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

[ibanez32]

its compatible with VB4 ?

[Fraxter]

Originally Posted by ibanez32

its compatible with VB4 ?

No, VBDev is working on a compatible version.

[nick682]

How do I completely remove this chatbox? I uninstalled it when I upgraded to vb4, but when I edit my usergroups I get a database error. It seems to be caused my this chatbox

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.3:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	`title` = '(COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderation',
	`description` = '',
	`usertitle` = '',
	`opentag` = '',
	`closetag` = '',
	`passwordexpires` = '0',
	`passwordhistory` = '0',
	`mgc_cb_evo_permissions` = '0',
	`mgc_cb_evo_refreshrate` = '30',
	`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_show` = '',
	`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_perday_show` = '',
	`mgc_cb_evo_max_chats_perday` = '0',
	`forumpermissions` = '655375',
	`genericpermissions` = '33554499',
	`attachlimit` = '0',
	`pmquota` = '50',
	`pmpermissions` = '0',
	`pmsendmax` = '1',
	`pmthrottlequantity` = '0',
	`calendarpermissions` = '1',
	`wolpermissions` = '0',
	`adminpermissions` = '0',
	`genericpermissions2` = '0',
	`genericoptions` = '56',
	`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
	`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
	`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
	`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
	`signaturepermissions` = '0',
	`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
	`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
	`sigpicmaxsize` = '10000',
	`sigmaxrawchars` = '1000',
	`sigmaxchars` = '500',
	`sigmaxlines` = '0',
	`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
	`sigmaximages` = '4',
	`albumpermissions` = '192',
	`albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
	`albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
	`albummaxpics` = '100',
	`albummaxsize` = '0',
	`usercsspermissions` = '0',
	`visitormessagepermissions` = '16',
	`socialgrouppermissions` = '131136',
	`maximumsocialgroups` = '5',
	`groupiconmaxsize` = '65535'
WHERE usergroupid=4;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Wednesday, April 14th 2010 @ 10:12:18 PM
Error Date    : Wednesday, April 14th 2010 @ 10:12:18 PM
Script        : http:///forum/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer      : http:///forum/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=4
IP Address    : 
Username      : 
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.90-community

[VBDev]

Have you even tried to do a little search in this topic ?

This is a common error caused by the fact that you didn't read the uninstall instructions provided along with the mod.

When uninstalling, you first have to remove the chatbox files, especially those in the includes/xml directory as they concern bitfields (which are automatically installed by vBulletin).

=> remove them and eventually rebuild your bitfields if this is not automatic.

[Ranger187]

Blah blah...where's the beta.

[AeonGamer]

Hey,

Sorry if I missed it in the thread at all. But I was wondering if there is a way to change what the default channel is. As due to usergroup permissions, people who I don't want to be able to see the default channel can. Can't see an option in any of the tabs in the admin panel.

Also Im getting this weird problem. I have 3 usergroups that are having a problem. Members, active members and X. Basically X is a secondary usergroup that some members and some active members have. I have only changed the mgc settings in the usergroup settings for X. Regular members with X can see the chatbox and everything but active members with X can't see it. Any idea why that might be happening? I only want members with X to be able to see it.

Thanks

[legacy123]

Is it their default usergroup?
Are the usergroups set up to inherit each others permission?

[Bulletnewcomer]

How can I edit the refresh time? I need 2 sec.-refresh.

[emisand]

BUG REPORT

Subject: [SIZE] restriction overrided

Description: An user can override the [SIZE] tag restriction so they can send chats without any size restriction.

How to reproduce the bug
Writing a chat with this format:
Message

That will display a message with SIZE 7

I hope this gets fixed for the next release.

Thank you.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Blah blah...where's the beta.

Still on its way, I think I am 50% done with the chatbox, I have nearly finished modifying archives to work with vB4 (there were bugs by the way on the current version that I encountered and fix on that page).

Anyway I am going on slowly as I take the time and don't spend all my evenings on it

I think end of the month beta will be ready.

Originally Posted by AeonGamer

Sorry if I missed it in the thread at all. But I was wondering if there is a way to change what the default channel is. As due to usergroup permissions, people who I don't want to be able to see the default channel can. Can't see an option in any of the tabs in the admin panel.

You can disable main channel and order the channels to do so.

Originally Posted by AeonGamer

Also Im getting this weird problem. I have 3 usergroups that are having a problem. Members, active members and X. Basically X is a secondary usergroup that some members and some active members have. I have only changed the mgc settings in the usergroup settings for X. Regular members with X can see the chatbox and everything but active members with X can't see it. Any idea why that might be happening? I only want members with X to be able to see it.

I think this is due to vB way to handle permissions as I use vB code for that.

Originally Posted by legacy123

Is it their default usergroup?
Are the usergroups set up to inherit each others permission?

???

Originally Posted by Bulletnewcomer

How can I edit the refresh time? I need 2 sec.-refresh.

Originally Posted by emisand

BUG REPORT

Subject: [SIZE] restriction overrided

Description: An user can override the [SIZE] tag restriction so they can send chats without any size restriction.

How to reproduce the bug
Writing a chat with this format:
[SIZE=2][SIZE=7]Message[/SIZE][/SIZE]

That will display a message with SIZE 7

I hope this gets fixed for the next release.

Thank you.

It's not a bug, I can't avoid that. The options just restrict the dropdown sizes display that's all.
If the user enters it manually then it will be displayed size 7.

I use vB bbcode parsing function so unless you avoid it for all the forum you will have to stay with that behaviour.