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

[gforce75]

Originally Posted by paldo

i now have a few regulars that cant see the shoutbox sinse i have updated .. i see it fine with my setup but they cant see it ..

i have one member that couldnt see it with his desktop pc but logged in with his laptop and could see it .. what could possibly be effecting these people ? its got to be a setting much needed on sombodies computer effecting whether they see it or not .. i know its their setup effecting it because i can log in with the same browser as them with their user and pass and whalla theres shout.. im cunfuzzed in a bad way here .

this didnt start til the last upgrade im about to go back to the older version somthing changed in this version thats effecting my users being able to see it

all they can see is the loading message .. it just never loads


i will also add i installed a firefox toolbar a member made for my site and i couldnt see the shout after install .uninstalled the toolbar and shout came back ..

As I posted just recently, I'm having the same problem. Site owners, beware, your chatbox will disappear randomly. My users complained about it. Had to prune, move, and remake their accounts so they could see it. It just happened to me just now. I log on, poof it's gone, log off, it's there... and nope, it's not a usergroup error. You have to prune your account to a second one (merge it). Then delete the first account. Then you have to create the first account again, and then merge the second one to the first one to get it working. Great chat box, but err.... if I log onto my test account, it's there, so the error just randomly happens to users regardless of group.

And whoever the coder is, I spent 4 hours of doing random test. Moving groups, creating accounts, and etc. There is a bug and it's hard to catch. If you wanna test my account on my forum, just pm here and I'll send you my info so you can see.

[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by gforce75

As I posted just recently, I'm having the same problem. Site owners, beware, your chatbox will disappear randomly. My users complained about it. Had to prune, move, and remake their accounts so they could see it. It just happened to me just now. I log on, poof it's gone, log off, it's there... and nope, it's not a usergroup error. You have to prune your account to a second one (merge it). Then delete the first account. Then you have to create the first account again, and then merge the second one to the first one to get it working. Great chat box, but err.... if I log onto my test account, it's there, so the error just randomly happens to users regardless of group.

And whoever the coder is, I spent 4 hours of doing random test. Moving groups, creating accounts, and etc. There is a bug and it's hard to catch. If you wanna test my account on my forum, just pm here and I'll send you my info so you can see.

Been using this brilliant mod on four of my (now) six boards, two of which are very heavily modded, all without any problems at all. Unable to comprehend how you manage to create these errors.

[gforce75]

Who knows? But the coder can use my logon and test it himself. Anyways, one of my users complained about it two months ago and laughed at the thought. I then a few days ago logged into his account and it did the same thing. Then I did what I posted above and worked. Now, I've been logged on all day and just recently, it disappeared just like his account. Just posting incase... because i really don't wanna replace this. I'll post some screenshots.

--------------------- Screenshots

Ok, I posted some screenshots. Look at the first picture. You can see Cloud07 in usergroup admin, number 2. There, I took a picture of the permissions. See it? Now look at the chatbox below... poof, not there.

Anways, look at the second picture. Ripfuel, is in the same usergroup and guess what.... you see the chatbox. Look @ the CHATBOX. What username do you see in there? You guessed right! Cloud07.

I was sufing this morning and made no changes to the forum. I logged back on and you can see that it's gone. One of my users had the same problem and if you notice the quote, this guy had the same problem.

Please look into this. Hey, it may work great for some, but there may some hidden bug. On top of that, this only happened after 1 month, so it just didn't come out of nowhere

Thanks for the read. I know it's a pain code I love chatbox and proud of my screenshots We got a mystery here!

[Ranger187]

I run this on 5 forums and all users can see it. I think it's something else if you have to do all that. How many hacks are you running?

[gforce75]

It's not the number of hacks that I'm running. If this was the case, then I should see the chatbox here or there, would work or not work at all. No, once this error occurs, you don't get the chatbox back unless you recreate your own account. Someone one else complained of the same error. But anyways, just putting it up incase

Have a good one

[Ranger187]

I think it's something else... Have you tried this on the default VB style and replicated it too? Meaning the uneditied/unhacked style?

[Za4a Tuner]

@ gforce75
did "ripful" changed his ersonal settings?
if yes -> maybe he deactivatet the shoutbox at his usercp !!!

[Ohiosweetheart]

I'm having a problem with the unregistered/not logged in usergroup not seeing the chatbox. I want them to see it, and I have it enabled in their usergroup, but it's not there for them.

any ideas??

[ricc]

i recieve the following error when trying to change the usergroup permissions so that they can see the chatbox, can anyone provide an explanation?

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	`title` = 'Registered Users',
	`description` = '',
	`usertitle` = '',
	`opentag` = '',
	`closetag` = '',
	`passwordexpires` = '0',
	`passwordhistory` = '0',
	`forumpermissions` = '782847',
	`genericpermissions` = '505943751',
	`attachlimit` = '0',
	`pmquota` = '50',
	`pmpermissions` = '3',
	`pmsendmax` = '5',
	`calendarpermissions` = '63',
	`wolpermissions` = '1',
	`adminpermissions` = '0',
	`genericoptions` = '62',
	`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
	`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
	`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
	`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
	`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
	`signaturepermissions` = '237567',
	`sigpicmaxwidth` = '800',
	`sigpicmaxheight` = '300',
	`sigpicmaxsize` = '2000',
	`sigmaxrawchars` = '1000',
	`sigmaxchars` = '500',
	`sigmaxlines` = '0',
	`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
	`sigmaximages` = '4',
	`mgccustomusergroupperms` = '895',
	`nbmsgshowchatbox` = ''
WHERE usergroupid=2;

MySQL Error  : Unknown column 'mgccustomusergroupperms' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date         : Saturday, August 25th 2007 @ 02:44:12 PM
Script       : ######
Referrer     : ######
IP Address   : #####
Username     : #####
Classname    : ####

[GoNz00]

if you take the time to read back through the posts, obviously most of you have not, then you will see the last release is bugged up to the eyeballs, and the coder has gone away and does not know when he will be back to support it.

try the 2nd release as that seemed to be the stable one.