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 theOZer

When I try to unzip the [vB3.6.x-vB3.7.x]MGC_Chatbox_Evo_0.3.0.zip (using Window's XP builtin unzip software) I get:
Password Needed for file 'mgc_cb_evo_cmd'. Clicked on Skip File and got a bunch more files that required a password to unzip.
Note: I had no problem unzipping MGC_Chatbox_Evo_0.2.1.zip.
Does anyone have a workaround or know what I'm doing wrong here?

I haven't set any password for the file, this is indeed very weird.

Anyone having the same problem ?

Originally Posted by BozzaJos

Hey VBDev,

Got a quick question. I've done the temp fix for the banning issue. People do get banned now but only after 10 minutes or so. What is up with that? They instantly get a PM saying that they are banned but they can moan about it for 10 more minutes before they can't use the shoutbox anymore.

I hope you know a fix for this problem coz it really messes my shoutbox up.

Thanks mate!

I'll look into that along other modifications when I will start working on the next version.

[Ranger187]

Probably a stupid question and I either missing a setting or didn't read but the /me commands and stuff, are they not in this?

[SAWASCI]

i want something from you..

i create a new channel which name is guest channel
i want you to only admins,supermods,mods,co-admins can see this channel.
registered user cannot see this channel.

i want this for online support for guests,about registration errors..

how can i do it.???

sorry my bad english. am i explane exactly ?

[mistyPotato]

Thanks for all your hard work on this. People, PLEASE remember that the work done on this takes time and please do not "vent" on those doing this work basically for free.

Everything's working as expected with ONE small exception...

The WIDTH of the chatbox when opened up (not minimzed and closed) is WIDER than the screen so it sticks out to the right several inches too far.

Is there anyway to fix that?
Now that I look at it, it kind of appears the fonts arent styled to match the rest of the forum maybe?

Thanks again!

[mistyPotato]

I fixed it.

I simply had not put the image files in the correct directory.

(Operator error as usual :-)

Hope this helps someone else.

GREAT JOB on the ChatBOX !!! WOW!!

Donation coming.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Ranger187

Probably a stupid question and I either missing a setting or didn't read but the /me commands and stuff, are they not in this?

You have to install the /me command for that

Have a look at the readme file in the commands/EN directory.

Originally Posted by SAWASCI

i want something from you..

i create a new channel which name is guest channel
i want you to only admins,supermods,mods,co-admins can see this channel.
registered user cannot see this channel.

i want this for online support for guests,about registration errors..

how can i do it.???

sorry my bad english. am i explane exactly ?

If you edit the permissions of the command attached to the channel you can select which usergroup have access.

Originally Posted by mistyPotato

Thanks for all your hard work on this. People, PLEASE remember that the work done on this takes time and please do not "vent" on those doing this work basically for free.


Everything's working as expected with ONE small exception...

The WIDTH of the chatbox when opened up (not minimzed and closed) is WIDER than the screen so it sticks out to the right several inches too far.

Is there anyway to fix that?
Now that I look at it, it kind of appears the fonts arent styled to match the rest of the forum maybe?


Thanks again!

Can you provide me with screenshots plz so that I can figure it out ?

Originally Posted by mistyPotato

I fixed it.

I simply had not put the image files in the correct directory.

(Operator error as usual :-)

Hope this helps someone else.


GREAT JOB on the ChatBOX !!! WOW!!

Donation coming.

Thanks man :up:

[redtailboas]

Installed. Great product and working great!

Is there a way to disable Chatbox in one style? I have a mobile style (and chat does not work on mobile devices that I have tested) so I would just like to disable it only for the mobile style.

Any suggestions?

[VBDev]

The only way to achieve so would be to add a condition in the chatbox global hook with the styleid check.

I am sorry but I don't have the time to help you on that one, am a bit busy this weeks

[atlambros83]

have the smiley categories been taken into account yet in the next update?

[sickboy6ths]

Hi, I was thinking about a new feature:
How about a chat-page, like the full-sized chatbox, where you can display each channel you have access to?

I was thinking you could choose the channels you wish to display there (if you got access to them).
Or the possibility to display all channels in 1, while each nickname is prefixed with the channel name, and you can talk by adding /channelname blalbalb to their channel (like you can do now from the global channel etc too :P)

Just brainstorming, but thought it might be a nice idea (Moderators, Want-To-Know-Everything types, etc etc )