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

This red box is displayed also in the chatbox if you activate the corresponding option in your admincp

cool - thanks - found the setting and enabled it

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by powerbook

Hi,

Is there a way that you can disable the shoutbox for members who haven't made a specific amount of posts on the site within a 24hour period.
The same idea as is the case with ibProArcade where you can't play arcade games if you haven't made the number of posts within 24hrs as set by admin?

Members keeps on using the shoutbox as a replacement for posting and for me the only way is to either annoy them or to force them to make X amount of posts per 24hrs period before the shoutbox is either visible or enabled for them to use..

Many Thanks

As Is it's not possible. It would require a bit of coding but that's not very complicated.

I don't have the time to do it now but I could guide you through the steps if you have a bit of knowledge in php ?

[powerbook]

Hi,

Guiding me would be brilliant!! :up:

Thanks again

Originally Posted by VBDev

As Is it's not possible. It would require a bit of coding but that's not very complicated.

I don't have the time to do it now but I could guide you through the steps if you have a bit of knowledge in php ?

[nebu]

i have a question.
tell me plz how to set the writing settings?
i want that my messages in the chatbox are allways blue and size4,
but i have do set it again and again

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by powerbook

Hi,

Guiding me would be brilliant!! :up:

Thanks again

Basically what you have to do is edit the chatbox plugin attached to the global hook.

In this hook, you'll find a global condition to check if the chatbox is active ($vboptions[mgc_chatbox] or kinda, I don't have the code beyond the eyes so don't remember the exact one).

Before the content in the condition, you have to add an sql query to count the messages since the last 24 hours (dynamic count):

$getcount = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT COUNT(postid) AS nb_posts FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post WHERE userid='" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . "' AND dateline > '" . ( TIMENOW - 86400 ) . "'");

The query is not tested so you should verify before that the postid and dateline fields are the good one in the post table (for the postid I am pretty sure but not for the dateline).

Then you have to put all the actual part of the condition in a second condition :

if ($getcount['nb_posts'] > 10) {
/* Put the actual content of the condition here */
}

Where 10 is the number of posts per day you require before using the chatbox.

Of course this a homemade and hardcoded modification so you could also replace the 10 value by the one you want or even better, create a new option in the chatbox group (possible by activating the debug mode) to do just the same thing but giving easier access to modify it

Feel free to ask for any help if you encounter problems ! And give me back the final code so that I could use it in the versions following the v2.0.

Originally Posted by nebu

i have a question.
tell me plz how to set the writing settings?
i want that my messages in the chatbox are allways blue and size4,
but i have do set it again and again

I suppose you have done the mandatory modification to the modifyoptions template so you just have to go in your usercp and then you'll see chatbox options for that purpose

[powerbook]

Thanks for the guidelines. I will get cracking on it.

I really hope this is something other members would also be able to use. Since I installed the chatbox I could physically see posts dropping. Hopefully this will encourage my members to post once again. Guess the mods will now just have to be wary of 1 liners but that is the least of the problems...

Thanks again and if I have any questions I'll let you know. :up:

[VBDev]

Yeah, users always use the easiest ways to communicate which is not always the good one.

vBulletin software is used to build forum so the chatbox is only an addition which should not be used as much as the posting but users tends to do the contrary lol

[NeutralizeR]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Ok so this is what I supposed

You have used the cmd with the wrong syntax, the good syntax is:

/ban user Tester
or
/ban uid 207833

As stated in the help window (maybe your help template is not up-to-date if you modified the original one ?)

Yes, my help template was not up-to-date.... thanks

[Bicho??]

How can i do to delete these "<" ">" in the chat box?


Anybody could tell me please?


Thanks for this great mod first of all, kind regards.

[Serenity]

i have an issue with this mod. today out of no where the chat box just disappeared. i have searched this thread and saw that others had this issue, but it looked to be fixed. so far i am the only one experiencing this issue. i even tried otehr browsers on my pc and it does not work, but it shows up when i use a different computer.

any ideas?

edit to add:
i logged out of my admin account and used a test account i created and it appears.... it has soething to do with my user account... ???