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

[Prism27]

Firstly, I apologise if this has already been posted, I couldn't see it in the 56+ pages.

If you're having the DEPRECATED error being displayed problem, then there's a simple way to fix this. This does NOT fix the problem, all it does is tell php to stop reporting the problem.

Open the following files:

mgc_cb_evo.php
mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php

And change this line (Line 4):
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

To this:
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED);

This little code fix works fine. Demo

Cheers,

(php version: 5.3.0)

[frightie]

Still having the same problem with the [More] smilies

[frightie]

Nevermind, it started working after I changed the max displayed under the chatbox.

[utahraves]

2.4.2 bug report
After upgrading, I am no longer able to validate the moderated threads I have - I receive error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function authorize_user_newthread_newpost_notif() on a non-object in /serverpath/includes/mgc_cb_evo/plugins.php on line 580

I do have new thread notifications enabled. Disabling them allowed me to validate the moderated posts. I'm not sure if this was the case with creating new threads either.

[OblivionMage]

I get this fatal error in 2.4.2 on all pages of my forum whether or not it's turned on (disabling the product fixes it):

Fatal error: Call to a member function show_chatbox() on a non-object in /home/****com/public_html/guidewiki/forums/includes/mgc_cb_evo/plugins.php on line 720

Line 720 of plugins.php seems to be:

if($MGCCbEvoCore->show_chatbox() && $MGCCbEvoCore->evo_permissions->can_view())

Cheers,

[OnTheSideDesign]

Ok, great I see there was an update to the chatbox...It seems to be working better but im still getting this error...should i destroy the whole setup and lose all my chats?

I am getting this error 6 times above the header.

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php on line 420

I am also still getting this error on the top of my vBadvanced page...

Fatal error: Call to undefined function can_view_mgc_cb_evo() in /home/diyproj/public_html/modules/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 3

[adnedarn]

I've installed 2.4.2 from 2.2.x and it is much slower for us. It takes a bit to load after the forum has loaded, then once you send your message it takes a moment for your chat to disappear from the input field, and then more moments for it to show up in the chatbox. I followed the "Upgrade from the version 1.0.0 up to 2.2.1 " instructions including the script at the end. Ideas?

[Elric]

The Shoutbox was updatet yesterday but it dosnt works with vbcmps too...

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by snappy1313

Thanks for the updated version, but I am still having a problem extracting the files. With both 2.4.1 and 2.4.2, when I go to extract the files, I get a message saying "There is already a filename with the same name of the folder name you specified. Specify a different name." this pops up for the changelog file, channel icons, files, macosx, images, lang and product. They show in the "extracted" file with 0 kb in each.

Is this something I am doing wrong? I had no problem with 2.3.x

You must be having a problem with your zip software ...

Originally Posted by Prism27

Firstly, I apologise if this has already been posted, I couldn't see it in the 56+ pages.

If you're having the DEPRECATED error being displayed problem, then there's a simple way to fix this. This does NOT fix the problem, all it does is tell php to stop reporting the problem.

Open the following files:

mgc_cb_evo.php
mgc_cb_evo_ajax.php

And change this line (Line 4):
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

To this:
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED);

This little code fix works fine. Demo

Cheers,

(php version: 5.3.0)

Oh that's interesting, what kind of error were you getting without the deprecated thing ?

Originally Posted by utahraves

2.4.2 bug report
After upgrading, I am no longer able to validate the moderated threads I have - I receive error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function authorize_user_newthread_newpost_notif() on a non-object in /serverpath/includes/mgc_cb_evo/plugins.php on line 580

I do have new thread notifications enabled. Disabling them allowed me to validate the moderated posts. I'm not sure if this was the case with creating new threads either.

I did test the thread creation notification and it's working all good, I'll look into that issue.

Originally Posted by OnTheSideDesign

Ok, great I see there was an update to the chatbox...It seems to be working better but im still getting this error...should i destroy the whole setup and lose all my chats?

I am getting this error 6 times above the header.

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php on line 420

Here is a fix:

Edit includes/mgc_cb_evo/class_misc.php, search for :

PHP Code:

                // 2 - Member group test
                if (!$hasaccess && !empty($this->registry->userinfo['membergroupids']))
                {
                    $found             = 0;
                    $ugipds_array     = explode(',', $this->registry->userinfo['membergroupids']);        
                    foreach ($ugipds_array as $index => $ugpid)
                    {
                        if (in_array($ugpid,$command['usergroupids']))
                        {
                            $hasaccess = 1;
                        }
                    }
                } 


In this bit of code, replace:

PHP Code:

in_array($ugpid,$command['usergroupids']) 


By:

PHP Code:

in_array($ugpid,$command['membergroupids']) 


Originally Posted by OnTheSideDesign

I am also still getting this error on the top of my vBadvanced page...

Fatal error: Call to undefined function can_view_mgc_cb_evo() in /home/diyproj/public_html/modules/mgc_cb_evo.php on line 3

Don't use the module it's not uptodate ...

Originally Posted by adnedarn

I've installed 2.4.2 from 2.2.x and it is much slower for us. It takes a bit to load after the forum has loaded, then once you send your message it takes a moment for your chat to disappear from the input field, and then more moments for it to show up in the chatbox. I followed the "Upgrade from the version 1.0.0 up to 2.2.1 " instructions including the script at the end. Ideas?

Much slower ? You must be having a problem.

It might be slower at first load as you need to cache new js but that's all.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Elric

The Shoutbox was updatet yesterday but it dosnt works with vbcmps too...

You mean vBAdvanced ?