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

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by VBDev

The product title remain in french. However, if you read carefully the readme file, you'll see that you have to import the english language file to get it in french

I did that - however there are still parts of the chatbox in french, such as the open in new window alt tag, and the private messages to banned users

[VBDev]

Oh then it's a bug, there might be missing phrases in the translation !

As I will do kinda full rewrite of the chatbox code for the new version, I'll check that out

[yoyoyoyo]

cool thanks - check out the pic I added to my last post

[chrisdaman77]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Seems like you haven't uploaded the functions_mgc_cb.php file in the includes directory.

Please check that is correctly put in that folder.



The product title remain in french. However, if you read carefully the readme file, you'll see that you have to import the english language file to get it in french

Great thanks got that all good to go then I get this...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/content/c/h/r/chrisdaman77/html/index.php(539) : eval()'d code on line 103

All fixed

[chrisdaman77]

Ok a new problem has arrived. Almost everything works except for the ability to see the buttons. They have been installed inall parts of the image folder with no luck in seeing then. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.

[IR15H]

I'm having problems when changing a user's usergroup.

Let's say I have 2 usergroups, A and B, existing members of each usergroup can see and use the shoutbox fine. However, if I change a user from group A to group B, or vice versa, they are no longer able to see or use the shoutbox, despite having the group permissions to do so. This also occurs if I keep a member's primary group, but add addtional usergroups.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by chrisdaman77

Ok a new problem has arrived. Almost everything works except for the ability to see the buttons. They have been installed inall parts of the image folder with no luck in seeing then. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.

You have uploaded them in all the styles folder of your forum in the misc directory ?

Originally Posted by IR15H

I'm having problems when changing a user's usergroup.

Let's say I have 2 usergroups, A and B, existing members of each usergroup can see and use the shoutbox fine. However, if I change a user from group A to group B, or vice versa, they are no longer able to see or use the shoutbox, despite having the group permissions to do so. This also occurs if I keep a member's primary group, but add addtional usergroups.

Hum the first one is a strange behaviour !

Regarding the second one, does the secondary usergroups have access to the chatbox ?

I won't dig further in your problem until the release of the next version as this strange behaviors might not be present anymore so I would rather prefer you wait for the next version and confirm me of the bug disapearance.

I hope you will understand my position

[IR15H]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hum the first one is a strange behaviour !

Regarding the second one, does the secondary usergroups have access to the chatbox ?

I won't dig further in your problem until the release of the next version as this strange behaviors might not be present anymore so I would rather prefer you wait for the next version and confirm me of the bug disapearance.

I hope you will understand my position

Just as well as you didn't dig further as I figured it out, it was because of the minimum post count requirement to "use" it (I thought they'd still see it as that's a seperate option). The user met the post requirements in their original group, but not in the ones I moved them too, when adding aditional groups the higher post count must override the lower one, which must be why that didn't work either :erm:. Anyway, all sorted now .

Out of interest, do you have an ETA for your next release?

[axi]

im interested in this one! 3 questions-

- anyone got a working demo of this they can show off??

- compatible with 3.6.7??

- when will the vba cmps module be out for it??

[class101]

Originally Posted by axi

im interested in this one! 3 questions-

- anyone got a working demo of this they can show off??

- compatible with 3.6.7??

- when will the vba cmps module be out for it??

site not yet up no demo here

must be compatible 3.6.7 yup

you can see page 115 I have posted step at step mod to integrate it to cmps, there is 3 few more things in addition to vbdev's intructions to make it working, guess will be fixed in next 2.0