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

[johkalhaups]

Is there a way to flip the shoutbox around?

Like having the text at the top and the text entry box, format stuff and smilies down at the bottom.

Kinda like making it look like an IM chat window.

[oldlock]

Originally Posted by VBDev

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.

IE9 warns users about mixed secure and insecure content. The warnings cease when the chatbox mod is disabled.

Yes, the forum url has the https in it so I'm puzzled. This warning did not present before the last two updates.

[alaska_av8r]

johk I saw what you are looking for in the settings.

[Kane@airrifle]

Originally Posted by VBDev

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 ?

Hi Cl?ment, I think I have narrowed down my chatbox format issue to the "/pm command: Activate the private chats in tabs" feature, if I enable it formatting goes off the rails as shown in the screencaps in my previous post. Not sure why but for now I will keep it disabled.

The blank chatbox "loading" issue appears to be related to channels, enabling a second or third channel results in the loading issue, with just the default channel it goes away. It should be noted though that with more than one channel a simple chatbox refresh will bring back the content.

[johkalhaups]

Originally Posted by alaska_av8r

johk I saw what you are looking for in the settings.

Yea, I got the shouts flipped where the new ones are on the bottom but I cant seem to find the setting to flip the text input box and all that to the bottom.

I didnt even know if it was a setting or if Id have to do a template hack or something like that.



EDIT: Nevermind, I was totally overlooking the option.

[alaska_av8r]

Okay I know this is probably a feature but I am unable to find it. I can see the Bot's name is in a different color than mine.

Is is possible to change the bot's name to a different color?

Is is possible to assign specific colors to the name's of people belonging to a specific usergroup, such as moderator? Is it also possible to change the color of their chat message?

thank you

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by 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.

vb.org is not the place to ask questions about the paid product.
Anyways CMS integration means what it means and doesn't relate to the forum block.

Having the chatbox as a forum block is not yet implemented.

Originally Posted by oldlock

IE9 warns users about mixed secure and insecure content. The warnings cease when the chatbox mod is disabled.

Yes, the forum url has the https in it so I'm puzzled. This warning did not present before the last two updates.

Oh wait I guess I know, check in advanced options if you have load dojo from google server to no.

Originally Posted by Kane@airrifle

Hi Cl?ment, I think I have narrowed down my chatbox format issue to the "/pm command: Activate the private chats in tabs" feature, if I enable it formatting goes off the rails as shown in the screencaps in my previous post. Not sure why but for now I will keep it disabled.

You must have something that mess with chatbox code, some non closed template or kinda.

Is that a default vb style or modified ?

Originally Posted by Kane@airrifle

The blank chatbox "loading" issue appears to be related to channels, enabling a second or third channel results in the loading issue, with just the default channel it goes away. It should be noted though that with more than one channel a simple chatbox refresh will bring back the content.

Hum, I didn't try to check with multiple channels on my vB3 install, I'll give it a try.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by alaska_av8r

Okay I know this is probably a feature but I am unable to find it. I can see the Bot's name is in a different color than mine.

Is is possible to change the bot's name to a different color?

You can change its name or the color of the chats but that all, unless you set the bot to a specific userid. In that case it takes the user name and the usergroup default username color of that user.

Originally Posted by alaska_av8r

Is is possible to assign specific colors to the name's of people belonging to a specific usergroup, such as moderator? Is it also possible to change the color of their chat message?

Well that's a vb feature, as it's integrated I didn't make it specifically for the chatbox.

For the color, you can set a default color for each usergroup yes from the admincp usergroup permissions.

[alaska_av8r]

thanks!

[alaska_av8r]

vb.org is not the place to ask questions about the paid product.

didn't know that but now I do.

Anyways CMS integration means what it means and doesn't relate to the forum block.

I knew that one...

Well that's a vb feature, as it's integrated I didn't make it specifically for the chatbox.

For the color, you can set a default color for each usergroup yes from the admincp usergroup permissions.

thank you I will explore those options a bit....