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

[HP10T]

I went to upgrade my chatbox through the product manager and while trying to upload the .xml file I received this error:
"Site error: the file /home1/xxxxxxx/public_html/forums/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/init_startup.php requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be installed by the website operator. If you are the website operator please use the ionCube Loader Wizard to assist with installation."

I have ionCube Loader installed so I am confused. I tried searching for an hour and cannot find what the issue is. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

[loconet]

Originally Posted by HP10T

I went to upgrade my chatbox through the product manager and while trying to upload the .xml file I received this error:
"Site error: the file /home1/xxxxxxx/public_html/forums/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/init_startup.php requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be installed by the website operator. If you are the website operator please use the ionCube Loader Wizard to assist with installation."

I have ionCube Loader installed so I am confused. I tried searching for an hour and cannot find what the issue is. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Having a similar issue here.

In my case, it says: "cannot be decoded by this version of the ionCube Loader. If you are the administrator of this site then please install the latest version of the ionCube Loader."

According to /etc/php.d/ioncube-loader.ini the library being loaded is php_ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so (it's a plesk box) .. is that not what it needs?

I tried changing the ini to point to a ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so version but then I got the error message as the quoted text: "requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be installed by the website operator. If you are the website operator please use the ionCube Loader Wizard to assist with installation."

[HP10T]

Originally Posted by loconet

Having a similar issue here.

In my case, it says: "cannot be decoded by this version of the ionCube Loader. If you are the administrator of this site then please install the latest version of the ionCube Loader."

According to /etc/php.d/ioncube-loader.ini the library being loaded is php_ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so (it's a plesk box) .. is that not what it needs?

I tried changing the ini to point to a ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so version but then I got the error message as the quoted text: "requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be installed by the website operator. If you are the website operator please use the ionCube Loader Wizard to assist with installation."

I think I fixed my problem:

I went to ioncube website and downloaded in a .zip file the proper one based on the OS my host is running. Opened it up, extracted the folder to desktop.
Logged into my host via ftp and they had a folder called ioncube. I opened that folder and there was no .2 or .3 files so I copied both 5.2 files from the folder on my desktop to my ioncube folder on my host and bam it worked.
I am still running into issues when typing into my chat with a stupid security ticket error that I haven't figured out yet though.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by loconet

Having a similar issue here.

In my case, it says: "cannot be decoded by this version of the ionCube Loader. If you are the administrator of this site then please install the latest version of the ionCube Loader."

According to /etc/php.d/ioncube-loader.ini the library being loaded is php_ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so (it's a plesk box) .. is that not what it needs?

I tried changing the ini to point to a ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so version but then I got the error message as the quoted text: "requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be installed by the website operator. If you are the website operator please use the ionCube Loader Wizard to assist with installation."

A non encoded version will be out next week, that will avoid this issue.

Originally Posted by HP10T

I think I fixed my problem:

I went to ioncube website and downloaded in a .zip file the proper one based on the OS my host is running. Opened it up, extracted the folder to desktop.
Logged into my host via ftp and they had a folder called ioncube. I opened that folder and there was no .2 or .3 files so I copied both 5.2 files from the folder on my desktop to my ioncube folder on my host and bam it worked.
I am still running into issues when typing into my chat with a stupid security ticket error that I haven't figured out yet though.

Was this an upgrade or a new install ?

[Lemminator]

Originally Posted by Lemminator

how can i change the background from this info box

greetz lemmi

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=7823


pls can anybody help me ?? i cant find anythink how i can change the bg of the info box :-((

greetz lemmi

[HP10T]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Was this an upgrade or a new install ?

It was an upgrade.

[Piggo]

Originally Posted by VBDev

A non encoded version will be out next week, that will avoid this issue.

Great, 'cause I broke my site too, trying to upgrade to 3.2.2 from 3.0.0.
Managed to get it working again by re-uploading the 3.0.0 files.

(You should mention this issue in the README files!!!)

Otherwise GREAT software addon!!!!

[HP10T]

Originally Posted by Piggo

Great, 'cause I broke my site too, trying to upgrade to 3.2.2 from 3.0.0.
Managed to get it working again by re-uploading the 3.0.0 files.

(You should mention this issue in the README files!!!)

Otherwise GREAT software addon!!!!

Are you referring to having the security token problem after the upgrade?

[HP10T]

I downloaded the 3.0 version and re-uploaded the contents of the files folder to the forum root and overwrote the files and nothing else and it works just fine now so I am leaving it for the time being.

[Piggo]

Yes, exactly. The site was basically inaccessible.
Same issue as this person: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=7773

I mainly posted here to let other persons know that if one tries to install this version over the old one, and the site becomes inaccessible with a "....requires the ionCube PHP Loader...." error, that by overwriting the uploaded 3.2.2 files with the old 3.0.0. files should bring the site back again.

I must also mention that I uploaded the 3.2.2. files without uninstalling the 3.0.0. product first.

I hardly ever read the instructions carefully, although this is the first product I installed that gave such a fatal error (even IF I did something wrong).