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

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Much slower ? You must be having a problem.

It might be slower at first load as you need to cache new js but that's all.

Yah, it's more than just the first load. Suggestions?

Originally Posted by Ranger187

If you have had issues since 1.0 did you FULLY REMOVE THE PRODUCT PRIOR? If not, bite the bullet, uninstall the chat, drop the tables, delete the files, install and you won't have issues if you follow new install instructions. But follow the unstall procedure listed in the zip files.

No, my last version installed was 2.2.0- This version worked great. I said I upgraded using the instructions: "Upgrade from the version 1.0.0 up to 2.2.1" including the script at the end.... I was just saying which upgrade instructions I used so I was clear that I followed them properly.

Thanks.

[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

The author is NOT responsible for 3rd party products. The author of the 3rd party product is. So the blame is on you for not backing up your site, checking that all your plugins were up to date and dealing with the 3rd party person.

Erm your reaction is as if it doesn't exist, you are in denial. The courteous thing may have been to simply mention that a lot of the architecture had altered and that add-ons/plugins may not function until they're updated.
The blame is on me, lol. I backup daily! I check DAILY that my plugins are up to date and if I had a problem with the plugin then yes I would contact the correct author.
Your support is second to none, never seen anything like it, hence my original donation. BUT your attitude surely could do with a defrag.

[Se?or Ramos]

Alright, so I upgraded. All seemed to go well, except I lost the chatbox. It will not show up at all. I completely uninstalled/deleted anything chatbox related, and just reinstalled the older version that I had, which was 2.3.2. I still cannot see the chatbox. I've enabled it on the forum home, thread pages, and post pages. I've done everything I need to do, and yes, it is set to Active. Any idea what would cause the chatbox to not show up at all?

[OnTheSideDesign]

I did the update you suggested and I appologize but now I am getting an error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/diyproj/public_html/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php on line 85

Its like something is still open or closed somewhere.

Sorry

I am not new to editing files either....hmm I will have to look at it more when i have a chance.

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by Se?or Ramos

Alright, so I upgraded. All seemed to go well, except I lost the chatbox. It will not show up at all. I completely uninstalled/deleted anything chatbox related, and just reinstalled the older version that I had, which was 2.3.2. I still cannot see the chatbox. I've enabled it on the forum home, thread pages, and post pages. I've done everything I need to do, and yes, it is set to Active. Any idea what would cause the chatbox to not show up at all?

Basics but..... You verified "can view the chatbox" is active for each usergroup right? ...within usergroup manager of your admin control panel...

[PsyBurn]

using version 2.3.2 on vb 3.8.4

on dark skins the popup that appears on the chatbox has white color letters on almost white bg

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...0&d=1201554267

how to fix that?
what color am i searching for?

[Sledgstone]

I don't think I've ever posted in this topic before, but I have to say that this is a great mod. :up:

I do have one problem with the newer version. For some reason I cannot get any avatars to show up except the bots. My avatars are stored in the file system. I think its just affecting custom avatars though.

Also, I had to completely disable vb optimize to get the product to upload correctly. I don't use vboptimize anymore so it doesn't bother me, but these two mods seem to really conflict.

Originally Posted by jazde86

Yeah thanks, I've checked that out.

I mean the following situation. Someone types: Its boring here or just boring and the bot answer to that question is set to *boring so that the bot answers to both shouts, without having the exact question in the database.

Wildcards would be a great feature for the bot.

[Reycer]

I upgraded and got tons of errors, fixed the errors, but now it's messed up my CMPS page (have no idea why). Now I have my forum back but no shout box All the settings are set (haven't been changed, I just upgraded), but now I can't see anything. I've checked the usergroups and permissions are set.

[Reycer]

Originally Posted by Se?or Ramos

Alright, so I upgraded. All seemed to go well, except I lost the chatbox. It will not show up at all. I completely uninstalled/deleted anything chatbox related, and just reinstalled the older version that I had, which was 2.3.2. I still cannot see the chatbox. I've enabled it on the forum home, thread pages, and post pages. I've done everything I need to do, and yes, it is set to Active. Any idea what would cause the chatbox to not show up at all?

same thing here, I've lost it and it won't come back.

[adnedarn]

To add to my situation... It seems like my system has taken a decent sized hit to load/cpu usage as well. You can clearly see where the shoutbox was updated yesterday... The box has no change, it's still running very slow and making you refresh to see chats a lot of the time. *shrug*

You can see the jump where it was installed... Then the down I think is where I shut the forum off and reuploaded all the files and such, then back up when I turned it back on.



Thanks,
Andrew