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

[VBDev]

Hum ok, I am sorry I didn't understand your first post

Does this problem of date appears only in the chatbox ? I mean, if you post a message on your forum you don't have this problem ?

[Endurer]

No problems

Yes, the problem exists only in the chatbox.

[VBDev]

This seems really strange because I insert the date in unixtime in the database with the TIMENOW php function of vbulletin.

And then I parse the date with the date building functions of vbulletin with the date so I don't see where it could come from. And as you say that it works perfectly with the rest of th vbulletin functionnalities this is really strange.

Anyway I am too tired now it's late hereby so I will take a look at it tomorrow, it may come from the options I use in the vbdate function, I'll check that.

[Endurer]

Yes, it's strange actually. I double checked my server time, vbulletin time (ACP) and usercp's time zone. Everything is on its right place and members from different parts of the world are complaining about the same problem.

Sure, you may take your time.

[DementedMindz]

Did a complete redesign of my shout box so far ever since I started changing the html to making it fully XHTML 1.0 Transitional here is what I have so far and hopefully this will become a new look to it also. All the inputs such as bbcode, smiley's and help are fully functional via admincp options where they can be turned on or off..

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would be nice to see a few options on what you can control on the bbcode such as options to shut off font size or even shut of another color

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

Did a complete redesign of my shout box so far ever since I started changing the html to making it fully XHTML 1.0 Transitional here is what I have so far and hopefully this will become a new look to it also. All the inputs such as bbcode, smiley's and help are fully functional via admincp options where they can be turned on or off..

Attachment 65082

would be nice to see a few options on what you can control on the bbcode such as options to shut off font size or even shut of another color

That's nice man

For the size, yes I'll made something to allow to choose the max size and also a finer selection of which basic bbcode can be used.


I was thinking of how I would show the whosonline in the chatbox. What do you think of a new button above the others which would open kind of a whosonline channel ?

[da420]

Originally Posted by VBDev

What do you think of a new button above the others which would open kind of a whosonline channel ?

Sounds like a great idea. Would love to see something like that.

[DementedMindz]

Thanks man yeah I was messing with it for awhile also as for that tbody we were talking about that may have to be wrapped in a <if> this way it will pass cause its the only one i wasn't able to get so far without trying a <if> cause of the way it is. But I was thinking it should have been wrapped cause the tbody below it is wrapped in one. So maybe have it where it can be turned on or off that way this way it all uses the tbody and you can just do a <else />.

What kinda button you thinking of for the whos online? a javascript popup? or have it just show how many are using it with out there names?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

Thanks man yeah I was messing with it for awhile also as for that tbody we were talking about that may have to be wrapped in a <if> this way it will pass cause its the only one i wasn't able to get so far without trying a <if> cause of the way it is. But I was thinking it should have been wrapped cause the tbody below it is wrapped in one. So maybe have it where it can be turned on or off that way this way it all uses the tbody and you can just do a <else />.

I don't understand exactly what you mean. This part is not in the if above cause it fakes the collapse system.

The other <if> is used to show the collapsed chatbox (a set number of post is shown) or the expanded one (where you can chat) depending of the state you left it last time.

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

What kinda button you thinking of for the whos online? a javascript popup? or have it just show how many are using it with out there names?

No not a popup, this would be a button like the one that apper when you set on the /team command.

When user clicks on the button, it then shows in the chatbox the user online instead of the chat and the number of user online in the chatbox.

[DementedMindz]

Ill send you a pm this way you see what code I mean rather then posting it all on here. also Ill send you the text of the edits I have done its a nice size list lol.

As for the the button that would be a nice feature but would it add more queries or slow things down?