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

[Joemadden1989]

Hi all,

I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to change the color of the pop-up menus such as /slap menu that pops up.

Also i need the color of the The user ID does not exsist changed however i cannot find the HTML / css to do this.

Thanks in advanced.

jOE.

[Zabulus]

For you beta testers in the new version..

Is there as much as lag in the new version as the current one?

Thanks

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Zabulus

For you beta testers in the new version..

Is there as much as lag in the new version as the current one?

Thanks

Can't really specify this as it's in beta and EACH system is different. A general/overall consensus would be a more accurate way to relay this.

If you are having LAG on ANY version, it's because it's a shared hosting and not a private server and they are using limited resources. I run 30 sites (All dB/php intense) and there is virtually no lag ranging back from the 2.x version up to 3.1.0.

[RedDevil]

Is it possible to have the bot reply in same colour as defined in its nominated users group, ignores this currently

eg usergroup set to display blue chat, bot posting black

thanks in advance

[Eazy1]

Is it possible to insert a condition to display or hide the "Archive" button? I have the archive active only for admins, yet members can still see and click the button, bringing them to a permissions page.

[ocbillvang]

how to show image in Chatbox ?
I can't use bbcode [img] on chatbox

[Zabulus]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Can't really specify this as it's in beta and EACH system is different. A general/overall consensus would be a more accurate way to relay this.

If you are having LAG on ANY version, it's because it's a shared hosting and not a private server and they are using limited resources. I run 30 sites (All dB/php intense) and there is virtually no lag ranging back from the 2.x version up to 3.1.0.

Question:

So what you are saying is that I need to put the chatbox on a private server? Can you point me in the right direction what you use?

Thanks!!

[Shanj]

I have Ultimate Side columns installed and I would like the Chatbox to situate in the column on the right.

In the admin area I can only select above and below not side.
Can I put a piece of code in the side column to make the chatbox appear there?

Thank you.

[steveyos666]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

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.

step 2. Select the forum language to overwrite.



call me crazy but I'm pretty sure it wants me to overwrite something due to it saying to overwrite something




EDIT: well what do ya know, I think I -didn't- overwrite it last time, I made sure I did this time and now it's in english and not french or whatever it was in


so yeah you're dumb




edit again: this mod's dumb, the bottom option in the notifications management tab is still in french:


Activation des notifications de nouvelles inscriptions
Activer l'envoi automatique d'un message dans la chatbox lorsqu'un utilisateur s'inscrit sur le forum (apr?s validation si le forum n?c?ssite une v?rification des emails)

looks like it's an option to have someone emailed if their name is mentioned I guess?

ok the rest went flawlessly


I don't get the point of this bot, I had my hopes up thinking it was a learner bot but I have to type everything it says? that's dumb as hell, it's cool I appreciate the option I'm just really disappointed because everyone at my forum woulda flipped if we finally had a learner bot

[steveyos666]

How do I make it so the chat box isn't there when creating a new thread? It's above the subject/message box so you have to scroll all the way down past it, I don't see the option for turning this off or moving it to the bottom, only forum home and all that but nothing about new threads

it's horrible, I can't even click the minimize arrow it just maximizes itself again instantly

fix it please, or if the option for that isn't in the same spot as the rest of them please let me know where it is and why it isn't with them

chatbox is running perfectly besides that, but that's a major deal breaker ruining the create new thread page like that since the entire point of forums is to create threads