Live Chat?

[tony]

Vic,

I couldn't find it in the Admin Tools but is there a chat facility?  That'd be grand!

Tony

[Vic]

Hi, Tony,

chat would be great, I guess. Is there a module we can add?

Best regards,
Vic

[tony]

Vic,

If you chose an individual, it's supposed to allow you to chat but that's 1-2-1.  That would imply that everyone must "join" in order to be viable for "chat".

I can't see a module for a general chat room but if anyone knows of one....

Tony

[tony]

Vic,

It appears that a chat module for SMF does not exist.  However, there are others "for free", that you might want to look at;

http://www.123flashchat.com/download/smf1.10_mod_for_123flashchat_6.0.0.zip
http://www.phpheaven.net/phpmychat:home?id_rubrique=29

Tony

[Adam G.]

Or try even:

http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=159

[tony]

Doh!

The SMF Site was down when I visited... 

[victor]

I am not sure if chat is the best way to go about it. Let's install it if you think people will use it!

I was thinking about installing ShoutBox (http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=294)
Looks like a pretty cool thing to have. Any final thoughts?

[tony]

Looks good and - well, anything is better than nothing, right?

[Vic]

I tried and tried and tried to implement this into the board, but somehow it would always show up in the wrong place.

Why, oh why does it not have a nice button somewhere that says: Install Me ? 

I will try again tonight when the load is low.

[victor]

Ok, got chat installed at http://www.sggu.com/smf/chat

But... how do we get it inside here? Where should we put it?

Tony - any ideas?

[tony]

...One of those little push buttons along the top...

[Adam G.]

How about we all arrange to chat online at a predetermined time?

How about 4pm UK time on Friday 11th August?

[tony]

Sorry Pavel - I'm usually on the road then.  Would it fit in if we go on-line late in the UK, so's places like, oh I dunno, Japan could be on-line at the same time...?

[victor]

Ok, so we all move to Japan and meet there!

So, add a button on top? good idea, Tony!
Let me try and see if this will do the trick!

[sy278]

Guys,

My name is Scott, (I was the one who warned you off of phpBB on the old starsystems board) if I can be of any help with this then Im volunteering, I have been using SMF for about 9 months now and know my way around it reasonabaly well.