Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox (with AJAX)

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

Description

When I had left the vBulletin world, I was in the past the co-author of a little chatbox (shoutbox), very well known in the vBulletin world.
This chatbox had been developed by Svaliotti (known as Poseidon on vb.org) for vB2 in the past and I had made the porterage (with is authorisation as we were both members of the same french non-official support forum) and the improvement for vB3.

It is thus normal that in my return in the vBulletin world, I begin by getting down to this hack. Even if several versions of chatbox are already present in the vBulletin world, I said to myself that it would be a good thing to make a made in France.

Naturally, I don't deal with a "copy" version of the other chatbox, I have any coded at the beginning (it was preferable because the front code wasn't so clean any more), and I integrated a good quantity of very interesting features.

New version features

The new version contains all the features from the previous version. Description of these versions can be found in Sofia's post hereabove (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1257510&postcount=3).

Modifications from previous version are the following :

• 1.5 :
  • Fixed bugs :
    • Chatbox is shown two times in full page mode when the Display on all pages under the navbar option is selected.
    • "Fermer" is not in a sentence.
    • Overflow problem with Netscape.
    • Uppercase transformed to lowercase in the PM channel.
    • The ban cron debans user indefinitly banned.
    • Chatbox continuously loading on some forums.
    • Inactivity and guests problem.
    • Team icon blinking is not working properly.
    • Coma error in the who is online.
    • 2 spaces instead of one between the date and the time.
  • New functionnalities :
    • Option to deactivate the random smilies.
    • Option to deactivate the automatic PM sending when banning a user.
    • New permission to allow or not the downloading of shouts.
    • Option to specify the name under which unregistered users shouts appear.
    • Syntax change for the /ban, /ignore, /del, /pm commands : Possibility to use them with the username or the userid (For more information about the new syntax, check the help button in the chatbox).
  • Removed functionnalities :
    • vBAdvanced integration [TEMPORARLY] => See this for integration with this version https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628

This hack is very light in term of queries : only one for every recharging / refreshment of the chatbox and 5 for the statistics in the load of the page if you actiate them. If you don't activate advanced options of course as stated aside each in the acp

Installation

Read the file "Installation" in the pack.

Once the installation is ended, go in usergroups and edit permissions to see the Chatbox.

By default, no group has access to the chatbox.

Screenshots

The screenshots are in french as I have made it on an online website which is in french. Don't hesitate to give me new one if you want in english

They are up to date of 1.3 version.

See the following post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1292136&postcount=559

User manual

Coming soon ...

Copyright

This hack is under copyright MGC (Mtor&Grog Corporation) 2007-forever and was developed for vBulletin-Resources.com & vb-hacks.org. Its redistribution on another forum that vbulletin-ressources.com, vb-hacks.org or vbulletin.org are prohibited without aggreement of the authors!

Evolutions and improvements

This sixth version of the chatbox is already very complete, but like each product, its evolution depends on all. Then don't hesitate especially to share your ideas of improvements so that we can improve even more this chatbox.

Languages

Actually available :

1. French
2. English
3. Arabic [Translator : alessai]
4. German [Translator : captainslater]
5. Vietnamese [Translator : Anhyeu12000]
6. Turkish [Translator : neutralizer and bocek]
7. Spanish [Translator : obmob] [TO BE UPDATED FOR 1.5]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

1. Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']For the translators : phrases with version number 1.5 in the English language file are the one that have been modified or added in the new version so you should probably find the modification for your language file easily.[/font]

Contact me if you want to participate and add your own country language file

Support

Several possible problems are explained in the file "Read Me"
Chatbox in iBProarcade and vBadvanced CMPS

See the readme file for iBProarcade.

For vbadvanced, a module is available here : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163628.

FAQ

Q: I installed the chatbox but it doesn't display
R: Check if you have allowed users (permissions in usergroups)

Q: I see shouts but in the collapsed chatbox
R: You can specify number of shouts in the collapsed chatbox. If you don't want to see it, put "0" for this option.

Q: The chatbox doesn't display below or in the top of one of the pages while in the other position it displays
R: You use a style and it's possible that variables used in templates aren't present. (Read the file "Read Me")

Q: I have a problem with accents in the Chatbox
R: Read the file "Read Me"

Q: How to change the value of color for date and for command /me?
R: When you add additionnal CSS for each style, you can change color in class CSS.

Thanks to Sofia for her earlier help on the chatbox.

You can donate if you want to show your support

Last version - MGC Chatbox Evo available : here

[obmob]

Hmm... how about one page of comments?

Thanks for the great effort, will test tonight!

[Mastar]

I can't get it to work in ibProArcade v2.6.2+ using $mgc_chatbox and ideas?

[obmob]

worked on my test site, but when i tried to make if online i got and error referred to the wol function, so bad, now i uninstalled everything till i test it further.

EDIT: fixed, missed to upload a file, sorry. ??

[gothicuser]

Thank you so much for the great effort. Really appreciated
Upgraded and working perfectly (so far )

[furst]

Hi, thanks for the hack, but I'm wondering if I could get your help. I updated to the latest version tonight, and now for some reason my quick reply does not work. I get this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...one/error2.jpg

It still posts, but it looks like it doesn't.

I'm also getting lots of emails about this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT id,u.username,u.usergroupid,date,chat,u.userid AS userid

FROM vb_mgc_chatbox AS mgc_cb
LEFT JOIN vb_user AS u ON(mgc_cb.userid = u.userid)

WHERE chat NOT REGEXP '^(/[tT][eE][aA][mM])' AND touserid='0'
ORDER BY date DESC
LIMIT 15;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'touserid' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Tuesday, July 24th 2007 @ 07:46:36 PM
Script : http://domain.com/mgc_chatbox.php
Referrer : http://domain.com/index.php

I've tried disabling the hack, all hooks, going back to 1.3, and even re-uploading all vbulletin php files, but it didn't help.

Please help me solve this problem. I'm quite sure it was caused by this update as I have not made any other changes to my site in recent times.


Oh, BTW... my javascript seems to be broken in threads for some reason. I cannot rep people or edit posts without a page reload.

[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by furst

I'm also getting lots of emails about this error:

I've tried disabling the hack, all hooks, going back to 1.3, and even re-uploading all vbulletin php files, but it didn't help.

Please help me solve this problem. I'm quite sure it was caused by this update as I have not made any other changes to my site in recent times.


Oh, BTW... my javascript seems to be broken in threads for some reason. I cannot rep people or edit posts without a page reload.

The column 'touserid' is new to version 1.4. Did you import the new 1.4 product? and make sure you select 'overwrite' when importing.

[furst]

Originally Posted by gothicuser

The column 'touserid' is new to version 1.4. Did you import the new 1.4 product? and make sure you select 'overwrite' when importing.

Yes, I did import the new product with the overwrite option set to yes. I did it twice just to make sure.

edit: Actually, all of those error emails that I got were all within a few minutes. I guess that must have been during the time after I uploaded the files but before I imported the new product. Still, my quick reply is broken for some reason.

[maidos]

thanks for the new release... however ii ecounter some issues :/

the team channel is blinking even though i clicked on it ...
also even if i clicked on some button it seems it takes me to the top of shoutbox.. .
yeah and didnt u promise that u could remove the space btw the name and the msg space >_<

also there a new button appear but its on french language and i did uploaded the english xml file which i overwrited

also on the pm channel i can only view the msg but it seems icant send thee member a msg back

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by sickboy6ths

Heya! Very nice release! I love this box!

One problem atm, we had this problem before but I have no idea how the other shoutbox maker had resolved it, but the shoutbox does not work on IE7, it gives the error:
Could not complete the operation due to error: c00ce56e

Our site is in UTF-8, and I remember it having to do something with it before.

Firefox handles it perfect.

I also would like to ask if and how it is possible to also display seconds next to hours:minutes at the chat messages.
Thank you kindly!

Hum it works perfectly for me on IE7.

Regarding utf8, have you tried using the accent problem solution to resolve it ? (by changing the $chatbox_utf8 var to 1 in the functions_mgc_cb.php file)

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by wizardan

Random smilies at last!
Thanks for the upgrade

Anyone else with a problem in full page view?

What problem do you have in full page view ?

Originally Posted by furst

Yes, I did import the new product with the overwrite option set to yes. I did it twice just to make sure.

edit: Actually, all of those error emails that I got were all within a few minutes. I guess that must have been during the time after I uploaded the files but before I imported the new product. Still, my quick reply is broken for some reason.

Chatbox is active on the showthread page ?

Originally Posted by maidos

thanks for the new release... however ii ecounter some issues :/

the team channel is blinking even though i clicked on it ...
also even if i clicked on some button it seems it takes me to the top of shoutbox.. .
yeah and didnt u promise that u could remove the space btw the name and the msg space >_<

also there a new button appear but its on french language and i did uploaded the english xml file which i overwrited

I promise and I did it ! This is the align username and shouts option.

Your errors seems like you're having problems with javascript, did you upload them and reinitialize templates ?

Which button ? the PM channel one ? It should appear in english I have just checked the xml language file.