Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox Evo

This mod is automatically compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

Overview

MGC Chatbox Evo is the most ever installed chatbox for vBulletin !

It offers a new enhanced online experience to your members leading to increased time spent online of more than 25% by providing them with a new, more interactive, way to interact with each other.

• Important number of features
• High level of configurability to fit each users needs
• Channels system
• Many commands
• Bot system
• and more...

... makes MGC Chatbox Evo a must have for your forum !

Detailed features

Following is a non-exhaustive list:

• Simple install
• Ajax based with:
  • Fast and Intelligent chats retrieval through javascript calls to server files (refresh delay configurable per usergroup)
  • Edit/update by double-clicking on a chat
  • Interact on chats through menus and javascript
• Many usergroup permissions to limit features according to usergroups
• Full configuration of the chatbox display:
  Size, position on forum pages, editor layout (either top/bottom input or left/right textarea) and position, number of chats displayed, ...
• Full configuration of the chats display:
  Authorized bbcodes selection, date/time options, avatar display, ...
• Possibility to create channels (unlimited number) with multiple configuration options:
  • Warn user of new message when not active through blinking image and eventually sound notification
  • Possibility to select on which specific page each is displayed
  • Option to display the channel only for selected languages
  • Usergroup/User permissions to access the channel
• Many commands available with usergroup/user permissions to access them:
  • /me: well known IRC command
  • /del: remove shouts (different possibilities of removal)
  • /ignore: ignore shouts from another user
  • /ban: ban user from chatbox
  • /pm: send a private chat to another user
  • /announcement: modify the announcement on top of the chatbox
  • /slap: allow user to slap another user
  • /team: chats sending between specified usergroups
  • /l33t: I33t-ify a message
  • /banchan: ban user from specific channel [PRO only]
• Forum activity notifications system in the chatbox:
  • Different display options:
    • In the chatbox melted with chats
    • In the chatbox in a separate column
    • In the vB4 sidebar or a custom sidebar for vB3
  • Multiple notifications:
    • New thread creation
    • New post creation
    • Post thanked (Abe's)
    • New registrations (not included - separate product)
    • IBProarcade highscore (not included - separate product)
• Bot system with set of predefined trigger chat and corresponding answers and automatic bot chats [PRO only]
• Archive system with statistics as well as download and search capabilities
• Possibility to display the list of users online in the chatbox
• Force anynomous to enter a username before chatting if they can access the chatbox
• Antiflood system
• Private chats feature through PM in tabs
• Optional sound notifications
• Inactive mode feature for server load optimization
• User statistics display in posts and profile
• Chatbox statistics display on forumhome
• Create thread from a chat [PRO only]
• CMS Integration (not included - separate product)
  • vBAdvanced CMPS
  • vBulletin 4 CMS
• Importers from other chatbox systems:
  • cChatbox by Christrato [version 1.5]
  • Cyb - Chatbox by Cybernetec [version 2.3]
  • vBulletin 3.x Shoutbox 1.0 (AJAX) by DionDev [version 1.0]
  • Dream's Chatbox by Dream [version 2.1.1]
  • GSBOS by dinnerbone [version 1.0.5]
  • Inferno vBShout Lite 2.5.0 by Inferno Tech [version 2.5.1 lite]
  • vBShouts 2.0 by Zero Tolerance [version 2.0]
  • MGC Chatbox by MGC [version 1.5]

Install

Refer to the readme for the chatbox install.

Demo

Live demo on MGC Products forum

Languages

1. French
2. English
3. German [Not yet updated]
   
4. Serbian [Not yet updated]

Support

On my website mostly and in this thread

Int?gration

Integration in IBProarcade is described in the readme.
vBAdvanced CMPS and vBulletin 4 CMS integration are available as additional modules.

Compatibility

This hack is compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

Changelog

First part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

Second part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=5429

Third part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=8469

How to set the channel images

Thanks to princeedwards for this little how to : click here

PRO version and additional addons available on my website

This mod is automatically compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

I think I know what you mean. I'll be in the chat... But tabbed (meaning more then 1 browswer tab) and on another site. I'll click back to the tab and I'm not listed. It's more an ajax thing??? (VBdev?) or something else. It's also more a feature then a necessity. Yes, it's nice to know who's in it, but who sits there waiting for a s/n to come on to post.

There is timeout for the user to be considered outside of the box

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Here you go....

All chats look identical if you ask me...

There are screenshots in the second post of the thread. There are not totally up-to-date but still pretty near.

Originally Posted by edongski

Just a suggestion, though...
Is there a way to limit the consecutive messages a member/chatter could post? Like he/she can only send messages up to 4 times then he/she to have a respond from other members before he/she can continue?

I love this hack and my members do it too... but the thing is, they post consecutively which is like flooding.

Not very eager for that functionnality... Like ranger187.

Originally Posted by pedroenf

@VBDev

Forget the Opera9.5 issue. My mistake (or not), just uninstalled a re-installed and every menu are working fine.

But i have another issue with it. Even tried to install the old versions of the chatbox but none solved the issue. Only the chatbox deactivation solved it. The issue is with the (general) PM pop-up, and in IE shows the yellow warning triangule (see attach). When a PM is received the pop-up doesn't show. Any idea?

Edit: It only happens when receveing PM in IE. Opera and FF no prob, the pop-up shows.

The PM popup has been totally rewritten in the new chatbox version so I don't see the problem.

Bitwise I don't speak spanish so I can't undesrtand your screenshot ^

[Tanpapasmurf]

Installed, and set the forum to active but i do not see the chatbox anyware?

Any ideas?

[Ranger187]

USERGROUPS.... enable for the 1000th time.

[skywalker2208]

Originally Posted by VBDev

The PM popup has been totally rewritten in the new chatbox version so I don't see the problem.

Bitwise I don't speak spanish so I can't undesrtand your screenshot ^

Which version because I am having the pop up not displaying issue as well. I am running the 0.5.0 version and don't get the pm pop up?

[aranthorn]

I'm having the loading... issue as well.

I un-installed/deleted all products and re-uploaded and installed from scratch.
vBulletin 3.6.8 Patch Level 2, dedicated server (very healthy)

What do you need from me to have a look at this?

[Ranger187]

Read the readme. Says to add the security token....

WARNING :

For users which possess:
- a vBulletin 3.6 version < 3.6.10
- or, a vBulletin 3.7 version < 3.7.0 RC4

There will be a javascript error due to Jelsoft major changes ...

To make the mod work with this vBulletin version, edit the mgc_cb_evo.js file and add at the top : var SECURITYTOKEN = "0";

This is not very clean but this is the only way to make it compatible with both versions of vBulletin. DON'T DO IT IF YOU HAVE THE GOOD VERSIONS OF VBULLETIN.

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by VBDev

The PM popup has been totally rewritten in the new chatbox version so I don't see the problem.

Bitwise I don't speak spanish so I can't undesrtand your screenshot ^

The problem is that in IE you don't get the Private Message pop-up and get that error that i show you in the attach. As i said before only happens in IE.

Please don't "insult" Portuguese people
I'll translate what says in the IE warning for you:
Line: 863
CARACT:2
Error: The object does not supports this property or method
Code: 0
URL: www.g6-team.com/index.php

See!? Wasn't so hard! Didn't even used a translator

Oh and Opera issue still remains! Unfortunately! But in strange way. I mean, the menus work but when the amount of shouts are so that the scroll bar is seen they stop working right. My trick: click the button, scroll down or up the chatbox and then the menu is working right (hope you understand me).

[jlew24asu]

I tried uninstalling the product and now my forums wont load. PLEASE HELP.

all I did was remove the files from each directory (from the "Files" folder). I went to the admin page to uninstall the xml and I get a blank page.

(please note I'm only uninstalling this because I dont feel a chat box is right for my forum, the product itself worked just fine)

please help, I'm freakin out

You must carefully follow these steps if you don't want to screw up your forum when uninstalling the chatbox.

1/ Uninstall all the commands you had installed on the forum
2/ Remove the chatbox files from your forum directories
3/ Uninstall the MGC Chatbox Evo product
4/ You're done with the uninstall


I went straight to step 2 because I had no commands installed.

[Haenk]

In my opinion you must first uninstall the Plug-In and then delete the files.

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by Haenk

In my opinion you must first uninstall the Plug-In and then delete the files.

I was able to add the files back and my forum is now working. but WTF. what are the correct steps to uninstall?