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

[DigitALL]

Hello,

When I post a chat it appears at the bottom of all chats so you have to scroll down to see it. At first I thought that it does not display some chats but later I noticed that it does not display the chats in order.
This is what I noticed: if I type a chat it will be first displayed at the bottom and later (don't have a time table but if I refresh it after the chat, it is not corrected) it will be automatically placed where it supposed to be.
Currently the chatbox is set to display the newest chats on the top with the time only, no date and without "today/Yesterday" option.
Why the chats would be displayed so randomly please?

[tester200]

I have a problem with the chatbox and in this

Ajay error: an error has occured in an ajax request of the chatbox, please report your admin

Please help

[kronnos]

Originally Posted by DigitALL

Hello,

When I post a chat it appears at the bottom of all chats so you have to scroll down to see it. At first I thought that it does not display some chats but later I noticed that it does not display the chats in order.
This is what I noticed: if I type a chat it will be first displayed at the bottom and later (don't have a time table but if I refresh it after the chat, it is not corrected) it will be automatically placed where it supposed to be.
Currently the chatbox is set to display the newest chats on the top with the time only, no date and without "today/Yesterday" option.
Why the chats would be displayed so randomly please?

I think I had a similar problem when I tried to stick a chat. I didn't know why this was happening until I unstickied that chat. Maybe you got the same problem?

[davew]

Originally Posted by davew

I just had to disable MGC

I was getting the "Loading" message, and nothing else..

Have installed something else temporarily, hopefully the new version will fix this issue, and this is without doubt the best featured chatbox around..

Cheers,
Dave

Just tried a complete re-install, same result.. just the "Loading" prompt..

This is really frustrating, has been working great for a few weeks up till now!

My users are most unhappy with my temp replacement!

[dbigras]

Originally Posted by davew

Just tried a complete re-install, same result.. just the "Loading" prompt..

This is really frustrating, has been working great for a few weeks up till now!

My users are most unhappy with my temp replacement!

I upgraded to the latest version. It works for many users, but some users have reported that it remains stuck on 'Loading...' and it's not a configuration issue, as it works from another computer with the same username.

What could be causing this?

Oh, the user is using Firefox and Safari on a MacBook. Since the user upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, 3.0.7, it doesn't work.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by voter

Both the original, as well your new version is not able to import vbSout.

To make it possible just one correction is needed . TABLE_PREFIX . in line 672

Change in the line 672

$check_vbshout = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SHOW TABLES LIKE 'shout'");

to

$check_vbshout = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SHOW TABLES LIKE '" . TABLE_PREFIX . "shout'");

Thanks for reporting this. I corrected it in the upcoming version.

Originally Posted by davew

I just had to disable MGC

I was getting the "Loading" message, and nothing else..

Have installed something else temporarily, hopefully the new version will fix this issue, and this is without doubt the best featured chatbox around..

Cheers,
Dave

So far test of the new version is successfull, appart from a small side issue on IE I have to fix.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by DigitALL

Hello,

When I post a chat it appears at the bottom of all chats so you have to scroll down to see it. At first I thought that it does not display some chats but later I noticed that it does not display the chats in order.
This is what I noticed: if I type a chat it will be first displayed at the bottom and later (don't have a time table but if I refresh it after the chat, it is not corrected) it will be automatically placed where it supposed to be.
Currently the chatbox is set to display the newest chats on the top with the time only, no date and without "today/Yesterday" option.
Why the chats would be displayed so randomly please?

Originally Posted by kronnos

I think I had a similar problem when I tried to stick a chat. I didn't know why this was happening until I unstickied that chat. Maybe you got the same problem?

Yes there is an issue in the current available version, sticky doesn't work and cause weird chats orders behaviour.

This has been fixed in the upcoming release.

Originally Posted by tester200

I have a problem with the chatbox and in this


Please help

I think you might have forgot to upload all the files, please check.

Originally Posted by dbigras

I upgraded to the latest version. It works for many users, but some users have reported that it remains stuck on 'Loading...' and it's not a configuration issue, as it works from another computer with the same username.

What could be causing this?

Oh, the user is using Firefox and Safari on a MacBook. Since the user upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, 3.0.7, it doesn't work.

Yes this is a known issue and is corrected in upcoming version.

[VBDev]

2.3.0 Release status :

Hi all,

As lots of you always as for an ETA of the new version release, here it is !

The new version is almost ready for release. It has been tested on 3 online boards since 3 days and is running pretty smoothly, all previous bugs are gone bye bye.
We installed it on forumcoding yesterday and fixed some side issues but now it's all good appart from a small problem with IE.

Once this problem will be fixed (I hope tonight but it's not easy as I don't have a PC but a Mac ), I will release it.

[KizZamP-]

I'm having a small problem. Everything works except for the menu_open.gif.

I noticed it said "Send Query" in place of the normal menu_open.gif image. It only happens on 1 skin, not on any of the rest. Anyhow, I took blackteal's menu_open.gif and dropped it in the problem-having-skin named OnlyDev and even though when i check the source (CTRL + U) and see the link there, it still shows the "Send Query" button with no image on top of it.

I already searched in this thread and saw that Dave9720 had the same problem but he didn't post his solution.

[ispots]

Originally Posted by VBDev

2.3.0 Release status :

Hi all,

As lots of you always as for an ETA of the new version release, here it is !

The new version is almost ready for release. It has been tested on 3 online boards since 3 days and is running pretty smoothly, all previous bugs are gone bye bye.
We installed it on forumcoding yesterday and fixed some side issues but now it's all good appart from a small problem with IE.

Once this problem will be fixed (I hope tonight but it's not easy as I don't have a PC but a Mac ), I will release it.

And the thread copy bug???