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

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by exyuteam

I agree, and I think we not understand (read carefuly my message - maybee my english is not good.... ). In archive page, TIME IS NOT SHOWING! That's the problem I also think that time should display always. Screenshot is from Archive page!

Thanks m8

Well as I have added lots of options I don't remember everything.

But I think there is a separate option for archives time.

Originally Posted by ispots

Yep, every time.

Well very odd cuz I don't experience that personnaly when using inline mod. What is your vB version ?

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

VBDev, just curious about the ETA on the next ver... Thanks!

Yesterday evening I added one of the feature I wanted to add since a long time (wysiwyg text input ), so basically the release is ready.

I will have to translate the few new sentences and I have launched a thread on forumcoding asking for BF version users for beta test

Originally Posted by fukdawrld

Yes I do have that {if} thing. Is there a way around this?

Well what's that IF linking to ? You could replace the IF in your style by the real path to the images no ?

[exyuteam]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well as I have added lots of options I don't remember everything.

But I think there is a separate option for archives time.

I just pass thrue all of your options and I find all option for archives time on Chats display page. My date/time displaying settings are:

Display the chats date - YES
Chatbox dates format - d-m-Y
Activate the display of Today/Yesterday in the date for the chatbox - YES
Display the chats time - YES
Chatbox times format - H:i

Number of chats per archives page - 50
Display order of chats in each archives page - Newest messages on top
Archive's date display format - d-m-Y, H:i

Maybee some combination of functions give this problem I just see that in archive page I just see TODAY and YESTERDAY messages!? In I turn OFF Activate the display of Today/Yesterday in the date for the chatbox date and time was shown correctly (05-03-2009, 10:54). BUT I notice that here I have one more problem - I see only today and yesterday messages (!?!?) even if I set "Number of days before automatic chats removal - 15"!!! For this options you wrote:

"WARNING : by activating this option, the date and hours format set for the chatbox will be replaced by the forum's default one"

Maybee problem is here? It just need to display Today, H:i (or Yesterday, H:i or for older chats full date/time 03-03-2009, 12:54). I think that this is working with older version(s).....

Please check.....


Thanks in advance m8!

P.S. I hope so that my bad english is not too bad and that you can understand what I try to explain....

[ispots]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well very odd cuz I don't experience that personnaly when using inline mod. What is your vB version ?

3.8.1

The problem happens for me when you try to "Copy Thread" under the "Thread Tools" menu...and it happens every time on every thread.

[Deyth]

I installed this to mess around. I liked a lot of features but won't switch from Inferno's product just yet. Some thoughts:

Clicking a user's name should open a pm.
Everytime the chat refreshed the input field lost focus.
Take a look at Inferno's constant ajax reloading. It's awesome and has a very IRC-feel.
Why is a channel image required? I'd prefer text.
The option to expand the input field to 100% of available space would be nice.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by exyuteam

I just pass thrue all of your options and I find all option for archives time on Chats display page. My date/time displaying settings are:

Display the chats date - YES
Chatbox dates format - d-m-Y
Activate the display of Today/Yesterday in the date for the chatbox - YES
Display the chats time - YES
Chatbox times format - H:i

Number of chats per archives page - 50
Display order of chats in each archives page - Newest messages on top
Archive's date display format - d-m-Y, H:i

Maybee some combination of functions give this problem I just see that in archive page I just see TODAY and YESTERDAY messages!? In I turn OFF Activate the display of Today/Yesterday in the date for the chatbox date and time was shown correctly (05-03-2009, 10:54). BUT I notice that here I have one more problem - I see only today and yesterday messages (!?!?) even if I set "Number of days before automatic chats removal - 15"!!! For this options you wrote:

"WARNING : by activating this option, the date and hours format set for the chatbox will be replaced by the forum's default one"

Maybee problem is here? It just need to display Today, H:i (or Yesterday, H:i or for older chats full date/time 03-03-2009, 12:54). I think that this is working with older version(s).....

Please check.....


Thanks in advance m8!

P.S. I hope so that my bad english is not too bad and that you can understand what I try to explain....

Hum nope you lost me :/

Originally Posted by ispots

3.8.1

The problem happens for me when you try to "Copy Thread" under the "Thread Tools" menu...and it happens every time on every thread.

Oh so it's while trying to copy a thread, not just moving it ?

Originally Posted by Deyth

Clicking a user's name should open a pm.

Well I do not agree with you, in all vB pages, clicking a username would let you go the user member page, this is why I did it for the chatbox.
Clickin the menu and then Send PM is not a huge thing IMO

Originally Posted by Deyth

Everytime the chat refreshed the input field lost focus.

Well yes I know I have to do something about that.

Originally Posted by Deyth

Take a look at Inferno's constant ajax reloading. It's awesome and has a very IRC-feel.

It's up to you to make it "constant" just a question of refresh time !

Originally Posted by Deyth

Why is a channel image required? I'd prefer text.

If you don't put an image name, the channel title is shown.

Originally Posted by Deyth

The option to expand the input field to 100% of available space would be nice.

Input field size is an option.

[exyuteam]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum nope you lost me :/

OK. Let's try this way (if you need look my earlier post):

1. In archive page I have messages only from today and yesterday (I set in options auto delete for 15 days!!!)....
2. When is turn ON Activate the display of Today/Yesterday in the date for the chatbox in archive page I not see time! Just Today or Yesterday without any time!
3. If Activate the display of Today/Yesterday in the date for the chatbox is set to NO, then in archive page I CAN SEE date + time correctly!

I hope now you understand me

Cheers!!!

[Deyth]

Originally Posted by VBDev

It's up to you to make it "constant" just a question of refresh time !

The difference being if I do that it will refresh whether there is data or not whereas Inferno vbShout will only refresh when there's new data to show.

Originally Posted by VBDev

If you don't put an image name, the channel title is shown.

I tried that but it's not consistent across browsers.

Originally Posted by VBDev

Input field size is an option

Fixed field size is an option. What I'm talking about is having the field take up all available space as a default no matter your resolution. Take a look.

[ispots]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Oh so it's while trying to copy a thread, not just moving it

Every time.....can you replicate it?

[kimmer]

Installed everything in the download zip, but nothing shows up on the site. I tried to install the 1.0 because I want to upgrade to vbadvanced and that module for chatbox. So neither show up on either versions of my forum. I've checked everything a few times, but I still get nothing.

[maidos]

was wondering will u include a feature to disable yui?