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

[Prentice]

Hi Ranger, can I just clarify.

So have the Chatbox permanently up, and make it accessible by a usergroup only.

Add all members to that usergroup, but disable the usergroup's access when I don't want them using it.

[ozione]

hi, all!
i hope someone could help me here; i bought the pro version back ago and support didn't solve my issue - instead they closed my support thread. very professional...

anyway, i need this one solved, so please; any hints would be appriciated.
i'm running this mod for some time now and everything ran well untill updated to latest 3.3.0 version. now my sidebar notifications doesn't work anymore.

what it does is that (when notifications are enabled) the chatbox keep reloading itself and there is no notifications sidebar (forum block) present.

while i was debugging this issue i found out that i can temporarly set this running if i do the following (in these very steps):
- enable sidebar notifications
- clear system cache
- reload the forums

now the sidebar notifications are present
- if i reload the forums again, the stuck reloading issue repeats
and so on...

i'm lost.


thanks

[Ranger187]

That issue was resolved in 3.3.0. Also make sure mod security isn't enabled.

Originally Posted by Prentice

Hi Ranger, can I just clarify.

So have the Chatbox permanently up, and make it accessible by a usergroup only.

Add all members to that usergroup, but disable the usergroup's access when I don't want them using it.

Yes. Basically you add them to a secondary group (You can use sql and mass do this) or you can just have VIP/paying etc etc.

If you need help with it, just PM me.

[Kybyrian]

I want to inquire about the running of one of the scripts that comes with MGC Chatbox Evo,

mgc_cb_evo/cron/mgc_cb_evo_ban.php

We're currently on version 3.2.3 (so we have applied the fix for checking ban expiration on permanent bans ourselves), but my question is unrelated. Where is this script called from, and how often? A few minute bans tend to take a lot longer than a few minutes because of the frequency of this script's running.

Edit: Never mind, found it in the scheduled tasks.

[Cayton]

I ordered the paid version plus professiona install on the mgcproducts site. Yesterday evening someone attempted to install the chat plugin on my site and from appearances they uploaded over my admincp so that the only file that shows in there is mgc_cb_evo.php . Needless to say my site has crashed. Yesterday evening I patiently posted in mgc priority support, PM'd "MGC" and PM'd VBdev on this site without one reply. At the very least I would expect someone to have the courtesy to send me a message to say that the site wa down and they were working to resolve it or inform me if they could not fix it. I chose MGC because of the volume of traffic on this thread and the number of installs, but my forum has been down for 14 hours without a peep from anyone. I am forced to restore it my self and still be without the product or service I paid for. Very BAD experience.

[Ellendway]

Plus pro version cannot be installed because of stupid errors in their files. I'm waiting for answer of their support but I think they will tell me that's my problem :P

[midgetgrimm]

I'm having problems getting it to load. It only displays chat after I type and post in chat box. any known fixes. I am on 4.0.7 and 3.0.0 worked fine

[RVP99]

How do I enable it so sending a PM to someone shows in a new tab, as it currently just shows in the shoutbox?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

[exyuteam]

With latest version, you can choose are you want to display PM messages on general tab. And If you want to chat with someone on private tab, just click on his/her username. New tab will open, and you can chat private.

[RVP99]

Originally Posted by exyuteam

With latest version, you can choose are you want to display PM messages on general tab. And If you want to chat with someone on private tab, just click on his/her username. New tab will open, and you can chat private.

That doesn't seem to work, as when I try and PM it just shows in the shoutbox, doesnt open a new tab. I guess I must have missed something. Could you tell me where I can edit the settings to display messages on the general tab, sorry I'm a novice haha