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]

Originally Posted by xHLHx Darkskilz

I uploaded the EN file and still everything is in france, so i really dont know what to do.

Any idee what i did wrong?
Thanks

Do i need to comfirm anywhere that i want to use this language?

No normally importing the language file is just what you have to do

Originally Posted by donal

I have installed version 0.3.0 and it is working fine.

However I am not able to install the commands. Can you pls explain how should I add those commands.

I am not able to locate 'Command management system" for importing the xml files as mentioned in your command readme file.

It's in the admincp. You have the manage commands menu link in the chatbox evo menu.

Originally Posted by Inferno Dragon

How do I get rig of channels? I am unable to find any "channel disable" option :S I want a simple shoutbox..

PS: It's a great hack anyway nice update for vb3.7

Thanks,

You can't hide the general channel button currently.

Originally Posted by zero_ZX

aw the shoutbox/chat doesnt display on my forum home, or any were els

Have you correctly set usergroup permissions ?

Originally Posted by yotsume

REQUEST: Text To Represent Links

Request: Is there a way to change some code so when you click the create link button it will not only ask for the url but ask for text to represent the link.

Problem: longer links 100% break the theme layout especially in the vbadvanced block making it so a horizontal scroll bar show.

Solution: If there was a feature to have text hyper-linked instead of showing the actual url that would fix this and make links in the chatbox look so much better.

Explination: So a link would show like this: Evo for vBadvanced CMPS instead of like this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=169965

It's possible to modify the popup thing yes.

However, if the user paste a link "as is" in the chatbox there is nothing I can do.

[VBDev]

* Thanks to morrow for his donation

[xHLHx Darkskilz]

I uploaded the ''lang'' EN and everything is still France.

Do you need to give it a special name on something?

[donal]

When I ban a member, a PM is being send to him and I can see him in the banned list.

But he is still able to chat.

[yotsume]

Refresh Errors Gone: So if my chatbox refresh rate is set to say 10 I get all those errors I have posted here. I changed the refresh rate to 20 and no longer get any errors.

So what code can I change or add to get the link button to include text and the url please. I understand that if a user posts a url they will still be able to counter this. I still need it for my mods though.

THANKS!

[papill0n]

Originally Posted by donal

When I ban a member, a PM is being send to him and I can see him in the banned list.

But he is still able to chat.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=721

Fix will be included in VBDev's next update

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by xHLHx Darkskilz

I uploaded the ''lang'' EN and everything is still France.

Do you need to give it a special name on something?

You have not followed instructions correctly.

You were supposed to overwrite english language with the file I provide not create a new one

Don't worry, the overwrite doesn't mean overwriting everything but just adding the phrases to the english languagE.

Originally Posted by yotsume

Refresh Errors Gone: So if my chatbox refresh rate is set to say 10 I get all those errors I have posted here. I changed the refresh rate to 20 and no longer get any errors.

So what code can I change or add to get the link button to include text and the url please. I understand that if a user posts a url they will still be able to counter this. I still need it for my mods though.

THANKS!

It's not a so simple bit of code, I haven't thought at it yet so won't be able to provide you with one.

I won't be able to work on it before 2 or 3 weeks sorry.

[atlambros83]

sooo, I just got an email saying the file was updated but the version hasn't changed....has something new been added or did i get the email by mistake?

[VBDev]

The file was updated for italian language purpose

[softvnzla]

Add where Custom Rewrite Rules for vBSeo? in htacces¿

thanks