Version: 3.4.0, by VBDev
Developer Last Online: Dec 2021
Category: Chat Modifications -
Version: 4.2.x
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Released: 01-27-2008
Last Update: 09-01-2013
Installs: 2476
DB Changes Uses Plugins Template Edits Auto-Templates
Additional Files Translations
No support by the author.
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
1. Read the readme. Says right in first area. That var security token.
2. Which version did you install? You installed it, not anyone else. Goto the plugin manager and find out dippy.
0.5.0
The readme was no help. Can we refrain from the nicknames.
I know how you can fix the MSIE problem of not displaying the shouts:
Simply open the Style Manager in your AdminCP, click on "edit templates" and revert all templates belonging to the MGC Chatbox.
It seems like the uninstall routine of the MGC Chatbox does not work as expected and is incomplete. It doesn't remove all old templates if you click on "uninstall".
No, that wasn't it - none of mine needed reverting. But I did get them to empty their cache like suggested by Ranger187 and that worked great!!
Just back for a small day before leaving for my second week holidays. I can see some issues raised, you guyz should take holidays to leave me with no bugs lol (Just kidding).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlus
Any of you have problem writing "!" and "(" in opera?
What do happen when you used those chars ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint_ago
I'm getting some delay in chats display.. anyone is having the same problem?
What do you mean by delays ? The chatbox loading process is the following :
The page loads with the chatbox displayed
Chats are retrieved
Quote:
Originally Posted by BozzaJos
Hello everyone!
I know that vBDev is on a well earned holiday but I was really hoping someone else could help me with my problem. I've uninstalled my shoutbox (removed all files and uninstalled product) but now I have installed it the new version and everything works fine except for the inactive mode. When it gets inactive after 10 minutes, you normally have to click on the green arrows to get the text back. However, when I click on the green arrows, I get to see the following:
Isn't really correct is it? Looks pretty darn ugly hehe. When I press F5, it gets back to normal. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance guys!
Hmmm, your screenshot is strangely small, I can't see it maximized.
But I think I know what happens and this is another issue due to the new things that were added in the chatbox. The chats are displayed under the inactive message that's right ?
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Originally Posted by Ranger187
OH. Manage but NOT see the IP's. If manage is on....so is IP.
I'm sure if VBdev could add that as a seperate tick box, bot not sure you would want to remove that from a manage function and isolate it. I wonder if that can be adjusted in the VB settings themself for the usergroups. I think it might be. But again, that starts falling outside the chat schema.
I can do that, I add it to the todo list.
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Originally Posted by AWJunkies
http://www.prototypejs.org/
Prototype not mine it is just like jquery. The two play nice with each other and have been for years. Since vB uses YUI most scrips SHOULD be made with it and not try to do jquery or prototype. You end up loading js scripts multiple times sometimes 4 times or more and becomes counter productive. Again looking into issue now will let you know what I come up with. Have to load this software on test site to really test.
That's not exactly right ! vB uses only limited parts of yui (only the basis). This is the reason why I decided to use jQuery.
If I was doing it with YUI plugins this would be the same, there would be the same problems, I would be forced to add yui plugins and if other developpers were loading the same script then this would also be counter productive. So I think I will stuck with jQuery.
However, I would be really interested in knowhing what exactly happens with Prototype, can you give me more information on what is going wrong ? (error logs, etc...). Any clues would be appreciable.
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Originally Posted by Keyser Soze
I know how you can fix the MSIE problem of not displaying the shouts:
Simply open the Style Manager in your AdminCP, click on "edit templates" and revert all templates belonging to the MGC Chatbox.
It seems like the uninstall routine of the MGC Chatbox does not work as expected and is incomplete. It doesn't remove all old templates if you click on "uninstall".
But I found another more serious bug. If you enable the "ban" command in the latest version and enter the command "/ban show", the only thing you can see in the popup is a mysql error message:
Why does the plugin expect a column called "mgc_cb_evo_banned" in the user-table if it didn't create it in installation process? So it seems that not only the uninstallation routine is buggy but also the installation.
Did you uninstall the chatbox prior to installing the new version ? Coz if not then you made it wrong and this could be the reason of your error.
Quote:
Originally Posted by pedroenf
Just to add that remaining bug with the PM pop-up. Still not showing.
What was the exact issue ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Queball_Beast
Completely uninstalled and reinstalled and still not working for IE. it works for Firefox.
Also still unable to get chat to align 1 chat per column , the chat runs the user name like the below image .
This morning I started getting an error where the page was continually loading. I tried restarting the product and also the forum but no change. I had originally installed 0.5.0 but upgraded to 1.0.0 which ran fine (with the exception of the occasional double post on the posters screen only) until this morning.
I tried removing 1.0.0 and then reinstalling 1.0.0 which immediately started the constant loading problem again.
For the moment I have removed 1.0.0 and installed 0.5.0 which seems ok now.
Sorry I can't help much with troubleshooting. Only been using VB for two weeks so learning curve is still quite steep.
This morning I started getting an error where the page was continually loading. I tried restarting the product and also the forum but no change. I had originally installed 0.5.0 but upgraded to 1.0.0 which ran fine (with the exception of the occasional double post on the posters screen only) until this morning.
I tried removing 1.0.0 and then reinstalling 1.0.0 which immediately started the constant loading problem again.
For the moment I have removed 1.0.0 and installed 0.5.0 which seems ok now.
Sorry I can't help much with troubleshooting. Only been using VB for two weeks so learning curve is still quite steep.
Thanks, Simon
Hadn't you try refreshing the cache of your browser ?
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08-22-2008, 06:25 AM
(Just kidding).
