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

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by maidos

is it just me having the problem :/
i still get my page move to the top when i try to refresh the shoutbox... and i get mp command instead of pm command its still on french language

No no no ! I told you the command can be used in the two ways : /pm and /mp.

However, I didn't change the javascript that automatically adds the command with the username as files are the smae for both languages

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

EDIT: Completely uninstalling and reinstalling the mod fixed it.

I'm not able to use this version of the mod, same issues as with 1.3.

When I load it all up it just says Loading....

There's an error on the page as well:



also, when I type in text then hit Go to enter it, it collapses the chat box.

Also, none of the previous chats are displaying.

I've obviously done something wrong, but I'm not sure what?

I think this was because you had modified templates of the chatbox before or you had not uploaded again the new js files.

I would say it's the second one as this variable is defined in the js file (the one from the error).

Originally Posted by Mastar

When trying to /mp I get a "command Syntax Error".

Are you sure of the syntax you've used ? the command syntax is the following :

/mp "username" your_text

Quotes are mandatory for this command (to avoid problems with username containing spaces).


This is not the same as for /ban and /ignore but as there is no parameter after the username for those command, there is no problems with username having spaces.

Originally Posted by artour

I set all permissions but it says:
you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Go to uninstall because just wate a time and that's it.

Are you sure that you set all permissions ?

I mean especially the number of posts to see the chatbox which is always forgotten by users.

Originally Posted by obmob

Well, i have language issues too... somehow i lost my decimal point and the polls were showing 1000 instead of 100 O.o

Maybe it's a good idea to release beta scripts to test before calling it a safe to install mod.

In the end, we all appretiate the great effort!

With the new corrected 1.4 version ?? I have checked and I think not !

In the corrected language file there is now the following lines :

  <decimalsep><![CDATA[.]]></decimalsep>
  <thousandsep><![CDATA[,]]></thousandsep>

And I have tested it, the decimal separator is still there and it's the point.

Try downloading again the v1.4 and reimport the language file.

Anyway the previous versions were stable so there is no reason why it should be considered beta

And once it's a total release, it can't become a beta at each version here he he

[sickboy6ths]

Heya, another small report; The Shoutbox seems to work on normal pages, but when displayed on Photopost Gallery, Zoints Profiles etc. etc. (all integrated into vBulletin) there's only "Loading...", seems to be a problem with just using "mgc_chatbox.php" in the html and not full urls, however, after replacing all to full urls through the bburl variable, it still does not work

Btw, just wanted to say that this chatbox kicks ass! My members are very very impressed and have a lot of fun using this!

[ShawneyJ]

how annoying when you click on the smilies and it moves you to the top of the forum lol.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by sickboy6ths

Heya, another small report; The Shoutbox seems to work on normal pages, but when displayed on Photopost Gallery, Zoints Profiles etc. etc. (all integrated into vBulletin) there's only "Loading...", seems to be a problem with just using "mgc_chatbox.php" in the html and not full urls, however, after replacing all to full urls through the bburl variable, it still does not work

Btw, just wanted to say that this chatbox kicks ass! My members are very very impressed and have a lot of fun using this!

Hum, yes I think I have to change the url in my ajax calls as they are not full urls.

If you have time maybe you can try modifying the url calls in the mgc_chatbox.js file by adding manually the urls before the php files name.

I am going to try that but not haven't had the time yet so if you have some this could help

Originally Posted by jaycob

how annoying when you click on the smilies and it moves you to the top of the forum lol.

This should not anymore. Have you updated to the 1.4 version ? (This was a 1.3 known bug)

[Piccante]

1.4 was working when I upgraded last night.

Now this morning everyone can only see an "idle" message.

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by Piccante

1.4 was working when I upgraded last night.

Now this morning everyone can only see an "idle" message.

Just idle or the full idle message ?

Have you change anything to the options of the chatbox ?

When there is the idle message, what's going on if they click on the refresh button ?

[Piccante]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Just idle or the full idle message ?

Have you change anything to the options of the chatbox ?

When there is the idle message, what's going on if they click on the refresh button ?

Just 'idle'. Not the full message.

Nothing happens when refresh is clicked. The 'reload' circle appears, but the 'idle' message remains.

The chatbox archive IS logging the messages though.

[VBDev]

Are your chatbox templates modified ? or are they the original ones ?

Have you uploaded the new js files ?

If first answer is no and second is yes, let's try out somtgh.

Open the mgc_chatbox.php file and search for :

echo "idle";

Replace it by:

echo $loading . "idle";

Then tell me if the msg in the chatbox is 0idle or 1idle. You must tell me that for the page load not if you click the refresh button of the chatbox.

Anyway, if only idle is shwon, this must be because the js files have not been updated IMO.

[Piccante]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Are your chatbox templates modified ? or are they the original ones ?

Have you uploaded the new js files ?

If first answer is no and second is yes, let's try out somtgh.

Open the mgc_chatbox.php file and search for :

echo "idle";

Replace it by:

echo $loading . "idle";

Then tell me if the msg in the chatbox is 0idle or 1idle. You must tell me that for the page load not if you click the refresh button of the chatbox.

Anyway, if only idle is shwon, this must be because the js files have not been updated IMO.

Doing that produced this error in the chatbox:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/xxxxxx/public_html/forums/mgc_chatbox.php:1) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/forums/mgc_chatbox.php on line 6

Thanks for your help.

[VBDev]

Then try with that :

echo "$loading idle";

Once you're done with the test don't forget to put back the old line !