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

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

No the language file. I already could enable it etc, but it was partially in french. The column on the left side, for example.

I mean where can i actually find the chatbox, i want to chat and test it out. I can't find the link in my forum for it. How do i start chatting?

go where i said, sift through the options and enable the shoutbox. once you do, go to your forumhome page and it will be below your navbar.

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

go where i said, sift through the options and enable the shoutbox. once you do, go to your forumhome page and it will be below your navbar.

The chatbox is already activated. Are you sure its shoutbox instead of chatbox? I don't see shoutbox in the options.

Can you tell me what that option is called on the left side in the column where i need to look?

[SnapOff Racing]

chatbox/shoutbox...same thing. if it's properly activated, it would show up on your forum home where all the sections are at the very top.

sounds to me you haven't properly enabled it. if u don't know where the settings are, it's disabled by default.

they're on the top left of the admincp.

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

chatbox/shoutbox...same thing. if it's properly activated, it would show up on your forum home where all the sections are at the very top.

sounds to me you haven't properly enabled it. if u don't know where the settings are, it's disabled by default.

they're on the top left of the admincp.

The option to enable it is in 'general options':

Activation of the chatbox
Activate the chatbox yes/no

Those .DS_Store files, do they need to be in the forum root too?


Edit:

Im having a hard time understanding this one:

2. Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories.

The only 'styles' dir i know is Images, right?

[elwachiman]

Is this compatible with 4.0 beta3 ???

[Jeweetog]

I already installed it 4 times... I still dont see it

[Jeweetog]

Do i need to import a chat from the option import chats?

[Jeweetog]

The default name of the chatbox is:

Chatbox filename: mgc_cb_evo

But i saw there is an ajax version of it too: mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php

Is the default one the right one?

[LB1981]

I would like have the Chatbox in the Sidebar.
How I can to do that ?

Sorry for my bad english

[LakeAnna]

Running 3.8.3 and just uploaded the latest chat version.

Everything loads fine - the chat box is visible etc. But when I go to type text and hit enter the text disappears from the input field but doesnt display in the chat window.

But if I go in to the archives I can see my chat messages as being logged.

Any ideas?