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

[goxy63]

Ok got it, need to click fricken "GO" button and edit those usergroup permissions

My bad, blind bad

Thanks mate

[will555559]

Originally Posted by goxy63

Ok got it, need to click fricken "GO" button and edit those usergroup permissions

My bad, blind bad

Thanks mate

No problem.

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by goxy63

Ok got it, need to click fricken "GO" button and edit those usergroup permissions

My bad, blind bad

Thanks mate

Yes there was the permssions for that.

I use the command /pm uname AndHereITypeTheUserName
the "/pm uname" is a constant factor. The only thing that changes (not necessarily if you keep pming the same person) is "AndHereITypeTheUserName".

That way its just faster than using the mouse.

[Chalex4]

I've managed to get this working perfectly on vbadvanced with a couple of extra css tweaks (removing extra space and border):

http://www.atkcommunity.com/

It's exactly what we needed, so thanks very much VBDev. Feel free to use my site as a "demo" in the first post if you want.

[Winter Sonata]

any help

VBDev, after installing for 1 day , the next day I see only the word 'Loading' in the SB and then my site down for a blank page , when I disable the chat it works ...I know reinstall will help but this is the 2nd time it happened and I want to know why? any tips I badly need it

[da420]

After installing this, the chatbox itself seems to work fine; however, I get the following error when any of my users go in and try to edit their user options.

Warning: Unknown([path]/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/profile.php(4288) : eval()'d code on line 8

Fatal error: (null)() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxx/public_html/forum/profile.php(4288) : eval()'d code on line 8

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

EDIT: Nevermind, this fixed it: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=6367

[tafreeh]

if I banned somebody by using "/ban on uname user_username" they gets unbanned automatically after some hours...

Why is that?

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by tafreeh

if I banned somebody by using "/ban on uname user_username" they gets unbanned automatically after some hours...

Why is that?

It's a cron job. If you ban someone, after x hours the ban will be removed. Where x hours the time is you have set for the ban.

Go to scheduled tasks in your forums admin panel options.

Also look at the /ban command how exactly it works.

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by Winter Sonata

any help

Did you do a fresh install or an upgrade of the chatbox?

[Winter Sonata]

after installing for 1 day , the next day I see only the word 'Loading' in the SB and then my site down for a blank page , when I disable the chat it works ...I know reinstall will help but this is the 2nd time it happened and I want to know why? any tips I badly need it..

I have also v2BShout but I am disabling it .... I guess the matter relating to some options which I edited but can''t recognize what is it