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MGC Chatbox (with AJAX) · **Released**: 05-29-2007

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 :

French
English
Arabic [Translator : alessai]
German [Translator : captainslater]
Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

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

VBDev · #72 05-31-2007, 04:32 PM

To do so, open the includes/functions_mgc_cb.php, then find the construct_bbcode_tag_list function.

You'll see the supported bbcode, you juste have to add code like that :

PHP Code:


			
  $bbcode_list['option']['size'] = array(
   'html' => 'your_html_code',
   'option_regex' => 'your_regex',
   'strip_empty' => true
  );

You then just have to fill it to your wishes. You can add as much as you want

But becareful when upgrading for the enxt version as the file will be updated.

solong2 · #73 05-31-2007, 04:47 PM

i try more then style put still i can't get the chat box

VBDev · #74 05-31-2007, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solong2

i try more then style put still i can't get the chat box

You might not have set the permissions ! You must set the can use chatbox to yes for your usergroup and then the number of posts to access the chatbox to a good value (less than the number of post you have

)

VBDev · #75 05-31-2007, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

-The queries are still being executed for who doesn't have permission to view/use chatbox

-The query is still being executed for forumdisplay no matter if chatbox is disabled or enabled for forumdisplay

I've more than 2000 online users and these extra queries are a major issue for me. I can wrap the plugins with some php to prevent the query execution for the usergroups who don't have permission to view the chatbox but this must be built in.

Note: Ignore my post at the other website.

Back at my home, I have just checked that. Are you sure of that ? Coz this is impossible, I have checked the conditions and if the chatbox doesn't show, then no sql queries can appear for user with no permissions.

NeutralizeR · #76 05-31-2007, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VBDev

Back at my home, I have just checked that. Are you sure of that ? Coz this is impossible, I have checked the conditions and if the chatbox doesn't show, then no sql queries can appear for user with no permissions.

Chatbox 'product' completely disabled = 10 queries (forumhome)

Chatbox 'product' enabled = 12 (10+2) queries (forumhome - statistics disabled)

Chatbox disabled for the guests = 8 (7+1) queries (forumhome)

Chatbox enabled for the guests = 8 (7+1) queries (forumhome)

Chatbox disabled @ forumdisplay = 15 (14+1) queries

Chatbox enabled @ forumdisplay = 15 (14+1) queries

VBDev · #77 05-31-2007, 07:08 PM

I am really sorry you were right, I have just found what the problem was after a bit of search, I'll correct automatically in the next version but here is the fix :

Here is how you can fix this unuseful query problem:

Go in your acp in the manager of plugins and edit the MGC chatbox plugin linked to the global_start hook.

Then remove from it :

Code:

  $parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());
  $vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_annonce'] = $parser->do_parse($vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_annonce'], true, true, true, true, false, false);

Once this is done, validate and edit the one linked to forumhome_complete and add the removed code of above just after that bit of code :

Code:

if ($chatbox_permission && $vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_forumhome']) {

Then validate again, and to the same operation with the one linked to forumdisplay_complete after :

Code:

if ($chatbox_permission && $vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_forumdisplay']) {

Validate and do it again with the one linked to showthread_complete, after :

Code:

if ($chatbox_permission && $vbulletin->options['mgc_cb_showthread']) {

Here it is fixed no

NeutralizeR · #78 05-31-2007, 08:22 PM

Thank you

But it still executes 2 queries at forumhome...

Mastar · #79 05-31-2007, 08:33 PM

Here is the screen shot for the issues with opera.

VBDev · #80 05-31-2007, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

Thank you

But it still executes 2 queries at forumhome...

I have found the problem. Unfortunately, this is a vbulletin issue, a question of datastore.

Here is the description of the problem:

To parse chatbox announcment bbcode, I need to use the bbcode parsing php class to parse bbcode tags.

The problem is that this class needs the bbcodecache datastore which contains the custom bbcode.

And as plugins are part of the datastores, it is impossible to add a new datastore to be retrieved in a file which doesn't contain it actually.

There is a possible fix with a file modification :

Open the includes/global.php file and add just after :

PHP Code:


			
define('CWD', (($getcwd = getcwd()) ? $getcwd : '.'));

the following code bits :

PHP Code:


			
$specialtemplates[] = 'bbcodecache';

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mastar

Here is the screen shot for the issues with opera.

This problem is due to the overflow-y property is use which is unfornately not yet supported by opera as I've just seen.

Anyway you can fix this with the following modification :

In the template mgc_chatbox, find

Code:

overflow-y: auto;

and replace it by

Code:

overflow: auto;

.

This will fix the problem but you will have a horizontal scrollbar and a vertical one, even though the horizontal one is of no use ...

In the next version, I'll put a detection mechanism which check the browser of the user and applies the compatible css so that user with browser supporting the overflow-y css property don't loose the beauty of having only the vertical scrollbar.

NeutralizeR · #81 05-31-2007, 10:22 PM

What if i completely disable the announcement feature?

When i click on a smiley, it scrolls me to the top of the chatbox.

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