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]

hmm i cant get the chatbox on firefox anymore all it says is loading and ive refreshed and even restarted firefox and wen i try post anything i get

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[Ranger187]

var security, or mod security..... If it's apache, it's mod_security.

[baghdad4ever]

is there any server load with this version ??

thanks vbdev for updating

[Gn_Snake]

Originally Posted by VBDev

U see the chatbox but chats don't get posted hummm. Even in the default style ?
Do they show in the archives ?

.

Not, I use a personalized style...but with the version 0.40 all it worked
Yes, the archives are the chat

[zstewart]

I get the double posting as well any fix yet?

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by ShiZoPhreN

Feature Request:

No Links/Urls in Chatbox eg: http:// www. etc.

Thanks in advance

Well you mean removal of urls ?

Originally Posted by Ranger187

var security, or mod security..... If it's apache, it's mod_security.

Yes it's a possibility. I should apply a fix for the mod security thing. I'll need your help to test if it works once done.

Originally Posted by baghdad4ever

is there any server load with this version ??

Since 1.0.0, server load was drastically minimized.

thanks vbdev for updating

Originally Posted by Gn_Snake

Not, I use a personalized style...but with the version 0.40 all it worked
Yes, the archives are the chat

Can you give me test account with admin account and ftp (by pm) so that I can have a look around.

Originally Posted by zstewart

I get the double posting as well any fix yet?

The fact is I don't encounter that issue and don't know what could be causing that...

Unless someone try to disable some options and then find out which one is causing the issue I won't be able to help a lot :/

I'll try to find out in the code but without experiencing it, it's a bit hard.

Cl?ment

[carlos2000]

Today I installed the chatbox on a vB 3.8 beta test forum with standard style and everything worked fine with ie and firefox. I installed vbcms portal and included the chatbox on the portal site and everything worked perfect.

I uninstalled the chatbox in our "real" forum, deleted all the files from the server and deleted all templates and installed the chatbox. But still the same problem. IE users can't see the shouts in the shoutbox. May there be a problem with the style?

[Jasmin]

VBDev,

The users on my site really want a chat function, and I really want a transcript function to make sure good stuff doesn't slip away into the ethers of obscurity. I really don't want to add chat until there's a way to do that.

Just something that could drop an entire chat, or maybe an hourly or daily snapshot of history... something like that... into a chat transcript forum. That'd be dandy.

Title could of the transcript post be based on the date, whatever. Nothing too fancy needed. Just something functional. That way, if anything amazing comes up, there's a record, and it'll come up in the search.

If you can add this, I'll donate at least $100 to the project by paypal. More if you find this complex in any way.

PM me your paypal addy if this is do-able and okay by you.

Thanks kindly
Jas

[Jasmin]

Oh, is the "chat archive" the chat transcript? i.e., does it already basically post transcripts?

If so, and it's searchable w/the rest of the forum posts, I guess you got that $100 donation coming to you already.

I'll have to install this and see. (or maybe someone here can confirm)

[carlos2000]

Originally Posted by carlos2000

Today I installed the chatbox on a vB 3.8 beta test forum with standard style and everything worked fine with ie and firefox. I installed vbcms portal and included the chatbox on the portal site and everything worked perfect.

I uninstalled the chatbox in our "real" forum, deleted all the files from the server and deleted all templates and installed the chatbox. But still the same problem. IE users can't see the shouts in the shoutbox. May there be a problem with the style?

UPDATE: I just imported the style to our testforum and the chatbox is still working. Do you have an idea where the problem is?