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

[cheat-master30]

Fixed. I had to uninstall and reinstall the shoutbox. I guess the upgrade aspect kills the latest version.

[creppello]

Originally Posted by Lynne

A couple of posts have been removed.

I'll ask that people play nice and be respectful of each other, please.

Apologies Lynne, I just don't like it when people get called stupid.

Apologies to Ranger as well. I wasn't having a good day, which is why I was surfing forums......

[creppello]

Originally Posted by mp3u

Sorry to but in here guys but I'm a newbie, I've installed the chatbox - all good except it's stuck on loading and I get a security token missing error. So do all of my user groups, in all browser types. Any ideas? There are a few potential advanced looking fixes in this thread - i don't want to break anything. Any concrete fixes for these issues?

This worked for me.....

Originally Posted by cory_booth View Post

To everyone who uses this plugin and has the "always loading" issues....

Seach both javascript functions found in /clientscript/mgc_cb_evo..
mgc_cb_evo_functions.js
and
mgc_cb_evo_static.js

Find the following: mgc_cb_evo_jsloc+"mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php"

Replace with: "http://yourwebsite.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php"

For me the mgc_cb_evo_jsloc varible has never worked on any of the versions.

There are multiple occurances of these, so do a find and replace.

You may need to adjust the http:// reference if you have your forum in a subdirectory.
All this edit does is remove the "guess work" of the jsloc varible and force the correct location.

One site I deal with they have set up really goofy, Their forums home page is not their .com page. I had to put files in both the forums directory as well as the publichtml directory, th3en upload the xml files.

That fix above cleared up all my problems though.

[TeknoSounds]

Worked like a dream creppello!!! Thank you so much

I had the same deal where my forum doesn't reside in the root folder, so had to upload the clientscript folder to the root and everything worked on my vBA CMPS at that point.

[Datenpapst]

the whole admincp settings in french?

[Sador]

Originally Posted by Datenpapst

the whole admincp settings in french?

There is an English patch. Upload with the language manager, refresh, and it changes to English.

[creppello]

This thing is very nice, excellent job on it. One question, is there a way to UN-ban someone from the chat? Or does one have to go into the database and change a marker?

[SuperDave71]

Good morning,

Could someone please help me. I believe I have my "special helmet" on too tight.

I have added the proper permissions to the bot feature in user groups and activated the plugin.

I added the questions and answers yet I see nothing.

Could someone be kind enough to do a play by play so I can test this?

Everything else seems to be working just fine.

Again here are the steps I followed.:

1. Activate the bot in the chatbox ? Set to yes.

2. NEW Bot's userid: Gave that merf a name

3. Bot chats format: <i>{1}</i> <----The Default setting

4. Under manage the bot: I added questions and answers.

5. Under User Groups: I added the Admin setting of "Can talk to bot" to yes.

What am I missing?

Added: I Also am having issues with the avatars showing up on in the chatbox. Ay ideas yet?

Thank you so much in advance!

[creppello]

Not sure, I used your settings and it worked for me......

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by creppello

This thing is very nice, excellent job on it. One question, is there a way to UN-ban someone from the chat? Or does one have to go into the database and change a marker?

/ban off uid userid : Unban the user specified by the userid passed as command parameter.
or
/ban off uname userid : Unban the user specified by the username passed as command parameter.
if you're not sure who is currently banned use:
/ban show : Open a popup window containing the list of users banned from the chatbox with the possibility of unban users simply through buttons in this window.

These and more are all listed in the built in help for the chatbox (click the question mark in the lower right corner of box)

Andrew