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

[Crotan]

Thanks for constantly updating this with bug fixes, I'm anxiously following along.

[War Machine]

HELP ME! I can't disable chat!!! When i try it, my forum is blank!!! I want disable chat please!!!

[grasshopper1983]

working great!

request for next update....
bot can do /announcement

greetz hopper

[grasshopper1983]

New registrations (not included - separate product)

where can i find it?

greetz hopper

[Schoelle]

Originally Posted by grasshopper1983

New registrations (not included - separate product)

where can i find it?

http://www.mgcproducts.com/icart.php?do=showcat&catid=6

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by exxxir

here is error log:

[07-Apr-2012 11:17:58] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function can_view() on a non-object in /home/*********/forum/mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php on line 127

That error is abnormal.
Are all files correctly uploaded in your ftp ?

Originally Posted by War Machine

HELP ME! I can't disable chat!!! When i try it, my forum is blank!!! I want disable chat please!!!

What have you done exactly coz honestly with so few explanations it's hard to help...

Originally Posted by grasshopper1983

working great!


request for next update....
bot can do /announcement

greetz hopper

What did you mean by bot can do announcement ?

[grasshopper1983]

i mean:

Bot = Userid

Question? = [announcement1]

Answer: /announcement "my annoucement1"

now it is typing it just into the chat and doesnt set the announcement1

hope you understand....(sorry for bad englisch)

and hope it is posible to do...

greetz hopper

[leejohn02]

tried to uninstall due to server load, but when i try to update my usergroups im getting an error

every time i update the admin settings im getting an error posted below, can anyone tell me how i can fix this as i have uninstalled the chatbox already but it still shows in the list of the yes/no boxes

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.10:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
`title` = 'Coders',
`description` = '',
`usertitle` = 'Coder',
`opentag` = '<span class=\"white-shadow\">',
`closetag` = '</span>',
`passwordexpires` = '0',
`passwordhistory` = '0',
`ces_parser_permissions` = '984831',
`forumpermissions` = '16777215',
`genericpermissions` = '1609506507',
`pmquota` = '1000',
`pmpermissions` = '7',
`pmsendmax` = '0',
`pmthrottlequantity` = '0',
`mgc_cb_evo_permissions` = '0',
`mgc_cb_evo_refreshrate` = '30',
`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_show` = '',
`mgc_cb_evo_nbmsg_perday_show` = '',
`mgc_cb_evo_nbthreads_perday_show` = '0',
`mgc_cb_evo_max_chats_perday` = '0',
`dbtech_statuspermissions` = '18',
`attachlimit` = '0',
`calendarpermissions` = '61',
`wolpermissions` = '15',
`adminpermissions` = '3',
`genericpermissions2` = '1',
`genericoptions` = '62',
`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
`avatarmaxwidth` = '120',
`avatarmaxheight` = '120',
`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
`signaturepermissions` = '507903',
`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
`sigpicmaxsize` = '10000',
`sigmaxrawchars` = '1000',
`sigmaxchars` = '500',
`sigmaxlines` = '0',
`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
`sigmaximages` = '4',
`sigmaxvideos` = '1',
`albumpermissions` = '255',
`albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
`albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
`albummaxpics` = '100',
`albummaxsize` = '0',
`usercsspermissions` = '191',
`visitormessagepermissions` = '63',
`socialgrouppermissions` = '262143',
`maximumsocialgroups` = '5',
`groupiconmaxsize` = '65535',
`dbtech_vbactivitypermissions` = '2'
WHERE usergroupid=7;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'mgc_cb_evo_permissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Saturday, April 14th 2012 @ 06:37:34 PM
Error Date : Saturday, April 14th 2012 @ 06:37:34 PM
Script : http://www.pureglitching.com/admincp....php?do=update
Referrer : http://www.pureglitching.com/admincp...&usergroupid=7
IP Address : 82.7.217.52
Username : Glitch_Guru
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community-log

and the evo chatbox list still displays in there can you please tell me how to remove

[leejohn02]

i thought this was meant to be supported help still no reply??

[furst]

is it possible to exclude specific usergroups from the general channel??