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 Gamempire

i was talking with the author of the post, that had the same error of me

Oh ok =)

Originally Posted by enteha

yes thats it.

That's odd ! I tested in Opera and it works perfectly.

Originally Posted by socalsoccer

This Chatbox uses 1/4 of the resources of the other popular chatbox. I had the other one installed, and many people complained of how slow it was. When I installed this one, they immediately noticed the difference. I have 20 people at a time chatting with no problems.

Thanks for the comment

Originally Posted by Falon

Ok. If this is so DIFFICULT for you to understand I made you screenshot.



WHITE PAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE!!!

Oh ok, is the mgc_cb_evo.php file present in the acp ?

Originally Posted by SnapOff Racing

What a dumb comment... Maybe because other mods aren't near as complex as this mod is either. This is BY FAR the best effin chatbox out there IMO! I have used at least 4 other chatboxes in the last 3 years and all of them were WEAKSAUSE compared to MGC EVO! Also VBDev is one of the best developers who has stood by his mod who is constantly on here helping everyone with their issues. Just look thru this entire thread and you can clearly see almost everyone one of VBDev's posts also always filled with 5 or 6 quotes answering everyones questions and trying to fix everyones issues...

I challenge you to find another chatbox for vb that has as many features as MGC and a developer that stands by his mod as good as VBDev does....

Don't worry I'll wait......

Ah ah nice answer

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by MDK-Indy

Now i can specify the error...
If i move a thread with a move notice in the old sub-forum i become the error.

Am adding it to the bug list to fix.

[powersilie]

I installed the chatbox 2 weeks ago and it was perfect. Yesterday I updated and first it didn' t work at all.
Box appeared, but it was loading...loading.....and it wasn't possible to write.

Now it works, but only this way:

I opened "Chatbox display on forumhome" and replaced this tag:
$find_text = '$forumhome_markread_script';

with this one:
$find_text = '$$chatbox_forumhome';

It's only working with 2 $ and only in forumhome, not on other sites.

Greetings
Karin

[DigitALL]

Any tester would have a limited patience in trying things out... and that makes me a frustrated person.
I am using this chat box since version 0.4, then upgraded to 0.7x, then to version 1.0 and finally now at version 2.2.1
All versions except the last one worked without any problem for me and now I am wondering why I have upgraded from version1 to version2, just to have more headaches?
I am struggling with version 2 from more than two weeks and perhaps you understand why my patience is at its limits.

1. I have the well known "Loading..." message that apparently tons of other users have it and so far, none got a straight answer to the problem other than to refresh the cache...
If I refresh the screen few times, eventually it will display. It is inconsistent. For that reason, nobody is posting anymore in my forum.
Why the previous versions would work and not this one? Isn't that obviously a problem with this "Loading..." message? How I could call it an "evolving software" (as per your words) when in fact, beside few more options, overall it works worse than previous versions?
I run vB 3.8.1, I know to refresh my cache, using few browsers on different platforms.
I follow info to the letter, I verified myself few times, I have a clean forum with few hacks installed that is running smoothly with no errors (except the ChatBox).
I tried to install it few times, the same result.

Do you have a real solution for "Loading"? What should I do? Should I downgrade to version 1.0? Do I need to take any special measures if I want to downgrade?

[Falon]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Oh ok, is the mgc_cb_evo.php file present in the acp ?

What exactly do you mean? I have this file in my root folder - public_html.

[entertain]

Originally Posted by Falon

What exactly do you mean? I have this file in my root folder - public_html.

There is also a mgc_cb_evo.php that have to be uploaded in the admincp-folder.
(It is not the same like this in the forums root)

[MotMann]

Originally Posted by DigitALL

Any tester would have a limited patience in trying things out... and that makes me a frustrated person.
I am using this chat box since version 0.4, then upgraded to 0.7x, then to version 1.0 and finally now at version 2.2.1
All versions except the last one worked without any problem for me and now I am wondering why I have upgraded from version1 to version2, just to have more headaches?
I am struggling with version 2 from more than two weeks and perhaps you understand why my patience is at its limits.

1. I have the well known "Loading..." message that apparently tons of other users have it and so far, none got a straight answer to the problem other than to refresh the cache...
If I refresh the screen few times, eventually it will display. It is inconsistent. For that reason, nobody is posting anymore in my forum.
Why the previous versions would work and not this one? Isn't that obviously a problem with this "Loading..." message? How I could call it an "evolving software" (as per your words) when in fact, beside few more options, overall it works worse than previous versions?
I run vB 3.8.1, I know to refresh my cache, using few browsers on different platforms.
I follow info to the letter, I verified myself few times, I have a clean forum with few hacks installed that is running smoothly with no errors (except the ChatBox).
I tried to install it few times, the same result.

Do you have a real solution for "Loading"? What should I do? Should I downgrade to version 1.0? Do I need to take any special measures if I want to downgrade?

Yes.. im looking to for the beste Version from the 1,xxx to !!!

The Version 2 , xxx is to slow and to Big. It's not realy a small Chatbox. It's a elephant

Where i can get the best Version 1, xx.. i Thing, it was the 1,5?

[Falon]

Originally Posted by entertain

There is also a mgc_cb_evo.php that have to be uploaded in the admincp-folder.
(It is not the same like this in the forums root)

Ok, mod is working now. Acp can means so many things
Thanks!!!

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by DigitALL

Any tester would have a limited patience in trying things out... and that makes me a frustrated person.
I am using this chat box since version 0.4, then upgraded to 0.7x, then to version 1.0 and finally now at version 2.2.1
All versions except the last one worked without any problem for me and now I am wondering why I have upgraded from version1 to version2, just to have more headaches?
I am struggling with version 2 from more than two weeks and perhaps you understand why my patience is at its limits.

1. I have the well known "Loading..." message that apparently tons of other users have it and so far, none got a straight answer to the problem other than to refresh the cache...
If I refresh the screen few times, eventually it will display. It is inconsistent. For that reason, nobody is posting anymore in my forum.
Why the previous versions would work and not this one? Isn't that obviously a problem with this "Loading..." message? How I could call it an "evolving software" (as per your words) when in fact, beside few more options, overall it works worse than previous versions?
I run vB 3.8.1, I know to refresh my cache, using few browsers on different platforms.
I follow info to the letter, I verified myself few times, I have a clean forum with few hacks installed that is running smoothly with no errors (except the ChatBox).
I tried to install it few times, the same result.

Do you have a real solution for "Loading"? What should I do? Should I downgrade to version 1.0? Do I need to take any special measures if I want to downgrade?

This is not "a whell known" problem, most of the users are having it working.

Only users that have it not working complains

And by the way man keep calm and keep the bold font for you ...

In 2.x.x versions I have moved the whole javascript to yui to be compliant with vBulletin that's all.

If you are having loading issue that could be due to anything, and saying "Ho man I have a loading issue and bla bla bla this is bad bla bla bla" is not a way of resolving things out.

Most of the time it's a cache refreshing problem and if I am saying this each time it's because most of the users don't read the previous posts ...

Anyway, please send me by pm a test account to your forum and I'll have a look.

I also need ftp and admin account accesses in order to see what could cause this.

[Gamempire]

IT WAS MOOTOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT THE XXXX!!!

a plugin add mootools before the href to the yahoo yui.. and so there where some components that make the chat unavaible!!


incredible!
put it in the bug error list