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

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Gholsie

Tried installing this, but, the admin control panel is not English. I can't read anything. How do I change the admin control panel to English?

Please READ the instructions. It tells you in the install to import the language file.

[whitedd]

...CMS...dont work? ...or work? ...how to put in CMS???

[dxbai]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Same here.

there are 2 lines to be changed which has the (require_once(DIR .) within the same plug-in:


Change within the same plug in:

(1)
From: require_once(DIR . '/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php');
To : require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_display.php');


(2)
From: require_once(DIR . '/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php');
To: require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_misc.php');


Thats about it....

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by whitedd

...CMS...dont work? ...or work? ...how to put in CMS???

Please scroll up and look at "Feature Requests" the next version will have it, for the time being you can TRY and make this hack work for it:

Int?gration

Integration in IBProarcade is described in the readme.

vBAdvanced module: here

vBCms integration : here

[steveyos666]

"The file you attempted to import only contains phrases and none of the settings required. You will be unable to make a new language with this file."

I can't upload the english file I just get that error and all the chatbox settings are in I think french. Anyone have this problem yet and hopefully got an easy solution?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by steveyos666

"The file you attempted to import only contains phrases and none of the settings required. You will be unable to make a new language with this file."

I can't upload the english file I just get that error and all the chatbox settings are in I think french. Anyone have this problem yet and hopefully got an easy solution?

Read the install file again. You are not FOLLOWING the instructions on how to import. You are probably trying to create a new language file or over write it.... RE-READ the install info.

[Zabulus]

When is the new version supposed to arrive? or how do I beta test it

[sybakaos]

Originally Posted by VBDev

• Smilies don't get added to the chatbox when in the "more" windows [See here for a fix]

The link to the fix provides no fix. Could you check? Thanks.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Zabulus

When is the new version supposed to arrive? or how do I beta test it

There are enough beta testers already that are credible. I usually get the beta 1-2 months or even closer to the release of it. If he needs more, he will announce it.

[sybakaos]

Originally Posted by sybakaos

The link to the fix provides no fix. Could you check? Thanks.

I've fixed it by adding missing javascript to the mgc_cb_evo_smilies_vb4 template.

<script type="text/javascript">
function insert_smilie_from_window(smilietext)
{
childwindow = window;
window.opener.add_smiley_to_input(smilietext);
childwindow.focus();
}
</script>