Chat Option?

[Cdnwolf]

I've been on a couple of forums like this and some have a chat option? Do you know if that could be set up here?

[kato13]

If you could show me an example I would have a better idea if I could duplicate it. My initial thought is that it would have to wait until I upgrade the Forum software later this year.

[Grimace]

An example:

http://www.wegfansite.com/forum/index.php

We've got things rigged so that when you're signed up on the site it automatically signs you into the chat when you click on the Chat Room. Not sure if you can get to the Chat Room without logging on, as I haven't tried, but you might be able to.

Hope this helps.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Grimace

An example:

http://www.wegfansite.com/forum/index.php

We've got things rigged so that when you're signed up on the site it automatically signs you into the chat when you click on the Chat Room. Not sure if you can get to the Chat Room without logging on, as I haven't tried, but you might be able to.

Hope this helps.

That is interesting and defiantly possible. As for a quick implementation, it would require an upgrade of the forum software and the attachment of additional components. I will look at including a chat when I migrate us to a new server (probably some time in the next 3 months).

My only reluctance is that chat is not permanent and therefore discussions which take place there would not enter our archive. Not a huge concern but there is the possibility of useful information only being shared between chat participants and then quickly forgotten.

[jester]

The only one I know for sure is Rondaks Portal.

[Cdnwolf]

After I posted I thought more about it and unless someone records whats said, sometimes great ideas don't get passed on from chat rooms.

[avantman42]

Originally Posted by kato13

My only reluctance is that chat is not permanent and therefore discussions which take place there would not enter our archive. Not a huge concern but there is the possibility of useful information only being shared between chat participants and then quickly forgotten.

If you could implement some sort of logging facility then that'd mitigate that issue, though if lurkers are attracted to the ephemeral nature of chat, then that might put them off.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by avantman42

If you could implement some sort of logging facility then that'd mitigate that issue, though if lurkers are attracted to the ephemeral nature of chat, then that might put them off.

Most of the chats run through a remote server. I would never have access to the text to log it. Some of them might have a user save option which could then be reposted, but that seems like a hassle.