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

[softvnzla]

thanks installed to vb 3.7 beta 5

[Dr. Bantham]

I just attempted an upgrade from 1.2 which seemed to go well, but messages are not appearing when I enter them in the main channel. Private messages and team messages appear to be working properly. When entered in the main channel, the input box goes blank (as it should), but the message never appears. No error messages appear, however. The /announcement command is also not taking. I believe I followed all upgrade instructions, including file upload, overwrite product and command uploading.

I had also been using the page variable with success to insert within other pages. However, with the upgrade these now display the interface box with a perpetual "Loading..." message.

I am using vBulletin 3.6.7, which worked well previously.

UPDATE
There is no General Channel listed in ACP-->MGC Chatbox Evo-->Manage Channels. Should there be? I see only the Team Channel and Private Channel.

[Kaycee123]

Our chatbox is used ALL THE TIME - we often have up to 1000 chats per day. We used to have many members with individualized colors - NOT just the user group. Now its just by user group. Is there a way for each member to have their own color and font, not defined by the usergroup?

We're all missing that feature!!!!

[lordtopcat]

It is still there?

User CP -> Edit Options

At the bottom there is the Chatbox formatting options?

[Kaycee123]

It only comes up with one option though - just the one that is set for that user group?? Or am I missing something?

[lordtopcat]

No do not do this via your ACP. Do it via your User CP.

[lucky51]

ban command still not working in new version

[Dr. Bantham]

I don't know what I did wrong with the upgrade (if anything) or how I managed to get it working (repeated tries), but it appears to be working now. With the exception, however, of the Display on Defined Pages as a Variable. The pages I had working with the previous version using this option no longer display the box. Any ideas?

[Kaycee123]

Originally Posted by lordtopcat

No do not do this via your ACP. Do it via your User CP.

But each usergroup only has one option. So all the users in that usergroup have to have the same color. Even when you go into User CP, it just comes up with the option for that user group. On the previous version of the chat box, each user could set their own, they weren't limited to what their usergroup was set as.

[Saint_ago]

The first message you enter in the input box isn't showed when you press enter or click ok. It just clean the box. The second one and all after that works ok.

Tested in opera and ie7, same problem

EDIT: If the option "Show a small prompt message in the chatbox" is on, the problem happens (and the prompt message isn't showed at all). If the option is turned off, works fine...