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

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by jazde86

Ok thanks, I've renamed it to mgc_chatbox and it worked.


Correct, all tables have a prefix. The prefix is missing in the import script I think.

Yeah that's weird because the v1.5 tables don't come with a prefix before the name so unless an older version was made to do that I'm not sure how they would have gotten like that unless someone manually changed them. I dunno I'm sure VBDev can shed some light on the subject

Either way glad you got it working now :up:

[Markos]

Originally Posted by VBDev

What do you mean ?

i was wonting some one to upload the files that get edeted to sort the bugs but i did a fresh install deteted it all again and uploaded it all and seems ok now im using (vBulletin 3.7.5) now since i was getting the probs could this of sorted it ??

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by lowey

Thanks for this great mod! Unfortunately it seems that the performance is quite unusable. On my site it takes about 30-40 seconds until a posted message appears in the channel. Did I miss some delay-settings or anything?

Thanks!

Well yeah you have missed the delay option in the usergroup permissions

Originally Posted by adnedarn

I see that you have a feature request for a chats per min flood control- to be honest that could replace the chats per 24hours I think.... Control over per min. vs control over per 24 hrs.... the per min control will be more effective. So, your call on that.
Thanks!
Andrew

Well 1 min is a small time, I am not sure that would be really that good !

Originally Posted by jazde86

Ok thanks, I've renamed it to mgc_chatbox and it worked.


Correct, all tables have a prefix. The prefix is missing in the import script I think.

Hum, yes then there is perhaps a bug in the import sscript, I'll correct that.

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

Yeah that's weird because the v1.5 tables don't come with a prefix before the name so unless an older version was made to do that I'm not sure how they would have gotten like that unless someone manually changed them. I dunno I'm sure VBDev can shed some light on the subject

Either way glad you got it working now :up:

It's vB default prefix functionnality.

Originally Posted by Markos

i was wonting some one to upload the files that get edeted to sort the bugs but i did a fresh install deteted it all again and uploaded it all and seems ok now im using (vBulletin 3.7.5) now since i was getting the probs could this of sorted it ??

Well now it seems to be ok, that must have been an install error on your side.

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

It's vB default prefix functionnality.

Hmmm is that in the older versions of vb or something? Cause I have never seen mine do that.

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well 1 min is a small time, I am not sure that would be really that good !

I don't know if you mean server intensive or usability wise... but here is what I'm thinking. Say you want no more than 6 chats a min. per person. And you assume someone is going to send 6 chats a min for the 5 hours they're on the forum.... That's 1800 sends. But then you have someone else that is only there 1 hour a day- They can send 1800 shouts in that 1 hour and be fine. That's what I'm trying to avoid so it seems a time frame shorter than 24hrs would be better. Maybe not 1 min.. maybe 15 mins? or even an hour? Hope that makes sense.
Thanks!
Andrew

[carcomp]

How difficult would it be to include a variable so that if someone has the chatbox "full and a popup window" like it is on my site, that it won't show the chatbox above the forums in duplicate? A lot of my users like to use one monitor to chat and the other to use the forums. My old chatbox was of the IRC / Java variety and hooked up to efnet. I used Iframes to display it above the forums, and that replaced the vb header to make it look seamless.

I'd like to display the chatbox in an iframe again, but i'll live with just it popping out and disappearing from the forums.

Thanks. I thought i'd mention that this mod is a VERY easy, yet extrememly robust system to install. I don't know if you know this, but vbOptimize mod messes with it. Of course your chatbox wins out over the optimizer. I booted it! People are using this chat mod HARDCORE! check it out. www.quad4forums.com


PS... I have noticed one error that comes up, but doesn't really affect performance.... I get a script error "SOMETIMES".. You know, it says "Done, but with errors on page." When i pull up the error code, I get an error on line 3 character SOME RANDOM NUMBER but > 2000 usually. Error is object expected. URL: http://www.quad4forums.com/forums/mg...o=view_chatbox Usually a page refresh clears it up, but that error also comes with "loading..." and not much more from the chatbox. I've also had some probs with ajax "hanging" but nothing too bad. Just the little circle thing next to the OK button keeps going forever. Not too bad for free!

Thanks again.

[soqzippo]

what happened to the smilies? I just upgraded to the newest version.. now the smily button is gone

edit:

Nevermind figured it out.

[tecnozul]

Originally Posted by tecnozul

I have a porblema, introducing characters like ? or Lestra accented ? ? ? ? ? chat does not answer me, it is like frozen, which may be due to this?

continiua my problem, I need help please

[geda]

Its wonderful that its compatiable with 3.8 as well. This is the bestchat box i have seen in Vbulletin.
Dev did u get chance to fix refreshing error message problem . If yes please let me know so that i can reinstall the chat box and get rid of it.



Shout @ the coder

[Markos]

Originally Posted by geda

Its wonderful that its compatiable with 3.8 as well. This is the bestchat box i have seen in Vbulletin.
Dev did u get chance to fix refreshing error message problem . If yes please let me know so that i can reinstall the chat box and get rid of it.



Shout @ the coder

only way to do it just now

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=3725