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

[NeutralizeR]

Thanks for the file edit for disabling that query. The old version didn't require any queries for the smilies but it's no big deal.

About the javascript error. Here's a screenshot of forumhome after clicking the logout link:
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8899/jserrorsu0.jpg


Besides these already known three bugs...:
[Major but non blocking] vBulletin confirm popup (logout or PM) have been reported by somes users as not displayed in IE when the chatbox is active (IE javascript triangle appears)
[Medium] Chats doesn't get removed from the chatbox when the inactivity mode message is displayed
[Minor] When chats display option is "Oldest first", the chatbox doesn't scroll to new chats on load.

i need the updated code for this to have a perfectly running chatbox:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=105

Welcome back and thanks for your support

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Fireproof

I have this same need.

Any hope on getting some help with this?

Without the javascript error it will be hard to find

Originally Posted by Fireproof

Also - separately, is your next release likely to solve the "non-scrolling" issue when using "oldest first"?

Yes yes I hope to ! I think I'll perhaps need the help of some javascripts guru on that one coz I have tried different ways and nothing did it...

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

Thanks for the file edit for disabling that query. The old version didn't require any queries for the smilies but it's no big deal.

Hum really ?? Then it's not that sql query we are speaking of. Perhaps it's the one for the announcement in the chatbox if you have activated it and the imagecache is not already called by a vBulletin file on that page. Have you activated announcement and bbcode in announcement ?

I think the number of queries in the next version will be a little higher on page load as I am thinking on modifying the chatbox in order to have the chats loaded on startup such avoiding the little delay of first loading the page and then retrieving them through ajax. This would certainly be appreciated by some people around there
So don't worry if you see that the number of queries in the next version is a bit higher (1 or 2 I think), this will mean that I have implemented that feature.

Overall it will do the same number of queries than in the other way as the retrieving of chats through ajax does a number of queries equivalent to a load of a minimal vBulletin page. But you don't see them

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

About the javascript error. Here's a screenshot of forumhome after clicking the logout link:
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8899/jserrorsu0.jpg

Is it possible to have the english translation please

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

Besides these already known three bugs...:
[Major but non blocking] vBulletin confirm popup (logout or PM) have been reported by somes users as not displayed in IE when the chatbox is active (IE javascript triangle appears)
[Medium] Chats doesn't get removed from the chatbox when the inactivity mode message is displayed
[Minor] When chats display option is "Oldest first", the chatbox doesn't scroll to new chats on load.

i need the updated code for this to have a perfectly running chatbox:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=105

I'll tell you where do to the similar changes later today or tomorrow.

[reitube]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I agree with Ranger187, the VBa chatbox module for my chatbox released by stangger5 already does it.

Thanks for answering, but:
I might be misunderstood.
I know stangger's vba mod for MGC Chat and I use it. The prob is, the vba mod is designed for the center column of vba, because it's impossible to right-size the Chatbox that far it fits the left or right column. Stangger's mod only wraps your Chatbox, therefore the only place it fits on vba is center column (or you risk a layout mess )
What I suggested was: A bit more configuration of chatbox itself.(e.g. separation of input line and Icon line, using smaller icons, setting a width etc.) to get the whole thing fit in a side column. And that can't be done by stangger's mod.

Regards.

[NeutralizeR]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Without the javascript error it will be hard to find



Yes yes I hope to ! I think I'll perhaps need the help of some javascripts guru on that one coz I have tried different ways and nothing did it...



Hum really ?? Then it's not that sql query we are speaking of. Perhaps it's the one for the announcement in the chatbox if you have activated it and the imagecache is not already called by a vBulletin file on that page. Have you activated announcement and bbcode in announcement ?

I think the number of queries in the next version will be a little higher on page load as I am thinking on modifying the chatbox in order to have the chats loaded on startup such avoiding the little delay of first loading the page and then retrieving them through ajax. This would certainly be appreciated by some people around there
So don't worry if you see that the number of queries in the next version is a bit higher (1 or 2 I think), this will mean that I have implemented that feature.

Overall it will do the same number of queries than in the other way as the retrieving of chats through ajax does a number of queries equivalent to a load of a minimal vBulletin page. But you don't see them



Is it possible to have the english translation please



I'll tell you where do to the similar changes later today or tomorrow.

All extra features added in this version are disabled. Announcement and bbcode in announcements features are disabled, too. When i disable the smilies, i see the chatbox is running with only 1 query. In the old version (3.6 version), i had smilies enabled and it was still running with only 1 query. Maybe it's because you added "by random order or by admincp order" selection ?

Javascript error says: "Object doesn't support this property or method" i don't think it's helpful

Alright, waiting for your answer for the similar changes...

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by reitube

Thanks for answering, but:
I might be misunderstood.
I know stangger's vba mod for MGC Chat and I use it. The prob is, the vba mod is designed for the center column of vba, because it's impossible to right-size the Chatbox that far it fits the left or right column. Stangger's mod only wraps your Chatbox, therefore the only place it fits on vba is center column (or you risk a layout mess )
What I suggested was: A bit more configuration of chatbox itself.(e.g. separation of input line and Icon line, using smaller icons, setting a width etc.) to get the whole thing fit in a side column. And that can't be done by stangger's mod.

Regards.

Ah yes in that case you're right !

I could add the following options :

• Small icons/Big icons
• Separate input lines and buttons

But perhaps it won't be enough ?

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

All extra features added in this version are disabled. Announcement and bbcode in announcements features are disabled, too. When i disable the smilies, i see the chatbox is running with only 1 query. In the old version (3.6 version), i had smilies enabled and it was still running with only 1 query. Maybe it's because you added "by random order or by admincp order" selection ?

Javascript error says: "Object doesn't support this property or method" i don't think it's helpful

Alright, waiting for your answer for the similar changes...

No this new option has nothing to do with this query, humm.

Na this ain't very useful ... as long as I don't now which object it is ...

[reitube]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ah yes in that case you're right !

I could add the following options :

• Small icons/Big icons
• Separate input lines and buttons

But perhaps it won't be enough ?

Thanks, it would be great to have this and may be a configurable width of the the box. A config to separate username and timestamp (2 lines instead of one) could help either.
I really appreaciate this!!

Regards

[Fireproof]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Without the javascript error it will be hard to find

I think you misunderstood my request, or I misunderstood your answer. I wasn't talking about any error.

My request: I have a mobile-device optimized skin and would like the chatbox to NOT show when using this skin. But I do want it to show on my other default skin.

Is there anything we can do to get it to not show on a certain skin (in my case, the mobile skin)?

[Drocr]

I cant get the smilies to work can someone help?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by reitube

Thanks, it would be great to have this and may be a configurable width of the the box. A config to separate username and timestamp (2 lines instead of one) could help either.
I really appreaciate this!!

Regards

The option for the width of the chatbox is interesting, I will add that request.

However I don't see the point of separating the username and timestamp. Btw it would really complicate the chatbox template and I am not that up to.

Originally Posted by Fireproof

I think you misunderstood my request, or I misunderstood your answer. I wasn't talking about any error.

My request: I have a mobile-device optimized skin and would like the chatbox to NOT show when using this skin. But I do want it to show on my other default skin.

Is there anything we can do to get it to not show on a certain skin (in my case, the mobile skin)?

Yes you can by following the chatbox style issue and adding the variable as explained only in your needed style's templates.

Originally Posted by Drocr

I cant get the smilies to work can someone help?

You have to activate the smilie bbcode for the chatbox it's an option of the chatbox.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

All extra features added in this version are disabled. Announcement and bbcode in announcements features are disabled, too. When i disable the smilies, i see the chatbox is running with only 1 query. In the old version (3.6 version), i had smilies enabled and it was still running with only 1 query. Maybe it's because you added "by random order or by admincp order" selection ?

Javascript error says: "Object doesn't support this property or method" i don't think it's helpful

Alright, waiting for your answer for the similar changes...

Here you go :

Edit the mgc_chatbox_ajax.php file and search in the code contained into the condition $_POST['do'] == 'ajax_refresh_chat' :

You must modify the sql request :

PHP Code:

      $chats = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
            SELECT c.*,fromu.userid AS fromuserid,fromu.username AS fromusername,fromu.usergroupid AS fromusergroupid,fromu.displaygroupid AS fromdisplaygroupid,
            tou.userid AS touserid,tou.username AS tousername,tou.usergroupid AS tousergroupid,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid
            FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "mgc_cb_evo_chat AS c
            LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS fromu ON (c.fromuid=fromu.userid)
            LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid)
            WHERE $where_clause
            ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC
            LIMIT $limit
      "); 


By adding after :

PHP Code:

            LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid) 


This:

PHP Code:

LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userfield AS uf ON(fromu.userid = uf.userid) 


And after :

PHP Code:

,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid 


You should add field8.

Then you can use $chat[field8] in the mgc_cb_evo_chatbit template.