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

[sam_816]

Didn't wrk fr me
copied all files from files folders to my root folder myforum.com/forum
and images folder files to both myforum/forum/images as well as myforum/forum/images/styles/myskin'sname/
the MGS chatbox options are available in admincp but chat box is not visible on forum page..
PS. i've cyb-chat installed..
please help

[Ranger187]

Usergroups, usergroups, usergroups, usergroups.

[MV Blackie]

the IRC commands do not seem to work for me

[Ranger187]

Enable them. They are not enabled by default. Goto the admin cp, mgc and enable.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by OcR Envy

Thats the strange thing, when looking into the php file I do see fetch_musername and every *once* in awhile one or two members will show up styled.

Really ? Was it for users that doesn't have a style the other times ?

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

Oh ok see were on two different things here. My concern is when people get on the forum and while chatting in the chatbox for a length of time, their name will disappear off the FORUMS Currently Active Users List. The one that shows up at the BOTTOM of the forum. Also the "WHOS ONLINE" list is affected as well. So basically if someone were to be chatting in the chatbox for like 20 minutes, and I clicked on the "WHO'S ONLINE" link, their name would disappear from the list. Does that make any sense?

This is normal as the chatbox refresh is based on ajax calls and the refresh of the whosonline is disabled for them in the mgc chatbox files.

[OcR Envy]

I haven't noticed if it's the same users styled everytime, I'll keep an eye out and update later.

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Really ? Was it for users that doesn't have a style the other times ?



This is normal as the chatbox refresh is based on ajax calls and the refresh of the whosonline is disabled for them in the mgc chatbox files.

Ohhh ok cool thanks for clearing that up then.

[dodjer42]

MGC Chatbox uninstall is broken. It only removes part of the application which renders usergroup adds inoperable.

### INSERT QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
INSERT INTO usergroup
(`title`, `description`, `usertitle`, `opentag`, `closetag`, `passwordexpires`, `passwordhistory`, `ispublicgroup`, `canoverride`, `showrosteraccesspermissions`, `showrosterviewpermissions`, `mgc_cb_evo_permissions`, `mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_show`, `mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_perday_show`, `vbblog_general_permissions`, `vbblog_entry_permissions`, `vbblog_comment_permissions`, `forumpermissions`, `genericpermissions`, `attachlimit`, `pmquota`, `pmpermissions`, `pmsendmax`, `calendarpermissions`, `wolpermissions`, `adminpermissions`, `genericpermissions2`, `genericoptions`, `profilepicmaxwidth`, `profilepicmaxheight`, `profilepicmaxsize`, `avatarmaxwidth`, `avatarmaxheight`, `avatarmaxsize`, `signaturepermissions`, `sigpicmaxwidth`, `sigpicmaxheight`, `sigpicmaxsize`, `sigmaxrawchars`, `sigmaxchars`, `sigmaxlines`, `sigmaxsizebbcode`, `sigmaximages`, `albumpermissions`, `albumpicmaxwidth`, `albumpicmaxheight`, `albumpicmaxsize`, `albummaxpics`, `albummaxsize`, `usercsspermissions`, `visitormessagepermissions`, `socialgrouppermissions`)
VALUES
('Test', '', 'Test', '', '', '', '', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '', '', '0', '0', '0', '651271', '2626563', '1000000', '0', '0', '5', '0', '1', '0', '0', '41', '100', '100', '25000', '50', '50', '20000', '0', '', '', '', '', '', '', '7', '', '0', '', '', '', '', '', '0', '0', '0');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'

I had to re-install the product and disable it to fix the problem.

[OcR Envy]

Hey Dev,

Reporting back on the who's online styling. Appears to be completely random who gets styling and who doesn't. Seems to change on a daily basis, not usergroup dependent as well. However the user seems to keep the styling IF it gets assigned for as long as they are logged into the site.

Regards,

Envy

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by dodjer42

MGC Chatbox uninstall is broken. It only removes part of the application which renders usergroup adds inoperable.



I had to re-install the product and disable it to fix the problem.

If you follow the instructions, there should be no problem. Most forget to remove the commands and remove files. If you don't follow the order in the txt file, it will cause those issues.