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

[Jeweetog]

How do I add 4 sql queries?

Somewhere in the options it says:

Warning : Add 4 sql queries on the forumhome.

[toonysnn]

Very amazing modification when properly configured, I must say. Thanks.

My question to the OP is, will you be upgrading this to be compatible with vBulletin 4?

[Markos]

yes this is meant to be upgraded to 4 but who knows when as VbDav is not working on this anymore hes passed it on to some one else

[Jeweetog]

A bot that kicks and bans would be great.

Also, a bot that can do a quiz.

[COL NIL SATIS]

this works fine on my forum...but its far too wide on my custom themes...how do i change this???

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by COL NIL SATIS

this works fine on my forum...but its far too wide on my custom themes...how do i change this???

In the options under 'general options'. It's the third option counted from above.

[Giray]

Hi.
Goofed.
Uninstalled MGC Chatbox Evo from products. Did not remove files.
Upgraded from 3.8.x to vb4.
Now having the usergroup database error.
Question, what is the safest way to now remove what's left of chatbox? (obviously, my hope is to reinstall a vb4 compatible chatbox later )

[Giray]

Originally Posted by Giray

Hi.
Goofed.
Uninstalled MGC Chatbox Evo from products. Did not remove files.
Upgraded from 3.8.x to vb4.
Now having the usergroup database error.
Question, what is the safest way to now remove what's left of chatbox? (obviously, my hope is to reinstall a vb4 compatible chatbox later )

Solved my own problem. Simply unistalled all files and it worked like a charm, even in vb4 after having uninstalled the product first. Now just waiting for vb4 version

[Giray]

Amazing how my users have reacted to vB4. They love it EXCEPT that it meant losing Chatbox!

[kylek]

Anyone have a problem with IE8 working with this? Have members who have been complaining that they enter a shout, enter another one and the shout doesn't appear, but it keeps cycling (the circle continues to spin).

I tested it and it is doing the same for me with IE8. The only way to get it to stop is to refresh the page. Using 2.4.2 on vb 3.8.4. All other browsers are fine.