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

[princeedward]

Originally Posted by MalakaiGonzalez

Thanks for your reply but those images are showing up fine, it's the main catorgey backround image for the forums that's not showing up. The image at the top of the shoutbox behind the [Archives] link...

On some skins only, does anyone have a fix for it.

hmmm i really dont get you on this...can you make some screenshots to make it clear...

[vgevolution]

Originally Posted by DigitALL2

Hi,

I have vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1 and running 3.8.4

Is there a module and a clear info on how to install this chatbox to appear on CMPS please?
I have found some post with a link to click here but it is directed to this page.

I've already been through over 250 pages some months ago without success.
Could you please help?

The first post has a link to the CMPS module. I'm using it right now. You will have issues with avatars and other images. I had to fix templates myself, but now it's working (without avatars only). I'll test it under 2.4 when vbdev gets the new version up.

[IKShadow]

Originally Posted by vgevolution

The first post has a link to the CMPS module. I'm using it right now. You will have issues with avatars and other images. I had to fix templates myself, but now it's working (without avatars only). I'll test it under 2.4 when vbdev gets the new version up.

As far as i saw that module is for old Evo Chatbox and its trying to include file that does not exist.

I mean whats the point of option show on custom pages if its not working.

p.s. I hope we are talking about the same module.

[worldwidereefer]

how can i get rid of the french wording at the text box? everything is in english except for this box. This box is where you type....the wording is in french.

Oh installed and work GREAT.

[worldwidereefer]

I found the solution, thank you.

[IKShadow]

Originally Posted by worldwidereefer

how can i get rid of the french wording at the text box? everything is in english except for this box. This box is where you type....the wording is in french.

Oh installed and work GREAT.

There is an option in settings, cant remember where.
Just open all vbulletin settings and CTRL+F in your browser searching for that word.
Thats how I found it fast

[vgevolution]

I mean no disrespect, but you're not reading what I'm writing. I'll repeat myself, and this time I've added pictures to illustrate:

Originally Posted by VBDev

You can enable or disable access to bbcodes in usergroup.

Here are the GLOBAL permissions for BBCode, I highlighted the sections that have BBCode-specific permissions. These permissions affect EVERYONE, not just individual usergroups. Note how I can choose individual font formatting, image tags, etc at the global level:


Here are the usergroup-specific BBCode permissions. Again, I highlighted what can be customized per usergroup. Notice how there's nothing to customize for BBCode, just on or off, and smileys:


What I'm saying is that I would like to be able to use the GLOBAL permissions (top pic) at the USERGROUP level (lower pic). Then I can have UsergroupA use font and img codes while UsergroupB is limited to Bold, Italic, etc Font codes only. Right now, it's an all or nothing proposition. Global permissions for granular controls don't make sense to me, and would be better served if you could change them at the usergroup level.

Originally Posted by VBDev

Still visible ? Where ? What do you mean ?

When font controls are off, the BBcode editor dropdowns for fonts are still visible, again, shown here, but they do nothing since I have font bbcodes off:

Originally Posted by VBDev

Seems like there are missing words ? I don't understand you.

There are no missing words. What I'm saying is clear. There is no way to make the "Active Users" area use the smallfont style, like other area of the chatbox. The area I'm referring to is visible when you choose to view active users below the chat text area. Here's a picture to be clear. My picture shows you how I wanted it, but I had to hack the code to force the smallfont style. Otherwise, the font is 50% larger and looks horrible when the other areas have smallfont styles:

Originally Posted by VBDev

Well this is not the same for all styles as this is done through templates so you shouldn't have a problem, do you ?

No, that's the problem. I cannot easily style the chat text background and text because you used standard style tags for it. My dark themes put the chat text on dark backgrounds and make the text light, which I don't want. I wanted to be able to keep the chat background and text colors consistent everywhere, no matter what theme is used. This would require a style override, which there isn't an option for, so I had to hack it in.

Obviously, I can hack each update and force it to do my bidding as best as I can, but I'd rather see clean options for these customization issues to speed up the update process and limit user error.

[DjiveWMD]

How to change the current language or French into English or Croatian or I have everything manually change.Thanks

[210665]

Hello
have the following problem with the MGC Chatbox Evo 2.3.2:
If you have the tone of the chatbox is enabled then the following will happen when a user writes something in the box Caht hear the sound.
Between chatbox and forum creates a column with a play - like the button on the screen looks like and I have this problem in my test board and all the others I know and with sound in the chat box work.
How can you fix it.
Thank you
This was later trans Google translated in English as my English for such a write is not enough.

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Deutsche Übersetzung:

hallo
habe folgendes Problem mit der MGC Chatbox Evo 2.3.2:
Wenn man bei der Chatbox den Ton aktiviert dann passiert folgendes wenn ein User etwas schreibt und in der Caht Box der Ton erklingt.
Zwischen Chatbox und Forum entsteht eine Spalte mit einem Play - Knopf die wie auf dem Bild aussieht und dieses Problem habe ich auch in Meinem Testboard sowie alle anderen die ich kenne und mit Ton in der Chat Box arbeiten.
Wie kann man das lösen.
Danke
Dies wurde mit Google Translater in Englisch übersetzt da mein Englisch für ein solches schreiben nicht reicht.

[VBDev]

Sorry guys, was on holidays

Originally Posted by black_diamond

Installed and working:up:

Only thing I dont get is the images, do I copy the whole MISC dir or its individual contents? And where exactly do I copy it to?

Copy its content in each of your styles misc directory.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Ldoppea

Hi,

The options "mgc_cb_evo_display_on_allpages" and "mgc_cb_evo_store_invar_allpages" seem to not work.

I tried to display the ChatBox on every forum pages, before the navbar, without success.

Do you know how to do this?

How have you configured it ?

Originally Posted by MalakaiGonzalez

Yea the images don't show up for me, where exactly do they go?

I've all ready got a misc folder in the skin files, i tried putting the mgc_cb_evo file in it & nothing... Plus just the images in the skin folder.

See my answer to black_diamond hereabove.

Originally Posted by Breakpoint

How does this Chatbox add-on do on Server CPU?

I have Cyb-Chatbox right now and it gets pretty high on CPU use. We may have 30 people using it at a time.

Depends of the refresh rate globally not too intensive if you don't activate the whole bunch of features.