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

[Hostboard]

Originally Posted by lille L

And one more thing.... is it possible for someone to write me the code, for a link in the navbar menu?

Where do you want it located?

You can have it linked off a forum link, drop down menu or on the NAVBAR itself.

[Markos]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well have you change the number of days option in the chatbox settings ?

yeah i changed it to 1 as i want it to run every day and set MGC Chatbox Evo Digest to 23 so it runs every 23 hrs

and my chatbox is still freezing on some of my users :S

[senadxxx]

Originally Posted by vgevolution

Just use the Style Manager and edit the templates associated with the chatbox. You can use the Style Manager's search function to find all instances of alt1 and alt2 and reverse them. It took me 2 minutes to hit them all.

thanks I managed to make the white color of the chat, but nothing I did not touch the style of the forum, but in any case thanks!!
see on picture new is ok and all work fine thanks amigos!!

[crazymilk]

[QUOTE=VBDev;1853329]Search in this thread this has already been stated.

Well I don't like vBAdvanced and don't have it, per consequence I haven't done any effort so far to make it work on vba.

I might have a look at it soon.

Please VBdev this is a great chatbox and i would love it on my vbadvanced pages

Please
please

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by DarthCoder

how much load does this cause on the server compared to lets say vbshout 2.0?

The load is not noticable unless you have it displaying on every category, forum, page, etc. Then it can become apparent on ANY box. Personally, from the 200+ installs I've done for people, everyone said it's the fastest and most used (MGC).

Originally Posted by Warion

Still looking for help on why my icons are not working for the channels. And also for changing the background of the chatbox.

To get channel icons to show up, open up the zip file. You will see a Channel_icons in the zip right when you open it. Take all 6 images inside Channel_icons and drag/drop them into Images\misc\mgc_cb_evo\channels in the zip (this way before you send it's there), or after you upload the files, copy the channel icons to Images\misc\mgc_cb_evo\channels of each style/skin you have. Then make sure you created channels in the MGC Admin area and they will show.

Originally Posted by crazymilk

Well I don't like vBAdvanced and don't have it, per consequence I haven't done any effort so far to make it work on vba.
I might have a look at it soon.
Please VBdev this is a great chatbox and i would love it on my vbadvanced pages
Please
please

Between the chat and VBA for MGC, I've gotten them to work on almost any forum. Chat not working on VbA is typical if the forums are outside root..... Like if you have www.site.com as vba, and forums are forums.site.com that will need a recoding done for VbA to work.

PM me ur site info, ftp etc, and a Yahoo/AIM s/n and I can walk you through what I'm doing and teach you too... Just make sure you take a database backup prior. It's always a good habit to get into.

[sdfaheem]

I installed the chatbox on my forum www.desimeet.com and I am coming across few problems, the chatbox is loading very slow for few users, the shouts are getting displayed after 1 minute for few users, and few others complain that they are not able to see the chatbox, just blank.

This is happening for every 2-3 page refreshes.
Even though few users are loving the chatbox and its functionality.

Could you please help me with this?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by sdfaheem

I installed the chatbox on my forum www.desimeet.com and I am coming across few problems, the chatbox is loading very slow for few users, the shouts are getting displayed after 1 minute for few users, and few others complain that they are not able to see the chatbox, just blank.

This is happening for every 2-3 page refreshes.
Even though few users are loving the chatbox and its functionality.

Could you please help me with this?

Well, for one thing, you have so many plugins installed, so saying the chat is the issue, is hard to agree with. Just from the ping and searching, your forums are slow to begin with, without the chat. Sounds to me like you are running an old version of the chat, or never uninstalled an old version correctly when you did an upgrade. More info is needed.

[sdfaheem]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Well, for one thing, you have so many plugins installed, so saying the chat is the issue, is hard to agree with. Just from the ping and searching, your forums are slow to begin with, without the chat. Sounds to me like you are running an old version of the chat, or never uninstalled an old version correctly when you did an upgrade. More info is needed.

I installed a fresh copy of 2.3.2 version.
The problem is not with everyone, few members only

[kalisekj]

From what I have noticed the slow or stuck chat is caused by an individuals bandwidth. What I mean is this the refresh of chat will not occur if the person is doing downloading of any kind and sometimes if they are uploading. It seems the chatbox times itself out and never truly populates if it reaches a certain ammount of time. Anyone not using a lot of their bandwidth doing other things never experiences the chatbox not refreshing or getting stuck.

Side Note : If you get the chatbox coming up but blank its usually because an ascii character was inserted on someones chat msg, most commonly with PS3 users. Just go into archive and delete that bad chat or edit and remove the bad character which will be obvious when you look in the archive.

Hope This Helps Some of You!

[kalisekj]

VBDev :
We are ready for your new release / update. You have addressed and fixed many things already. Save the rest for the next release. I'm betting the better functionality and speed improvement is wanted by all who have installed the chatbox.

WooHoo!