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

[Winter Sonata]

LoL : - ) everything has been mixed here ))))

Well, My main problem is that when I install the Sb it works for 2 days and then the page where it display can't open ,,, could you please explain to me again what may cause that ?

[VBDev]

Well I don't know, hard to say that doesn't give any clue.

Do you have access to your logs server ? (Apache/Php/mysql ones ?)

[tafreeh]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hi,

I think that the problem is that the Js seems to be bugging as you stay stuck in loading stage.
Could you trace with firebug the JS queries which are performed to see if you get any error ?

If you don't know how to do it, please send me a test account to your forum by PM.

Cl?ment

pm sent to you

[ishare]

thank you so much for the wonderful hack

[AusPhotography]

Excellent product. We are trialling it with our admins and mods only for now.

Found a bug in the 3.0.0 product file re: paths... (xmlnew is my version)
(UserCP / Edit Options did a dummy spit)

diff product-mgc_cb_evo.xml product-mgc_cb_evo.xmlnew
3708c3708
<                       require_once(DIR . '/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php');
---
>                       require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_display.php');
3736c3736
<                               require_once(DIR . '/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php');
---
>                               require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_misc.php');

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by tafreeh

pm sent to you

I have been able to test, the problem is that YUI is disabled on your mobile theme or not loaded in the same way causing the global YAHOO var of the YUI environment to be missing.

Consequently you get that error, there is nothing when really can do on that one because the YUI is not loaded. I think it's for load reason and also because you don't have much javascript in that style ?

Originally Posted by snoopytas

Excellent product. We are trialling it with our admins and mods only for now.

Found a bug in the 3.0.0 product file re: paths... (xmlnew is my version)
(UserCP / Edit Options did a dummy spit)

diff product-mgc_cb_evo.xml product-mgc_cb_evo.xmlnew
3708c3708
<                       require_once(DIR . '/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_display.php');
---
>                       require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_display.php');
3736c3736
<                               require_once(DIR . '/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php');
---
>                               require_once(DIR . '/mgc_cb_evo/classes/class_misc.php');

Not sure how to read your diff, I am not familiar with diff output.

The right path is mgc_cb_evo/classes, I changed it in the new version.

[nando99]

big thread so i'm not sure if it's been mentioned or if its right in my face and i just missed it but is there any way to limit the font color ability to certain user groups only?

thanks in advance

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by nando99

big thread so i'm not sure if it's been mentioned or if its right in my face and i just missed it but is there any way to limit the font color ability to certain user groups only?

thanks in advance

Yes its possible, check usergroup permissions and look for "Can us the BBCODE (if active)".

[yaghoub]

this is the best chat room . very very thanks

[nando99]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

Yes its possible, check usergroup permissions and look for "Can us the BBCODE (if active)".

ah, duh! thanks...

problem, some members have already set their colors and it doesn't remove them - it just doesn't give them the option to change it again... or change it back...

anyway i can reset it so that it goes back 2 default?