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 Dr. Bantham

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

To edit channel usergroup permissions, you have to go in the command manager and set the permissions (there is an item for that in the menu).

Originally Posted by 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!

I haven't understood the bug you are stating can you describe it more precisely please ?

Originally Posted by 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.

The problem with the multiple steps is the command installation for you ? I have done it so users install only what they want to install as command.

The only part that I want to modify in order to make the install simpler is the upgrade process between each new version.

For the moment, you have to install back all commands xml after an install due to a specific behavior of vBulletin (normal one).

To avoid that problem, I'll make two products: the chatbox itself and the chatbox command products.

This will avoid command phrases and settings to be erased upon new version install Thus diminishing the process of upgrade.

Originally Posted by 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.

About install, honestly if you read carefully the install instructions it's really really no problem IMO. I have made my possible to make it as clear as possible !

The only thing I could do more is to make the install procedure as a manual with images so that users who don't like reading readme (they are intended to be read though ...) could get it to work.

What you must understand is that we, coders, can't make all the job

One of the job of a good forum admin is to read carefully install instructions before installing a mod. Like you would logically do with anything else you would be installing or buying for your computer.

[hotpursuite]

thank you god job!

[Dr. Bantham]

Originally Posted by VBDev

To edit channel usergroup permissions, you have to go in the command manager and set the permissions (there is an item for that in the menu).

As stated previously, when I change permissions in this area, they are not saved. I go to the permissions area of the command manager, change the settings and click save. When I go back to view the settings, any revisions I made were lost.

[Queball_Beast]

Hi

What do we do with the custom rewrite of the Custom Rewrite Rules for vBSeo ?

[Kaycee123]

Originally Posted by VBDev

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 ?

Yes, I followed all the instructions - I've gone through them several times just to make sure. I haven't done anything to the Arcade recently except reset the scores and add a couple of new games. Would you be able to have a look at it somehow?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Dr. Bantham

As stated previously, when I change permissions in this area, they are not saved. I go to the permissions area of the command manager, change the settings and click save. When I go back to view the settings, any revisions I made were lost.

I have just tested it and it worked perfectly.

During your last upgrade, did you uploaded the file in the admincp directory correctly ?

Originally Posted by Queball_Beast

Hi

What do we do with the custom rewrite of the Custom Rewrite Rules for vBSeo ?

It's in the case you have vBSeo installed, it rewrites chatbox archive pages in the vBSeo manner

There is an option in vBSeo where you can use that.

Originally Posted by Kaycee123

Yes, I followed all the instructions - I've gone through them several times just to make sure. I haven't done anything to the Arcade recently except reset the scores and add a couple of new games. Would you be able to have a look at it somehow?

Yes but not in the upcoming days, I have a project to start which really needs all my attention.

[Dr. Bantham]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I have just tested it and it worked perfectly.

During your last upgrade, did you uploaded the file in the admincp directory correctly?

Yes, I uploaded the files multiple times. However, I just installed the latest revised version and it now works. The settings can now be changed within the appropriate command permissions and the /pm and /team commands appear to be functioning. I am still unable change the permissions within the channels themselves, though this still does not seem to impact functionality.

[entertain]

Hello vBDev,

sometimes I can't write anything into the chatbox.
I do enter the shout and press "enter" or click at "ok", but the shout does not appear.
Then, 10 attempts later it works.

What can that be?

Have a nice weekend.

P.S. There are a few other persons that have the same problem in my forum.
I use Firefox 2.0.0.12 ...

[captainslater]

This issue is known and VBDev will try to find a solution for this.

(You do, do you? )

[pericolosogr]

1) I still have a prob with the text coloring, same as my background!
Where exactly do i change it? Cant i just edit some lines somewhere in a file that defines the text coloring! Its really tiring to set a color each time you want to type somethin!

2) Ι just updated and i have the same problem, it fails to post a chat but it gets it with the second try!

3) I have the same old problem with my language, my forums language is in UTF8, both english and greek! Everytime i try to install you language xml file, it messes up everything! Back in 3.6 it ruined some tables and i had the guys from vbulletin.com support to run some queries and fix it!

Now after uploading the file, it doesnt matter which language i choose, english or greek, everything shows up in greek! I Deleted the english language, reinstalled it, still the same, its always greek! I uploaded tools and i've put through the command the default english language, its still the same, in greek!

Phiouuuuu...wish things with this mod were more simple...
I miss the chatbox in 3.6