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 Taragon

• It's currently impossible to unsticky a post

I just tried on forumcoding and it works fine so you must be mistaking.

Originally Posted by Taragon

• When notifications and latest thread display are disabled it's still showing the table/box

Well yes because I can't know if there are any other modifications type active (like the arcade one which is an addon of the BF version.

To hide the table, you just have to disable the "Notifications in a separate column" option.

Originally Posted by Taragon

Also, would it be possible to clean up the templates a bit, cleaning up all blank characters, overdose of nested tables, and use some proper alignment?

I don't see the issue with the tabs ?

What do you meant about the blank characters and proper alignment ?

Originally Posted by Markos

it doesn't show in UserCP

Anyone else being able to confirm that issue ?

[RedDevil]

For the arcades, I think I posted a post some time ago saying that two vars had to be added at the top of the function that build up the arcade.

Make a small search

I did have a search, can you point me in right direction.

[VBDev]

Search for $mgc_cb_evo_var I think.

[robbiefritz]

Somehow when messing around with my test forum, I wound up with three sets of commands under the "Manage Commands" Commands List Box. Only the bottom set affects the install. How do I get rid of the top two sets of commands?

[VBDev]

What do you mean ?

[DJ_Rguez]

how can I put the chat above donbar paypal donate

I do not under donbar

[VBDev]

The only way to do so is to use the little trick which is in the readme and normally supposed to be for style issues.

You'll thus be able to have the chatbox in a variable on forumhome and so you can place it where you want

[DJ_Rguez]

follow the steps that were in the README file and who is below any other suggestions donbar

[VBDev]

Then you have to edit the donation bar plugin in order to put the chatbox before the donation bar as I think the donation bar auto add itself in the navbar template.

[Taragon]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well yes because I can't know if there are any other modifications type active (like the arcade one which is an add on of the BF version.

It currently is disabled, however this (output) is still taking up room:

<td align="left" width="0%">
<div id="schats_container" style="border: medium none ; width: 100%; height: 200px; overflow-y: auto; z-index: 1;">
<table cellspacing="0" align="left" width="95%">
<tbody id="schats">
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>

About the nested tables I do think this is a bit overwhelming (output) when not using any notification system:

<td width="100%" colspan="2" style="">
<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="3">
<div id="mgc_cb_evo_user_warn" style="display: none;"/>
<table width="100%" style="">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left" width="100%" style="">
<div id="chats_container" style="border: medium none ; width: 100%; height: 200px; overflow-y: auto; z-index: 1; float: left;">
</div>
</td>
<td align="left" width="0%">
<div id="schats_container" style="border: medium none ; width: 100%; height: 200px; overflow-y: auto; z-index: 1;">
<table cellspacing="0" align="left" width="95%">
<tbody id="schats">
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>

Originally Posted by VBDev

I don't see the issue with the tabs ?
What do you meant about the blank characters and proper alignment?

Tabs as in alignment, not as tabular; opening the mgc_cb_evo template would give a good example.

Originally Posted by VBDev

I just tried on forumcoding and it works fine so you must be mistaking.
Well yes because I can't know if there are any other modifications type active (like the arcade one which is an add on of the BF version.

It seems to be caused by vBSEO.
Having both forum (forum.php) and website (index.php) in root, but having http://mysite.com/forum.php rewritten to http://mysite.com/forum/.
Unstickying a message will go to http://mysite.com/#mgc_cb_evo_top instead of http://mysite.com/forum/#mgc_cb_evo_top. Similar to minimalising/maximalising a category (or chatbox), however in this case not working whilst is was in 1.5.x.

Any chance downgrading would be possible? (not asking for a refund)