Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox (with AJAX)

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

Description

When I had left the vBulletin world, I was in the past the co-author of a little chatbox (shoutbox), very well known in the vBulletin world.
This chatbox had been developed by Svaliotti (known as Poseidon on vb.org) for vB2 in the past and I had made the porterage (with is authorisation as we were both members of the same french non-official support forum) and the improvement for vB3.

It is thus normal that in my return in the vBulletin world, I begin by getting down to this hack. Even if several versions of chatbox are already present in the vBulletin world, I said to myself that it would be a good thing to make a made in France.

Naturally, I don't deal with a "copy" version of the other chatbox, I have any coded at the beginning (it was preferable because the front code wasn't so clean any more), and I integrated a good quantity of very interesting features.

New version features

The new version contains all the features from the previous version. Description of these versions can be found in Sofia's post hereabove (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1257510&postcount=3).

Modifications from previous version are the following :

• 1.5 :
  • Fixed bugs :
    • Chatbox is shown two times in full page mode when the Display on all pages under the navbar option is selected.
    • "Fermer" is not in a sentence.
    • Overflow problem with Netscape.
    • Uppercase transformed to lowercase in the PM channel.
    • The ban cron debans user indefinitly banned.
    • Chatbox continuously loading on some forums.
    • Inactivity and guests problem.
    • Team icon blinking is not working properly.
    • Coma error in the who is online.
    • 2 spaces instead of one between the date and the time.
  • New functionnalities :
    • Option to deactivate the random smilies.
    • Option to deactivate the automatic PM sending when banning a user.
    • New permission to allow or not the downloading of shouts.
    • Option to specify the name under which unregistered users shouts appear.
    • Syntax change for the /ban, /ignore, /del, /pm commands : Possibility to use them with the username or the userid (For more information about the new syntax, check the help button in the chatbox).
  • Removed functionnalities :
    • vBAdvanced integration [TEMPORARLY] => See this for integration with this version https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628

This hack is very light in term of queries : only one for every recharging / refreshment of the chatbox and 5 for the statistics in the load of the page if you actiate them. If you don't activate advanced options of course as stated aside each in the acp

Installation

Read the file "Installation" in the pack.

Once the installation is ended, go in usergroups and edit permissions to see the Chatbox.

By default, no group has access to the chatbox.

Screenshots

The screenshots are in french as I have made it on an online website which is in french. Don't hesitate to give me new one if you want in english

They are up to date of 1.3 version.

See the following post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1292136&postcount=559

User manual

Coming soon ...

Copyright

This hack is under copyright MGC (Mtor&Grog Corporation) 2007-forever and was developed for vBulletin-Resources.com & vb-hacks.org. Its redistribution on another forum that vbulletin-ressources.com, vb-hacks.org or vbulletin.org are prohibited without aggreement of the authors!

Evolutions and improvements

This sixth version of the chatbox is already very complete, but like each product, its evolution depends on all. Then don't hesitate especially to share your ideas of improvements so that we can improve even more this chatbox.

Languages

Actually available :

1. French
2. English
3. Arabic [Translator : alessai]
4. German [Translator : captainslater]
5. Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
6. Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
7. Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

1. Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']For the translators : phrases with version number 1.5 in the English language file are the one that have been modified or added in the new version so you should probably find the modification for your language file easily.[/font]

Contact me if you want to participate and add your own country language file

Support

Several possible problems are explained in the file "Read Me"
Chatbox in iBProarcade and vBadvanced CMPS

See the readme file for iBProarcade.

For vbadvanced, a module is available here : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628.

FAQ

Q: I installed the chatbox but it doesn't display
R: Check if you have allowed users (permissions in usergroups)

Q: I see shouts but in the collapsed chatbox
R: You can specify number of shouts in the collapsed chatbox. If you don't want to see it, put "0" for this option.

Q: The chatbox doesn't display below or in the top of one of the pages while in the other position it displays
R: You use a style and it's possible that variables used in templates aren't present. (Read the file "Read Me")

Q: I have a problem with accents in the Chatbox
R: Read the file "Read Me"

Q: How to change the value of color for date and for command /me?
R: When you add additionnal CSS for each style, you can change color in class CSS.

Thanks to Sofia for her earlier help on the chatbox.

You can donate if you want to show your support

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

[dirty68]

Originally Posted by Eddie Raps

What about users who want to change their colored text for their whole time shouting. Like, user a wants to always type in blue font... does he have to select color=blue every time?

No he picks it from his profile, profile options, and it stays there with the font the user pick untill they want to change it

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by dirty68

Have you sorted out a fix for me yet Dev?

No sorry, I have to but I spend my evening on a new product for my forum and haven't had time to do it.

I'll try to make it before the end of the week.

Originally Posted by captainslater

They tried both. You could read this issue on vbhacks-germany.org for your own.

Yup I have answered by there, I think it's the same issue as dirty68 is encoutering

[weedheaven]

Originally Posted by VBDev

If you activate the bbcode url then they will be parsed

What do you mean with this?

[VBDev]

I mean that if you activate the bbcode url in the chatbox option, links will be automatically parsed and will then be clickable

[chillingcafe]

I am trying to install 1.2 Version.

I have a small error here while i edit the Additional CSS

When i try to add this

/** DEBUT MGC CHATBOX **/
.mgc_cb_date {
color : #555555;
}

.mgc_cb_me {
color : #FF0000;
}
/** FIN MGC CHATBOX **/

It gives an error saying
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Bad arguments. in /admincp/css.php on line 103

Rebuild Style Information
Updating Style Information for '' and child styles...

...
Fatal error: Invalid styleid specified in /includes/adminfunctions_template.php on line 327

[bobbaf3nn]

I'm sorry if this has been posted already guys - i have search but it didn't find anything similar to my problem.

Anyways...

When i got to http://www.mysite.com the chatbox loads fine, bu if i got to http://mysite.com (without the www.) the chatbox fails to load. It just says loading and the vb spinning progress icon appears.

I've figured out that if i change the Forum URL in the vBulletin main options so that it doesn't have the www. part in the url then the problem reverses itself.

Hopefully that make sense to you all....please help

P.S mysite.com isn't my site, lol i've just used it as an example.

[weedheaven]

Originally Posted by VBDev

I mean that if you activate the bbcode url in the chatbox option, links will be automatically parsed and will then be clickable

Ah thanks now i found the option at Shouts formatting

[Roxie]

Just upgraded and shoutbox still works fine on main page, but just shows loading message on showthread. Any ideas?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by chillingcafe

I am trying to install 1.2 Version.

I have a small error here while i edit the Additional CSS

When i try to add this

/** DEBUT MGC CHATBOX **/
.mgc_cb_date {
color : #555555;
}

.mgc_cb_me {
color : #FF0000;
}
/** FIN MGC CHATBOX **/

It gives an error saying
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Bad arguments. in /admincp/css.php on line 103

Rebuild Style Information
Updating Style Information for '' and child styles...

...
Fatal error: Invalid styleid specified in /includes/adminfunctions_template.php on line 327

Do you have removed not cleanly a style ?

Originally Posted by bobbaf3nn

I'm sorry if this has been posted already guys - i have search but it didn't find anything similar to my problem.

Anyways...

When i got to http://www.mysite.com the chatbox loads fine, bu if i got to http://mysite.com (without the www.) the chatbox fails to load. It just says loading and the vb spinning progress icon appears.

I've figured out that if i change the Forum URL in the vBulletin main options so that it doesn't have the www. part in the url then the problem reverses itself.

Hopefully that make sense to you all....please help

P.S mysite.com isn't my site, lol i've just used it as an example.

This might be due to an issue actually experience by some users.

I have to dig into that for the next version.

Originally Posted by Roxie

Just upgraded and shoutbox still works fine on main page, but just shows loading message on showthread. Any ideas?

There are no reason why it wouldn't I remember having tested it.

Do you have a particular hack installed about threadS?

[Eddie Raps]

A few of my users (and I have, once or twice) have experienced "loading..." on the shoutbox screen when they go to the forum home... and sometimes refreshing it a bunch of times still doesn't help.

Any known solution? Also, I see in the list of upcoming features you have a more smilies link planned... any way to get that now?