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

[alseef]

It's Ok with Firefox .

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by alseef

It's Ok with Firefox .

Which version of IE does it bugs into ?

Do you have a javascript error fired by ie ?

[alseef]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Which version of IE does it bugs into ?

Do you have a javascript error fired by ie ?

Version 6

No javascript error fired by ie.

[maidos]

the /me command i reported is not a bug

i activated the BBcodes by going to manage commands and edited the /me channel and after that the smiley shows up after using /me ... sorry my bad

[Shana]

It's really screwed up for me. All the options in the Groups are blank and I don't see anything.

[poprulz]

I was running on 1.5 and 3.7 beta with vBa and mgc was running smoothly in forum home as well as vba home.

Just upgraded to the evo version - uninstalled the previous one, delted the old files and installed the new evo as a fresh copy.

But the chatbox is not loading at all..not showing up, I have tried to enable display features, even added the $mgc_ variable to forum pages, but it wasn't showing up not even in archive.

how do i get it working?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Shana

It's really screwed up for me. All the options in the Groups are blank and I don't see anything.

Blank ? Really ? you mean you see the yesno buttons and nothing before ?

That's honestly very strange. Have you followed install instructions correctly ?

Originally Posted by poprulz

I was running on 1.5 and 3.7 beta with vBa and mgc was running smoothly in forum home as well as vba home.

Just upgraded to the evo version - uninstalled the previous one, delted the old files and installed the new evo as a fresh copy.

But the chatbox is not loading at all..not showing up, I have tried to enable display features, even added the $mgc_ variable to forum pages, but it wasn't showing up not even in archive.

how do i get it working?

For vBa integration, the things have changed a bit.

Stangger5 will normally release his mod explaining how to integrate it in vba soon

[Trixi.com]

Sorry for the newbie question: But how to make the Chat visible?

I uploaded the files as you said in the manual, uploaded language file etc....I have VB 3.62...I can see the menus in the adminpanel and the chatbox is activated....

My site is rickshawforum.com.... a little help would be nice :-)

What I am doing wrong?

[poprulz]

Originally Posted by VBDev

For vBa integration, the things have changed a bit.

Stangger5 will normally release his mod explaining how to integrate it in vba soon

I disabled the vba integration for forum page and still the chatbox isn't showing up.

Also as I said i tried to add $mgc_ variable manually to template files of few pages like arcade but still the chatbox is not displayed.

[poprulz]

Originally Posted by Trixi.com

Sorry for the newbie question: But how to make the Chat visible?

I uploaded the files as you said in the manual, uploaded language file etc....I have VB 3.62...I can see the menus in the adminpanel and the chatbox is activated....

My site is rickshawforum.com.... a little help would be nice :-)

What I am doing wrong?

Admicp>MGC Chatbox Evo> Display & Position>

Edit accordingly, if everything is fine it should show up.