Version: 3.4.0, by VBDev
Developer Last Online: Dec 2021
Category: Chat Modifications -
Version: 4.2.x
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Released: 01-27-2008
Last Update: 09-01-2013
Installs: 2476
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Additional Files Translations
No support by the author.
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
It did earlier... I just checked it at 15 (by 20 still no inactivity) and put it to 1 and after 5 still no... I asked everyone in the shout to hold on a few mins and see if it did to them, and no one got the message... After we came back... it was then going inactive at 1min- so I guess you have to type after changing the setting... but then it was doing it in 1 min intervals correctly.
Andrew
You have to do a full page refresh once the inactive mode has been activated. Otherwise the javascript timeout doesn't start.
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Originally Posted by adnedarn
edit: and sometimes my shout goes up 5 times :erm:... But it seems the others can't see them. they only see it once.
What does that mean ?
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Originally Posted by Junkie
However, when I click the channel icon and enter some chat, nothing shows up. When I click on the main chat button, all of my chat on that channel doesn't show. I have to do a page refresh for it to reappear. I did search this MOD for help and read through several pages, but I couldn't find anything that specifically explains how to set up channels. Any help on doing this would be greatly appreciated.
This is a reported bug, see the list above. If you collapse expand the chatbox then it seems to work, can you test if that does ?
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Originally Posted by jerx
First I told you that bbcode lines and smilies lines expand on page load, if you set "Save the collapsed stae of the BBCODE and smilies lines" to yes. Then I noticed that another pc does not have the same problem. Therefore I have deleted my browser cache and closed the browser. Now with the same setting, the bbcode and smilies lines collapse on page load. So, it now acts the other way around.
I think you have activated the : show chatbox collapsed by default option.
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Originally Posted by jerx
That would be awesome and might even be less painful for you than helping me get it done. I am afraid it won' t save you much time, but shall I sent you my templates? As I mentioned before, it has two problems:
1. horizontal scrollbar on IE7.
2. bbcode does not line break, so that it stretches the side column, if you uncollapse the bbcode line.
No no that's ok, I'll do a simple one with far less buttons.
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Originally Posted by jerx
It is probably not such a bad idea than I first thought. It is really getting harder to find the answers in this thread and it would be nice to get add-ons, buttons, etc at a central place.
Yes but for the moment not a lot of peoples seems to be interested so I think I'll just leave that idea for the moment.
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Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing
OK I was using the 3.7.1 version of my style while my board was 3.7.3 PL1. Didn't realize it would make that big a difference...
In any case I am now updated to the 3.7.3 version of my style. I am not getting the security token error anymore but now when I type in a message in the chatbox and hit enter, nothing appears in the box. But when I click on the archives box the shouts are showing up. It's doing this in my default style as well. Any ideas? Thanks for the help thus far Andrew :up:
Have u tried refreshing your browser cache and are the chatbox templates ok in your new style ?
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Originally Posted by jediteknoman
For some reason I don't see the options to configure to see the Shoutbox under the AdminCP > Usergroup and what usergroup it is. I'm logged on with Administrator rights as it, but I don't know why its not working correctly.
The thing was, it was working fine a couple days back when I uploaded all the files needed and did follow the instructions. Any ideas?
You don't see the usergroup permissions in the admincp, that's what you meant ?
Fantastic new release. I've managed to get almost everything perfect except the old issue with a style interfering with the opacity mode change and the arcade placements isn't working for me at all (No big deal)
That's strange. I had tested it when writing the redme a long time ago and it was working perfectly. However it was not on the 3.7 version, perhaps it's the reason...
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Originally Posted by gpc10347
Here's tonights oddity: If I slap someone in my second channel, it appears in the default channel instead. Does this indicate something I need to revert or reupload?
Hum I haven't tested the slap command in other channels but that should not be bugging as now channels are totally not linked with commands.
When you did slap the other user, was it using the menu or by entering the slap command manually ? If not manually can you try both method please ? I suspect a bug in the menu item.
Have u tried refreshing your browser cache and are the chatbox templates ok in your new style ?
Damn that's what it was LOL wow I been pulling my damn hair out trying to get it going and it was the browser cache the whole time lol. My only concern is will all my members have to clear their cache as well before they will be able to see the chatbox?
You have to do a full page refresh once the inactive mode has been activated. Otherwise the javascript timeout doesn't start.
I figured that- but still doesn't explain why it isn't working at 15 mins. I left it up for 3+ hours on Firefox(signed in) and IE(not logged in) and both were still up when I got back.
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Originally Posted by VBDev
What does that mean ?
See attachment- but others only see it once. It happened to at least one other person- it's happened to me twice.
Thanks,
Andrew
Any specific reason why the chatbox is automatically scrolled up whenever the page is being refreshed and or refresh/switch channels? As for the shouts showing duplicate, I had the exact same thing randomly. For some odd reasons my shouts were showing up multiple times.
Not in the "Gerneral Channel", but in all other, manually created channels.
Like I have already said: When you make a shout in one of these channels, you have to scroll a little bit down to see this shout.
If it's what I am suspecting: when you enter the other channel, it does show the oldest at first and doesn't automatically scroll at the bottom. Am I understand it well ?
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Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing
Damn that's what it was LOL wow I been pulling my damn hair out trying to get it going and it was the browser cache the whole time lol. My only concern is will all my members have to clear their cache as well before they will be able to see the chatbox?
Thanks again Andrew :up:
It's because the javascript file of the chatbox was udpated. As javascript files are "cached" by the browser this causes errors with the new php files and templates. Normal isn't it ?
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Originally Posted by adnedarn
I figured that- but still doesn't explain why it isn't working at 15 mins. I left it up for 3+ hours on Firefox(signed in) and IE(not logged in) and both were still up when I got back. 5
Perhaps 15 min is too much (exceeds the max value of the timeout function as its arguments are in milliseconds).
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Originally Posted by adnedarn
See attachment- but others only see it once. It happened to at least one other person- it's happened to me twice.
Thanks,
Andrew
Any specific reason why the chatbox is automatically scrolled up whenever the page is being refreshed and or refresh/switch channels? As for the shouts showing duplicate, I had the exact same thing randomly. For some odd reasons my shouts were showing up multiple times.
I just upgraded to 1.1.0 from... hrm, I guess it was .3.0. (I know, I've been busy too.) I've done a fresh install removing the old chat first. Nothing typed goes into the chatbox. They are showing up in the archives, but the chat area is blank. Did I maybe skip a step somewhere? Thanks.
Hrm, this must be a formatting issue. They don't show in IE, but I just noticed that the chats show in FireFox, but their not in line: http://www.cogonline.net/forums/
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