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MGC Chatbox Evo · **Released**: 01-27-2008

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

French
English
German [Not yet updated]
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

VBDev · #**3022** 11-13-2008, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acegames

Is it possible to display the channel name at the top for each channel so user knows at a glance which channel they are in as it gets confusing

That's an interesting suggestion.

I add it to the feature requests list.

Ranger187 · #**3023** 11-13-2008, 02:31 PM

Hey VB... I think the readme should be updated for that loading issue. I have an idea of what can be put there if they have the loading issue ontop of what's already there. Unless that YUI will elimanate this?

dyna88 · #**3024** 11-13-2008, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medtech

Done some reading here, can't find my answer, How do i change the chats from appearing horizontal to vertical like most other chatboxes? I searched through the admincp for it, didn't find the option to change it. thanks

vb 3.8.1 and chatbox version 1.1.0

Very strange mine is also appearing horizontal for some reason and it was appearing vertical...I am at a loss as to what happened.

Anybody have any ideas????

Ranger187 · #**3025** 11-13-2008, 04:47 PM

That's templates. Chats are always up/down, not left/right hence "vertical". If you want it to a side, you would have to modify the templates.

dyna88 · #**3026** 11-13-2008, 05:08 PM

I want it vertical....

The strange thing is, is that all I did was edit the .vbmenu_control font color on a new style and when I went to look at the color I noticed the chats were going horizontal instead of vertical. I checked the default style and it is the same way....I am at a lose here.

I uninstalled and re-installed the chat product for the hell of it and that had no effect....any ideas.

I submitted a screen shot...

Ranger187 · #**3027** 11-13-2008, 05:16 PM

My opinion: Horizontal is gay, and hard to read. That will only cause major confusion.

I think you mean vertical "up/down" which is the standard. Your screen shot shows horizontal.

Revert the changes you made outside any files that were included with the chat, then reinstall.

dyna88 · #**3028** 11-13-2008, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ranger187

My opinion: Horizontal is gay, and hard to read. That will only cause major confusion.

I think you mean vertical "up/down" which is the standard. Your screen shot shows horizontal.

Revert the changes you made outside any files that were included with the chat, then reinstall.

Yeah I miss typed, I edited my post...thanks

I made no changes to any of the chat files....

Ranger187 · #**3029** 11-13-2008, 05:33 PM

Nah bro, I said revert the changes you made outside of the chat. Meaning to the VBulletin files themself that were not part of the files in the zip. You edited some CSS style or something. Revert the templates. See if the default template (this is why it's good to never touch that one or delete it.

) shows it working fine. If it does, then it's the templates.

dyna88 · #**3030** 11-13-2008, 05:45 PM

I never touch the default style, that is the first thing I checked and it is doing the same thing....I included a screen shot of the default style

All I changed was the .vbmenu_control of a new style which I did put back but shouldn't matter anyway. The only templates I edited in the style were the header and footer and that was yesterday but that shouldn't cause this anyway...

Thanks for ideas...keep them coming...:up:

Edit:
I have an update...I have been using Firefox so I tried it in IE and have found that with IE the chats do not display at all..the second screen shot is IE.

Markos · #**3031** 11-13-2008, 05:58 PM

how do i add
Custom Rewrite Rules for vBSeo (Thanks to mljask from here) :

PHP Code:


			
'mgc_cb_evo\.php$' => 'chatbox.html'

'mgc_cb_evo\.php\?do=view_chatbox$' => 'chatbox.html'

'mgc_cb_evo\.php\?do=view_archives&page=(\d+)' => 'chatbox/archiv/page-$1.html'

'mgc_cb_evo\.php\?do=view_archives$' => 'chatbox/archiv/page-1/'

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