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

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by maidos

ranger: followed ur instruction and works great now thanks for your support

You didn't say if the bbcode issue is fixed. Can you type url's and emails and they work? I think this might be an actual problem but need to verify on other servers.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by m3rl1nuk

I did and seems a uninstall is required :-( great product but to much hassle will stick with v4 for now.

No uninstall is required !

Originally Posted by Kerry-Anne

I had to uninstall for the same reason, but it affected everything on the site. version 0.5.0 here BTW

Hummm. I don't see what would have changed in compatibility with 3.7.1 and 3.7.2.

Do other people are having that problem with chatbox and 3.7.2 ?

I am having a look at the bbcode email issue

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Anyway possible I can remove all shouts with a single button?

Also,


It is still showing the [email] tags around the email. Even after I updated the chat box with the latest version.

That's what the cron job is for. And the settings. Why would you want to manually remove all? I think you asked this a while back too.

Yeah, sounds like Vbdev might have a boo boo with the bbcode in this one.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

That's what the cron job is for. And the settings. Why would you want to manually remove all? I think you asked this a while back too.

Yeah, sounds like Vbdev might have a boo boo with the bbcode in this one.

Indeed I have asked this before, and why? Too much chat logs within the chat system is for some reason lagging the chat box itself.. It takes longer for messages to be shown within the chat box. If the chat box has no logs at all, the messages shows up much faster.

[VBDev]

Ok found the problem of the email bbcode.

Open functions_mgc_cb_evo.php.

Search for :

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_bbcode_email'])
   {
      $bbcode_list['no_option']['url'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);

      $bbcode_list['option']['url'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);
   } 


Replace by :

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_bbcode_email'])
   {
      $bbcode_list['no_option']['email'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);

      $bbcode_list['option']['email'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);
   } 


[maidos]

well since FF|Skyrider got email bbcode issue aswell i dont need to do anything since he confirmed the issue right?

hm it seems the online list shows only my username color with the other user with same usergroup shows normal color :S

[Ranger187]

Really? I find that unlikely. Considering the one forum I run has about 3,000+ chats a day easily.

You are looking at what I call an backasswards solution. Instead change the history to something smaller then 300

Originally Posted by maidos

well since FF|Skyrider got email bbcode issue aswell i dont need to do anything since he confirmed the issue right?

hm it seems the online list shows only my username color with the other user with same usergroup shows normal color :S

Again, color/user configs...

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok found the problem of the email bbcode.

Open functions_mgc_cb_evo.php.

Search for :

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_bbcode_email'])
   {
      $bbcode_list['no_option']['url'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);

      $bbcode_list['option']['url'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);
   } 


Replace by :

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_evo_bbcode_email'])
   {
      $bbcode_list['no_option']['email'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);

      $bbcode_list['option']['email'] = array('callback' => 'handle_bbcode_email',
         'strip_empty' => true);
   } 


Why not update the zip file too then

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Anyway possible I can remove all shouts with a single button?

I think I already answered you, you can do it in the archives but on a per page basis.

Otherwise you have to use the /del all command directly from the chatbox.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Why not update the zip file too then

I am doing it right now