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

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by Netunt

For example, if you were banning me, you would type:

/ban on uname Netunt

ok that worked perfect. now how do I UNBAN you? lol

[VBDev]

/ban off uname Netunt

[Skyrider]

Is there any specific command to time ban someone and an easier way to ban people as well? With a s/h/d/m in the end that stands for seconds, hours, day(s) or month(s)

/ban username 5d <-- bans for 5 days.
/ban username 0 <-- bans perm

If not possible, maybe then just this:
/ban username 60 <-- in minutes, so 60min = 1 hour.

and possible the unban command as well to make things easier:
/unban username

[VBDev]

No there is no time banning. Currently it's Banned or Not that's all.

I can introduce a time period ban with 3 possibilities : hours, days or month. Which would lead to the following new commands :
/ban h 2 uname username
/ban h 2 uid userid
/ban d 5 uname username
/ban d 5 uid userid
/ban m 1 uname username
/ban m 1 uid userid

Would that fit to everyone ?

I won't change the syntax of the unbanning to unban instead of ban off, for three reasons :
- There is an help in the chatbox that states how to use the command with their syntax.
- If you activate the autocompletion feature, you are helped to enter the command.
- These commands are not much used and if used by only few users.

[man1ak]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I have tested on your forum. The problem comes from the language (spanish one).

Seems like it is bugged, you shouldn't have use it by the way, it's an old one...

Your chatbox works in english language. You should remove the chatbox and install it again then translate the chatbox from scratch.



/ban on uname the_username

Check the help in the chatbox (? icon).

Ok, solved that problem
Now the ChatBox can be viewed and i can chat if i am anonymous, but if i logged to any user i only see empty content (in Archives i can see chats).
Anonymous, Members and Administrators groups have the same permissions on the chatbox (view, use) but i can only use the chatbox anonymously.

You can test with a Members group user

http://www.gameland.com.ar/foro123
User: TestUser
Pass: abc12345

Thank you again

[VBDev]

There are javascripts problem on your forum (if you look at the error consol).

These errors doesn't appear in anonymous mode.

You should first try to fix those errors which are messing up all javascript.

[hitmann]

Foesn't seem to work on FORUMHOME with custom templates. I've tried enabling it forum forumhome, giving usergroup permissions and the "Display problem in some styles" fix, but que dalle!

Any help would be much appreciated

[Brood]

minor bug i think, opera users cant use an exclamation point. nothing will happen when trying to type ! in the chatbox

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by hitmann

Foesn't seem to work on FORUMHOME with custom templates. I've tried enabling it forum forumhome, giving usergroup permissions and the "Display problem in some styles" fix,

Any help would be much appreciated

Hum and does it work on other pages ?

Originally Posted by hitmann

but que dalle!

That's a bit frenchy

Originally Posted by Brood

minor bug i think, opera users cant use an exclamation point. nothing will happen when trying to type ! in the chatbox

Oh really ? I put it in the bug list then.

[ReCom]

Upgrading from 0.4 (working) to 1.0.0, I got the infamous eternal "Loading ..." issue for the chatbox that appears on vBadvanced page. After tinkering with codes here and there, I successfully fixed the issue. What I did was, in plugin "Global variables of the chatbox", add line

$forumpath = $vbulletin->options['bburl'];

After line

mgc_cb_evo_unserialize_user_params();

Can the mod coder add this fix into next version?