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

[vilhiem]

To do a FlashWindow in Java, here's what I found:

From:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...sers-attention

There are two common ways to do this: use JNI to set urgency hints on the taskbar's window, and create a notification icon/message. I prefer the second way, since it's cross-platform and less annoying.

See documentation on the TrayIcon class, particularly the displayMessage() method.

And:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/ap.../TrayIcon.html

[vilhiem]

And here it is in JavaScript ... scroll down to solutions:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog..._20612007.html

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by jbd

Installed this, but it seems to sporadically stop working in IE. It's fine in Firefox. Even if I don't upload any further plugins or change any other files at all, after a day or so it causes "object expected" errors in IE7 and the chatbox just hangs.

Strangely enough, when this happens it displays some messages from 20 mins ago, but not the more recent messages.

I've managed to fix this twice before by reuploading all the files, which is even stranger (not even reinstalling the product).

It's still working fine in Firefox for me, but this time I've been unable to fix the IE issue by reuploading the files. I'm now looking at possibly installing the VSA Chatbox, not sure how that compares to this.

FYI I am using vbSEO. I tried adding the vbSEO custom arguments provided here but that didn't help at all. I guess those are only if you want vbSEO to optimise the chat pages anyway, which I'm not too bothered about.

Well the vBSEO custom arguments have nothing to do with eventual lagging issues.

You don't have more informations on the error in IE ? Do you see an error in the firefox javascript console ?

Originally Posted by tafreeh

hey bud, how do I make this chatbox work with this theme
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228986

Thanks

Have you tried adapting the mgc_cb_evo.css template ?

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

Admins should be able to take a joke from their members, since the slapping is just meant as a joke

Yes but that could be interesting to have an option, I'll add this to the todo list.

Originally Posted by ispots

I know this was probably out of sight and out of mind for you, but I thought I'd let you know that I used this error as an excuse to just finally upgrade my board to 4.0...

Fresh install on 4.0 works just fine. :up:

So perhaps it's a bad for a good

Originally Posted by vilhiem

And here it is in JavaScript ... scroll down to solutions:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog..._20612007.html

I don't have access this is a restricted site.

[sweetguy2004]

thanks bro good work!

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Yes but that could be interesting to have an option, I'll add this to the todo list.

Well, if you are in such a good mood.

I'd like to have a cron job that automatically saves the chats ever X hours and put them in an xml file somewhere in a folder of my webspace, and clears the chatbox.

And a maximum chars allowed to type in the input field.

[Anakior]

You don't have more informations on the error in IE ? Do you see an error in the firefox javascript console ?

I have problem on ie too and don't have any error on firefox.

But i found what is causing some problem for me.

When i activate the /me command or the /slap and that someone use it on the chat, the chat stop functionning on ie.

The /me or /slap don't show on ie and the chat loaging forever without showing the text that follow.

If i delete the /me command or the /slap for the chat, the chat start to function again on ie.

No problem with firefox and i have firebug installed, he don't show anything so this is clearly ie that is in fault.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

Well, if you are in such a good mood.

I'd like to have a cron job that automatically saves the chats ever X hours and put them in an xml file somewhere in a folder of my webspace, and clears the chatbox.

And a maximum chars allowed to type in the input field.

Granted

Originally Posted by Anakior

I have problem on ie too and don't have any error on firefox.

But i found what is causing some problem for me.

When i activate the /me command or the /slap and that someone use it on the chat, the chat stop functionning on ie.

The /me or /slap don't show on ie and the chat loaging forever without showing the text that follow.

If i delete the /me command or the /slap for the chat, the chat start to function again on ie.

No problem with firefox and i have firebug installed, he don't show anything so this is clearly ie that is in fault.

Ok I'll investigate, thanks for these informations.

[tafreeh]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you tried adapting the mgc_cb_evo.css template ?

If i knew how to do that, i would definitely try that... so I need your guidance
Edit: btw, it does show the chatbox, but unable to post any messg and see any messg. take a look at the screenshot below
http://i46.tinypic.com/k30swm.png

[TeknoSounds]

Usually chatboxes are disabled in mobile styles due to incompatibility...

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by tafreeh

If i knew how to do that, i would definitely try that... so I need your guidance
Edit: btw, it does show the chatbox, but unable to post any messg and see any messg. take a look at the screenshot below
http://i46.tinypic.com/k30swm.png

Oh, hum can you check firefox javascript console coz there seems to be a js issue.

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

Usually chatboxes are disabled in mobile styles due to incompatibility...

You have an option to disable the chatbox in certain style (IT's impossible to autoguess that a style is a mobile one, there is no option or so defining that).