Version: 3.4.0, by VBDev
Developer Last Online: Dec 2021
Category: Chat Modifications -
Version: 4.2.x
Rating:
Released: 01-27-2008
Last Update: 09-01-2013
Installs: 2476
DB Changes Uses Plugins Template Edits Auto-Templates
Additional Files Translations
No support by the author.
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
Yes you can by following the chatbox style issue and adding the variable as explained only in your needed style's templates.
I really hate to bug you, but I am such a newbie, and that advice, while it sounds promising, is not enough for me to do anything with.
Can you be a little more specific? What variable should I be looking for and where might I find it? I'm assuming that the "installation process" added some variable to all my styles somewhere. So it sounds like I can go find whatever that is in the mobile style and just manually remove it.
Edit the mgc_chatbox_ajax.php file and search in the code contained into the condition $_POST['do'] == 'ajax_refresh_chat' :
You must modify the sql request :
PHP Code:
$chats = $vbulletin->db->query_read(" SELECT c.*,fromu.userid AS fromuserid,fromu.username AS fromusername,fromu.usergroupid AS fromusergroupid,fromu.displaygroupid AS fromdisplaygroupid, tou.userid AS touserid,tou.username AS tousername,tou.usergroupid AS tousergroupid,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "mgc_cb_evo_chat AS c LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS fromu ON (c.fromuid=fromu.userid) LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid) WHERE $where_clause ORDER BY sticky DESC,c.dateline DESC LIMIT $limit ");
By adding after :
PHP Code:
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS tou ON (c.touid=tou.userid)
This:
PHP Code:
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userfield AS uf ON(fromu.userid = uf.userid)
And after :
PHP Code:
,tou.displaygroupid AS todisplaygroupid
You should add field8.
Then you can use $chat[field8] in the mgc_cb_evo_chatbit template.
I really hate to bug you, but I am such a newbie, and that advice, while it sounds promising, is not enough for me to do anything with.
Can you be a little more specific? What variable should I be looking for and where might I find it? I'm assuming that the "installation process" added some variable to all my styles somewhere. So it sounds like I can go find whatever that is in the mobile style and just manually remove it.
Please let me know.
thanks in advance.
No no your install process shouldn't have added variables to your style for the chatbox display
However, if you follow the little how to which is in the chatbox readme for the style issue this should be possible to only display the chatbox in the styles you want.
I think you should give it a try but I can perhaps add a new option in the next chatbox release.
The option for the width of the chatbox is interesting, I will add that request.
However I don't see the point of separating the username and timestamp. Btw it would really complicate the chatbox template and I am not that up to.
Thanks for adding that as a request!
I know, separating timestamp and username will complicate the template but would reduce the necessary width of the box (in order to get the whole thing fit on the side columns).
Thank you for taking the time in replying, I've had a look in the FF error console and although I've not located that that error I have found several of the other "unknown location" errors whilst viewing the whois and they are as follows:
Error: syntax error
Source File: http://www.myspain.es/forum/plaza/cl...d/js/jquery.js
Line: 1
Source Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-----
Error: syntax error
Source File: http://www.myspain.es/forum/plaza/cl...utocomplete.js
Line: 1
Source Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
Thanks for adding that as a request!
I know, separating timestamp and username will complicate the template but would reduce the necessary width of the box (in order to get the whole thing fit on the side columns).
Reagrds
Yes but in that case, how would the chat looks like ??
No no your install process shouldn't have added variables to your style for the chatbox display
However, if you follow the little how to which is in the chatbox readme for the style issue this should be possible to only display the chatbox in the styles you want.
I think you should give it a try but I can perhaps add a new option in the next chatbox release.
Oh - okay, I get it now.
And yes, that would be a very CONVENIENT feature in the next version if it's not too difficult to implement.
It's only on that page that you get those errors ?
Yes I just get those in the error console, but if think it's a VBSEO issue with that as it mentions forum/plaza and there is not a directory called plaza but we have a section called the plaza on the forum.
But we get this error when you're watching the whois online when someone posts a message :
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