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]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Jeweetog,

Sorry, currently I don't have this installed as ALL my forums are 4.0. I don't think I *ever* viewed it that way. Normally I'd view the archive by clicking the archive link. You can set it to not purge. I'm not sure why you would want to save the chats as that would make an extremely large and *risk corrupting data* when it becomes excessively large. You can export them by clicking the export link. You could just do an iMACROS function from Firefox that would do it.

But I will pass your suggestion to the lead developer.

Hi,

I dont want the chats be saved forever. But I do want to export them so that i can clear the chatbox again.

They will be saved temporarily, like a week or 2.

The export link isn't working for me when i click that archive link. I dont have the permission it says. The usergroup permissions are fine.

[SDN]

OMG! Someone please help me!! I uploaded this mod wrong, please look at my thread! My forum has been down for hours!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=234784

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

Hi,

I dont want the chats be saved forever. But I do want to export them so that i can clear the chatbox again.

They will be saved temporarily, like a week or 2.

The export link isn't working for me when i click that archive link. I dont have the permission it says. The usergroup permissions are fine.

Then you didn't edit the usergroup permissions IN the MGC settings (not in the Usergroup settings).... Go through ALL your MGC options. I think it's one of the top 3 settings. And if you only want to save it for a week or 2, no need to export. Clearing it makes no sense. Just set the history to the last 100-200 posts and the archive does the rest.

Originally Posted by SDN

OMG! Someone please help me!! I uploaded this mod wrong, please look at my thread! My forum has been down for hours!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=234784

Marco already told you. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....08&postcount=2 <--- READ THAT

Then after you do that, login to the admincp and disable the plugin. Simple.

[SDN]

I've tried everything I could, I even had some errors, that put my vBulletin Forum down for hours. Even though, I'm new to this, can someone please help me upload it? I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could, please email me at urbanhamster123@gmail.com or MSN me at: shahedkhan23@hotmail.com

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Then you didn't edit the usergroup permissions IN the MGC settings (not in the Usergroup settings).... Go through ALL your MGC options. I think it's one of the top 3 settings. And if you only want to save it for a week or 2, no need to export. Clearing it makes no sense. Just set the history to the last 100-200 posts and the archive does the rest.

Was that option something with 'archives'? I just went like 3 times through all of them!

In the chatbox, the chats will only be kept for 1 day no matter how many chats there are.
I'll export the chats that are older than 24 hours.

Als the chats i exported will only be kept for a week or 2. But this i'll manage myself on my own harddrive (local pc).

Btw, i didn't find the 'usergroup permissions' in the options of MGC settings.

[mgurain]

Hi,

1. How can I disable (The default chatbox channel) or (Main channel), or put permissions on viewing it ?
why it's not a normal channel like other channels I create, I cannot edit it's settings and permissions ?

2. Chatters may chat on other channels without me notified neither with a sound when I am (IN) no with changing it's icon when I come back on a later time !
although sound notification is working fine with me on the same channel,
and (Warn user upon new message in the channel) is set to (Yes) !
is there any other option that I am missing ?

Thanks,,

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by SDN

I've tried everything I could, I even had some errors, that put my vBulletin Forum down for hours. Even though, I'm new to this, can someone please help me upload it? I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could, please email me at urbanhamster123@gmail.com or MSN me at: shahedkhan23@hotmail.com

You didn't follow https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....08&postcount=2 as if you did, you'd not have any errors. Sounds to me like you either don't know what you are doing and messed something up on your own or you didn't follow what Marco said to do.

Provide an account to your forum for me to troubleshoot it if you want it fixed.

[Speedy1505]

i have fixed the Problem, the Chatbox dos not visible on "Who ist Online"
Login in your AdminCP => Insert a net Plugin

Prod. : MGC chatbox Evo
Name : Chatbox display on onlinepage
Hook : online_complete
Pos : 1
Aktive: yes
Code:

PHP Code:

if($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_active'] && $vbulletin->userinfo['mgc_cb_evo_show'] && can_view_mgc_cb_evo()) 
{ 
   require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_mgc_cb_evo.php');
   
   if (can_view_mgc_cb_evo() && $vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_showthread']) 
   {
      $replace = ' $mgc_cb_evo ';
      
      if($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_showthread'] == 1)
      { 
         $find = '$navbar'; 
         $brb = ""; 
         $bra = "<br />";
      } 
      else
      { 
         $find = '<!-- currently active users -->'; 
         $brb = "<br />"; 
         $bra = "<br />"; 
      } 
      
      $mgc_cb_evo = build_mgc_cb_evo_display($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_normalmode_height']);

      $vbulletin->templatecache['WHOSONLINE'] = str_replace($find,$find . $brb . $replace . $bra,$vbulletin->templatecache['WHOSONLINE']); 
   } 
} 


thats all ...
then is the Chatbox on "Who is Online"

[RobbieZ]

Does anyone know how to solve the problem of the width and it not being contained to the width of the forum, especially in certain styles.

It sticks out like a sore thumb

[DanGarion]

Anyone know why when I installed this the admin panel that installed is in French, even though I installed the English language?