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

[Andyrew]

Banning does not work, it says there banned until they make a post then there un banned. ?

[zeus_r6]

Upon uninstalling this mod, it leaves a ton of things behind and crashes my site...anybody else have this happen?

[DemoniK_AK]

Great mod

Took me while to get it up and running. Some additonal docs in the zip would be handy on how to get everything running, e.g.
- add to the installation steps to enable permissions per usergroup (took me ages to figure out why it wasn't being displayed)
- some docs on getting the commands working would be helpful - its not obvious I need to enable and then set the permissions under manage commands

But once it's running it's great.

A few issues and suggestions though
1. On chromium/chrome and IE when you select the drop down box (user profile, etc.) it opens relative to the page and not the chatbox - i.e. you need to scroll down the forum to see it!

2. When I added chatrooms they appear to the left and top and are essentially adding lots of dead space above the chats (check my site www.ak47ps3.com/forums) to see what I mean. Would be handy if we could stack then left to right like tabs...

3. editing a chat line which has been coloured allows me to edit the BBCode for the colour or style - would be handy if this was more inline and I didn't have to worry about destroying it.

4. clicking on the @ bubble is handy - but would be even better if I could simply type once selected - as it stands I need to reselect the text box again

5. The Bot is handy - any chance it could do more regex - even just basic contains phrase? Would make it so much handier.

6. Would be great if the /me command used the colour I had set for my chats

7. Would be nice to have an option to move the drop down box and @ icons close to the username after date & time if possible.

[RobbieZ]

Originally Posted by zeus_r6

Upon uninstalling this mod, it leaves a ton of things behind and crashes my site...anybody else have this happen?

Be more specific please.

I have used this mod since vb3.7.x and have upgraded every time.

When I did un-install it from my test board , it crashed, I just removed the block from forums & moderators after I disabled all my plug-ins.

[1F42]

Ive just upgraded from the 2.3.2 to the latest via the instructions to the letter but have 3 issues.

1/ The chat stats are now shown twice at the bottom of the forum.
2/ My notifications have dissapeared although alll the options remained set as they were and are correct (I use right column within) .
3/ 2 admin sidebar menu options are in French "Gestion du bot" and "Voir les chats. rapportés"

Not bothered about the last one but would really like a fix for the first two or a pointer in the right direction were to look im using VB 3.8.2

I am quite happy to edit tables or php etc just need to know what to edit to fix lol.

Update: number 3 has fixed itself, perhaps due to a scheduled task/cron job Still need help especially with number 2 please

Regards

[Darked_Hax]

Originally Posted by jazde86

User CP bug:
VBDev forgot to update the path within the vB 3 plugin, in the vB 4 it's correct.

To resolve the issue, go in your Admin CP to Manage Plugins and search for the User option add in profile vB3 plugin. Open it and change the path two times:

From:

PHP Code:

/includes/mgc_cb_evo/ 


To:

PHP Code:

/mgc_cb_evo/classes/ 


1:

PHP Code:

// Instantiate display class
            require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_display.php');
            $MGCCbEvoDisplay     = new MGCCbEvo_display($vbulletin,$MGCCbEvoCore); 


2:

PHP Code:

// Channel selector
               if ($MGCCbEvoCore->evo_permissions->can_select_default_channel())
               {
                require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_misc.php');
                $MGCCbEvoMisc         = new MGCCbEvo_misc($vbulletin,$MGCCbEvoCore);           
                   $show['chan_sel']     = 1;
                   $channel_select     = $MGCCbEvoMisc->construct_default_channel_selector();
               } 


It's so easy!

GREAT!

That's solve my problem!

many thanks, man!

[1F42]

Update I fixed it well rather I noticed that the upgrade adds options in the user groups and had see notifications switched off by default after the upgrade...should be on by default really or at least document this needs to be done! So now just point 1 I need help on..

[makmak]

Hi from greece.I'm running vB 4.0.8 and CMPS 4.0.1. The problem is that : Some members, including me (with full Admin permissions) can't see the shoutbox.Are members from all the groups.So, i need your help about this very usefull module.Any ideas ?
Installed corectly, very carefully, with corect permissions.Please, help me.

I use the MGC Chatbox from vB 3.6.x with all the updates.I have not any problem until now with 4.0.8

[spoky29]

very nice shootbox!
I made all fixes but stil have an error:

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Too many connections
/home/space/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 311

What should i do please?

Many thanks

I'm runing on vb 3.8.6

[Harley D]

I'm still fighting this issue, I have tried to disable the Slap, Me, and PM commands with no change?

Any other suggestions?

Originally Posted by zstewart

Anyone else with this problem.

On 4.0.8 btw did the same problem back on 4.0.7 aswell.

Sometimes the chat will not post anything users types, but if you goto Archives and Back to the main page with the chat it will start working again. Seems like a refresh problem maybe freezing? Does not happen all the time but when it does its very noticeable. (Users complain they can't see anything.)

Originally Posted by sorcerer1

We have this same problem. I've posted here, but not received a response.

Originally Posted by zstewart

Great at lease am not the only one.:up:

Originally Posted by SEW810

Yeah, same here. That happends when slap, me, pm commands are enabled , too bad, i just disabled them just to get my chat working. I can spend all the night pressing F5 (refresh page) and nothing happends!!! . Clearing chat history fixes that problem (well, until bad commands are used again lol)

Any idea to fix it??



The correct sintaxis is:

/slap uname "user name" (without "'s of course)


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Oh btw, any of you guys got "constant string" issue at forum.php when chat is ON ???
If i disable it (Chat OFF) forum.php works just fine.

USING VB 4.0.8

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Another issue.

If I type /ban show , I can't see banned users !!!! (I'm Admin)
It showes me the non permissions page

Originally Posted by Harley D

Same issue here with both versions. It even stops me from typing if I'm in another window if someone posts while I'm typing. Aggravating!

I have to click somewhere else on the screen and then back to the text box for my text to start showing again.
VB 4.08 & FF 3.612

Seems to work with Explorer 9 beta, but keeps showing a MIme pop-up waring