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 Speedy1505

pusch

Well anyone having issues to show chatbox on whosonline page ?

Have you tried with "on every page below navbar" option ?

Originally Posted by l_amhed

Thanks for your answer VBdev !



You've been right, I figured out what was the problem, one of the js and one css files were corrupted. I redownloaded the zip and it fixes the loading stuff (even if it is quite slow with my small connection).

I just have a small display problem with the white arrow on the left side of the chats (see the screenshot) it doesn't appear anymore. What have I done wrong ? (maybe it's an option I didn't see)

Your style is missing menu_open.gif image (default in vB).

[Playa82]

I get this error:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

any help ?

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Here is the fix, edit the includes/class_dm_mgccbchat.php file and search for :

PHP Code:

                if ($this->mgc_cb_evo_chat['coidentifier'] == 'pm')
                {
                    $this->do_set('toname', $getuser['username']);
                    $this->do_set('tousergroupid', $getfromuser['usergroupid']);
                    $this->do_set('todisplaygroupid', $getfromuser['displaygroupid']);                
                    $this->do_set('tohascustomavatar',$getfromuser['hascustomavatar']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatarpath',$getfromuser['avatarpath']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatardateline',$getfromuser['avatardateline']);
                    $this->do_set('toavwidth',$getfromuser['avwidth']);
                    $this->do_set('toavheight',$getfromuser['avheight']);
                    $this->do_set('toavwidth_thumb',$getfromuser['avwidth_thumb']);
                    $this->do_set('toavheight_thumb',$getfromuser['avheight_thumb']);
                    $this->do_set('tofiledata_thumb',$getfromuser['filedata_thumb']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatarid',$getfromuser['avatarid']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatarrevision',$$getfromuser['avatarrevision']);                
                } 


Replace by :

PHP Code:

                if ($this->mgc_cb_evo_chat['coidentifier'] == 'pm')
                {
                    $this->do_set('toname', $getuser['username']);
                    $this->do_set('tousergroupid', $getuser['usergroupid']);
                    $this->do_set('todisplaygroupid', $getuser['displaygroupid']);                
                    $this->do_set('tohascustomavatar',$getuser['hascustomavatar']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatarpath',$getuser['avatarpath']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatardateline',$getuser['avatardateline']);
                    $this->do_set('toavwidth',$getuser['avwidth']);
                    $this->do_set('toavheight',$getuser['avheight']);
                    $this->do_set('toavwidth_thumb',$getuser['avwidth_thumb']);
                    $this->do_set('toavheight_thumb',$getuser['avheight_thumb']);
                    $this->do_set('tofiledata_thumb',$getuser['filedata_thumb']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatarid',$getuser['avatarid']);
                    $this->do_set('toavatarrevision',$getuser['avatarrevision']);                
                } 


Working fine now. Thanks VBDev. This is from far the best release of this chatbox. I did not upgrade to the previous one, i was waiting for this one

[Markos]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well anyone having issues to show chatbox on whosonline page ?

Have you tried with "on every page below navbar" option ?

I'm getting the same problem its not just the whose online its not showing up

[RedDevil]

I have anothe rproblem since updating it wont display in the Arcade, ive checked and all set as per instructions and was working fine before upgrade to latest version.

Any idea of the cure.

[Doctor Death]

Can you check with the new version if the default channel for different usergroups is broken?

It appears as if it is inoperative.

Thanks!

[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by Doctor Death

Can you check with the new version if the default channel for different usergroups is broken?

It appears as if it is inoperative.

Thanks!

How do you mean, you have to set usergroup permissions for them to be able to see and use the channel, via usergroup in admin panel

[Prettyeyes4you]

Thanks, I have just installed this in our test board, no issues so far. We're running VB 3.8.1 CMPS 3.1.0
Only problems so far were ID 10 T errors

During the install we followed the directions and U/Led the Files folder to the root - MISTAKE - when we did what was in the folder to the appropriate place everything worked fine

We had it up and running but couldn't see it - MISTAKE - Once permissions were done ta-da

Will keep you informed if we run into anything but thanks again

[l_amhed]

Hi VBDev !

Originally Posted by VBDev

Nope here is the fix, edit clientscript/mgc_cb_evo/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js and search for:

e.get("firstChild")

Replace by :

e.firstChild

Done but it doesn't fix the problem for me.

Originally Posted by VBDev

Your style is missing menu_open.gif image (default in vB).

Nope it is present, but I made some tests and find that in the mgc_cb_evo_chatbit_col_menu template if I remove in the conditional :
&& empty($vbcollapse[collapseobj_mgc_cb_evo])

It works and maybe it is related to the collapse/display problem

[Doctor Death]

Originally Posted by Red-Devil

How do you mean, you have to set usergroup permissions for them to be able to see and use the channel, via usergroup in admin panel

Right, I have set the default channel, but within usergroups I have specified a different channel as the default for certain usergroups. It worked well two updates prior to this, but now it seems that even though the option is still in there for usergroups, it ignores the start channel and goes to the system default.

Hope I was clear enough