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

[Barbara1]

i was using it with 4.0.6 and it was ok,
i am using it at 4.1.0 and it works the same way. (at least for me)

i have some issues with the french to english language now but i'll fix it i guess.

thank you for this great mod


/off_topic
do we have a link about a tut of how to create a translation?
searched but havent' found anything yet.

[Alfa1]

I have posted a fix to the vulnerability. But the vulnerability found in this mod does not allow your site to get hacked. It only allows access to your restricted chat rooms. So if you have a staff chat room, then others can see what your staff is saying. (if they are aware of the method)

[RK KINGKONG]

i have VB suite 4.1 patch 2 . I have 2 6 skins that I worked on a while back just changing colors in stlye vars , however now i want 2 more skins that i have just about ready but whats stopping me is. I cant find how or where to change the background color of the chat box text background and the ibProArcade v2.7.0+ background color in the game blocks ..
heres a sample image

PLEASE SOMEONE send me a instant message or email me aim: xaogxzeus email xaogxzeus@gmail.com i had the site put together by someone who is now in the military and now i cant figure this out .. ive went through every dvar comparing the good skin to the one missing these colors n have come up empty handed

[RK KINGKONG]

my problem is with what i believe is the style var colors , because as i said i have other templates in which were just like in the above pictures and the colors changed from editing the style var colors like in this pic


but for some reason i cant seem to do it again or find it for these other 2 , and lets say on the home page the chat box has a black background just not while youre in the arcade . the mods i think are fine ... i could be wrong im new to this .

[RK KINGKONG]

OK UPDATE what I learned is that the 2 new xml files I installed didnt have the same edits in the css.template / arcade.css so I just copy pasted the coding from the other arcade.css into the new xml file templates where you find the arcade.css n put it in there as the others have . that automatically added the black background i was looking for

[jrap]

I'm getting stuck in "Loading..." in Chrome, but Firefox it does eventually load the content.

[Sadistikal]

Hello.

I am really new to vBulletin and just installed your chatbox. I noticed that the AdminCP is in French (I believe?) but mostly all the text in the options are English. Anyway to fix this?

Also when I click the "Help" Icon on the actual shoutbox I get the following above the General Help Box:

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 911

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 911

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 911

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 911

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 911

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 911

I know that is a repeat statement..but that is how many times it shows it before showing the MGC Chatbox Help dialog.

[Ranger187]

Rule of thumb: Backup before you change/update or you'll be sorry.

Try and read the instructions once BEFORE you dive into this.... Based on this you didn't follow it in the order, nor import the English language.

[Sadistikal]

@Ranger187

I will take the backup advice, here in-out.

As for the reading, that I did do. I read the .htm file included a few times before beginning - even walking through the steps, finding the files, but not uploading or selecting anything.

I used the Fresh Install without Chat Imports.
> Uploaded FILES to my forum root. < folder by folder in fact>
> Uploaded IMAGES to my STYLES area. < again, folder by folder>
> Imported via AdminCP the .xml file from PRODUCT. <*>
> Used the Download/Upload section of Language Manager w/ Specified Options <*>

Note on "*": I did NOT upload these files to my Web Server, but instead uploaded from my Local PC. I did not see any instruction to upload them anywhere, so I did not...could this be the issue?

Not sure what else I could have missed as the instructions seem pretty straight forward. The Chatbox is functioning fine on the site and was fully customizable - and no database errors are being generated and sent to my Admin email. Just the AdminCP side bar is STILL in French (not the sections AFTER clicking - they are English) and the Help button generate the above posted error.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Sadistikal

@Ranger187

I will take the backup advice, here in-out.

As for the reading, that I did do. I read the .htm file included a few times before beginning - even walking through the steps, finding the files, but not uploading or selecting anything.

I used the Fresh Install without Chat Imports.
> Uploaded FILES to my forum root. < folder by folder in fact>
> Uploaded IMAGES to my STYLES area. < again, folder by folder>
> Imported via AdminCP the .xml file from PRODUCT. <*>
> Used the Download/Upload section of Language Manager w/ Specified Options <*>

Note on "*": I did NOT upload these files to my Web Server, but instead uploaded from my Local PC. I did not see any instruction to upload them anywhere, so I did not...could this be the issue?

Not sure what else I could have missed as the instructions seem pretty straight forward. The Chatbox is functioning fine on the site and was fully customizable - and no database errors are being generated and sent to my Admin email. Just the AdminCP side bar is STILL in French (not the sections AFTER clicking - they are English) and the Help button generate the above posted error.

Importing doesn't require uploading, so no, that's not your issue. But it does look like you skipped a few steps. Your error probably stems from trying to upload the files folder by folder. That's never necessary. The files are all included in the same file tree structure as they would appear in your forum. You only need to grab all the contents and drop them into your root directory, overwriting all the necessary folders in one swoop. Trying to do it one at a time means you could overlook something or put a file in the wrong place too easily. Not to mention it takes nearly 20 times as long.