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 Honk0815

So if I sound in the chat box to activate it when standing on all activated.

I wanted to make but so that I can activate it and all the sound is turned off.
Everyone can change his profile ..

Also, I wanted all the Chatbox to have sound enabled are disabled.

I don't understand honestly... I know you might not speak english as mother tongue so I do understand that but please try to formulate something I can understand

Originally Posted by whitey1974

Hi, great chatbox!!

Everything is installed and working fine as far as I can tell. What I'm wondering is whether there's a way of setting up a scheduled task to download the archives at a specific time during the day/night?

Thanks in advance for your help

Well you'd have to develop it coz it's not coded in the chatbox.

Originally Posted by inciarco

Thank You For Your Reply VBDev. :up:

VBDev, could you Please in your Next Update Offer the following 2 Choices :

1. To be able to Use the Message Text Field Editor as BBCode or as WYSIWYG.

2. To be able to Use the Color, Bold, Italic, and Underline, Options to be Applied to a Selected Text or to All the ShoutBox Text of the Editor Text Field.

Both of them to have the 2 mentioned Choices, so that we Admins can Choose the Ones Our Users would like Better.

I Hope You Can Offer Us this 2 Choices in Your Next Update, VBDev.

My Best Regards.

Well I think it's totally unuseful to be able to do it for only a small part of the text as honestly due to the chatbox input size it's bearly unreadable.
However if other requests for such thing I might change my advice.

I'll however do so you can disable wysiwyg.

Originally Posted by Breakpoint

I cant see the demo on the forum, where is it? Do I have to register?

I think so yes.

Originally Posted by iRoamer

I put the Files and Images in but the chat inst appearing on my forums?

Set usergroup permissions

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by torrentrockerz

Hi VBDev,

before I was using vBshout2.x Ajax, I upgraded/installed this mod, as per your instructions in readme file, But in my forums, chat is not displaying...pls reply asap

Originally Posted by bengalistation

sorry bro to disturb ya.. i've done all the steps its said in the read me, but whenever i enable the product the forum shows nothing in forum home... just blank, whenever i disable the product it comes the normal forum page, any solution ?

Have you both set usergroup permissions?

[exyuteam]

Many problems are solved with latest version. BUT.... my editor-box are BOTTOM, and NEWER chats are BOTTOM, and sometimes new chats not show correctly (I need to move slidebar to see it). Problem is beacuse thisproblem is not always, and I'm confused?!

@VBDev: Can you test your chat with this settings (editor - BOTTOM, new chats - BOTTOM) couple of days and maybee with diferent browsers? Maybee you'll have similar problem? Or anybody else who use this settings???

Thanks in advace.....


EDIT:

I just see this bug.... New option Memorize chats formatting chosen by users in the chatbox is YES. When I change SIZE of font, I cannot return it to DEFAULT value until I go to UserCP -> Edit Options, and on bottom (chat options) return to defaults!!! Maybee it's simmilar error with some other BB code(s)...

And if I this option turn to NO, my chats are NOT FORMATED!?

Please check this
Thanks in advance...

[Markos]

is it just me or is anyone else not getting the chat box in Usercp and who's online ??????? and I've just done a fresh install of it and its still the same :S

[torrentrockerz]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you both set usergroup permissions?

ThanQ, its working fine............

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by exyuteam

Many problems are solved with latest version. BUT.... my editor-box are BOTTOM, and NEWER chats are BOTTOM, and sometimes new chats not show correctly (I need to move slidebar to see it). Problem is beacuse thisproblem is not always, and I'm confused?!

@VBDev: Can you test your chat with this settings (editor - BOTTOM, new chats - BOTTOM) couple of days and maybee with diferent browsers? Maybee you'll have similar problem? Or anybody else who use this settings???

Forumcoding is not my forum, I am just a team member and thus don't do what I want.

Can you explain in a more detailled way what you did since browser load when you experience that (actions in the chatbox), please ?

Originally Posted by exyuteam

EDIT:

I just see this bug.... New option Memorize chats formatting chosen by users in the chatbox is YES. When I change SIZE of font, I cannot return it to DEFAULT value until I go to UserCP -> Edit Options, and on bottom (chat options) return to defaults!!! Maybee it's simmilar error with some other BB code(s)...

And if I this option turn to NO, my chats are NOT FORMATED!?

Not sure I do understand, you mean that when you select Default in the list you don't get back to forum default for this usergroup right ?

When turning this option to No, where you still having the formating options set or ?

Originally Posted by Markos

is it just me or is anyone else not getting the chat box in Usercp and who's online ??????? and I've just done a fresh install of it and its still the same :S

Well just tested and it works ! I think you haven't set correctly the options.

Here is how I did it :

In display and position options I have set Show the chatbox on all pages below the navbar to Yes then in the page list field I have put usercp,profile,private,online

And chatbox is shown in my usercp pages and in the whosonline.

[Markos]

ive set it to that and still nothing :S and my users r still having probs with it not refreshing :S
too a screen shot of the settings but feel free to log in and have a look if u like

[fr3akstar]

I appreciate the work you have put into this mod, however I am confused as to why the listings inthe AdminCP and some of the other options are in French still? It makes it fairly difficult to navigate through the options.

[Markos]

Originally Posted by fr3akstar

I appreciate the work you have put into this mod, however I am confused as to why the listings inthe AdminCP and some of the other options are in French still? It makes it fairly difficult to navigate through the options.

u have to upload the Language file

[fr3akstar]

I have uploaded the language file, and most of it is in english but there are still some options that only have the french language for them.