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 Honk0815

Nice Chatbox,

This Version have not funktion on my Portal.

old Version good funktion.

What can i do?

I hav vbCMS 1.3.0 and VB 3.8.0 RC2

Can you Help me VbDev

You were using the vBCms addon for the chatbox ?
If yes, I think it perhaps need to be updated, you should ask its author of the addon in that case.

[Honk0815]

Yes i have the addon for Chatbox. Chatbox 1.1.0 have good funktion on my Portal Chatbox 2.0.2 not.

[crazyfalcon]

Upgrade from the version 1.0.0 or newer
The upgrade instructions are the following:

   1. Upload the content of the Files folder in your forum root.
   2. Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories.
   3. Log into the admin control panel of your forum and import the product located in the Product folder.
   4. Go in the Download/Upload item of the Language manager menu and then:
         1. Select the English language file from the Lang folder.
         2. Select the forum language to overwrite.
         3. Set the Ignore language version option to YES.
         4. Launch the upload.
   5. Edit the posbit and postbit_legacy templates and add:



      where you want the number of chats of the users to appear in their posts on the forum (if you activate the option).
   6. You have succesfully upgraded your chatbox, you just have now to set the new permissions and options.
   7. If you plan on using the option to display users number of chats in the postbit and/or in the profile, go in your admin control panel and run the update counter script from the chatbox menu in order that the older chats gets taken into account.

So if have read this right I do not need to remove the old files first before I up grade this now ?

I am running MGC_Chatbox_Evo_0.1.1

And Thanks for the chatbox

crazyfalcon

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Honk0815

Yes i have the addon for Chatbox. Chatbox 1.1.0 have good funktion on my Portal Chatbox 2.0.2 not.

The js codes have changed so perhaps the addon is not compatible.

Ask the author of the vBCms addon.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by crazyfalcon

Upgrade from the version 1.0.0 or newer
The upgrade instructions are the following:

   1. Upload the content of the Files folder in your forum root.
   2. Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories.
   3. Log into the admin control panel of your forum and import the product located in the Product folder.
   4. Go in the Download/Upload item of the Language manager menu and then:
         1. Select the English language file from the Lang folder.
         2. Select the forum language to overwrite.
         3. Set the Ignore language version option to YES.
         4. Launch the upload.
   5. Edit the posbit and postbit_legacy templates and add:



      where you want the number of chats of the users to appear in their posts on the forum (if you activate the option).
   6. You have succesfully upgraded your chatbox, you just have now to set the new permissions and options.
   7. If you plan on using the option to display users number of chats in the postbit and/or in the profile, go in your admin control panel and run the update counter script from the chatbox menu in order that the older chats gets taken into account.

So if have read this right I do not need to remove the old files first before I up grade this now ?

I am running MGC_Chatbox_Evo_0.1.1

And Thanks for the chatbox

crazyfalcon

Nope you don't but becareful you're reading the wrong update instructiosn as you run a version older than 1.0.0.

[crazyfalcon]

yes I see that now.
So I can just upgrade it with out any removing any old files
Man that is a big help thanks

[crazyfalcon]

Upgrade from a version prior to 1.0.0 

The changes introduced in the 1.0.0 version of the chatbox were far too deep, I thus have decided not to provide an import script for this version. As a consequence, you will be loosing all your chats while upgrading to this version.

The upgrade instructions are the following:

   1. In the products manager of the admin control panel, remove the two products of the chatbox (the basic one and the commands one).
   2. Upload the content of the Files folder in your forum root.
   3. Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories.
   4. Log into the admin control panel of your forum and import the product located in the Product folder.
   5. Go in the Download/Upload item of the Language manager menu and then:
         1. Select the English language file from the Lang folder.
         2. Select the forum language to overwrite.
         3. Set the Ignore language version option to YES.
         4. Launch the upload.
   6. Edit the posbit and postbit_legacy templates and add:



      where you want the number of chats of the users to appear in their posts on the forum (if you activate the option).
   7. You have succesfully installed the new version of the chatbox, you have to now set the usergroup permissions, options, commands and eventually create channels.
   8. If you plan on using the option to display users number of chats in the postbit and/or in the profile, go in your admin control panel and run the update counter script from the chatbox menu in order that the older chats gets taken into account.

I hope this is the one you are talking about ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by crazyfalcon

Upgrade from a version prior to 1.0.0 

The changes introduced in the 1.0.0 version of the chatbox were far too deep, I thus have decided not to provide an import script for this version. As a consequence, you will be loosing all your chats while upgrading to this version.

The upgrade instructions are the following:

   1. In the products manager of the admin control panel, remove the two products of the chatbox (the basic one and the commands one).
   2. Upload the content of the Files folder in your forum root.
   3. Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories.
   4. Log into the admin control panel of your forum and import the product located in the Product folder.
   5. Go in the Download/Upload item of the Language manager menu and then:
         1. Select the English language file from the Lang folder.
         2. Select the forum language to overwrite.
         3. Set the Ignore language version option to YES.
         4. Launch the upload.
   6. Edit the posbit and postbit_legacy templates and add:



      where you want the number of chats of the users to appear in their posts on the forum (if you activate the option).
   7. You have succesfully installed the new version of the chatbox, you have to now set the usergroup permissions, options, commands and eventually create channels.
   8. If you plan on using the option to display users number of chats in the postbit and/or in the profile, go in your admin control panel and run the update counter script from the chatbox menu in order that the older chats gets taken into account.

I hope this is the one you are talking about ?

Totally !

[emisand]

The chat doesn't load, it shows Loading all the time.

I am using vb 3.6.12

[crazyfalcon]

I went to the Manage Products and I only see one product ... MGC chatbox Evo
and you say... (the basic one and the commands one)
am I thinking right here I need to remover all the commands from the Manage commands before I upgrade ?