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]

Originally Posted by IR15H

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?

For the moment, I haven't started the code itself but as it's a major change of the chatbox code itself, I am thinking of the implementation on the paper (ie writing down how the code will be).

I have know a good idea of the way to code it so I am going to start coding when I get back from holiday next week.

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??

Originally Posted by class101

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

There is no demo site has the only forum I have requires users to be logged in to see the chatbox.

Other answers from class101 are correct

[adnedarn]

I may have missed this but, there is the option for "Totally exlude team shouts from stats" How about having an option where private shouts would not count also? Once I allowed members to use private chats.. all the sudden some people's counts went up.. waaaay up. I think they just spamed each other to get high counts.
Thanks

[Nik9]

Hi ,

i have insatlled mgc shoutbox, where i can find more icons ?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by adnedarn

I may have missed this but, there is the option for "Totally exlude team shouts from stats" How about having an option where private shouts would not count also? Once I allowed members to use private chats.. all the sudden some people's counts went up.. waaaay up. I think they just spamed each other to get high counts.
Thanks

Hum yes, that's right it's not logical that I count private shouts in the stats.

I'll take that into account for the next version

Originally Posted by Nik9

Hi ,

i have insatlled mgc shoutbox, where i can find more icons ?

You mean new icons as the one that are included in the zip ? No one has released new icons as far as I know.

[VBDev]

I'll be off for holiday for 5 days so won't be able to do support until wednesday.

Edit : There is a computer by here so I'll be able to do support though !

[unitedpunjab]

vbdev October is all gone. We all are waiting for updated version of MGC

[class101]

1.5 is already fine

[yoyoyoyo]

how do you delete shouts? I gave permission to delete shouts in usergroups permission, and see the trashcan, but when I click it nothing happens

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by unitedpunjab

vbdev October is all gone. We all are waiting for updated version of MGC

I said in a previous post that it won't be released at the end of october as I plan major changes !

And you know, I don't have the time to work on vBulletin that much coz I have a life he he

I will remove from the post the planned release date as I don't want user to ask all the time : when will the new version be out ?

It will be out as quick as possible but I prefer giving you a well coded chatbox rather than a buggy one.

I am sure you'll understood that.

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

how do you delete shouts? I gave permission to delete shouts in usergroups permission, and see the trashcan, but when I click it nothing happens

What do you mean exactly ?

[yoyoyoyo]

How does a user delete their shouts? I have tried and can't seem to do it.