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

[motoxer311]

What a complex piece of pooh.....

KISS

[MalakaiGonzalez]

Yea the images don't show up for me, where exactly do they go?

I've all ready got a misc folder in the skin files, i tried putting the mgc_cb_evo file in it & nothing... Plus just the images in the skin folder.

[Breakpoint]

How does this Chatbox add-on do on Server CPU?

I have Cyb-Chatbox right now and it gets pretty high on CPU use. We may have 30 people using it at a time.

[kylek]

Was using inferno shoutbox but had a site hacked through it so am switching to this one.

Followed the install instructions for "display problems for some styles" but cannot get it to show.

Has anyone been able to have this in a different location in forumhome? If so could you please let me know how you did it?

Thanks!!

[ftechuk]

I too have followed the instructions and cannot get it to display on any page other than the default pages. I would happily pay for the mod if I can get it 100% working on all pages.

It works fine on the home page just not on any others.

[ftechuk]

Originally Posted by kalisekj

OK I Just Installed 2.4 Ver Of Chat Box! WooHoo!
Great News the Chatbox Now Shows up on all the pages I specified including the IBProArcade. Woot!

Another big issue is when first bringing up a page the chatbox will not populate until you hit the refresh button.
This Has the same problems on Firefox, Chrome & IE and Multiple Computers, Let Me know if you want me to try anything. I am a Paid BF Member. (2borno2b)

Well after reading this post, I went ahead and purchased, and guess what, exactly the same problem. If you find a solution please let me know too.

[princeedward]

guys.....i am still on vB. 3.6.8. PL2 here....tried this version here and later bought and pay $20.00 for the new version.....same all of you...had also this problem and got mad of it....but i did nor give it up just like that...tried so many possible solutions that i think of to solve it myself...now i am very happy and proud to say....coz' it's all workin perfect now to my site....as i said...all issue that i am seeing from each one of you here....same here and i had also headache from all of this issue...but as i said....maybe i'm just lucky enough to find the way to resolved it myself...maybe problems that developer itself can't hardly resolve or even explain it to me? or to anyone else here at the moment...well we can't blame him now.....coz' we all know that he's also trying his best to make this all work perfect to each one of us...

as i said....the new version that i have this moment is really working good to my still Vb 3.6.8 PL2

and if you all askin me now what, how did i resolve all of this issue?....hmmm....

Just did a very simple...

1. Close/turn off the chatbox
2. Delate all Files to my host server cpanel
3. Delete Product.XML, Language to my site Admin Cpanel
4. Now Go Back to your Website Admin Cpanel > Style Manager > Your Main Style or All Styles > Revert All MGC Chatbox Evo Templates....
5. Now Clean Cache to your main browser


Now....take a deep breath have a smoke...relax...and cross your finger...

and READ the INSTRUCTIONS PROPERLY...and start for a NEW...CLEAN...and PROPER INSTALL!....i said.... NEW...CLEAN...and PROPER INSTALL!..

Steps:

1. Upload all Files to their proper places carefully and orderly...
2. Upload Product.XML
3. Upload Language
4. Set All Chat Options Settings properly and orderly
5. Set All User's Pemissions (or to yourself at first for a full test)

to conclude this BLA! BLA! BLA! for you...i might say here now that wish to all of you out there to have a proper and working chatbox now...and enjoy it as much as i enjoy it the proper and working chatbox without any single problem...which anyone of you like me are all dying to have it the way it work and used to be...


GOODLUCK TO ALL!

:up:

[DigitALL2]

Hi,

I have vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1 and running 3.8.4

Is there a module and a clear info on how to install this chatbox to appear on CMPS please?
I have found some post with a link to click here but it is directed to this page.

I've already been through over 250 pages some months ago without success.
Could you please help?

[artifice]

I noticed something strange... Not sure if it's been brought up in the last 360 pages or not so I apologize if it has. When you ban a user using the dropdown the ban only lasts till the user logs out and logs back in... I think this only happens with the dropdown... If this is intentional then can you tell me where I could change this? I can code pretty well so just point me in the right direction and I'll take care of it...

[princeedward]

Originally Posted by artifice

I noticed something strange... Not sure if it's been brought up in the last 360 pages or not so I apologize if it has. When you ban a user using the dropdown the ban only lasts till the user logs out and logs back in... I think this only happens with the dropdown... If this is intentional then can you tell me where I could change this? I can code pretty well so just point me in the right direction and I'll take care of it...

grrrrrrr i test this to my user...and you know what happen next...i can't put her back again...because i can't found the UNBAN the user... on that dropdown thing...i look anywhere and nothing to find....or am i blind...

all we have to do is use the command:

• /ban off uid userid : Unban the user specified by the userid passed as command parameter.
• /ban off uname userid : Unban the user specified by the username passed as command parameter.
• /ban show : Open a popup window containing the list of users banned from the chatbox with the possibility of unban users simply through buttons in this window.