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 pericolosogr

So if i just change the encoding line on top of this xml doc, i get what i want? Lets say i type utf-8 (than ISO-8859-1) and it just works without messing up?

Yes I think it should.

Originally Posted by Goofy12

How can i make multiple channels?

By creating channels through the channel management system

Originally Posted by Gooner

Requested: Usergroup permission to access selected channels.

Channels are linked to a single command.

So permissions for a channel = permissions for a command.

Originally Posted by maidos

feature reuqest... can u makae auto msg...

like everyone xx time my account will do auto msg...
and if ppl type a certain commando the auto msg appear

But what kind of message ?

Originally Posted by entertain

I hope you'll find a solutin for this first shout problem soon.

Many of my users are grumbling because of this...


cu
entertain

I'll

[VBDev]

<font color="Red">Many thanks to gforce75 for his 20$ donation !
</font>

[maidos]

a customized msg...
its very similar to irc thing... i think it would be a popular feature if u add it.
thats 2 feature request by the way

[inciarco]

Great Improvements!! :up:

One Question, Perhaps a Bug: I've Activated the Options "Activate the full page mode chatbox", and "Full page mode chatbox in a new windows", but NO Dropdown Menu Option appears in the Menu Bar of the Forums!!

(In previous Versions appeared with Two Options, one to See the Chatbox in Full Page, and the Other to See the Messages History)!!

Do I need to Manually Introduce the Code in the "Navbar" Template?? (Could you Please Provide us the Code??)

I checked the Plugins, and in none of them Appears the Code "mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_chatbox", so that this Code would be Introduced in Certain Place of the "Navbar", so I guess that some Manual Template Edit is necessary!!

I checked the Previous Version of this Mod, ans I found that You Specified the Following Template Edit, but a similar Code don't Appear in the Manual, so would be Nice that You Include it in the Zip File:

<!-- Comienzo de C?digo de MGC ChatBox 2007_07_27 -->

		<if condition="$vboptions[mgc_chatbox] && $chatbox_permission">
			<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="mgc_cb_menu" style="display:none">
				<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
				    <tr>
				        <td class="thead">$vbphrase[mgc_chatbox]</td>
				    </tr>
				    <tr>
				        <td class="vbmenu_option">
							<a href="mgc_chatbox.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view_chatbox" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mgc_cb_voir]</a>
						</td>
					</tr>
				    <tr>
				        <td class="vbmenu_option">
							<a href="mgc_chatbox.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view_archive" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mgc_cb_voir_archives]</a>
						</td>
					</tr>		
				</table>
			</div>
		</if>

<!-- Final de C?digo de MGC ChatBox 2007_07_27 -->

I Appreciate Your Help!!

My Best Regards!!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by maidos

a customized msg...
its very similar to irc thing... i think it would be a popular feature if u add it.
thats 2 feature request by the way

Yes but I still haven't understood your request

Originally Posted by inciarco

Great Improvements!! :up:

One Question, Perhaps a Bug: I've Activated the Options "Activate the full page mode chatbox", and "Full page mode chatbox in a new windows", but NO Dropdown Menu Option appears in the Menu Bar of the Forums!!

(In previous Versions appeared with Two Options, one to See the Chatbox in Full Page, and the Other to See the Messages History)!!

Do I need to Manually Introduce the Code in the "Navbar" Template?? (Could you Please Provide us the Code??)

I checked the Plugins, and in none of them Appears the Code "mgc_cb_evo.php?do=view_chatbox", so that this Code would be Introduced in Certain Place of the "Navbar", so I guess that some Manual Template Edit is necessary!!

I checked the Previous Version of this Mod, ans I found that You Specified the Following Template Edit, but a similar Code don't Appear in the Manual, so would be Nice that You Include it in the Zip File:

<!-- Comienzo de C?digo de MGC ChatBox 2007_07_27 -->

        <if condition="$vboptions[mgc_chatbox] && $chatbox_permission">
            <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="mgc_cb_menu" style="display:none">
                <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td class="thead">$vbphrase[mgc_chatbox]</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td class="vbmenu_option">
                            <a href="mgc_chatbox.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view_chatbox" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mgc_cb_voir]</a>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td class="vbmenu_option">
                            <a href="mgc_chatbox.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view_archive" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mgc_cb_voir_archives]</a>
                        </td>
                    </tr>        
                </table>
            </div>
        </if>

<!-- Final de C?digo de MGC ChatBox 2007_07_27 -->

I Appreciate Your Help!!

My Best Regards!!

Indeed I removed it coz actually there is no more navbar link.

But you can still add one if you want, I'll try to add it if I have time in the next release readme

[maidos]

well
for example when im afk from the forum i want the script to leave a auto msg from me every 1 hour on the shoutbox. example.

maidos> theres a big news going on please click here,this msg has been generated by auto msg

hope u get my point

and for fun like on irc if ppl make special commands like

/soup

a msg will come from me and answer that command

[VBDev]

Auto message is not that easy but feasible but the soup thing, what does it answer ? I don't understand the /soup command.

I am not a mirc user.

[maidos]

well soup was just an example. what i wish for is everyone to get their own customized commands for the shoutbox. when they enter that commands on the sshoutbox an auto msg should appear ..

[VBDev]

Still don't get you, you are not very precise, you speak from one thing and then another ...

Can you please make a clear and detailled description plz !

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by VBDev

But you can still add one if you want, I'll try to add it if I have time in the next release readme

I'll try to Create my Own Version of it meanwhile, but is 100% necessary because that's the way the Users Access the Full Page Mode, and also the way to Justify the Option of "Full page mode chatbox in a new windows" that is the "target="_blank"" with an If Conditional pointed to that Option of your Mod!!

Could you Please Provide me the name of the Var Options for the Following Vars, for me to Create it and I'll share it here, please:

-1- "Full page mode chatbox in a new windows"

-2- "Activate the full page mode chatbox"

-3- The Equivalent of EVO for $vboptions[mgc_chatbox]

-4- The Equivalent of EVO for $chatbox_permission

Those are the Ones I need to Create the Conditionals of the Navbar Links similar to the ones You Used in your Previous Version of the Mod (I Copy/Pasted that Code in my Last Message)!!

Please help me with those Variable Names, VBDev, and I'll have the Code in Very Short Time. I know it'll be Useful for many Users of your Mod!!

My Best Regards!!