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 Rankine

Let's try to explain what I have said... lol :

when you use actions near chats : "Remove all chats of" and "Remove the chat of", a window appear with the same phrase/sentence for both actions : "The chats were succesfully removed".
Now it would be :
Action : Remove all chats of ---> Response : The chats were succesfully removed
Action : Remove the chat of ---> Response : Chat was succesfully removed

That's normal, the same phrase is returned for every shouts deletion wether you delete one or more.

Originally Posted by Rankine

Smiles : it's would be useful to have only some smiles in chatbox, especially those not too big (used sometimes in forum)... that causes formatting problem to Chatbox....

This is why I'll add an option to retrieve smilies by their order in the smilies manager of the acp.

Originally Posted by lordtopcat

Yes, that would work

Also, how can I delete guest posts? There is no drop down arrow beside their messages? I can remove them in the Archives section, but not on the main chatbox?
Cheers
LTC

Ok I'll

That's normal, since the menu is not accurate when dealing with guests. And this is why I added the deletion tool in the archives

Originally Posted by Dr. Bantham

I did not have this issue with the previous version, but since I uninstalled and reinstalled from scratch I cannot get changes to the permissions to save with PM and TEAM commands or channels. I select the revision and it displays the update message, but the changes are not there when you go back to confirm.

You mean you can't change permissions of commands ?

Your sentence is not that clear sorry I can't seem to understand you.

Originally Posted by softvnzla

VBDev

Add an xml where a command? Can install thanks

Which means ? Honestly I don't understand what you're trying to tell me.

Originally Posted by Kaycee123

Prior to this last update, I had the chatbox showing properly in the Arcade. Since the update the chatbox has disappeared in the Arcade. I have checked the changes I previously made to the Arcade template and the arcade/functions/functions.php files and they are all still there. I have everything set the same for the "Display and position on forum" variables.

Was something changed that would have caused this to disappear?

No I haven't changed anything that would cause it to not appear in the arcade.

The instructions you followed where the one in the readme file ? You haven't recently updated the arcade ?

[Dr. Bantham]

Originally Posted by VBDev

You mean you can't change permissions of commands ?

Your sentence is not that clear sorry I can't seem to understand you.

Correct. I can not change them for the PM and TEAM channels either. All permissions appear to have been set properly within usergroups.

[Playa82]

My members have to write the messages twice, i hope that will be fixed in the next update.

good work tho

[PimvanJ]

This hack has absolutely potential.
My users can hardly wait until its Finnish.

Found some minor bug, Not able to edit the shout wen its gone. (appears only in Opera browser)

Great job!

[haytham]

I thought it was nice but when I tried to install it and found all those steps of doing things then redoing them I think I won't install. Why couldn't it be simpler like all other mods? Too bad!

[Kaycee123]

Originally Posted by haytham

I thought it was nice but when I tried to install it and found all those steps of doing things then redoing them I think I won't install. Why couldn't it be simpler like all other mods? Too bad!

This is a great mod and well worth the effort!!! It's the most popular thing on our forum. The developer spends MANY hours answering these questions and working on it, with little thanks in return!

Have some appreciation for the amount of work that goes into developing these things, and also providing them for all of us for FREE.

[haytham]

Hey don't get me wrong. I, in no way, said it was bad. I said it was nice and I still think it's great but you have to agree that there are so many steps to installing it and I don't want to do anything that would put my forums at risk. I am kind of a layman when it comes to coding so I decided to keep away. I would really love for it to become simpler to install because from what I can see, it is the best with all its features.
I have never been a rude person to say that some mod is bad even if it was cause I know and appreciate the coders' time and efforts. So, please execuse my remark as it wasn't intended to offend anyone. When I said too bad, I meant for me cause I wanted so bad to install it.

[Soljah]

I just installed everything, but it appears in my admincp that the plugin shows up in anotehr language. How can I fix this?

[RvG2]

install the language xmls

[ariellio]

I really like the chatbox & my users are enjoying it at my forums. I am pretty good with tech stuff, but I also had a lot of problems when installing this mod. I think the main issue is the way the folders are set up. I missed a lot of different files when I was uploading. Everything that is going in the Images/Misc folder should be in one folder, KWIM? It was a bit of a headache trying to figure out what I missed, but once it's up, it's up. I definitely do NOT recommend installing this hack if someone isn't really experienced with computer stuff.

I also have the problem when people's first post isn't showing up. Inactive mode is turned off, so I know that isn't causing the problem.