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

[nacaruncr]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Sounds like a server issue here. Have you checked the cpu usage?

No I didn't... but it's strange, because other web has it and it's working fine, in my web the messages load one by one when I refresh the page (f5).
I'll use this new version and I'll come back if I have the same problem
Regards and excuse me my english

[Ranger187]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

How do I activate the chatbox on Photopost Pro and vbadvanced? Photopost has the chatbox, but it will not load. Photopost is in a different directory than the forum.
vbadvanced has no chatbox visible.
I have variable option turned on and added mgc_cb_evo_var to the main vba options.

Does the chatbox need a certain hook location to appear under the navbar? I was only able to display the chatbox under the navbar at forum home, not in threads or forum display. On threads and forum display I needed to select another location. I suspect this is because I heavily modified my navbar.

I'm getting a lot of these:

CMS Integration (not included - separate product)
vBAdvanced CMPS
vBulletin 4 CMS

vBaDvanced is a separate product. It has been for a few releases. Photopost was never supported but since the CMS integration was added, external use/support was removed. I'm sure if you post on http://www.mgcproducts.com and request photopost integration, he will either add it, or make it a module.

[Skyrider]

Re-installed previous (older) version. It seems the pages are messed up with the chatbox enabled. Regardless which page you go to, it always goes to page 1 of any thread. Also noticed a huge increase in server load.

[grzywa92]

Hello, and the plug can be set so that the receiving private messages opened tab itself?
or to be notified with private messages us in some way?

[1F42]

Ok im on 3.8.7 and after reading through I saw a bug with the pm channel 2 versions ago so I disabled it and now the chatbox displays! wasn't this fixed?

[AusPhotography]

3.3.0 working fine on our vB4.2.0 system - we only use it for Moderators.

Thanks!

[ChiNa]

The small buttons beside each username, on its left side to configure the chat and options to edit chat! The buttons is not working! When I click on it nothing happends.....nothing pops up or showess.. What is the problem here?

I did disable ajax and a lot more,, but still same..

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

The dropdown functions do not work in FF15. The position is misplaced.

Can you post a screenshot of the exact position issue ?

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Here is a screenshot of the help box: http://awesomescreenshot.com/050iveyd9

Hum Not seing really the problem here.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

The WGO display of chat chats is only visible to users who can access the chat. I want to show it to all users. Where can I change the setting?

Ain't possible, it's not meant to. You'd have to require that permission to be added.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Chat doesn't load on low bandwidth mobile connections. Its a frequent complaint. But as bandwidth availability is increasing and phones are getting better, the complaints are slowly decreasing a bit. Would still be very nice to see a solution to this.

Well the chats doesn't load or the chatbox itself ?

Originally Posted by 1F42

No the fact you have not ioncube has nothing to do...

Check in your admincp in Forum Blocks if you see the notification bloc ?

What are they? I don't see anything called forum blocks, Im using VB 3.8.7

Oh sorry, do you have non reverted chatbox templates ?

Originally Posted by grzywa92

Hello, and the plug can be set so that the receiving private messages opened tab itself?
or to be notified with private messages us in some way?

Nope ain't implemented.

Originally Posted by ChiNa-Man

The small buttons beside each username, on its left side to configure the chat and options to edit chat! The buttons is not working! When I click on it nothing happends.....nothing pops up or showess.. What is the problem here?

I did disable ajax and a lot more,, but still same..

You mean the dropdown icon ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by 1F42

Ok im on 3.8.7 and after reading through I saw a bug with the pm channel 2 versions ago so I disabled it and now the chatbox displays! wasn't this fixed?

Well not sure :/

Chatbox is small when you enable this right ?

[1F42]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well not sure :/

Chatbox is small when you enable this right ?

Yes , it stays small/collapsed and will not expand while the PM channel is activated and it is impossible to see or use the chatbox. All is ok when this is switched off , but of course I can not then use the PM feature then which we use a lot. this seems to be connected with the "removal of the PM chat in the main channel"

So have gone back to 3.0.0 hoping for a fix or a pointer where to edit