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

[VBDev]

About style and language options, this is a reported bug, I am working on bugs.
Should be releasing an update in the coming 2 weeks.

About your error, the code you point out is not chatbox related, except perhaps the end. Seems like you didn't give the whole error, could you please post the full text of it ?

[faraz_hamza]

Originally Posted by VBDev

About style and language options, this is a reported bug, I am working on bugs.
Should be releasing an update in the coming 2 weeks.

About your error, the code you point out is not chatbox related, except perhaps the end. Seems like you didn't give the whole error, could you please post the full text of it ?

thx for your kind reply sir,
chat box is displaying now. Just i wasnt Set the permission of the Forum.
a sugguestion:
Kindly suguest the Users about to Set the user group permission 1st. or Set the administrator permission as yes to view the chat box.

thx sir,

[VBDev]

I found the reason of the bug in the Style and language options, so this will be fixed in the next release.

I think it's stated in the readme to set the usergroup permissions at the end of the install process.

[NomNomNom]

Originally Posted by zstewart

Well getting the good old.

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

again and the chat is stuck on loading...

Hi,

I think I get the same problem as reported here. The chat window is displayed but gets stuck with the 'Loading...' prompt. If you try to post a chat, it goes to another page with a 'Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing' message.

We are using vBulletin 3.1.9 and MGC Chatbox Evo 3.2.1

Templates have minor modification, but only so far as changing site logo and removing the 'What going on' box. I tried reverting the changes, but it did not help.

I have checked the Diagnostics -> Problematic Webserver Modules section, but it shows no issue against mod_security (mod_security, AJAX Unicode Issue, No).

I have also tried clearing the vBulletin cache, but it does not help.

Has anybody else come across this problem or have any advice as to what to try next?

Any advice is appreciated. Many thanks...

[VBDev]

Hum, you shouldn't be redirected when posting a chat.

Have you ever used firebug extension in Firefox ? To track any js error.
You'd have to configure it to stop on errors.

And see if you get one. Otherwise I could do it for you if you give me a test account on your forum by PM.

[Skyrider]

Installed new version:

/init_startup.php requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so to be installed by the website operator. If you are the website operator please use the ionCube Loader Wizard to assist with installation.

Completely broke the entire forum.... >_>, ugh.. completely had to disable the plugin.

[VBDev]

Yeah you need ionCube loader to get the chatbox running.

You should ask your host, any good host will install it for you
It's perhaps even installed but not active, what's your host ?

[wickedstangs]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I found the reason of the bug in the Style and language options, so this will be fixed in the next release.

I think it's stated in the readme to set the usergroup permissions at the end of the install process.

awesome.. Thanks for all your hard work...

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Yeah you need ionCube loader to get the chatbox running.

You should ask your host, any good host will install it for you
It's perhaps even installed but not active, what's your host ?

Our host installed it, though I do have to say he wasn't happy about it..

Here are a few quotes from him:

I've installed it, but I'm not really happy with this. There's no guarantee this will survive even a single PHP update.

and

But you might consider contacting the creator of the chatbox and informing him what a nuisance the encryption is.

[VBDev]

I can understand your host, having to work is a pain in the ass

It's easy for him to say that encryption is a nuisance but hosts aren't subject to people wrong behavior and piracy, so easy to say so