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

[Angel-Wings]

Originally Posted by akulion

dude im getting problems too uninstalling this mod...it gives errors even if u follow instructions

Which errors ?

It works like given in the Install file:

Deactivate the Addon
Uninstall it
Delete the files

Then you can delete the Phrases too if you wish. If you get SQL Errors, you can delete the 4 mgc_evo_... tables:

mgc_cb_evo_channel
mgc_cb_evo_chat
mgc_cb_evo_command
mgc_cb_evo_session

[akulion]

oki doki will give it another go later

[Ranger187]

Um.

1. Uninstalled commands if any installed.
2. Delete files
3. Uninstall plugin.

That's it. Not all that phrase bs.

[Pavlus]

Hey!

Im posting again with the same problem, some special chars will not work with chatbox while using opera browser, f.e "(" "!". Anybody have common problem?

And i still getting sql errors sometimes while browsing the archive of chatbox.

[Ranger187]

SQL errors are because you upgraded incorrectly.

5:02 AM <Ranger187> ! <-- Works.

[BozzaJos]

Hey guys!

I know this is not the question a developer would like to hear but is there an ETA on when the new version is going to be released? The reason why I am asking this is because of this post. My members are going to crazy because of it... it is a really annoying bug lol.

Sorry for asking this question but for me, it is really important to know coz at the moment, I am thinking of disabling the entire mod.

Thank you in advance!

[Ranger187]

That's a server issue. Unless it's marked in the known issue.

Unless it's that medium issue where chat's don't get removed during inactivity.

And I'm pretty sure when he's done, it will come out. He'll say the same I did. Quality or crap. Crap = rush.

[BozzaJos]

It's an known issue. Dev replied to it saying so and indeed, I think it's that medium issue hehe. Lets hope the problem is getting fixed soon. Thanks for the quick reply Power Ranger!

[Ranger187]

Haha. Powa Ranga. LOL.

It's gotta be on the linux boxes. Oddly I host both Windows and Linux and neither have had this issue. But for sql errors, your best bet is to find the version you had prior, and the current. REMOVE all mgc files. uninstall. If error doesn't go away, reinstall, uninstall (yeah, I know WTF! but doing this recreates the tables you are missing) and then start over. If you want help with this just ask.

[Mrdby]

uninstall