Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox (with AJAX)

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

Description

When I had left the vBulletin world, I was in the past the co-author of a little chatbox (shoutbox), very well known in the vBulletin world.
This chatbox had been developed by Svaliotti (known as Poseidon on vb.org) for vB2 in the past and I had made the porterage (with is authorisation as we were both members of the same french non-official support forum) and the improvement for vB3.

It is thus normal that in my return in the vBulletin world, I begin by getting down to this hack. Even if several versions of chatbox are already present in the vBulletin world, I said to myself that it would be a good thing to make a made in France.

Naturally, I don't deal with a "copy" version of the other chatbox, I have any coded at the beginning (it was preferable because the front code wasn't so clean any more), and I integrated a good quantity of very interesting features.

New version features

The new version contains all the features from the previous version. Description of these versions can be found in Sofia's post hereabove (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1257510&postcount=3).

Modifications from previous version are the following :

• 1.5 :
  • Fixed bugs :
    • Chatbox is shown two times in full page mode when the Display on all pages under the navbar option is selected.
    • "Fermer" is not in a sentence.
    • Overflow problem with Netscape.
    • Uppercase transformed to lowercase in the PM channel.
    • The ban cron debans user indefinitly banned.
    • Chatbox continuously loading on some forums.
    • Inactivity and guests problem.
    • Team icon blinking is not working properly.
    • Coma error in the who is online.
    • 2 spaces instead of one between the date and the time.
  • New functionnalities :
    • Option to deactivate the random smilies.
    • Option to deactivate the automatic PM sending when banning a user.
    • New permission to allow or not the downloading of shouts.
    • Option to specify the name under which unregistered users shouts appear.
    • Syntax change for the /ban, /ignore, /del, /pm commands : Possibility to use them with the username or the userid (For more information about the new syntax, check the help button in the chatbox).
  • Removed functionnalities :
    • vBAdvanced integration [TEMPORARLY] => See this for integration with this version https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628

This hack is very light in term of queries : only one for every recharging / refreshment of the chatbox and 5 for the statistics in the load of the page if you actiate them. If you don't activate advanced options of course as stated aside each in the acp

Installation

Read the file "Installation" in the pack.

Once the installation is ended, go in usergroups and edit permissions to see the Chatbox.

By default, no group has access to the chatbox.

Screenshots

The screenshots are in french as I have made it on an online website which is in french. Don't hesitate to give me new one if you want in english

They are up to date of 1.3 version.

See the following post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1292136&postcount=559

User manual

Coming soon ...

Copyright

This hack is under copyright MGC (Mtor&Grog Corporation) 2007-forever and was developed for vBulletin-Resources.com & vb-hacks.org. Its redistribution on another forum that vbulletin-ressources.com, vb-hacks.org or vbulletin.org are prohibited without aggreement of the authors!

Evolutions and improvements

This sixth version of the chatbox is already very complete, but like each product, its evolution depends on all. Then don't hesitate especially to share your ideas of improvements so that we can improve even more this chatbox.

Languages

Actually available :

1. French
2. English
3. Arabic [Translator : alessai]
4. German [Translator : captainslater]
5. Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
6. Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
7. Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

1. Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']For the translators : phrases with version number 1.5 in the English language file are the one that have been modified or added in the new version so you should probably find the modification for your language file easily.[/font]

Contact me if you want to participate and add your own country language file

Support

Several possible problems are explained in the file "Read Me"
Chatbox in iBProarcade and vBadvanced CMPS

See the readme file for iBProarcade.

For vbadvanced, a module is available here : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628.

FAQ

Q: I installed the chatbox but it doesn't display
R: Check if you have allowed users (permissions in usergroups)

Q: I see shouts but in the collapsed chatbox
R: You can specify number of shouts in the collapsed chatbox. If you don't want to see it, put "0" for this option.

Q: The chatbox doesn't display below or in the top of one of the pages while in the other position it displays
R: You use a style and it's possible that variables used in templates aren't present. (Read the file "Read Me")

Q: I have a problem with accents in the Chatbox
R: Read the file "Read Me"

Q: How to change the value of color for date and for command /me?
R: When you add additionnal CSS for each style, you can change color in class CSS.

Thanks to Sofia for her earlier help on the chatbox.

You can donate if you want to show your support

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

[IvyKeepMommy]

Originally Posted by VBDev

It's possible to limit who can download the archives but not who can view.

If I do something like it would rather be to limit specified usergroup from seing the archives not a per user setting as it become more specific use.

I suppose this won't fill up your needs ?

No, that would work quite nicely for me.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Dagoor

Thanks for this great product.

I installed this and everything is working except that i can get this thing below forum. I tried everything, double check all the codes again, everything is right. when i put it BELOW FORUM nothing happens when i put it ABOVE FORUM it appears.

the link in the navbar is working and takes me to the separate page for chatting but i need it on the forumhome. i know i cant add this: $mgc_chatbox but it could be usefull for my template.

I'm using Blaze for tamplate that has a right login column in its forumhome. maybe that is throwing it off!

I also have 2 other products at the bottom of the page. last 24 users online and adv statistic i even disabled these but nothing...

what part am i doing wrong?

Check the readme, there is a style issue tip which should help you to go through that problem !

Originally Posted by IR15H

Yeah. :/

That's strange, I add it to the bug list to check that out for the next version.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by IvyKeepMommy

No, that would work quite nicely for me.

I add it to the todo list

[angeljs]

I can't display the images for the bbcode or the shoutbox submit image.
http://www.swapahome.co.uk/index.php

Edit: My bad....I hadn't uploaded the images to the correct style folder! :erm:

[eghm]

Nice.

My team uses IRC so they are used to scrolling from the bottom up, be a nice feature for adimcp configuration I think.

I didn't see these images include in the download, and I'm missing something?

File does not exist: /public_html/testvb/images/smilies/cheesy.gif
File does not exist: /public_html/testvb/images/smilies/shocked.gif
File does not exist: /public_html/testvb/images/smilies/smiley.gif

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by angeljs

I can't display the images for the bbcode or the shoutbox submit image.
http://www.swapahome.co.uk/index.php

Edit: My bad....I hadn't uploaded the images to the correct style folder! :erm:

No big deal

Originally Posted by eghm

Nice.

My team uses IRC so they are used to scrolling from the bottom up, be a nice feature for adimcp configuration I think.

I didn't see these images include in the download, and I'm missing something?

File does not exist: /public_html/testvb/images/smilies/cheesy.gif
File does not exist: /public_html/testvb/images/smilies/shocked.gif
File does not exist: /public_html/testvb/images/smilies/smiley.gif

This functionnality is already implemented

This is maybe because this smileys are in your database but not present anymore in your folders.

You should remove them in the smileys manager of the acp.

[alessai]

i have an idea

<< maybe its stuiped .... but when any one refresh the page the chatbox go and fetch the data again (And sometimes no one cares about the chatbox) so the idea i had is to add one tiny option in the admincp which make the chatbox in the unactive mode when someone open the page .... and im sure this option will make load lesser by 50% at least

[VBDev]

Yup I add it

[Dagoor]

thanks man its working now!
see if my vps can handle you chatbox

[Verbose]

Just installed... looks great!