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

[Kane@airrifle]

Originally Posted by Kane@airrifle

Can anyone assist with a work around for broken chatbox size in Chrome/IE/Safari? Chatbox displays correctly in FF but in the other three browsers the chatbox over spans forum borders by a looooooong way.
VB Ver 3.8.7
MGC Ver. 3.2.3 clean install after removing ver 3

TIA

Screenshots added. As can be seen, in Safari & Chrome the chat box stays in a collapsed mode and scrolls off screen by a long way.

[Lemminator]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Man it's the first option, re-check with opened eyes

hi i have found it and test it with all 4 options ...but the problem is the same .. test it with firefox , opera and iexplorer.. what can i do somethink ??

greetz lemmi

[oldlock]

Does this mod call anything from a third party website ? I have this mod on a site that is https and users get security warnings. If I disable the chat mod the warnings cease. So I am guessing that it must have some kind of external non ssl link active ??

[Moncha]

This would be for my BF Version, When on the archive page, then using any of the options on the Navagation dropdown, they all lead to a 404 error..

NVM... Re-downloaded the package and made sure the files were current. Fixed

[Osiris183]

Looks great. I have two users testing this, both admins, with all options enabled in usergroup settings. When we type in chat, it does not update the box, so we can not see what the other wrote without hitting refresh.

Anyway to fix this?

[hyperviperx99]

Hey we're getting errors with the new download... I think there's a problem with the update. Check my site- http://www.fliprap.com - Now, I can't figure out what's wrong

[W!cKeD]

Im on vBulletin 4.1.11 and the Chatbox loads and loads.. but i dont know why, any hints?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by sweetpotato

Yes. I mean Chatbox Block does not show though I still see it in the forum & moderator.

What have you set on the notification configuration page ?

Originally Posted by Kane@airrifle

Screenshots added. As can be seen, in Safari & Chrome the chat box stays in a collapsed mode and scrolls off screen by a long way.

Hu, I had tried it with vB3.8.7 and no problem.

The fact that it stays in collapse mode is strange, did you check whether you had modified chatbox templates ? (Unless you did a french install ?)

Do you get any javascript errors in the firefox console ?

Originally Posted by Lemminator

hi i have found it and test it with all 4 options ...but the problem is the same .. test it with firefox , opera and iexplorer.. what can i do somethink ??

greetz lemmi

?! At first you stated that you didn't find the option to load dojo files from google servers but there is no 4 options for that ?

You lost me, what's your exact problem !?

Remember that this thread is huge, I answer to everyone but can't remember each questions after some posts you know...

Originally Posted by oldlock

Does this mod call anything from a third party website ? I have this mod on a site that is https and users get security warnings. If I disable the chat mod the warnings cease. So I am guessing that it must have some kind of external non ssl link active ??

No it doesn't. What were the security warnings stating ?

Perhaps are they coming from the ajax calls that uses forum url but I guess your forum url has https in it.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Osiris183

Looks great. I have two users testing this, both admins, with all options enabled in usergroup settings. When we type in chat, it does not update the box, so we can not see what the other wrote without hitting refresh.

Anyway to fix this?

Refresh is a basic in the chatbox and works since many many version, there must be something wrong either in your configuration or on your server.

If you check in the firefox console do you see any error ?

Originally Posted by hyperviperx99

Hey we're getting errors with the new download... I think there's a problem with the update. Check my site- http://www.fliprap.com - Now, I can't figure out what's wrong

The chatbox is not visible to non registered user so I can't check your site...

Originally Posted by W!cKeD

Im on vBulletin 4.1.11 and the Chatbox loads and loads.. but i dont know why, any hints?

Have you refreshed your browser cache once the install has been performed ?
Did you check that you had no modified templates ?
Any js errors ?

[alaska_av8r]

Just purchased the program with the cms integration, all is working well but I cannot seem to figure out how to get it to display as a forum block. I currently have it at the top of the forum but would rather it be in a block off to the side. Am I missing a setting?

I went to the forum blocks manager and set its display order, I selected edit and it is active but I noticed the content area is blank, so obviously I need to add some code??? Just don't know what to add.