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]

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that I'll be back in business for the chatbox.

I'll be starting upgrading it ASAP.

I'll keep you in touch

Clément

[zelnik]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that I'll be back in business for the chatbox.

I'll be starting upgrading it ASAP.

I'll keep you in touch

Cl?ment

brilliant!

[Sador]

Just want to post a small thank you to the developer for letting us know he'll continue with the project by e-mail. Thanks.

Also, are you planning on making this compatible with vB4.x?

[VBDev]

Of course otherwise I won't have warned all of you

[steven72555]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Of course otherwise I won't have warned all of you

Nice!!

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Of course otherwise I won't have warned all of you

Thanks Hopefully now you can get it to work on 3.8.5 since it doesnt work on that version Thank You for letting us know.

[inciarco]

I Think There is a Bug on Version 2.4.2 Working on vB384.

When I Delete Shouts and I Run the "Counters update", I can still see the Count of Shouts of Users on the ChatBox Top 10 Statistics; I've even Completely Deleted Shouts of Certain Users, and they Appear on The Statistics, as well as the Total Count of Shouts of Users that Have Posted Shouts and I've Deleted some of them.

I've Set the Option "Number of days before automatic chats removal" to 365, but if the Shouts have been Manually Deleted I don't know if this Affects the "Counters update" Cleaning Routine.

I Hope You Can Locate and Correct this Bug on Your Next Update, VBDev.

I've Received Yout Update Mail, and is Great to Know that You'll Continue Working on the ChatBox. I Hope You Can Also Include the Possibility for the BBCodes to be Applied to Selected Text on the Message Box, and Not to All the Shout Message, (Like it Was Many Updates Before).

My Best Regards.

[telltot]

Hi.

In Germany this Chat is the most popular Chat. Now i hope this Chat is comming for VB 4.0.

Thank you for all.

G Olaf

Excuse me for my bad english

[Stifler]

yeah hopefully mgc becomes available for 4.0 the alternatives suck.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by inciarco

I Think There is a Bug on Version 2.4.2 Working on vB384.

When I Delete Shouts and I Run the "Counters update", I can still see the Count of Shouts of Users on the ChatBox Top 10 Statistics; I've even Completely Deleted Shouts of Certain Users, and they Appear on The Statistics, as well as the Total Count of Shouts of Users that Have Posted Shouts and I've Deleted some of them.

I've Set the Option "Number of days before automatic chats removal" to 365, but if the Shouts have been Manually Deleted I don't know if this Affects the "Counters update" Cleaning Routine.

I Hope You Can Locate and Correct this Bug on Your Next Update, VBDev.

I've Received Yout Update Mail, and is Great to Know that You'll Continue Working on the ChatBox. I Hope You Can Also Include the Possibility for the BBCodes to be Applied to Selected Text on the Message Box, and Not to All the Shout Message, (Like it Was Many Updates Before).

My Best Regards.

It's possible it has that bug cause right now it won't work with 3.8.5 the refresh time stays stuck like its looping so if you chat it might show the first text you send but give it a few minutes and refresh loops stays stuck and when you do a text wont show to you or anyone else the text message you send unless you refresh page then you see what you wrote in the chat box does it on only 3.8.5 cause before i upgrade it, in 3.8.4 it had no issues.