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

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by nando99

ah, duh! thanks...

problem, some members have already set their colors and it doesn't remove them - it just doesn't give them the option to change it again... or change it back...

anyway i can reset it so that it goes back 2 default?

Then i think you need to turn a few things off.

Look for "Choice of the formatting options which can be selected in the user control panel" in the option "chats formatting".

[nando99]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

Then i think you need to turn a few things off.

Look for "Choice of the formatting options which can be selected in the user control panel" in the option "chats formatting".

i ended up just uninstalling and reinstalling...

everything works fine except now i get this ever when i go to edit my options

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class MGCCbEvo_display in /home/nando99/public_html/1everythingelse/aep/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php on line 7

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by nando99

i ended up just uninstalling and reinstalling...

everything works fine except now i get this ever when i go to edit my options

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class MGCCbEvo_display in /home/nando99/public_html/1everythingelse/aep/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php on line 7

Try reuploading all files again, then import the product and see if that fixes this issue.

[sybakaos]

Internet Explorer 8 seems to be unable to display /me and /slap messages in chatbox. Chrome and FireFox do show it correctly.

Message: Object required
Line: 2109
Char: 3
Code: 0
URI: http://rip.to/mgc_cb_evo/clientscript/mgc_cb_evo_functions.js

[nando99]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

Try reuploading all files again, then import the product and see if that fixes this issue.

i did... its looking for files that arent there...

root/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php is NOT in the new zip

the closes thing is

mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_display.php

i think its a bug... it might have been like that in the older version...

any help?

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by nando99

i did... its looking for files that arent there...

root/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php is NOT in the new zip

the closes thing is

mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_display.php

i think its a bug... it might have been like that in the older version...

any help?

Yes this has been reported as a bug, and there is a fix for it.

You have to replace the path. Check a few pages back. I think about 3-6 pages back.

And look for vBDev post that contains the paths.

[ggsinc]

Ok I may be missing something crazy obvious here, but what does:

"# Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories."

mean in the install instructions? I've searched on my forum in the ftp directory, on my cpanel screen with my server(in case it's a hidden file in ftp), on the admincp everywhere I can think of. I've googled it, I've searched vB.org & vB.com.

And there is no style directory that can have files uploaded into it anywhere I see.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered before, but I can't look through all four hundred something pages!

Can someone elaborate on this step for me? Thanks!

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by ggsinc

Ok I may be missing something crazy obvious here, but what does:

"# Upload the content of the Images in each of your forum styles directories."

mean in the install instructions? I've searched on my forum in the ftp directory, on my cpanel screen with my server(in case it's a hidden file in ftp), on the admincp everywhere I can think of. I've googled it, I've searched vB.org & vB.com.

And there is no style directory that can have files uploaded into it anywhere I see.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered before, but I can't look through all four hundred something pages!

Can someone elaborate on this step for me? Thanks!

Put it in your forum/Images directory.

Some users have more than 1 style, the default style. And if you want the chatbox to work for all your styles, you'll have to upload the images in all those style directories (IIRC).

[Greenskull]

For some reason, the time is wrong int he chatbox for all of my users. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that didn't seem to work.

My current time is 2:40PM but it is appearing as 9:00AM when I post.

Any ideas as to why this would be?

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by Greenskull

For some reason, the time is wrong int he chatbox for all of my users. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that didn't seem to work.

My current time is 2:40PM but it is appearing as 9:00AM when I post.

Any ideas as to why this would be?

I think it gets the time from the server your site is hosted. I get a difference of 2 hours (earlier) too.