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

07-26-2007, 04:30 AM

tried to install this on a clients site and all the admin looked right but noting would show on the forum ??

we checked the usersgroup too,, or well, time to add vbshout.

C4YOU · 07-26-2007, 07:57 AM

great shoutbox

will test it

sopas27 · 07-26-2007, 06:51 PM

Hello to all, I installed the shout, but when somebody writes something always appears a popup window to say "ok".
It will be that somebody can help myself, or this will be even so, excuse my English, I am Portuguese
Tanks

GuruBhai · 07-28-2007, 04:34 AM

nice post
keep it up

sopas27 · 08-03-2007, 10:38 PM

Hello does any body can put the new version 1.3 or 1.4 tanks

MtoR · 08-04-2007, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loco.m

tried to install this on a clients site and all the admin looked right but noting would show on the forum ??

we checked the usersgroup too,, or well, time to add vbshout.

This could be a style issue, did you try the different positions where to show the chatbox ? If it works on one position then it's a style question for the other.

You can follow the todo in the readme file to correct that

@sopas27 : you made an update or just a fresh install ?

chand · 08-04-2007, 06:11 PM

hello... i have installed 1.4 version but smillies and fonts not shown with chatbox . am i missing some thing ? please help .
Thanks

Nocta · 08-04-2007, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chand

hello... i have installed 1.4 version but smillies and fonts not shown with chatbox . am i missing some thing ? please help .
Thanks

I have the same problem.

Instead of the messages it says "idle" and that's all.

dellbhoy67 · 08-04-2007, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nocta

I have the same problem.

Instead of the messages it says "idle" and that's all.

says the same for me, although the shouts are showing in the archive

sopas27 · 08-04-2007, 11:22 PM

I have install and is evriting ok.

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