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

[Greek76]

First time user which one do I download and also does this add a heavy load on the server? Im no a shared account?

[Ranger187]

The 0.4.0 as it states up top that's newest. No, it doesn't as long as your server is not a calculator.

[RockMTP]

Hi...Great hack but I cant seem to get it to work!

I've installed it and imported the command xml's. I can see it on my forum, I have 7 icons for smilies, ok, empty, bb code, rules, help and full page mode but shouts dont post and I can't see where private/team channels are. I created a team channel in the admin cp but it didnt show up.

I think i have gone wrong somewhere when I installed the commands php / js but i'm not sure.

I've set the refresh to 45 seconds.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Ranger187]

Did you set the permissions?

[RockMTP]

haha...I did just double check but yes. I set it up so that all usergroups except unregistered can use it with 0 posts needed.

[SwollenCranium]

Hi,

Is there a way to have it so that Admin is able to see all chats made using the "PM : private chat" command ?

[Gino1012]

It doesnt display and I followed the Readme also there isnt $search help??

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by RockMTP

haha...I did just double check but yes. I set it up so that all usergroups except unregistered can use it with 0 posts needed.

There is a bug on the channel display, see first post for a fix

Originally Posted by SwollenCranium

Hi,

Is there a way to have it so that Admin is able to see all chats made using the "PM : private chat" command ?

No there isn't and I am personnally not a fan of such anti-privacy feature sorry.

If you want to see shouts then go to your phpmyadmin but I won't implement that in the chatbox.

Originally Posted by Gino1012

It doesnt display and I followed the Readme also there isnt $search help??

Usergroups permissions are set ?

[RockMTP]

Originally Posted by VBDev

There is a bug on the channel display, see first post for a fix

Thank you for that. My team now shows in the box but when you click it nothing happens?

Also, when you write a message it doesn't post but when you write another message you get a pop up error message saying: Error: A chat is already being processed. Please wait.

Thanks again for the help...still kind of green when it comes to installing!

[butch3r]

Translation to russian almost done (commands based on FR versions), tomorrow, or late today i will post it

BUG REPORT:
- message "Could not find phrase 'mgc_cb_evo_no_file'." while importing NOTHING in manage commands
- menu on the left side of the message do not show while chatbox embedded in forum and in full page mode using Opera 9.50 (works fine in Archives)
- messages sent by unregistered/not logged displayed in stats but name field is empty
- few unused phrases found (like sticky/unsticky etc)

FEATURE REQUEST:
- do not display unregistered/not logged in user stats
or let them enter their name and then display their stats