mod a user is using he was asking for compatibility that would take me much much time...

I hardly manage to release the chatbox regularly so I can't check all mods.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by glennybee

Hi folks,

I've upgraded to the latest version and I think there's a bug in it. Sometimes the user is presented with a double shout but only they can see the double shout, everyone else sees one shout. Is that understandable lol?

Also, some members are reporting that the auto refresh hangs up and the spinny icon stays there and they need to F5 to get rid of it. I have it set at 5 seconds auto refresh, is that too quick?

Thanks.

Some others reported that double post issue.

The problem is that I haven't ever encountered that so it's a bit hard to find out what could be wrong.

Does the posts display doubled in the archives as well ?

Did you experienced that yourself ?

Originally Posted by ReCom

I just realized that this product (v 1.1.0) causes my pages to fail XHTML validation (http://validator.w3.org/) with 60+ errors. So here are some steps to fix those errors:

<script></script>
For inline <script></script>, enclose the javascript codes between "<!--" and "//-->". This will make the validator to skip the javascript code.
Example:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var test = confirm('Test?');
//-->
</script>

Note: error caused by template: mgc_cb_evo

onClick, onSubmit, onFocus etc
HTML attributes do not use camelCase. It should be "onclick", "onsubmit" and so on.
Note: error caused by template: mgc_cb_evo_editor

Ampersand (&) inside URLs
Instead of:

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/forum/mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_archives&page=1">Archives</a>

Make it:

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/forum/mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_archives&amp;page=1">Archives</a>

In PHP, calling the built-in function htmlspecialchars() is all you need
Note: error caused by template: mgc_cb_evo

Invalid attributes (element-specific)

<tr> does not support "width" attribute

<tr class="alt1" valign="middle" width="100%">

(template mgc_cb_evo)

Use { checked="checked" } instead of just { checked }. Use double-quote mark instead of single. Same with "selected" and "nowrap".

<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="middle" nowrap="nowrap">

(template mgc_cb_evo_editor)

Other typos (showing corrected text/code only)

functions_mgc_cb_evo.php (line 541)

$bbcodes .= '&nbsp;<input type="image" name="clear" class="inlineimg" src="' . $stylevar['imgdir_misc'] . '/mgc_cb_evo/mgc_cb_evo_clear.gif" value="' . $vbphrase['mgc_cb_evo_clear_bbcode'] . '" onclick="return remove_bbcodes();" />';

I hope it'll be fixed in the next version ...

Yes I know I have to do the xhtml changes since a long time...

But I am lazy boy lol

I'll try to manage that in the upcoming version.

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Some others reported that double post issue.

The problem is that I haven't ever encountered that so it's a bit hard to find out what could be wrong.

Does the posts display doubled in the archives as well ?

Did you experienced that yourself ?

I can vouch for this as well. It never did this in the older version's but it's certainly doing it in the newer version. Sometimes when you type in a chat and hit enter or submit whatever, it will show the chat twice. Then if you hit refresh it disappears, and no it does not show twice in the archives.

[VBDev]

Do you encounter this problem always ?

In all browsers type ?

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Do you encounter this problem always ?

In all browsers type ?

I'm not sure I don't use anything else except FireFox. I will make an effort to try and use Internet Explorer and see if the same thing happens while using IE as well. But I am only doing this for the sake of the Chatbox cause I HATE using IE lol

[carlos2000]

We have a problem with IE and the chatbox. Our users with IE 6 or IE7 can't see the posts in the shoutbox. They have to use the archive if they want to know what's written within the box.

Our Firefox users have the following problem:



The text appears in one line but it should look like this:



Any suggestions/ideas?

[NeutralizeR]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Do you encounter this problem always ?

In all browsers type ?

Same here... I think it's directly related to Ajax and affects the sender himself only (browser-client side).

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Do you encounter this problem always ?

In all browsers type ?

I have IE7 and it's rare but the double post does happen for me from time to time. I've noticed my users talking about it as well (Most are versions of IE although I believe the latest occurance was to a user with FF..