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

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

OK I see that this is only happening for my custom style but not the default style. So what could be the difference between the two and where should I start looking?

Perhaps your style is not up-to-date with vB3.7 ? Was it an old 3.6 style ?

Originally Posted by entertain

[Minor scrolling Bug]

=> Newest shouts at the bottom

1. When I switch from the "General Channel" to an other channel, the shoutbox does not scroll automatically to the bottom

Hum that's a possibility indeed ! I am going to add this to the bug list.

Originally Posted by entertain

2. When I delete a shout, the shoutbox does not scroll automatically to the bottom

That's normal, as soon as the chatbox is scrolled it doesn't automatically scroll to the bottom anymore unless you go to the bottom again.

Originally Posted by adnedarn

To go with the above scrolling problem... also with newest shouts at bottom, if you delete a shout... after confirmation you come back to the bar scrolled up and have to scroll down back to the bottom.

Same answer as above.

Originally Posted by entertain

Also, it seems the inactivity is inconsistent... I've walked away a few times and come back to it still active (set at 15 mins) but I've set it to 1 min and you do go inactive. So I've not figured out what the missing variable is making it happen sometimes and not others.

?? You mean it was working set to 15 but does when set to 1 ?

Originally Posted by entertain

[Minor scrolling Bug]

=> Newest shouts at the bottom

3. When you make a shout in a by an administrator created channel, you have to scroll down to see this shout.

Firefox 3.0.3


Greetings.

What do you mean by administrator create channel ?

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by VBDev

?? You mean it was working set to 15 but does when set to 1 ?

It did earlier... I just checked it at 15 (by 20 still no inactivity) and put it to 1 and after 5 still no... I asked everyone in the shout to hold on a few mins and see if it did to them, and no one got the message... After we came back... it was then going inactive at 1min- so I guess you have to type after changing the setting... but then it was doing it in 1 min intervals correctly.
Andrew

edit: and sometimes my shout goes up 5 times :erm:... But it seems the others can't see them. they only see it once.

[NFLfbJunkie]

I have this MOD installed on 3.8.0 Beta1 and everything seems to be working okay, but I can't figure out how to set up channels. I did set up a test channel, placing one of the channel images in the correct folder and naming it correctly (per instructions in AdMin CP). However, when I click the channel icon and enter some chat, nothing shows up. When I click on the main chat button, all of my chat on that channel doesn't show. I have to do a page refresh for it to reappear. I did search this MOD for help and read through several pages, but I couldn't find anything that specifically explains how to set up channels. Any help on doing this would be greatly appreciated.

[jerx]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I don't understand the second part of your message. What do you mean exactly ?

First I told you that bbcode lines and smilies lines expand on page load, if you set "Save the collapsed stae of the BBCODE and smilies lines" to yes. Then I noticed that another pc does not have the same problem. Therefore I have deleted my browser cache and closed the browser. Now with the same setting, the bbcode and smilies lines collapse on page load. So, it now acts the other way around.

Originally Posted by VBDev

I am going to create a new template for the next chatbox version, a small version which will fit in vbadvanced side columns.

That would be awesome and might even be less painful for you than helping me get it done. I am afraid it won' t save you much time, but shall I sent you my templates? As I mentioned before, it has two problems:
1. horizontal scrollbar on IE7.
2. bbcode does not line break, so that it stretches the side column, if you uncollapse the bbcode line.

Originally Posted by VBDev

You are globally right. My idea was in order to build up a place where users could also shares buttons set and so on.

And also because this thread is starting to become massive and really hard to follow for other users that don't come everydays.

It is probably not such a bad idea than I first thought. It is really getting harder to find the answers in this thread and it would be nice to get add-ons, buttons, etc at a central place.

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Perhaps your style is not up-to-date with vB3.7 ? Was it an old 3.6 style ?

OK I was using the 3.7.1 version of my style while my board was 3.7.3 PL1. Didn't realize it would make that big a difference...

In any case I am now updated to the 3.7.3 version of my style. I am not getting the security token error anymore but now when I type in a message in the chatbox and hit enter, nothing appears in the box. But when I click on the archives box the shouts are showing up. It's doing this in my default style as well. Any ideas? Thanks for the help thus far Andrew :up:

[Alfa1]

Thanks for the update!

[Alfa1]

Error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT DISTINCT u.username,u.displaygroupid,u.userid,s.userid AS suserid,u.usergroupid
(u.options & 512) AS invisible
FROM vb6_mgc_cb_evo_session AS cbs
LEFT JOIN vb6_user AS u ON (cbs.userid=u.userid)
LEFT JOIN vb6_session AS s ON (cbs.userid=s.userid)
WHERE cbs.dateline>='1224633876' AND cbs.userid!=0;

MySQL Error : FUNCTION u.usergroupid does not exist
Error Number : 1305

[pedroenf]

See here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2760

[jediteknoman]

For some reason I don't see the options to configure to see the Shoutbox under the AdminCP > Usergroup and what usergroup it is. I'm logged on with Administrator rights as it, but I don't know why its not working correctly.

The thing was, it was working fine a couple days back when I uploaded all the files needed and did follow the instructions. Any ideas?

[gpc10347]

Fantastic new release. I've managed to get almost everything perfect except the old issue with a style interfering with the opacity mode change and the arcade placements isn't working for me at all (No big deal)

Here's tonights oddity: If I slap someone in my second channel, it appears in the default channel instead. Does this indicate something I need to revert or reupload?