Major Additions - MGC chatbox (with ajax)

If you enjoy my mod and want to be kept up to date >>> "Click install"

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 the below post.

Modifications from previous version are the following :

1.4 :
- Removed features :
  - Aucune

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

For those who had installed earlier v1.4 version:

Upload files again
Import mgc_chatbox product
Enjoy

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 : http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/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 fifth 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.

Reported bugs of v1.4:

Chatbox is displayed 2 times on full page if display on defined page under the navbar option is set.

[TBT] : To Be Tested
[RT] : Reproduced in Test
[KO] : Refused (ie not reproduced)
[OK] : Corrected in the next version

TODO LIST for v2.0:

Smilies in a popup like in new post or new thread (More ... link)
Smilies button possibility to open a popup only insteed of collapsable line
Popup smiley, custom height and widht popup
Maximum number of chats per day in usergroup permissions (possibility to activate/deactivate it as it would add a query)
Try to find a fix to the whosonline problem as it does not affect all user's forums
Option to deactivate random smilies
Correct alt tags for the chatbox's buttons
Warn user on new pm
Correct the readme file for the integration with vbadvanced (adv_index instead of arcade)
Problem of loading in the error and warning messages
Option to disable mp sending on ban.
Add /ban, /ignore and /pm uid <userid> commands
A surprise

Estimated release 1.5 date : September (no exact date as I'll be on holiday during two weeks in august)

Languages

Actually available :

French
English
Arabic [Translator : alessai]
German [Translator : captainslater]

To be available [Translation in progress] :

Vietnamese [Translator : J1755EC6A244]
Spanish [Translator : carlosacgj]
Afrikaans [Translator : powerbook]
Turkish [Translator : neutralizer]
Portuguese [Translator : killerkraft]
Greek [Translator : tonton from vbulletin-ressources.com]
Bosnian [Translator : Benjaminbih]

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.

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 * MtoR?
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

Velas · 06-05-2007, 11:14 AM

I have tested this chat and it´s the best chat I ever had installed, many thanks again!

Magnumutz · 06-05-2007, 01:19 PM

Yeah, pretty much what i needed... hope it can't get hacked like vBShout :|

Krav3n™ · 06-05-2007, 02:52 PM

OK I fixed my issue I couldn't fix it before because of the way my custom layout was, so I simply rebuilt my template to incorporate the shoutbox. This is by far the best chatbox I have ever used great job. Now I have a qestion is there a way to change the title of to read shoutbox or whatever else I might want? thanks in advance.

MtoR · 06-05-2007, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krav3n™

OK I fixed my issue I couldn't fix it before because of the way my custom layout was, so I simply rebuilt my template to incorporate the shoutbox. This is by far the best chatbox I have ever used great job. Now I have a qestion is there a way to change the title of to read shoutbox or whatever else I might want? thanks in advance.

What do you mean by title of the read shoutbox ? The top title (MGC chatbox) ?

If so, this would be possible in the version 1.2.

Thx for all your kind messages !

Sofia · 06-05-2007, 09:04 PM

Progress of version 1.2 :

1. /del all clearing command independent for each channel (ie: if typed in team channel, only team chats are deleted) or add of /del team and /del gen commands [Done]
2. List of users actually online in the chatbox
3. Possibility to view team and general archives separately
4. Option in the user cp in order to choose to show or not the chatbox [Done]
5. Random smilies or possibility to choose the smilies pack used
6. IE 6 problem of channels image disapearance
7. Think of the possibility to warn the user when new messages are avaible in the other channel
8. Option in the acp to choose which text formatting options can be selected through the user cp and possibility to choose the max size for the size bbcode
9. Add of b, i et u bbcode selection in the user cp [Done]
10. Correct full mode permissions [Done]
11. Option in the acp to choose the number of top shouters shown on forumhome [Done]
12. Put the chatbox in a global var in order to be able to show it everywhere
13. Smilies in a popup like in new post or new thread (More ... link)
14. Integration with ibproarcade
15. Option in the acp to choose to see chats in descending or ascending order [Done]
16. Option in the acp to choose the editor position [Done]
17. Think of an idle mode implementation
18. Think of the possibility to add /ignore and /deignore commands
19. Chatbox announcement management directle from the chatbox and not through acp
20. Smilies button possibility to open a popup only insteed of collapsable line
21. Mood of the day in the chatbox
22. See the queries unsuseful problem [Done]
24. Problem with Opera, ie5.5 , consors... (overflow) [Done]
25. Choice of double channels or simple channel. [Done]
26. Prevent the download of shouts when there isn't [Done]
27. Statistics size too big [Done]
28. Edit Chatbox Title in options [Done]
29. popup smiley, custom height and widht popup
30. / me /ignore (usergroup permissions)
31. Enable/disable delete cross near usernames in the Chatbox to delete shouts
32. Enable/Disable display of the date [Done]
33. specific users which can use team command
34. 50% cpu
35. Options de date spécifiques à la chatbox

Messages prefix for one channel [Done]

ParadiseStaff · 06-10-2007, 12:52 PM

köszi szépen a modot

MtoR · 06-11-2007, 02:34 AM

New version available : 1.2

MtoR · 06-11-2007, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ParadiseStaff

köszi szépen a modot

which means ?

menochu · 06-11-2007, 03:41 AM

greatz !!! Thank you very much

dellbhoy67 · 06-11-2007, 10:15 AM

I get this error when deleting old shouts:

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