Version: 3.4.0, by VBDev
Developer Last Online: Dec 2021
Category: Chat Modifications -
Version: 4.2.x
Rating:
Released: 01-27-2008
Last Update: 09-01-2013
Installs: 2476
DB Changes Uses Plugins Template Edits Auto-Templates
Additional Files Translations
No support by the author.
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
To do it on forumhome, you have to modify the plugins.
Anyway there is no how to about that in the readme, I'll have to include it back for vB4 in the next release.
I have a request! If it could pull whenever a shoutcast server song changes that would be awesome Currently using the plugin Shoutcast Status which writes to an xml file that should be readable
Well, the mod you pointed out gets lots of infos, not only the song played. And it gets updated as soon as one of those parameters gets updated not when the song changes.
Quote:
Originally Posted by w00ttastic
All the custom BBCode we've added (Youtube, strikethrough, spoiler tags, etc) works in the chatbox. What Cyb does, and I think this is a good system, is allow all custom BBCode by default and:
Well by default I prefer having most of the bbcode not active otherwise it would be a pain to add each unwanted ones.
Quote:
Originally Posted by w00ttastic
Also, have you ever given any thought to adding a wordfilter function?
The chatbox uses vB's censoring one.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quirin
Yes that's clear. If I will click on the smiley button displayed there 10 of my smilies and next to it is [More] when I click it opens a popup where the rest of my smilies will be shown this, however, can not integrate into the editor, if I have a Smilie them click it.
Can you try to make it a bit easier to understand ?
Well, the mod you pointed out gets lots of infos, not only the song played. And it gets updated as soon as one of those parameters gets updated not when the song changes.
Right, however instead of pulling directly from the file you could just pull the variable from that mod for the song name? He has all the variables used listed out there
Or perhaps how easy would it be for him to modify his mod to make the entry to your mod? Just trying to figure out the easiest way
Yes that's clear. If I will click on the smiley button displayed there 10 of my smilies and next to it is [More] when I click it opens a popup where the rest of my smilies will be shown this, however, can not integrate into the editor, if I have a Smilie them click it.
Installed this, but it seems to sporadically stop working in IE. It's fine in Firefox. Even if I don't upload any further plugins or change any other files at all, after a day or so it causes "object expected" errors in IE7 and the chatbox just hangs.
Strangely enough, when this happens it displays some messages from 20 mins ago, but not the more recent messages.
I've managed to fix this twice before by reuploading all the files, which is even stranger (not even reinstalling the product).
It's still working fine in Firefox for me, but this time I've been unable to fix the IE issue by reuploading the files. I'm now looking at possibly installing the VSA Chatbox, not sure how that compares to this.
FYI I am using vbSEO. I tried adding the vbSEO custom arguments provided here but that didn't help at all. I guess those are only if you want vbSEO to optimise the chat pages anyway, which I'm not too bothered about.
Humm, can you do a search on js files in clientscript ? For the vbulletin_version keyword.
I know this was probably out of sight and out of mind for you, but I thought I'd let you know that I used this error as an excuse to just finally upgrade my board to 4.0...