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

[tafreeh]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Yep refresh time. But normally when you chat they then get refreshed.

So you think Changing 30sec to 10sec can improve its speed?

[vilhiem]

Thanks for your reply regarding the FlashWindow function. But if that doesn't work, is there any way the app could somehow "visually alert" a user if the page is minimized (that's why I was thinking something with the taskbar) ...?

Thanks!!!

[lubbie]

Very nice chatbox. Maybe that question is already answered, i would like to display the chatwindow underneath the navbar (forum, forum home - CMS is already under navbar), if possible. I was trying to go through this thread but 428 sides are quit a lot and also the inline search wasnt a success.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Jeweetog

VBDev, you should make a topic on your forum and sticky it with a FAQ list and put the link at top of the MOD post.

Or you're gonna get crazy

Users wouldn't pay attention to that link. Do you alway read the whole mod posts ?

Originally Posted by w00ttastic

Well, I just added it as an embedded html code via custom BB codes. I am quite sure it works, but it doesn't appear anywhere as an option.

Really, we don't have a problem with the Youtube tags, it's the insipid autoplay option that's terrorizing users. In forums, I just replace the string "autoplay" with "xxxxxxxx" or something and that stops it from happening. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a built-in wordfilter here (and if there is, I can't find it).

Custom bbcode shouldn't be parsed, I have a closed bbcode list different from the whole forum.

Originally Posted by tafreeh

So you think Changing 30sec to 10sec can improve its speed?

Depends of what is really the speed problem you are encountering.

If this is the refresh when you are not talking but just looking at the chatbox, then yes it will.

Originally Posted by vilhiem

Thanks for your reply regarding the FlashWindow function. But if that doesn't work, is there any way the app could somehow "visually alert" a user if the page is minimized (that's why I was thinking something with the taskbar) ...?

Thanks!!!

Not that I know, perhaps you could do a little search and if you find something I'd agree to have a look to implement it This must be javascript !

Originally Posted by lubbie

Very nice chatbox. Maybe that question is already answered, i would like to display the chatwindow underneath the navbar (forum, forum home - CMS is already under navbar), if possible. I was trying to go through this thread but 428 sides are quit a lot and also the inline search wasnt a success.

To do it on forumhome, you have to modify the plugins.
Anyway there is no how to about that in the readme, I'll have to include it back for vB4 in the next release.

[TeknoSounds]

Much much <3 for this mod.
BTW radali created a vbA module here:
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40476

I have a request! If it could pull whenever a shoutcast server song changes that would be awesome Currently using the plugin Shoutcast Status which writes to an xml file that should be readable

Shoutcast Status v3

[w00ttastic]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Custom bbcode shouldn't be parsed, I have a closed bbcode list different from the whole forum.

All the custom BBCode we've added (Youtube, strikethrough, spoiler tags, etc) works in the chatbox. What Cyb does, and I think this is a good system, is allow all custom BBCode by default and:



Also, have you ever given any thought to adding a wordfilter function?

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Users wouldn't pay attention to that link. Do you alway read the whole mod posts ?

Well i think the users would help each other by posting that link here and there.

I always read the whole mod. But not always understanding everything.

[Quirin]

I have the chatbox now running 4.xx, it works even if everything, but I can not get smilies from the popup in the box, the Standartsmilies what works are displayed directly but from the popup window, unfortunately, does not know anyone there Council?

[Jeweetog]

Originally Posted by Quirin

I have the chatbox now running 4.xx, it works even if everything, but I can not get smilies from the popup in the box, the Standartsmilies what works are displayed directly but from the popup window, unfortunately, does not know anyone there Council?

What pop up window? You can show the smileys by pressing the smiley button which is an image near your input editor.

[Quirin]

Yes that's clear. If I will click on the smiley button displayed there 10 of my smilies and next to it is [More] when I click it opens a popup where the rest of my smilies will be shown this, however, can not integrate into the editor, if I have a Smilie them click it.