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

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by jgruberman

I looked and looked and looked AND looked...

How the heck does this get on the top of all pages? I've tried all different options, changing the global_start, just about anything I can think of.

Is there a solution buried here that I missed?

In options "Display and position" its the top 2 options. Select in that dropdown menu "above the forums". And you should be seeing them at the top of all pages.

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

Possible bug?

Searching for * (asterisk) gives x 30

The * (asterisk) has a 'purpose' in the programming language php.

Try this:

\*

[StarBuG]

Thanks

StarBuG

[AWS3]

thanks fot the chatbox..., but configuration could be easier....

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by ti07shadow

lets see

+. Multiple Users unable to see all chats
+. Users get the following error


On Line 358

Open the mgc_cb_evo.php file, at line 358 search for :

PHP Code:

if (!$hasaccess && !empty($vbulletin->userinfo['membergroupids'])) 


Replace it by :

PHP Code:

if (!$hasaccess && is_array($channel['usergroupids']) && !empty($vbulletin->userinfo['membergroupids'])) 


Originally Posted by Chewy954

how would I go about creating a custom command for this version? I used to use <1.0 which had built in custom commands, not sure how I'd add it here.

Yep there was in that earlier version but as almost no users used it I removed it to simplify the install process.

What you can do is have a look at the code and tell me locations you could be interested to have hooks and I could consider adding them ?

Originally Posted by Datenpapst

any possiblity to show specific channels only for specific languages?

No the chatbox doesn't allow that but that's pretty interesting, I am adding this to the request list.

Originally Posted by ebt

Whenever I try to change my profile options the shoutbox completely disappears off the forum index. I have installed and uninstalled numerous times and this keeps happening.

Do you see chatbox options in your usercp options ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by DragonlordP

OK, here's my problem:
I have two styles installed, one white and one black. At the beginning, a user's font in the chatroom looks white if you have the black style and black if you have the white style, just like it should be. Now, if the user goes to his control panel and changes the color and then changes back to "use default color", it becomes black - or whatever color is set as default in that user's usergroup permissions. This means that users with the black style can't see what he's writing. I've currently set the default color to green, so that it's visible in both styles, but I'd like to get it to work like it should - white on black, black on white.
Also, is there a way to exclude specific colors from the users selection? So that I can exclude black and white (or any color that isn't viewable in both styles)?
Thanks in advance, great piece of software.

Hum, I'll mark this as a bug it's odd, I'll have a look.

I'll also add an option to specify the colors allowed in the chatbox.

Originally Posted by Gn_Snake

Hello,
I have the same problem I had with the previous version for vb3.x then resolved with a patch.
Chat if I write a word with the accent, the chat does not write the message, but remains on standby

What can be?

What was that patch ?

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

The * (asterisk) has a 'purpose' in the programming language php.

Yes but that shouldn't fire an error I should have string processing to avoid that.
Adding this to bug list.

[Alfa1]

Some of my members discovered an exploit of this mod which allows anyone to find and access all channels, regardless of the permission settings. This is because all the buttons do is:

javascript:display_channel(1);

There are no additional permissions checks and anyone can access our staff chat. All private communication in such channels are in the open.

So all a user has to do is type 'javascript:void(display_channel(1));' in the browser and replace the number 1 by another number, and they are in another channel.

I am still on 2.4.2 though. Has this been fixed in the latest version?

[viader]

I have encountered a strange problem - I have set the number of days to keep chats in archive to 3 days but after one day all chats get deleted. I reinstalled the Chatbox EVO (but it didn't helped), and my vbulletin is newest version 4.0.4 patch 1

[elteejay]

I have a dark theme and I'm getting the following bug.

When the user select a color from his usercp and then changes back to default the chats takes black as default color and thus could be bearly unreadable in dark styles.

Any tips or fixes for this? I attempted to reupload the files to reinstall, but that did nothing.

I'm using vb 3.8.5

[Jollyware]

Installed and Admin CP is fine, just a quick question, how do i get this to show on my forum. For some reason the chatbox is not showing.

Im guessing thats its gonna be an easy fix, but I just cant figure it out.

Thanks for your help.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Some of my members discovered an exploit of this mod which allows anyone to find and access all channels, regardless of the permission settings. This is because all the buttons do is:

javascript:display_channel(1);

There are no additional permissions checks and anyone can access our staff chat. All private communication in such channels are in the open.

So all a user has to do is type 'javascript:void(display_channel(1));' in the browser and replace the number 1 by another number, and they are in another channel.

I am still on 2.4.2 though. Has this been fixed in the latest version?

Hum I have never been aware of that !
When you say that you enter this in your browser, how do you do it ?

That could be fixed by putting an ajax call to check channel switch permissions. I'll mark this as a bug once you tell me exactly how to reproduce it.

Originally Posted by elteejay

I have a dark theme and I'm getting the following bug.

When the user select a color from his usercp and then changes back to default the chats takes black as default color and thus could be bearly unreadable in dark styles.

Any tips or fixes for this? I attempted to reupload the files to reinstall, but that did nothing.

I'm using vb 3.8.5

Known bug, will be adressed in next version.

Originally Posted by Jollyware

Installed and Admin CP is fine, just a quick question, how do i get this to show on my forum. For some reason the chatbox is not showing.

Im guessing thats its gonna be an easy fix, but I just cant figure it out.

Thanks for your help.

Have you set usergroup permissions ?