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

[zstewart]

Anyone else with this problem.

On 4.0.8 btw did the same problem back on 4.0.7 aswell.

Sometimes the chat will not post anything users types, but if you goto Archives and Back to the main page with the chat it will start working again. Seems like a refresh problem maybe freezing? Does not happen all the time but when it does its very noticeable. (Users complain they can't see anything.)

[murekhalir]

Nvm Fixed.

[sorcerer1]

Originally Posted by zstewart

Anyone else with this problem.

On 4.0.8 btw did the same problem back on 4.0.7 aswell.

Sometimes the chat will not post anything users types, but if you goto Archives and Back to the main page with the chat it will start working again. Seems like a refresh problem maybe freezing? Does not happen all the time but when it does its very noticeable. (Users complain they can't see anything.)

We have this same problem. I've posted here, but not received a response.

[MrEyes]

Either I am being a bit thick or something is broken...

I am trying to get private messaging working, so I enter the following:

/pm username

I then see that text appear like a normal chat, I don't get another tab, or anything else.

In options I have:

• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Command Options -> /pm command: Activate the private chats in tabs feature -> Yes
• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Command Options -> /pm command: maximum number of private chats tab authorized. -> 5
• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Manage Commands -> PM is enabled for all usergroups
• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Chats formatting and sending -> Activate commands autocompletion -> Yes

Is there another setting somewhere? BTW that last auto completion setting doesn't seem to do anything at all.

As an aside, but possible related, I have also noticed that /slap & /me don't work either - in fact none of the commands seem to work. So I am guessing that there is a "Switch commands system on" setting that I just can't find.

EDIT : Using vb 4.0.6

[Lazorbeam]

Originally Posted by MrEyes

Either I am being a bit thick or something is broken...

I am trying to get private messaging working, so I enter the following:



I then see that text appear like a normal chat, I don't get another tab, or anything else.

In options I have:

• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Command Options -> /pm command: Activate the private chats in tabs feature -> Yes
• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Command Options -> /pm command: maximum number of private chats tab authorized. -> 5
• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Manage Commands -> PM is enabled for all usergroups
• ACP -> MGC Chatbox Evo -> Chats formatting and sending -> Activate commands autocompletion -> Yes

Is there another setting somewhere? BTW that last auto completion setting doesn't seem to do anything at all.

As an aside, but possible related, I have also noticed that /slap & /me don't work either - in fact none of the commands seem to work. So I am guessing that there is a "Switch commands system on" setting that I just can't find.

Likewise. For example, the /slap command returns an error (user could not be found).

/slap userxyz

Does not work even is userxyz is in chat.

[zstewart]

Originally Posted by sorcerer1

We have this same problem. I've posted here, but not received a response.

Great at lease am not the only one.:up:

[Lazorbeam]

New bug report:

- Allow users to format chat.
- User types in message with font formatting:
Hello

- Disable font formatting.
- User's message appears like this:
[ B]Hello[ /B] (no spaces)
- User cannot remove formatting tags and all future messages will carry formatting tags as previously specified.

[MrEyes]

Originally Posted by Lazorbeam

New bug report:

- Allow users to format chat.
- User types in message with font formatting:
Hello

- Disable font formatting.
- User's message appears like this:
[ B]Hello[ /B] (no spaces)
- User cannot remove formatting tags and all future messages will carry formatting tags as previously specified.

I have experienced this same issue, after much hair pulling I went for a fairly dramatic fix but it worked. When BB Code formatting is enabled the users settings are stored in the DB, if you nuke the settings the problem disappears:

update users set mgc_cb_evo_params = ''

Now this is dramatic, but it works - I strongly recommend that you only run this if you are absolutely comfortable with it and understand that it may have other side effects (I didn't but every setup is different)

I assume somebody will be along shortly with an "OMG!!!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT" post, well I did and it worked

[SEW810]

Originally Posted by zstewart

Anyone else with this problem.

On 4.0.8 btw did the same problem back on 4.0.7 aswell.

Sometimes the chat will not post anything users types, but if you goto Archives and Back to the main page with the chat it will start working again. Seems like a refresh problem maybe freezing? Does not happen all the time but when it does its very noticeable. (Users complain they can't see anything.)

Yeah, same here. That happends when slap, me, pm commands are enabled , too bad, i just disabled them just to get my chat working. I can spend all the night pressing F5 (refresh page) and nothing happends!!! . Clearing chat history fixes that problem (well, until bad commands are used again lol)

Any idea to fix it??

Originally Posted by Lazorbeam

Likewise. For example, the /slap command returns an error (user could not be found).

/slap userxyz

Does not work even is userxyz is in chat.

The correct sintaxis is:

/slap uname "user name" (without "'s of course)


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Oh btw, any of you guys got "constant string" issue at forum.php when chat is ON ???
If i disable it (Chat OFF) forum.php works just fine.

USING VB 4.0.8

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Another issue.

If I type /ban show , I can't see banned users !!!! (I'm Admin)
It showes me the non permissions page

[Harley D]

Same issue here with both versions. It even stops me from typing if I'm in another window if someone posts while I'm typing. Aggravating!

I have to click somewhere else on the screen and then back to the text box for my text to start showing again.
VB 4.08 & FF 3.612

Seems to work with Explorer 9 beta, but keeps showing a MIme pop-up waring

Originally Posted by zstewart

Anyone else with this problem.

On 4.0.8 btw did the same problem back on 4.0.7 aswell.

Sometimes the chat will not post anything users types, but if you goto Archives and Back to the main page with the chat it will start working again. Seems like a refresh problem maybe freezing? Does not happen all the time but when it does its very noticeable. (Users complain they can't see anything.)