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

[jim6763nva]

VbDev,

As I mentioned before, I'm also getting that continual "Loading" message when using the vBa CMPS module for MGC Chatbox. I've installed this addon on at least 2 other vb sites that are running 3.7.x and vBa 3.0.1 and they work fine with the CMPS module. Last week I did a fresh install of a 3.7.1 PL1 site and while the addon works, I can't get the CMPS module to work. Ranger187 was able to determine the following error:

Security Error: Content at http://www.talkmarylandforum.com/ may not load data from http://talkmarylandforum.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php.

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Access to restricted URI denied" code: "1012" nsresult: "0x805303f4 (NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI)" location: http://talkmarylandforum.com/clients...?v=371 Line: 7]

I just upgraded to 3.7.1 PL2, however this has not fixed the issue. I wasn't expecting it to fix it, but I thought I would mention what I have done since. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

Jim

Edit: Would something in the .htaccess file cause this? The reason I ask is I just installed a new addon that required some changes in this file and the CMPS mod started working. I went back and maded a few more changes, now it's not working again.

[intricatic]

Very cool, thank you sir!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

VBDev, to explain my second bug better.. If you add a new usergroup and you set them so they can ban people with the ban plugin. You are getting those errors I have shown you. They seem not to have the rights to use /show ban command at all, they get "you don't have access" page, etc.

Hum but does this new usergroup is a secondary one ? I mean, is the user belonging to one usergroup and this usergroup with ban rights ?

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Also, is there a way you can remove ALL chats with a single button? It took me 20min to remove over 2000 lines of chats.

Yes, in the archives there is a kinda inline moderation tool for shouts removal.

Originally Posted by xoutlawz00x

i have vb gold 3.7 and this is what i get btw i have vbshout disabled not uninstallled would that make a difference?

What is the problem in your screenshot ??

Originally Posted by jim6763nva

VbDev,

As I mentioned before, I'm also getting that continual "Loading" message when using the vBa CMPS module for MGC Chatbox. I've installed this addon on at least 2 other vb sites that are running 3.7.x and vBa 3.0.1 and they work fine with the CMPS module. Last week I did a fresh install of a 3.7.1 PL1 site and while the addon works, I can't get the CMPS module to work. Ranger187 was able to determine the following error:

Security Error: Content at http://www.talkmarylandforum.com/ may not load data from http://talkmarylandforum.com/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php.

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Access to restricted URI denied" code: "1012" nsresult: "0x805303f4 (NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI)" location: http://talkmarylandforum.com/clientscript/yui/connection/connection-min.js?v=371 Line: 7]

I just upgraded to 3.7.1 PL2, however this has not fixed the issue. I wasn't expecting it to fix it, but I thought I would mention what I have done since. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

Jim

Edit: Would something in the .htaccess file cause this? The reason I ask is I just installed a new addon that required some changes in this file and the CMPS mod started working. I went back and maded a few more changes, now it's not working again.

Honestly I am not sure.

Have you spoke with stangger5 the releaser of the chatbox module for vba ?

[jim6763nva]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Honestly I am not sure.

Have you spoke with stangger5 the releaser of the chatbox module for vba ?

No. The actual error was discovered several days ago and I check that thread on a daily basis sometimes several times a day, however I have not received a reply. This issues is very weird. I've been watching the mod and sometimes it will start working on it's own, then after a while stop working on it's own, or it will work for me on IE 7 and not work for someone else. I'm beginning to wonder if it's the hosting service that may be behind this issue. I currently have this addon and module running fine on both www.friendship-cafe.com and www.kv-guild.net. Both of these are on two different hosting services also, and not related to www.talkmarylandforum.com where I am having the issue.

[xoutlawz00x]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum but does this new usergroup is a secondary one ? I mean, is the user belonging to one usergroup and this usergroup with ban rights ?



Yes, in the archives there is a kinda inline moderation tool for shouts removal.



What is the problem in your screenshot ??



Honestly I am not sure.

Have you spoke with stangger5 the releaser of the chatbox module for vba ?

In my screenshot its running long on the right side more then the forum..

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by xoutlawz00x

In my screenshot its running long on the right side more then the forum..

Hey bro, you don't have the images in the right dir That's why.

Copy the images to the right skin folder...

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by jim6763nva

No. The actual error was discovered several days ago and I check that thread on a daily basis sometimes several times a day, however I have not received a reply. This issues is very weird. I've been watching the mod and sometimes it will start working on it's own, then after a while stop working on it's own, or it will work for me on IE 7 and not work for someone else. I'm beginning to wonder if it's the hosting service that may be behind this issue. I currently have this addon and module running fine on both www.friendship-cafe.com and www.kv-guild.net. Both of these are on two different hosting services also, and not related to www.talkmarylandforum.com where I am having the issue.

Honestly I dunno this indeed is very odd !

[BozzaJos]

Hey VBDev,

Perhaps you didn't read it before but could you please take a look at my problem, which is mentioned in this reply:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1657

Many thanks for your time.

Take care,

Bozza

[TimberFloorAu]

Since upgrade ( of this mod ) our chat doesnt refresh as a new user posts.

We have to manually hit refresh button to see new replies in the chatbox.

Any suggestions what this could be, it isnt the inactive status, as we have set this to no.

Regards Ozzy

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by BozzaJos

Hey VBDev,

Perhaps you didn't read it before but could you please take a look at my problem, which is mentioned in this reply:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1657

Many thanks for your time.

Take care,

Bozza

Bozza, I replied to this. Upgrading you need to remove all the commands. Read the readme file again. It's kinda confusing I think for a new person sometimes including the channel commands one. If you need help PM me info and I'll be glad to help out and try to resolve it.

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Since upgrade ( of this mod ) our chat doesnt refresh as a new user posts.

We have to manually hit refresh button to see new replies in the chatbox.

Any suggestions what this could be, it isnt the inactive status, as we have set this to no.

Regards Ozzy

Ozzy, I'm assuming it's vb 3.7.1 per your sig. If that's the case, everything should work and sounds like the same issue Bozza is having, or it's simliar. Did you have any commands added or was it just the chat itself?