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

[Sledgstone]

Originally Posted by Spika

I cannot see the avatars (see the image below) I thinks the path is wrong, for example:
The avatar path for this user: http://www.gstrail.es/foro/avatars/vintage-%user-id%.gif?dateline=1242495174

I have the avatar path in http://www.gstrail.es/foro/images/avatars/

Where I can change it?

Thanks

[vB3.6.x-3.7.x-3.8.x]MGC_Chatbox_evo_2.4.2\Files\includes\mgc_cb_evo\cl ass_formatting.php

Its at the end of the file. I changed mine, but it still didn't fix it.

[benny92000]

I have searched a bit and I still cannot find the answer: How do I change the background color of the chatbox in a specific style? Also, is 5 seconds too high of a number for auto-refresh speed?

[scott81603]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

You don't happen to have any warnings about templates needed reverted do you?

No warnings that I can see

[l_amhed]

Originally Posted by Sador

Admin CP - usergroups - usergroups manager - edit Administrators - MGC Chatbox Evo : Custom permissions

Have you set 'can talk to the bot' to yes?

Thanks it works ! I did not see this new option. Thanks man, again.

An other problem I've got is that I'm using vBa CMPS. When I activate the module to have the chatbox on the vBa CMPS index it gave me this error :
Call to undefined function can_view_mgc_cb_evo() in /usr/home/*****/public_html/modules/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 3

[carcomp]

The new version doesn't work with the old vbcmps module. Go back to 2.3.2 or whatever.

[solidlink]

yea........ it does not reflect the new avatar? can someone help with this problem?

[danyz81]

the displey avatar immages on chat work for default avatar but dont for custom.

[scott81603]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

You don't happen to have any warnings about templates needed reverted do you?

Originally Posted by scott81603

No warnings that I can see

I reverted my template and it did not do a thing. Any other idea what could possibly be the problem?

[Yosef Sh]

I get this error

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO product
(productid, title, description, version, active, apm_releasedate, apm_author, apm_relatedurl, apm_extrainfo, apm_extraedit,apm_installdate,url, versioncheckurl)
VALUES
('mgc_cb_evo',
'MGC chatbox Evo',
'Fully remade MGC Chatbox',
'2.4.2',
1,
'',
'',
'',
'',
'',
'1254129903',
'http://www.forumcoding.com',
'');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'apm_releasedate' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Monday, September 28th 2009 @ 12:25:03 PM
Error Date : Monday, September 28th 2009 @ 12:25:04 PM

[todomaquinas]

This is a translation, sorry if you do not understand something.

Hi, everyone, do not know if this problem has already emerged in this thread, but with 5640 messages, it is an outrage, here's what I get updated to version 2.4.2.
In a laptop, I get this line of code:
Warning: in_array () [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path] / includes / mgc_cb_evo / class_misc.php on line 355
This comes on top of the forum.
In the other computer that does not leave, both of firefox.

I activated the audible beeps, but you can deactivate the alarm sound upgrade?, Very upset.

When I create a new topic is perfect, but when you reply to a message created get this error:
Responded to the issue: [ARG: 4 UNDEFINED]

Do not leave the buttons off the notifications, and sounds.

You have some tutorial in order to optimize this hack?

Thank you very much for this, hack, for me is perfect.

I admire your courage for us to have forums, best day.

A greeting.