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

[Markos]

thats you're style thats maken it do that i had the same prob b4r i changed my style

[Veer]

Hello, VBDev

I'm using Chatbox Version 1.1.0 on vB 3.7.4

I was editing a usergroup in the Admin CP. I hit the "Save" button and got the "successful" message, but when I look in the Usergroup Manager vB has created a new usergroup under "Custom Usergroups" with the settings I changed instead of modifying the usergroup as I would like.

To troubleshoot I contact vB support, they suggested me to remove any of the listed .xml files in the includes/xml directory, so I deleted bitfield_mgc_cb_evo.xml and cpnav_mgc_cb_evo.xml and problem gone, I tried to re upload these xml files but the problem came again.

I hope you will try to fix this issue asap!

Thanks.

[BucWiLd]

Originally Posted by Markos

thats you're style thats maken it do that i had the same prob b4r i changed my style

tried that and its still happening.

[Markos]

is the style upto date with you're vbulletin version ase my home template was not uptodate so i purchest a style that was for 3.7.4 and worked fine and i didnt do nothing else just changed the style

[BucWiLd]

im on 3.7.3 not upgrading till the new blog goes gold. igure it must be a hack issue. i disabled the donate bar and moved the lates photos to below the forum and now its on top. Any way to set it so when users choose a color they stay that way instead of having to pick it on every chat attempt. Also when posting a chat it sometimes shows twice, only to the senders not the reciebing party. they only see one submission

[BucWiLd]

Im having trouble with IE users getting some chat box erors and getting booted is how they describe it. I also get the dbl chat thingy. but im most concerned about the ie users getting errors only

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by PoetJA-1975

Thanx for this wonderful chatbox - I have a question please. How do I make the chatbox appear 1st, directly beneath the navbar on forumhome as seen in the screenshot below? I have tried setting the execution order of the Chatbox display on forumhome plugin to 1 - doesn't seem to work though.

Thanx in advance for help

Jacquii.

You can try to use the little help in the readme for style issues. This should do the trick.

Originally Posted by BuCwIld

im on 3.7.3 not upgrading till the new blog goes gold. igure it must be a hack issue. i disabled the donate bar and moved the lates photos to below the forum and now its on top. Any way to set it so when users choose a color they stay that way instead of having to pick it on every chat attempt. Also when posting a chat it sometimes shows twice, only to the senders not the reciebing party. they only see one submission

For the color picking, they can set it in their usercp.

Originally Posted by BuCwIld

Im having trouble with IE users getting some chat box erors and getting booted is how they describe it. I also get the dbl chat thingy. but im most concerned about the ie users getting errors only

Which type of errors do they see ?

Originally Posted by Pehchaan

Hello, VBDev

I'm using Chatbox Version 1.1.0 on vB 3.7.4

I was editing a usergroup in the Admin CP. I hit the "Save" button and got the "successful" message, but when I look in the Usergroup Manager vB has created a new usergroup under "Custom Usergroups" with the settings I changed instead of modifying the usergroup as I would like.

To troubleshoot I contact vB support, they suggested me to remove any of the listed .xml files in the includes/xml directory, so I deleted bitfield_mgc_cb_evo.xml and cpnav_mgc_cb_evo.xml and problem gone, I tried to re upload these xml files but the problem came again.

I hope you will try to fix this issue asap!

Thanks.

I don't think it comes from the chatbox . Noone ever experienced that and the xml files are totally handled by vB.

[gpc10347]

Unless already addressed, I have a minor feature request or perhaps, this is something that isn't as good of idea as I think: Let me know.

The [more] button for smileys currently displays the entire onslaught of smileys that I have and unfortunately, it appears to overload some folks browsers. Of course I can remove some but I have a mod that affects misc.php that prevents the issue when posting in the threads...

Would it be possible to have mgc_chat reference /misc.php?do=getsmilies&editorid=&select_category=A nimated or similar in it's [more] smileys function?

Thanks for a great mod no matter what

[BucWiLd]

VB DEV, they get a message chat processing and when they click ok i guess it is. it freezes and closes there browser. it has happened to me on ff like twice

[Medtech]

Done some reading here, can't find my answer, How do i change the chats from appearing horizontal to vertical like most other chatboxes? I searched through the admincp for it, didn't find the option to change it. thanks

vb 3.8.1 and chatbox version 1.1.0