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

[exyuteam]

Originally Posted by exyuteam

Sure... I already use English, but now I try with other language, and I have a same problem!!! I install brand new and clean vBulletin and try it there without any other plugins.... Same problem

On Chrome browser, when I try to enter text with our special characters, I have this alert:

Alert:
Ajax error: an error has occured in an ajax request of the chatbox, please report your admin

And if I try to send another message, I got error

Error : A chat is already being processed, please wait.


Thnaks again.....

I must to reply myself.... I found where is a problem..... mod_security!!! It's ON and on vBulletin make a problem.....

After diagnostic results are positiv, and this is solution by vBulletin:

The above setting will indicate if mod_security is preventing some AJAX requests from being submitted to vBulletin. If this shows Yes (it was on me!!!) then you either need to disable mod_security or change the AJAX settings with the vBulletin Options and disable Problematic features.

So, now we know where is a problem......

Thanks!


P.S. IE and sometimes other browsers MOST have a scroling problem when EDITOR is UNDER and Chats display order are Oldest First!!! Posts are not shown correctly - I see OLD posts on top, and window not scroll to new written posts on bottom..... Maybee bug? On old version 1.5 I don't have this problem EVER!


Thanks again!!!

[yegorpb]

Any idea why it says "Entrez votre chat" in th chatbox, even though I installed the English language pack?

Any way to change that?

[adnedarn]

Originally Posted by yegorpb

Any idea why it says "Entrez votre chat" in th chatbox, even though I installed the English language pack?

Any way to change that?

This has been explained a few times... I addressed it just a few days ago... See this post. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=3763
Andrew

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by commoncents

I downloaded 2.10

Well it seems that per the error, you are having files or product not uptodate.

Please check that you uploaded all files correctly on your forum and that the product is installed.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Does anyone have some examples of channel images?

What do you mean ?

Originally Posted by zero5854

I cannot get this to show up either! I have installed this correctly AND I followed all the instructions. Also the fix in the text file for custom teplates in the plugins $search does not exist at all in the plugin edit specified! whats the deal?

EDIT ALSO everytime I set the admin permissions after I save it creates a new admin group? Are you sure this is compatible with 3.8?

Yes sorry you don't have to search for $search but $find_text.

About the permissions, no it's not normal, it shouldn't act like that.

Are you sure the chatbox product is installed and the files are well uploaded ?

Originally Posted by kisskiss

see this problem when we put the MGC Chatbox Evo in our site
see the pic for this problem my styles and lang MGC Chatbox Evo

pleas help us
thankx

The issue is that you can't align chats on the right ?

Originally Posted by gentz

ok i did see that security token fix....but i need to know where that file is located for me to add that extra text code......thanks

Chatbox javascript files are in the clientscript/mgc_cb_evo folder.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by MV Blackie

I would like to have 2 different sounds for notifications, 1 for new chat reply and 1 for new topic/post, is this possible ?

Well chats and notifications are retrieved at the same time so I am not sure this feature would really be efficient ?

Originally Posted by SwollenCranium

Ok .. so do you have a fix for the AJAX popup in IE yet ?

No this will be fixed in the next version.

Originally Posted by exyuteam

I must to reply myself.... I found where is a problem..... mod_security!!! It's ON and on vBulletin make a problem.....

After diagnostic results are positiv, and this is solution by vBulletin:

The above setting will indicate if mod_security is preventing some AJAX requests from being submitted to vBulletin. If this shows Yes (it was on me!!!) then you either need to disable mod_security or change the AJAX settings with the vBulletin Options and disable Problematic features.

So, now we know where is a problem......

Thanks!


P.S. IE and sometimes other browsers MOST have a scroling problem when EDITOR is UNDER and Chats display order are Oldest First!!! Posts are not shown correctly - I see OLD posts on top, and window not scroll to new written posts on bottom..... Maybee bug? On old version 1.5 I don't have this problem EVER!


Thanks again!!!

About mod_security, this has already been stated and Ranger187 posted a little "how to configure your server for this".

About the scrolling problem in IE, check bug list It's already in it.

[adnedarn]

Hi VBDev- for such a popular item and so many posts I know things can be over looked... So I'm just bringing this back up since I never saw you respond to it (although you may have looked at it and answered it already in your head )
Thanks!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=3815

[nickypoooo]

My forum is right to left written but the text in chatbox will not align to user names on the right
do you have any idea how I can do that?
attached

Attachment 92400

Thanks!

[troppodel]

hi there i need to uninstall your mod .......but when i unistall the product i see on my database that don't delete the fields in usergroup table, so when i try to create new group i receive a sql error!!
can you help me please
thanks

[entertain]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you done all the bug fixes that are available near the item in the bug list ?

Ok - it wasn't the chatbox. After the update to vB3.8 our forum had problems with ajax. Not only the chatbox was affected - but also Quick-Reply and other features.

We made a few server configuration changes and now it is working fine on vB3.8

I hope there will be a new version soon. *sorry - I'll be patient *

[entertain]

vB3.8: In the archive i can not see the commands in a "shout menu" any more.

But in the chatbox it is working. Is this possible?