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

[unitedpunjab]

Originally Posted by VBDev

You mean the color of the username of your teams ? If in usergroups, you have set colors for the username in the forums, it shall be the same in the chatbox.



What does CHAMP mean ?

You don't have to remove the modifyoptions template (yup sorry little mistaking its witouth underscore) you have to remove the previous modifications you had to made for the v1.1 of the chatbox and apply the new modification.



What does the popup was saying ? Normally, if permissions to use /annonce are good for you, you shall have a popup with : Announce was successfully modified or kind of (I don't know how Sofia translated it ).

Anyway, when changing the announce, I rebuild the vbulletin options datastore (as I update the mgc_chatbox_annonce setting, this is why it can be modified from both the chatbox and the acp). So maybe your options had not been update since a long time and you had a password age set (or kind of).

After having reset your passowrd, did the /annonce worked ?

yes after resetin password /annonce worked fine. Pop was a kind of full page pop up. It was showing some kind of coding. Even there is not button on the POP UP .... soo i closed it from Task Manager. Then i reset my password then tried again. Then /annonce worked fine.

[VBDev]

Yeah, this is certainly due to what I was telling, you might have your datastore which was not up to date and when the chatbox code had update it the error appeared.

And as this is done before the redirect, instead of seing an ok popup, it has echoed the password too old page code.

[unitedpunjab]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Yeah, this is certainly due to what I was telling, you might have your datastore which was not up to date and when the chatbox code had update it the error appeared.

And as this is done before the redirect, instead of seing an ok popup, it has echoed the password too old page code.

ok got it..

[beduino]

Hi,
really I love this chat... but the upgrade instructions are in post #294?
My version is [yet] 1.1
all the best
beduino

in time: ops!sorry! i see in modification post .... sorry .
to others 'blind' users... like me

For those who find the upgrade instructions not that clear, here is how you should upgrade :

1. Replace the files on the ftp by the one of the new version
2. Revert the modifications you have done to the templates of the chatbox (if any)
3. Remove the modificaton of the modify_options template of the chatbox v1.1
4. Import the new xml (don't forget to select the Allow Overwrite option)
5. Do the new modification of the modify_options template (code to insert has not changed, only its place has changed )
6. Enjoy

[Tulsa]

Is anyone else seeing an issue with the newest shouts at the bottom and having a wrapped line, having to scroll to see the rest of the shout? In other words, a 2 or 3 line wrapped shout is only showing the first line when positioned with the newest at the bottom.

This was tested with the editor at both the bottom and the top. I wanted to make certain the rest of the shout wasn't hiding behind the editor table.

[RvG2]

Originally Posted by beduino

Hi,
really I love this chat... but the upgrade instructions are in post #294?
My version is [yet] 1.1
all the best
beduino

in time: ops!sorry! i see in modification post .... sorry .
to others 'blind' users... like me

i have done this upgrade but I can't make it work. installed back 1.1 again.

it shows only "refresh_page"

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Tulsa

Is anyone else seeing an issue with the newest shouts at the bottom and having a wrapped line, having to scroll to see the rest of the shout? In other words, a 2 or 3 line wrapped shout is only showing the first line when positioned with the newest at the bottom.

This was tested with the editor at both the bottom and the top. I wanted to make certain the rest of the shout wasn't hiding behind the editor table.

I have tested right now with a shouts that took 2 lines and a half and it just worked fine.

I had to wrap to the bottom of the chatbox scrollbar (which is normal as I said in a previous post) but the chat is clearly fully shown. Do you have a a screenshot of the problem ? Which browser are you using ?

Originally Posted by RvG2

i have done this upgrade but I can't make it work. installed back 1.1 again.

it shows only "refresh_page"

This kind of problem is because you didn't replace all the files on the ftp, especially the one in the clientscript folder.

Have you put all the new files instead of the older one ?

[Tulsa]

I'm not sure what good a screen shot is going to do you since it will only show a sentence not finished and I could easily set that up to occur anyway. So just trust me on that issue. I have tested it on a Mac with Safari, Camino and Firefox and a friend was using IE on a PC.

Since it's not happening to you, I am forced to conclude it's something on my end. So I'll dig a little more here first.

[VBDev]

This might come from the overflow not well taken into account, but I don't think as you ran into this issue for both existing browsers.

You experience that with a long chat running on 3 full lines ?

Anyway, I might haven't understand well your question. If you scroll then you're able to see the 3 lines ? (this is why I asked for a screenshot coz I am not sure I did well understood the problem).

[Roxie]

Works great. Server load tends to spike if you have it enabled elsewhere or if you have too many shouts displaying in the box. Other than that....good mod.