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

[TeknoSounds]

Originally Posted by w00ttastic

That's exactly the problem, I check "no" on "allow BBCode" for the usergroup and they can still use BBCode.

Hmm haven't played with the setting myself, just saw it was there, could be a bug in the code :-/

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by Jazzinto

Can someone help me with this that I have asked?

Hi,

What is the error you get? And did you set permissions if you mean you cant see the channel?

[Zombo]

hi I ave a strange problem:

When autocompletion is disabled, I cannot see tabs, even if tabs is enabled.

As soon as I turn on autocompletion, tabs appear.

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by Zombo

hi I ave a strange problem:

When autocompletion is disabled, I cannot see tabs, even if tabs is enabled.

As soon as I turn on autocompletion, tabs appear.

I did a test and I have the same problem.

Think it's a bug.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by gpc10347

What really baked my cookies was that if I opened Firefox, and removed the /me chat, I could refresh Explorer and all was well. Firefox showed the /me text perfectly in the chat window and in the Archive so it did get submitted ~ Explorer simply stalled on submission (Little animated circle did it's thing forever and other users were unable to chat (I asked, they too were on Explorer). Explorer would also return to a functional state if I disable the /me command.

Ok I mark this is in the bug list and will check it out.
Was this with any /me text or was there a specific text ?

Originally Posted by Jazzinto

Can someone help me with this that I have asked?

Well, please show a screenshot of what you did to create the channel

Originally Posted by w00ttastic

That's exactly the problem, I check "no" on "allow BBCode" for the usergroup and they can still use BBCode.

I'll mark this in the bug list and check it out.

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

I did a test and I have the same problem.

Think it's a bug.

Same

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by gpc10347

What really baked my cookies was that if I opened Firefox, and removed the /me chat, I could refresh Explorer and all was well. Firefox showed the /me text perfectly in the chat window and in the Archive so it did get submitted ~ Explorer simply stalled on submission (Little animated circle did it's thing forever and other users were unable to chat (I asked, they too were on Explorer). Explorer would also return to a functional state if I disable the /me command.

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok I mark this is in the bug list and will check it out.
Was this with any /me text or was there a specific text ?

Seems any text is accepted but not able to display with the other chats in IE. I typed test, 'test' with single quotes and "test" with double quotes just to try to figure out anything to make it work but once sent, the chat window in IE would freeze with only the refresh spinning icon continually spinning. Other users were obviously unable to chat until I deleted the chat with /me in it. Firefox displayed each with no problems.

Hope that helps and again, thank you.

[sybakaos]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum it's strange, do you get any similar error if you look into the firefox console ?

A node doesn't exist. FireFox is more forgiving when it comes to coding errors. The fix I've incorporated is as follows catching any error that may happen.

This fixes the /me and /slap and possibly any other display issues of special commands in IE.

mgc_cb_evo_functions.js

 try {
		/* Creation of the username column */
		nchattd	= document.createElement('td');
		nchattd.setAttribute('width','0');
		nchattd.setAttribute('align',mgc_cb_evo_left);
		nchattd.setAttribute('valign',mgc_cb_evo_chat_valign);
		nchattd.setAttribute('noWrap','nowrap');
		nchattd.style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
		nchattd.innerHTML = xmlnode.getElementsByTagName('col_uname')[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
		nchatrow.appendChild(nchattd);
 } catch(e) {
		/* Creation of the username column for IE */
		nchattd	= document.createElement('td');
		nchattd.setAttribute('width','0');
		nchattd.setAttribute('align',mgc_cb_evo_left);
		nchattd.setAttribute('valign',mgc_cb_evo_chat_valign);
		nchattd.setAttribute('noWrap','nowrap');
		nchattd.style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
		nchatrow.appendChild(nchattd);
}

[gpc10347]

Originally Posted by sybakaos

A node doesn't exist. FireFox is more forgiving when it comes to coding errors. The fix I've incorporated is as follows catching any error that may happen.

This fixes the /me and /slap and possibly any other display issues of special commands in IE.

... and verified as working.

(THANKS!)

I commented out lines 2104 through 2112 and inserted your code and Voila!, its working for both /me and /slaps...

Awesome

[VBDev]

Holy crap !! that's true why didn't I think about that earlier, those chats don't have a col for username

Well spotted thanks will incorporate the fix in this way or another

[TeknoSounds]

had a user report an issue on IE8 where he doesn't see the dropdown menu icon to the left of the username. Could this be related to the fix posted?