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

[DawnsWebDesigns]

This mod messed up all the themes I added. I tried to fix it but just lost the chat box altogether. So I've uninstalled this one & decided to go with another.

[Del_Boy]

Can anyone help me?

Ive used this shoutbox on other forums and i really want to use it on my own but ive been trying to get it sorted for nearly 3 days now...

Whenever i enter a message the shoutbox just says loading all the time, does anyone know how to fix this...

[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by Del_Boy

Can anyone help me?

Ive used this shoutbox on other forums and i really want to use it on my own but ive been trying to get it sorted for nearly 3 days now...

Whenever i enter a message the shoutbox just says loading all the time, does anyone know how to fix this...

I think this has been discussed a few times, have a read back see if its that same thing.

[Mases]

The Forum Coding Demo website is not working. Can somebody post a link to a forum that IS using this chatbox live. I'd like to test it out elsewhere, before giving it a shot. Thanks!

[SessizDunya]

"Warn users when new unread messages are available in the other channels
Activate channel icons blinking when new unread chats are available.
Warning : Add 1 sql query at each chats refresh plus the minimum number of queries needed to load a page upon each new chats verification."

How to use this option? I mean; how to add 1 sql query?
Is there any documents that I can see the instructions?

[Hornstar]

Just wondering since it appears there are lots of reported bugs and lots of little fixes here and there. When are you planning on updating and putting up the update here?

Originally Posted by SessizDunya

"Warn users when new unread messages are available in the other channels
Activate channel icons blinking when new unread chats are available.
Warning : Add 1 sql query at each chats refresh plus the minimum number of queries needed to load a page upon each new chats verification."

How to use this option? I mean; how to add 1 sql query?
Is there any documents that I can see the instructions?

you dont need to do anything extra. that is just saying that it will add a little extra load on your server by enabling that option

[Del_Boy]

Originally Posted by Red-Devil

I think this has been discussed a few times, have a read back see if its that same thing.

Ive already tried to look through it and used the search this mod feature with no luck...

Reading through 250+ pages of replies is hard going!

Everytime i search all i find is people saying they have this problem and other saying try the fix in the thread but i cant find the actual fix...

[SessizDunya]

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

Just wondering since it appears there are lots of reported bugs and lots of little fixes here and there. When are you planning on updating and putting up the update here?


you dont need to do anything extra. that is just saying that it will add a little extra load on your server by enabling that option

I can see that but I got an error when I activate the notification system and the chatbox stays on loading like forever..

This is the error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0:

Invalid SQL:

(
SELECT c.*,fromu.userid AS fromuserid,fromu.username AS fromusername,fromu.usergroupid AS fromusergroupid,fromu.displaygroupid AS fromdisplaygroupid,
tou.userid AS touserid,tou.username AS tousername,tou.usergroupid AS tousergroupid,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid,
avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width AS avwidth, customavatar.height AS avheight,
customavatar.height_thumb AS avheight_thumb, customavatar.width_thumb AS avwidth_thumb, customavatar.filedata_thumb,
fromu.avatarid,fromu.avatarrevision

FROM mgc_cb_evo_chat AS c
LEFT JOIN user AS fromu ON (c.fromuid=fromu.userid)
LEFT JOIN user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = fromu.avatarid)
LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = fromu.userid)

WHERE (
chanid='0'
AND coidentifier IN ('0','me','announcement','del','ignore','pm','slap ')
AND (touid='0' OR fromuid='1'
OR touid='1')
AND iswarning='0'
)
ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
LIMIT 15
)
UNION ALL
(
SELECT c.*,fromu.userid AS fromuserid,fromu.username AS fromusername,fromu.usergroupid AS fromusergroupid,fromu.displaygroupid AS fromdisplaygroupid,
tou.userid AS touserid,tou.username AS tousername,tou.usergroupid AS tousergroupid,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid,
avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width AS avwidth, customavatar.height AS avheight,
customavatar.height_thumb AS avheight_thumb, customavatar.width_thumb AS avwidth_thumb, customavatar.filedata_thumb,
fromu.avatarid,fromu.avatarrevision

FROM mgc_cb_evo_chat AS c
LEFT JOIN user AS fromu ON (c.fromuid=fromu.userid)
LEFT JOIN user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = fromu.avatarid)
LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = fromu.userid)

WHERE
ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
LIMIT 20
);

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
LIMIT 20
)' at line 39
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Friday, January 23rd 2009 @ 03:48:53 PM
Error Date : Friday, January 23rd 2009 @ 03:48:53 PM
Script : http://siteaddress/forum/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php
Referrer : http://siteaddress/forum/
IP Address : ipaddress
Username : REVOLUTION
Classname : vb_database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-19-log

[Gwendolin]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok noted as bug, I will correct this in the next version that should come by the end of the month.

Ok, I tried it again, the permissions are ok!

The problem is, if I disallow all format-options for users in the usercp, than comes this problem, it need at least 1 option. But would be nice that it works without options for users to format their shouts.

[g0dfather1984]

Is there a way to stop the AJax Errors?