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

[foopy]

Marked as uninstalled. You can write me off. There's too many other free chatboxes out there that don't require advertising.

[mattpist]

im sorry, but how much is the branding free version? you should post that, as it's a pain to sign up for yet another forum, and it's not posted anywhere until you click buy now...

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by foopy

Marked as uninstalled. You can write me off. There's too many other free chatboxes out there that don't require advertising.

And very few that do as much as this one.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Eh eh no problem up to you dude

Originally Posted by Honk0815

Nice Chatbox,

This Version have not funktion on my Portal.

old Version good funktion.

What can i do?

I hav vbCMS 1.3.0 and VB 3.8.0 RC2

Can you Help me VbDev

You need to see the author for the Vba addon. STangger. It's listed in the very top here.

Originally Posted by foopy

Marked as uninstalled. You can write me off. There's too many other free chatboxes out there that don't require advertising.

And they don't have the active support like MGC does. Tell me, when's the last time you know of that that someone spent 40 hours during a weekend helping all the people installing the chat and made $0 and has no affiliation with the chatbox itself? WEll, it was me. And we have others here that do that as well.. So you see a 1 line advertisement, it's not like googleads are being displayed. Take some vicodin and a beer and smile.

[HTMMinion]

Originally Posted by ispots

Why did you take away the smilies and formatting buttons on the chatbox? My users use that pretty extensively.

I'm missing these as well, I'm using version 3.7.4.

*EDIT* I found the culprit! In usergroup manager the smilies and bbcode selections were defaulted to "no".

[pnosko31]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

And they don't have the active support like MGC does. Tell me, when's the last time you know of that that someone spent 40 hours during a weekend helping all the people installing the chat and made $0 and has no affiliation with the chatbox itself? WEll, it was me. And we have others here that do that as well.. So you see a 1 line advertisement, it's not like googleads are being displayed. Take some vicodin and a beer and smile.

I agree. People sure like to whine about something they get free - probably be a different story if he was the one that spent days coding it....

[pnosko31]

Originally Posted by mattpist

im sorry, but how much is the branding free version? you should post that, as it's a pain to sign up for yet another forum, and it's not posted anywhere until you click buy now...

BF is 20

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by VBDev

For the new version to take the second alternating color into account, you need to activate the option which I think you did ?

The option I am talking about for the select box is a new dropdown menu on the left in the archives.

Ahhhh sneeky sneeky
Alternate colors
Alternate the chats background color

OK I enabled that and now it's working perfect. I also figured out that since I had edited the archives template in the old version that when I upgraded it did not overwrite the new template. I reverted the template and now I see the drop down box that you were talking about. Thanks!

Originally Posted by ispots

Why did you take away the smilies and formatting buttons on the chatbox? My users use that pretty extensively.

They are still there but you have to ENABLE the options for each usergroup. Goto "UserGroup Manager > Registered Users > MGC Chatbox Evo : Custom permissions > and then you will see the two options that say...
Can use the BBCODE (if active)
Can use the smileys (if active)

Originally Posted by Ranger187

You need to see the author for the Vba addon. STangger. It's listed in the very top here.

And they don't have the active support like MGC does. Tell me, when's the last time you know of that that someone spent 40 hours during a weekend helping all the people installing the chat and made $0 and has no affiliation with the chatbox itself? WEll, it was me. And we have others here that do that as well.. So you see a 1 line advertisement, it's not like googleads are being displayed. Take some vicodin and a beer and smile.

I must admit that MGC is a hard worker and does stand by his mod! Guy is a hell of a person to deal with all the hassle. But on the flip side I have noticed more donations for this mod than damn near any other mod that I have seen. Personally I am a little disappointed in the new branding that is below the chatbox. I have had quite a few offers from local motorsports shops that want to advertise for cash but I won't do it because I just don't like looking at all that garbage, I don't think anyone else does either . Especially people that get on the forum on a daily basis, it just becomes a nuisance to look at. The branding in the ARCHIVES is fine with me but the one under the chatbox looks just a little tacky IMO. Honestly I think the one under the chatbox should have been used for some kinda announcement feature or something

[Cybershaolin]

Using 3.6.8, installed as described but no go for me.

Looks like Javascript is not working or Ajax, I'm not sure because I know nothing about coding.

I have set up all the options, redid my usergourps, etc and also cleared my cache.

1 - Looks like the cookies are not working to get rid of the bbcodes or smilies

2- Can type a message but as soon as I press Enter or click Go, the entire page reloads and my forumhome page disappears completely leaving me with a Empty chatbox (without even having the message I just typed).

3- Get a database error when clicking on my portal page (vbAdvanced CMPS)

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT js_file,phpcode_chatbox_display FROM vb_mgc_cb_evo_command WHERE active='1';

MySQL Error  : Unknown column 'js_file' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date         : Friday, December 26th 2008 @ 03:07:38 AM
Script       : http://127.0.0.1:8080/vb_364/forum/cmps_index.php
Referrer     : http://127.0.0.1:8080/vb_364/forum/index.php
IP Address   : 127.0.0.1
Username     : myname
Classname    : vB_Database

So, many issues here. Just too bad because I wanted to try the long await new posts/threads option.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by entertain

Bugzilla shows the following error. But for me the chatbox is working fine.

I don't understand your problem. You mean there is an error in bugzilla but then it still works ?

Originally Posted by yakuza35

what is this error can u help me?

You have certainly an older version of vB (prior to 3.6.10), check the readme file for explanation.

Originally Posted by ispots

Also....after installing this, my chatbox shows all of the correct history, but when I go into the archives there are only a few lines there and none of the full history.

It's because now archives are limited by date (showing 1 day archives by default) but then you have a dropdown to select to see more.

If you don't see that dropdown it's because you haven't reverted all your chatboxes templates.

Originally Posted by foopy

Marked as uninst alled. You can write me off. There's too many other free chatboxes out there that don't require advertising.

Up to you... Bitwise it's not advertising it's just copyright for long hours of work...

vBulletin has a copyright at the bottom, do you remove it ? I don't think so...

Originally Posted by mattpist

im sorry, but how much is the branding free version? you should post that, as it's a pain to sign up for yet another forum, and it's not posted anywhere until you click buy now...

Sorry should put it here in the first thread the BF is 20$ but will not be just a BF version as I said.
It will be updated regularly with small plugins (like other notifications for blog, and so on).