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

[wickedstangs]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Oh !!! I know, go in the forum sidebar blocks and disable the MGC Chatbox one

Awesome that looks like it fixed it.. Thank you..:up:

but, my style and Language Settings are still missing

[uriah]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you activated the option to show on forumdisplay, it's a mix of the two that makes things work

Yes, tried it about every way I could think of. I'm presently on VB 4.1.8, trying this on my test system. Below are the seettings from Admin -> NGC Chatbox Evo -> Display and Position:

Position of the chatbox on the forum home (forumhome)

Do not display

Position of the chatbox in the forums (forumdisplay)

Above the threads

Ids of the forums in which the chatbox shall be displayed

6

Position of the chatbox in the threads

Do not display

Ids of the forums in which the chatbox shall be displayed in the threads

Display on defined pages of the forum under the navbar\\

No

Display the chatbox on defined pages in a variable

No

List of the other forum pages

NEW List of the pages to exclude

NEW [vB4.X.X] List of the templates where the global var is used

Ids of the forum styles in which not to display the chatbox

Force the chatbox in collasped mode by default

No

Thanks

[faraz_hamza]

its Realy a Great Effort and Good Chat box.
But its Not working for me.

Not Displaying in VB 4.1.10, i have enable this chat but still not displaying.
Also it hides All Options from Style & Language Settings(vbulletin option) after installing This Chat Box.

When i disable mgc chat box. then style and languge option start to display

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by faraz_hamza

its Realy a Great Effort and Good Chat box.
But its Not working for me.

Not Displaying in VB 4.1.10, i have enable this chat but still not displaying.
Also it hides All Options from Style & Language Settings(vbulletin option) after installing This Chat Box.

When i disable mgc chat box. then style and languge option start to display

The chat works. Use firefox and open the error tools and show the JS errors.

Sounds like either you uploaded it wrong, or you have a custom style.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by uriah

Yes, tried it about every way I could think of. I'm presently on VB 4.1.8, trying this on my test system. Below are the seettings from Admin -> NGC Chatbox Evo -> Display and Position:

Position of the chatbox on the forum home (forumhome)

Do not display

Position of the chatbox in the forums (forumdisplay)

Above the threads

Ids of the forums in which the chatbox shall be displayed

6

Position of the chatbox in the threads

Do not display

Ids of the forums in which the chatbox shall be displayed in the threads

Display on defined pages of the forum under the navbar\\

No

Display the chatbox on defined pages in a variable

No

List of the other forum pages

NEW List of the pages to exclude

NEW [vB4.X.X] List of the templates where the global var is used

Ids of the forum styles in which not to display the chatbox

Force the chatbox in collasped mode by default

No

Thanks

Just tested, and you are right no working...

I'll mark this in the bug list to look out.

Thanks for reporting it, thought I had fixed it...

[Barteh]

Which (minimum?) version of ioncube does MGC chatbox evo require?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Barteh

Which (minimum?) version of ioncube does MGC chatbox evo require?

You need version 4.x.x of ionCube

[Barteh]

Guess my hoster's just running old stuff then. Ticket running

[faraz_hamza]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

The chat works. Use firefox and open the error tools and show the JS errors.

Sounds like either you uploaded it wrong, or you have a custom style.

Sir, i check via same as you said.
i m getting only this error on

setTimeout('document.getElementById("vsatopstats_l prel_area").style.display = "inline";', (30 * 1000));

wot to do now?

Chat box is not displaying and also style and language option is not displaying yet. check the screen shot also

[faraz_hamza]

Now i disabled the stop stat mode also. and now there is not any error on my site.
but still i m getting the same .
No Chat box displaying. not on my Default style and nor on my installed new style.

also style and language option are missed