Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox (with AJAX)

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

Description

When I had left the vBulletin world, I was in the past the co-author of a little chatbox (shoutbox), very well known in the vBulletin world.
This chatbox had been developed by Svaliotti (known as Poseidon on vb.org) for vB2 in the past and I had made the porterage (with is authorisation as we were both members of the same french non-official support forum) and the improvement for vB3.

It is thus normal that in my return in the vBulletin world, I begin by getting down to this hack. Even if several versions of chatbox are already present in the vBulletin world, I said to myself that it would be a good thing to make a made in France.

Naturally, I don't deal with a "copy" version of the other chatbox, I have any coded at the beginning (it was preferable because the front code wasn't so clean any more), and I integrated a good quantity of very interesting features.

New version features

The new version contains all the features from the previous version. Description of these versions can be found in Sofia's post hereabove (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1257510&postcount=3).

Modifications from previous version are the following :

• 1.5 :
  • Fixed bugs :
    • Chatbox is shown two times in full page mode when the Display on all pages under the navbar option is selected.
    • "Fermer" is not in a sentence.
    • Overflow problem with Netscape.
    • Uppercase transformed to lowercase in the PM channel.
    • The ban cron debans user indefinitly banned.
    • Chatbox continuously loading on some forums.
    • Inactivity and guests problem.
    • Team icon blinking is not working properly.
    • Coma error in the who is online.
    • 2 spaces instead of one between the date and the time.
  • New functionnalities :
    • Option to deactivate the random smilies.
    • Option to deactivate the automatic PM sending when banning a user.
    • New permission to allow or not the downloading of shouts.
    • Option to specify the name under which unregistered users shouts appear.
    • Syntax change for the /ban, /ignore, /del, /pm commands : Possibility to use them with the username or the userid (For more information about the new syntax, check the help button in the chatbox).
  • Removed functionnalities :
    • vBAdvanced integration [TEMPORARLY] => See this for integration with this version https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628

This hack is very light in term of queries : only one for every recharging / refreshment of the chatbox and 5 for the statistics in the load of the page if you actiate them. If you don't activate advanced options of course as stated aside each in the acp

Installation

Read the file "Installation" in the pack.

Once the installation is ended, go in usergroups and edit permissions to see the Chatbox.

By default, no group has access to the chatbox.

Screenshots

The screenshots are in french as I have made it on an online website which is in french. Don't hesitate to give me new one if you want in english

They are up to date of 1.3 version.

See the following post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1292136&postcount=559

User manual

Coming soon ...

Copyright

This hack is under copyright MGC (Mtor&Grog Corporation) 2007-forever and was developed for vBulletin-Resources.com & vb-hacks.org. Its redistribution on another forum that vbulletin-ressources.com, vb-hacks.org or vbulletin.org are prohibited without aggreement of the authors!

Evolutions and improvements

This sixth version of the chatbox is already very complete, but like each product, its evolution depends on all. Then don't hesitate especially to share your ideas of improvements so that we can improve even more this chatbox.

Languages

Actually available :

1. French
2. English
3. Arabic [Translator : alessai]
4. German [Translator : captainslater]
5. Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
6. Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
7. Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

1. Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']For the translators : phrases with version number 1.5 in the English language file are the one that have been modified or added in the new version so you should probably find the modification for your language file easily.[/font]

Contact me if you want to participate and add your own country language file

Support

Several possible problems are explained in the file "Read Me"
Chatbox in iBProarcade and vBadvanced CMPS

See the readme file for iBProarcade.

For vbadvanced, a module is available here : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628.

FAQ

Q: I installed the chatbox but it doesn't display
R: Check if you have allowed users (permissions in usergroups)

Q: I see shouts but in the collapsed chatbox
R: You can specify number of shouts in the collapsed chatbox. If you don't want to see it, put "0" for this option.

Q: The chatbox doesn't display below or in the top of one of the pages while in the other position it displays
R: You use a style and it's possible that variables used in templates aren't present. (Read the file "Read Me")

Q: I have a problem with accents in the Chatbox
R: Read the file "Read Me"

Q: How to change the value of color for date and for command /me?
R: When you add additionnal CSS for each style, you can change color in class CSS.

Thanks to Sofia for her earlier help on the chatbox.

You can donate if you want to show your support

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

[Dr. Bantham]

Originally Posted by VBDev

* I have added a poll to the modification as I need your advice on the way the shown on all page functionnality will be in the next release. *

Please answer to it before the end of the week

My understanding is that the first poll option limits the placement to the navbar region. I do not wish for any shout/chat box application to be featured at the top of the page. I want to place the box at the bottom of the vbAdvanced portal page and the bottom of the forum page (as well as a fully functional dedicated page). If I am limited to the first option, I will likely use a different mod. That would be tragic, as this is the best application for the task.

[VBDev]

This is why I am asking your advices

Anyway, this will apply only to new pages. I mean not forumhome, nor forumdisplay nor showthread. Regarding the fully dedicated page it would still be there.

And for vbAdvanced, I rather plan to make an addon for my chatbox which would allow to place the chatbox in the middle or on the side as both wouldn't require the same graphical design.

Why I am asking that pool is because the second option would require quite a lot of templates modifications as you would need to edit many templates to add a single line of code. This is not the easiest way for installation but the easiest one for own customization.

I'll see what users would prefer and will adapt the way I have actually made it in the current version under development

As the progression is going well, I think I'll maybe release the new version at the end of the weekend and then will fastly work out the vbadvanced addon (if the chatbox is in a global var, you will be able to temporarly use the on all page functionnality for that purpose).

[da420]

I chose the var so we can put it wherever we want... it adds a little extra work for the end user, but it is the most customizable option.

[VBDev]

Yes this is what I think but I am not sure every user wants that

Anyway I'll see but I really think I'll choose that option.

[Za4a Tuner]

I'm not sure what i should vote for.

i'd like to have the chat on forumhome and on my vbadvanced portal.

if someone wil use the chat, these two pages are ok to show the chat ...
... but i think, a forum is a forum, and a chat is a chat!
in a forum the user should do some postings ...

[Tulsa]

I'll have to skip this poll. The only place I want to see it is at the bottom of the forum home and it's already there, so I'm good.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Za4a Tuner

I'm not sure what i should vote for.

i'd like to have the chat on forumhome and on my vbadvanced portal.


if someone wil use the chat, these two pages are ok to show the chat ...
... but i think, a forum is a forum, and a chat is a chat!
in a forum the user should do some postings ...

Yes I agree with you but lots of people like the chatboxes to be shown everywhere, though it increase the number of queries made to the sql server !

Anyway this is a functionnality and users are not obliged to activate it so that's not a big deal

[TimBrown]

Hi. Is there a command to rid of all shouts, like /prune or something? thanks in advanced

[VBDev]

Yes If you read carefully the help in the chatbox, the /del all command makes that

[chillingcafe]

I had a Database error after installing the Shoutbox .. every thing seemed well and fine but at the end there is a database error

UPDATE chillingusergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
`title` = 'Administrators',
`description` = '',
`usertitle` = 'Administrator',
`opentag` = '',
`closetag` = '',
`passwordexpires` = '180',
`passwordhistory` = '360',
`forumpermissions` = '1048575',
`genericpermissions` = '1073741759',
`attachlimit` = '0',
`pmquota` = '50',
`pmpermissions` = '7',
`pmsendmax` = '5',
`calendarpermissions` = '63',
`wolpermissions` = '31',
`adminpermissions` = '3',
`genericoptions` = '55',
`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
`signaturepermissions` = '237567',
`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
`sigpicmaxsize` = '10000',
`sigmaxrawchars` = '0',
`sigmaxchars` = '0',
`sigmaxlines` = '0',
`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
`sigmaximages` = '0',
`mgccustomusergroupperms` = '0',
`nbmsgshowchatbox` = '100'
WHERE usergroupid=6;