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

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by jaredwilli

thanks its fixed. I thought I had removed the files. but I missed some.

Sure thing. I'm used to seeing that error.

[NetX]

I installed the chat fine, i see the options and aall in my admincp, but i cannot show the chat on my forum, when i try to assign the permissions to the user groups to allow the chat, the user group is duplicated and the original group stay without permissons.

Can somebody help?

[macc]

I think that your problem with duplicate usergroups have not to do with chat - it is host problem "suhosin" module!

reg

macc

[NetX]

Originally Posted by macc

I think that your problem with duplicate usergroups have not to do with chat - it is host problem "suhosin" module!

reg

macc

Yes, my server has suhosin, is there some way to avoid this problem?

[macc]

Solutions:
If you have root access to your server and are able to modify your php.ini file, you can change the following values:
Make this:

suhosin.post.max_vars = 2048
suhosin.request.max_vars = 2048

If you do not have access to edit the php.ini file on your server, you can upload a .htaccess file to your {vBulletin}/admincp folder with the following code:
Make this:

php_value suhosin.request.max_vars 2048
php_value suhosin.post.max_vars 2048

If neither of the above options work then you will need to contact your host and ask them to change the values at the root level.

Edit: maybe you will get "500 error" - but best is to contact your host!

hope that helps

reg

macc

[NetX]

Thanks macc,

I changed this:

suhosin.post.max_vars = 2048
suhosin.request.max_vars = 2048

and the problem was fixed!

[piratarg]

I take several seconds to load when you login to the forum and also to refresh the page.

[tlwwolfseye]

Often it says LOADING when I load the forum but it stays with loading, the shouts in the Chatbox don´t show. Why is that ?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by tlwwolfseye

Often it says LOADING when I load the forum but it stays with loading, the shouts in the Chatbox don?t show. Why is that ?

Because you didn't search this thread. It's either a js error, or apache mod security.

[brucegs]

Hiya,

First off I would like to say great mod, love it and thanks for all your effort and support.

I have detected a problem when using multiple channels in firefox 2.x When I switch channels for some reason the formatting of the columns goes all funny leading to huge spaces between the date/time, message etc (please refer to screenshot).

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Cheers!