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

[bwcbob]

I like some things about your box, and some about the inferno shout box - and I have the pro of the inferno one...

And there are downsides to both boxes... A separate one is needed so the mods can see what users are writing at the same time as what the mods are writing without changing channels..

The style fix, how do you activate that? Because when I disable the display on forum home, and put the variable in, nothing happens...

[Harley D]

Bug:

After sending a private chat, then clicking on the dropdown next to my avatar of that Private Chat. the selection contains editing links for the person you sent the PC to and not for the person who sent it.

It still functions correctly, just confusing for the user.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by bwcbob

I like some things about your box, and some about the inferno shout box - and I have the pro of the inferno one...

And there are downsides to both boxes... A separate one is needed so the mods can see what users are writing at the same time as what the mods are writing without changing channels..

Just for my information, can you tell which ? That could perhaps help even further enhancing my chatbox !

Originally Posted by bwcbob

The style fix, how do you activate that? Because when I disable the display on forum home, and put the variable in, nothing happens...

Well the one explained in the readme for style issue.

Originally Posted by Harley D

Bug:

After sending a private chat, then clicking on the dropdown next to my avatar of that Private Chat. the selection contains editing links for the person you sent the PC to and not for the person who sent it.

It still functions correctly, just confusing for the user.

On the PM chat or all chats ?

[bwcbob]

The one in the readme says just to put the variable in, and I did that, but nothing happens unless the shoutbox is activated on forumhome..

Features like remembering the users style options (like they set their font color, styling and it saves it) - being able to double click the message and do more than just edit it... like delete..

[bwcbob]

Still does not work following this:

Display problem in some styles
In some styles, you can encounter display problems because the chatbox uses an automatic insertion system in the templates based on specific variables that might not be present in your styles.

If you encounter such problems, follow these few steps (my example is based on the display of the chatbox at the bottom of the forum page but you can easily transpose it to another position causing problems):
Go into the plugin manager of your admin control panel.
Edit the plugin Chatbox display on forumhome.
Replace $find = '$forumhome_markread_script';.
By :

Finally, go in the style manager and edit the FORUMHOME template.
Add :

before $footer.

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another feature I like for infernoshout, all you have to do is insert the damn variable wherever you want it to show up....

And obvious bugs are annoying: Chat does not always show up in the right order!!!!

[bwcbob]

Alright guys, if it this shoutbox does NOT work for you in your style DO THIS

EDIT THE Chatbox display on all pages plugin/part of the plugin..

CHANGE IT TO GLOBAL COMPLETE

REPLACE ALL CODE WITH

if ($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_active'] && $vbulletin->userinfo['mgc_cb_evo_show'] && can_view_mgc_cb_evo())
{
   require_once (DIR . '/includes/functions_mgc_cb_evo.php');

   if (THIS_SCRIPT != "mgc_cb_evo")
   {
          $output = str_replace('<!--{%MODBOX%}-->', build_mgc_cb_evo_display($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_normalmode_height']), $output);
   }
}

THEN PUT "<!--{%MODBOX%}-->" WHEREVER YOU WANT IT TO SHOW UP

[KevinL]

The way that is in the readme has worked fine...

[Angel-Wings]

Hello

Is it possible to "decrypt" the JS files in a normal way ? I know - your Copyright information is hidden there still it's hard to do some debugging

[427mouse]

When I had vbulletin 3.74, I installed this mod , uninstalled it, upgraded to vbulletin 3.8 and now when I change any settings in a usergroup and save it I get a database error... saying" MySQL Error : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'"

I notice that in the usergroups that the "MGC Chatbox Evo : Custom permissions" options are still there. How can I fully uninstall this mod? In plug-in/Products "Manage Products" it shows that it is not installed.

[entertain]

Originally Posted by steve427

When I had vbulletin 3.74, I installed this mod , uninstalled it, upgraded to vbulletin 3.8 and now when I change any settings in a usergroup and save it I get a database error... saying" MySQL Error : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'"

I notice that in the usergroups that the "MGC Chatbox Evo : Custom permissions" options are still there. How can I fully uninstall this mod? In plug-in/Products "Manage Products" it shows that it is not installed.

Have you deleted the files in your filesystem?