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

[SnapOff Racing]

Has the issue with the chats not being aligned in FF 3.0.6 been fixed? Just wondering because I just installed 2.2.1 and my chats are aligned just fine in FF 3.0.6 I'm using vb 3.7.3 so maybe only > 3.8.0 is affected or something???


Also I notice that two tables are missing from the new 2.2.1 version
isthreadwarning
ispostwarning

Have these tables been removed from the coding altogether or are they for an option that I just don't have enabled yet?

Other than that everything looks good Thanks VBDev :up:

[entertain]

Originally Posted by Bugs

Align usernames and chats not working in latest Firefox version (3.0.6)

Seems to work, when the latest shouts will be displayed at the top of the chatbox.
Otherwise not..

[SnapOff Racing]

Originally Posted by entertain

Seems to work, when the latest shouts will be displayed at the top of the chatbox.
Otherwise not..

Oh ok I suppose that's why mine is working fine then. Thanks for that input! :up:

[kronnos]

Originally Posted by VBDev

You can do that by using the "style issue fix" explained in the readme.

Even if you don't have style issue this will let you add it wherever you want.

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Thank you, I was able to make the changes but then I ran into another problem. Is there anyway to actually edit the chatbox template itself? I noticed where ever i insert the $chatbox_forumhome code, it automatically makes a space after even if there is no <br/> in the template I paste it into. Also, I wanted to add it into a table but it removes the table class for all the other items in that table. So I would want to remove table class close in the chatbox template itself.

So basically, where can I find the full code for what this equalls to = $chatbox_forumhome ?

table class

[DigitALL]

Hello VBDev,

Thank you for looking into this issue. The ChatBox appears to work fine but I would estimate only in about 60% of cases. So here it goes:
- Tested in IE, FF and Safari on Windows and OSX platforms. It seems that it is not related to browsers. I use FF most but in my opinion, the ChatBox should be made to work best in IE. Over 70% of worldwide internet users are using IE.

- I open the forum home in ten pages and in about six of these pages, the ChatBox content will appear fine. In the rest of them (about 40%) the ChatBox would stay at "Loading..." state.

- In some cases when the ChatBox appears correct, when you type something in the ChatBox, the chat would not be displayed.

- I have also noticed that if one browser display I would post a chat, in some cases, on the other pages, that chat would not appear, like it does not refreshes automatically. If I do a browser refresh, it will either display the chat, or it will stay on "Loading...".

- As I wrote before, it seems that it is not stable. From the many tests I've done, it appears that in about 60% cases it will work, and 40% not.
Since I have few skins installed, I have tried this multiple times under different skins.
In one point, I've disabled most of the plugins, leaving the ChatBox to see if there is some kind of conflict with any of the plugins. Unfortunately, it was the same (random display of "Loading").

- Again, when I used to have VB 3.7.3 with ChatBox v.1, everything was working just fine, I was very happy about it. Before upgrading to 3.8.1, I have removed completely the ChatBox and its files and then I've started fresh with v.2.2 and then 2.2.1 and have this problem of "Loading..." being displayed randomly.

- Would be this issue because of the new VB version or due to the new version in ChatBox? I have no clue what to do next and honestly, I would return to version 1, if I would be sure that it will work fine under 3.8.1. Would that be feasible?
You have all the site info, so you are welcome to pop-in anytime. Thank you very much

[deta]

Originally Posted by deta View Post

Please fix the bug with ibproarcade!!!!

cu Deta

Hey man calm down !!!
I am not a little dog that obey orders.

I have nothing to say some days, perhaps my Users ar very :down:

cu Deta

[Gamempire]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Which mod are you using that add mootools ?

a personal mod that add some function to my forum related to my portal of videogames

[KillerStefan]

I want to type in bold and with FF9900 as color always on the chatbox but the color isn't avaiable as custom parameter.
Any idea how to do this?

[michi123]

hey

i got a problem @ installing the box! im not able to import the product !

it always says: Die bei der Anfrage ?bermittelten Daten sind f?r die -Methode nicht erlaubt oder die Datenmenge hat das Maximum ?berschritten.
The request for the data transmitted for the method is not allowed or the amount of data has exceeded the maximum.

can sumone help me to solve this problem pls?

[DigitALL]

Hi,

I noticed that on the product page there is a link to the CMPS module. But when you got there, on the module page, it is stated to work only with version 1. Will that module be updated? If not, I see no point to be linked to it.