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

[wiz569]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok well replace the multiple occurences of :

nchattd.innerHTML = xmlnode.getElementsByTagName('col_uname')[0].firstChild.nodeValue;

By :

		if (xmlnode.getElementsByTagName('col_uname')[0].firstChild != null)
		{
			nchattd.innerHTML = xmlnode.getElementsByTagName('col_uname')[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
		}
		else
		{
			nchattd.innerHTML = '';
		}

That should fix it, let me know please.

Originally Posted by wiz569

Cheers m8 that seems to have worked a treat,at least on my test site

Will try the main site now for a while and let you know definitively,

Many thanks m8.

Just to let you know this is now working flawlessly on my main site,
thanks for your help m8

[Hauk]

Originally Posted by kronnos

Wow, I got a whole bunch of error codes when i did that.

Warning: Error in parsing value for 'font-weight'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/
Line: 329
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Warning: Unknown property 'font-color'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/
Line: 401
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'font-weight'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/
Line: 402
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Warning: Unknown property 'font-color'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/
Line: 412
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'font-weight'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/
Line: 413
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'width'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...idget-skin.css
Line: 9
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'margin-left'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...idget-skin.css
Line: 14
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Warning: Unknown property '-moz-opacity'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...idget-skin.css
Line: 24
-----------
Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...idget-skin.css
Line: 24
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'padding'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 40
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Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 54
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Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 59
-----------
Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 76
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Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 92
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Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 132
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Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 139
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://www.mysite.com/mgc_cb_evo/cli...atbox_tabs.css
Line: 159
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Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://yui.yahooapis.com/combo?2.7.0...sam/button.css
Line: 7

AND 2 more of exact same message after...
-----------
Warning: Expected declaration but found '*'. Skipped to next declaration.
Source File: http://yui.yahooapis.com/combo?2.7.0...sam/button.css
Line: 7

AND 9 more of exact same message after...
----------------
Warning: Expected declaration but found '*'. Skipped to next declaration.
Source File: http://yui.yahooapis.com/combo?2.7.0...sam/button.css
Line: 14

AND 7 more of exact same message after...
----------------

Those are warnings, it should be a js error thats stopping it from loading, if thats all you have then it should be loading...

[IndyParts]

I just got done loading this and the install went great, but I am having the same issue where it is getting stuck on the loading. I have setup permissions and made he mod to add the VAR line to the mgc_cb_evo_functions.js with the same results. Any other ideas?

[kronnos]

Originally Posted by Hauk

Those are warnings, it should be a js error thats stopping it from loading, if thats all you have then it should be loading...

Yep, no js error. The strange thing is that it doesn't even seen to be loading when Loading is displayed. I remember in other versions, when it was loading "Loading..." the 3 after dots were blinking to tell you it was loading. Now its just stayes there as "Loading...", I can hightlight it and copy, it even shows the word "Loading..." when i look at the source code via firefox.

Originally Posted by IndyParts

I just got done loading this and the install went great, but I am having the same issue where it is getting stuck on the loading. I have setup permissions and made he mod to add the VAR line to the mgc_cb_evo_functions.js with the same results. Any other ideas?

Seem the same as my issue.

[Barteh]

Would it somehow be possible to allow [url] tags, but none of the other formatting bbcode?
In fact, I'd love to have the chatbox automatically recognise and convert URLs the way the normal post box does.

*EDIT* must've overlooked the URL BBcode toggle. Still, automatic recognition would be a great addition.

[darsalles]

I imported the english xml, but there still phrases on French. Like the options on AdminCP and a text on the input field of the chat:

"Entrez votre chat" :S

[hoof]

I would love to hear how everyone is using the bot. I have been testing/playing with it and having fun

What type of questions are you using?

[will555559]

Originally Posted by darsalles

I imported the english xml, but there still phrases on French. Like the options on AdminCP and a text on the input field of the chat:

"Entrez votre chat" :S

Admin CP > MGC Chatbox Evo > Chats Formatting > Message to display in the input field on page load.

[darsalles]

Thanks now working

[ScornMan]

Maybe this is a dumb question but i got this working but for some reason the buttons don't have images. where exactly am I supposed to install the images in my directory?