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

[Green Cat]

Branding sucks, unistalled.

[Trek]

This seems to work ok, but I am having two issues.

#1: Instead of displaying what I would assume should be an image, it says "Submit Query" in text.

#2: If a member doesn't have an avatar it says the text "Avatar".

Is this intended functionality?

Either way, where can I change it?

[Trek]

UPDATE #2:
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So the problem is actually that the variable $stylevar['imgdir_misc'] is getting URLencoded before vB does whatever replacements it needs to do. Or at least whatever string is including that variable for the image output is getting URLENCODED too soon. Again, I don't know where this is happening, but I'm trying to figure it out.

UPDATE
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Ok, I found the exact cause now, it's my custom theme. It has a custom variable called {IF} (Images Folder) which translates to "%7BIF%7D" when it's URLDECODED. So somewhere within this mod I'd guess that it needs to check/process the replacement variables when building the images folder variable ($stylevar['imgdir_misc']). I have no idea where that might be or how to do it though.

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Ok, I found what the problem is, just not a solution yet.

I searched this thread and found one other person with the problem, although no solution was posted.

The problem is, somewhere the text "%7BIF%7D" is getting inserted into the image URL paths. I've done some searches and cannot find this text anywhere.

[killa101]

Originally Posted by Green Cat

Branding sucks, unistalled.

I hate the copyright info on it. Such annoying placement. And constant use of "MGC Chatbox Evo" when they could have just written "Shoutbox" or "Chatbox". I am considering uninstalling for these same reasons as well.

[Green Cat]

Originally Posted by killa101

I hate the copyright info on it. Such annoying placement. And constant use of "MGC Chatbox Evo" when they could have just written "Shoutbox" or "Chatbox". I am considering uninstalling for these same reasons as well.

Could have been a line in the footer, I would mind less.

[carcomp]

Whats the chance of allowing a usergroup (the admins) to be able to parse HTML in the announcment? I wanted to post a "Donate" message up top with a link to out paypal thingey, but I don't know if you can do it or not.

Ok nevermind... HTML works from the admincp.

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by 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

Just go into your database and remove those rows manually.

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by Green Cat

Branding sucks, unistalled.

Originally Posted by killa101

I hate the copyright info on it. Such annoying placement. And constant use of "MGC Chatbox Evo" when they could have just written "Shoutbox" or "Chatbox". I am considering uninstalling for these same reasons as well.

Originally Posted by Green Cat

Could have been a line in the footer, I would mind less.

Oh for Christ sake!! Wouldn't this mod be better if you had to pay for it?!

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by 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

That's because you did not remove all files! That is because you miss a xml file.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Trek

This seems to work ok, but I am having two issues.

#1: Instead of displaying what I would assume should be an image, it says "Submit Query" in text.

#2: If a member doesn't have an avatar it says the text "Avatar".

Is this intended functionality?

Either way, where can I change it?

Sounds to me like you didn't upload all the files.