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

[Crotan]

Originally Posted by cuberider

Hello,
i need some help, the chat is working but i have one Problem.
it seems that are missing a image image but the path points to a .php file.

can someone help me?

thanks cuberider

NINJA EDIT.

looks like you are missing some of your misc images. Specifically menu_open.gif that should come with what ever theme you're using

[cuberider]

Originally Posted by Crotan

NINJA EDIT.

looks like you are missing some of your misc images. Specifically menu_open.gif that should come with what ever theme you're using

big thx this help and working perfect

Regards cuberider

[Ranger187]

Wow, first time in weeks iit was quiet.

[MaxLiao]

I posted this same issue in the vBulletin Links Directory mod, but since this is the only other mod to be plagued by this issue I figured I'd shotgun it here, too.
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The following AdminCP functions give me an Internal Server Error:

• View Reported Chats
• Manage Commands
• Manage Channels
• Manage the bot
• View logs
• Import Scripts
• Counters Update

All of the other options (General Options, Display and Position, etc.) work just fine. I'm still trying to dig into my server logs, but in the mean time, is there anything that's common to those four AdminCP functions that are not common to the others?

My webhost sucks, so anything that I can look at and resolve myself (maybe a core PHP setting?) would be most helpful.

Error 500:

[06/Jul/2012:05:20:51 -0400] "GET /admincp/mgc_cb_evo.php?do=manage_bot HTTP/1.0" 500 551 "http://legionofmyth.com/admincp/index.php?do=nav" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.47 Safari/536.11"

No error:

[06/Jul/2012:05:20:53 -0400] "GET /admincp/options.php?dogroup=mgc_cb_evo_opt_disp_and_pos HTTP/1.0" 200 6918 "http://legionofmyth.com/admincp/index.php?do=nav" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.47 Safari/536.11"

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by MaxLiao

I posted this same issue in the vBulletin Links Directory mod, but since this is the only other mod to be plagued by this issue I figured I'd shotgun it here, too.
=================================================

The following AdminCP functions give me an Internal Server Error:

• View Reported Chats
• Manage Commands
• Manage Channels
• Manage the bot
• View logs
• Import Scripts
• Counters Update

All of the other options (General Options, Display and Position, etc.) work just fine. I'm still trying to dig into my server logs, but in the mean time, is there anything that's common to those four AdminCP functions that are not common to the others?

My webhost sucks, so anything that I can look at and resolve myself (maybe a core PHP setting?) would be most helpful.

Error 500:

[06/Jul/2012:05:20:51 -0400] "GET /admincp/mgc_cb_evo.php?do=manage_bot HTTP/1.0" 500 551 "http://legionofmyth.com/admincp/index.php?do=nav" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.47 Safari/536.11"

No error:

[06/Jul/2012:05:20:53 -0400] "GET /admincp/options.php?dogroup=mgc_cb_evo_opt_disp_and_pos HTTP/1.0" 200 6918 "http://legionofmyth.com/admincp/index.php?do=nav" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.47 Safari/536.11"

I'll say it now...I'm off to bed and already took my Ambien. I have -2000 interest atm.

Suggestions:

1. Backup your forum (database and www folder)
1a. Uninstall MGC and reinstall

2.If that fail, it might be server / forum side. Since we backed up (I know, stfu, this takes a while) install a fresh version.

2a. If no errors, install the MGC chat. If no errors, bingo!

1 1/2 (told you I'm outta it) disable all plugins with that command and see if the issue is gone. If not, it's probably not the chat.

Others, feel free to chime in and help you. I'll be back in the afternoon to help if you still have no fix. I can help you ON your actual board if need be.

[MaxLiao]

My apologies, I posted this in the thread to the other mod that was causing me this issue, but not here ...

Everything is working fine now.

It seems the mgc_cb_evo.php file would not upload when I uploaded all of the files/folders as a group; once I uploaded this file by itself it was good to go. Why this one file wouldn't upload when all the others did, I don't know. But all seems to be working now, so I don't care.

I'd done a bunch of testing, but I never considered uploading each file individually - bad habits and all that. Anyway, that was the simple fix to the issue.

[VTXCafe.com]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok I miswrite a bit but that was close, here :

.mgc_cb_evo_block_page .alt1 {
    background: {vb:stylevar threadbit_background};
}

.mgc_cb_evo_block_page .alt2 {
    background: {vb:stylevar threadbit_alt_background};
}

I've tried this several times and can't get it to change the color....so far I'm using #CCCCCC and changed it in both spots and nothing. I only have one theme installed and I was in the correct template, any other suggestions? I really need to lighten up the background some.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by VTXCafe.com

I've tried this several times and can't get it to change the color....so far I'm using #CCCCCC and changed it in both spots and nothing. I only have one theme installed and I was in the correct template, any other suggestions? I really need to lighten up the background some.

I've never had to edit that, but it would be a good idea if we added this info into the base readme for future releases.

MGC would know this answer or others that have edited the template as it's a CSS edit.

If you get nowhere, post on our support forums: http://www.mgcproducts.com/forumdisp...-Free-products

[Gambler22]

Dont work for me, i have installed the .xml File + copy the Files to the FTP, but nothing happends...

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Gambler22

Dont work for me, i have installed the .xml File + copy the Files to the FTP, but nothing happends...

I'll bet you didn't read the readme file included with it.

Go through it again and follow EVERY step. I'm guessing you didn't enable the usergroup settings.