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

[ru55ian]

I have noticed following:

VB 4.2.2

Chat 3.3.0
chat works, but when you type messages in, nothing happens until you refresh browser.

Chat 3.4.0
getting stuck in constant "Loading" until you hit refresh button.

Looks like a bug to me, choose your poison, either 3.3.0 or 3.4.0 whatever works for you.

Hope this issue will be resolved soon by the developer as chat is great, but this bug is very annoying.

[Chadi]

Is there a way to do alternating row colors?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by PAPPACLART

Hello. I have been using the chat box for a while now, it works great and I am very happy with it.

One question though, the site speed where the chat box is viewable is certainly slower, are there any tips to improve the load speed?

Hello,

The whole page load or the chats load ?

What is your website url ?

cl?ment

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by ru55ian

I have noticed following:

VB 4.2.2

Chat 3.3.0
chat works, but when you type messages in, nothing happens until you refresh browser.

Chat 3.4.0
getting stuck in constant "Loading" until you hit refresh button.

Looks like a bug to me, choose your poison, either 3.3.0 or 3.4.0 whatever works for you.

Hope this issue will be resolved soon by the developer as chat is great, but this bug is very annoying.

Do you have mod_security installed on your server ?

Originally Posted by Chadi

Is there a way to do alternating row colors?

There is an option in MGC Chatbox Evo : Chats display settings.

[ru55ian]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Do you have mod_security installed on your server ?

Yes I do.

[ru55ian]

followed your instructions below, no change

Loading Issue Troubleshooting

This issue is usually caused by Mod_Security on Apache
1.To check if there is a Mod_Security issue: AdminCP > Maintenance > Diagnostics > Problematic Webserver Modules > CLICK SUBMIT
2.If Mod_Security has "yes" then apply this fix:
3.edit/create .htaccess and add the following:
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
4.Close and save it. Place this in the root of the forum and restart the web service.

[arthur62]

Bonjour voila moi j'ai ce probleme et sa depuis plusieur version sur forumhome ma barre ecriture input et ok mais ma chootbox dans les arcade elle et toutes petit pas la meme taille avez vous une id?e de ou ca vients ??

Hello here is I I have this problem and his(her,its) since plusieur version on forumhome my bar(helm) ecriture input and OK but my chootbox in arch she(it) and quite small not the same size have you an idea of or ca vients??

[K4GAP]

Posts are to be in English.

[arthur62]

sais fait merci
y doo it thanks

[Prentice]

Hi there,

I currently have this installed on my site, but whenever I close the shout box (only have it open for a few hours once a week, during a football match) it forces the forum to crash where I have to reboot the server to get it up, or sometimes have the DB repaired.

Any ideas why this is happening? It's almost as if there are however many people in the shout box, and when it's shut they're all thrown back into the forum which overloads it. My hosting package is good, I've upgraded since this started happening to try and combat it but to no avail.

Thanks
Alex