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

[hype901]

Installed and it took down my site with this error:

Warning: include([path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/init_startup.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/init.php(336) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/init_startup.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5_3/lib/php') in [path]/includes/init.php(336) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include([path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/fetch_userinfo_query.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions.php(1855) : eval()'d code on line 68

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/fetch_userinfo_query.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5_3/lib/php') in [path]/includes/functions.php(1855) : eval()'d code on line 68

Warning: include([path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/global_bootstrap_init_start.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(103) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/global_bootstrap_init_start.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5_3/lib/php') in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(103) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include([path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/global_start.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/mgc_cb_evo/plugins/global_start.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5_3/lib/php') in [path]/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5615) in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4513

[hype901]

Okay .. fixed it

So how do I enable the bot?

[hype901]

So how do I enable slash commands?

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by hype901

So how do I enable slash commands?

IN the options. Add them to the usergroups you want.

[grzywa92]

what i can disable stats in forumhome , i uncheck in options , but i can se all time this statistics.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by sybakaos

The file mgc_cb_evo/plugins/fetch_userinfo_query.php contains an error

PHP Code:

<?
$hook_query_fields .= ",mgcugp.mgc_cb_evo_default_color,mgcugp.mgc_cb_evo_chanid";
$hook_query_joins  .= " LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup AS mgcugp ON (user.usergroupid=mgcugp.usergroupid) ";
?>

You should add 'php' after the opening tag (<?php). It will fix a lot of issues users are having related to the permanent 'loading...' issues and is coding wise best practice.

Yeah this has already been reported to me and got fixed in the next release.

Cl?ment

[WFB]

For those with the loading issue, that this dev has never sorted, it is an easy fix.

Either enable short_open_tag in PHP (via php.ini), or, open up the file fetch_userinfo_query.php in mgc_cb_evo\plugins folder and on the first line replace <? with <?PHP and save it.

That will fix the main loading issue where no chats are displayed, only the loading message is displayed and or loading gif is spinning and chats are viewable in archives only.

WFB

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by WFB

For those with the loading issue, that this dev has never sorted, it is an easy fix.

Either enable short_open_tag in PHP (via php.ini), or, open up the file fetch_userinfo_query.php in mgc_cb_evo\plugins folder and on the first line replace <? with <?PHP and save it.

That will fix the main loading issue where no chats are displayed, only the loading message is displayed and or loading gif is spinning and chats are viewable in archives only.

WFB

Or it's mod security. And he HAS it fixed for the next release. Thanks.

[WFB]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Or it's mod security. And he HAS it fixed for the next release. Thanks.

A quick note on main page would possibly save people a lot of hassle and not have them uninstalling left right and centre for past year or so. This has been an issue for a LONG time, next release is ok, but an issue that has been on and off for well over a year is not so good.

But THANKS for your input letting me know, and others, on page 548 that HE HAS it fixed for the next release, sterling job, I am sure he appreciates you doing that for him.

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by WFB

A quick note on main page would possibly save people a lot of hassle and not have them uninstalling left right and centre for past year or so. This has been an issue for a LONG time, next release is ok, but an issue that has been on and off for well over a year is not so good.

But THANKS for your input letting me know, and others, on page 548 that HE HAS it fixed for the next release, sterling job, I am sure he appreciates you doing that for him.

The loading issue wasn't because of the open tag, and the open tag issue was only from the past few releases. Save your snide comments for another site. Thanks.