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morteriser

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Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« on: January 12, 2011, 11:54:15 PM »
I think we should have some form of a chatbox (I'm not sure if you can, but it would be pretty cool to :D)
It would be useful just to have a place where you can chat about random stuff whenever you can (quickly and actively :P)
I think that it might require some sort of mod to get a shoutbox, but I'm not so sure how it works or whether it can be trusted ಠ_ಠ"
If you can't, then that's fine :/
But if you can, you might want to get some (more?) mods to keep people from breaking the rules on the chat -__-"
This is just a suggestion, so don't make it a big deal :I
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2011, 11:59:24 PM »
Ehh I hate shoutboxes...I'm sure though there's a SMF mod for a chatbox, maybe set up a IRC channel like #milesluigi :D
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2011, 12:28:35 AM »
An IRC channel wouldn't be a bad idea to be honest. But unless you have a pretty active community the channel tends to stay dead too long for me to want to create on right now.
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2011, 12:42:45 AM »
During the summer, I wouldn't mind making a chat for this forum. Only problem is that it might take me longer than the summer cause I'm gone half of it.
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But can people tell me some details? Would it be a person to person chat, or a public-forum chat for everyone to see? Chatrooms? What does the server run?
« Last Edit: May 04, 2011, 12:45:33 AM by dylanweber »
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2011, 01:53:36 AM »
I could add a chatbox to the forum board; it would act functionally like an IRC server. I personally don't think it's necessary; and if anything, it would be a magnet for spam.

To answer your question dylanweber, this website runs on my own VPS. I have complete control of the server, and can do what I want with it. If this means that I have to install some module for apache2 to get something working, consider it done.
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2011, 02:54:28 PM »
I have been working on a HTML, PHP, and Javascript based chat for a while, but I wouldn't want to force anything on you, and add spam/bot prevention.
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2011, 06:46:22 PM »
Quote from: milesluigi on May 04, 2011, 01:53:36 AM
I could add a chatbox to the forum board; it would act functionally like an IRC server. I personally don't think it's necessary; and if anything, it would be a magnet for spam.

I agree, and besides a chatbox wouldn't be used very often (at least in my opinion it wouldn't).
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Re: Chatbox/Shoutbox?
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2012, 08:10:48 PM »
This was actually one of the first questions that I was thinking about asking. A chatbox is good if you need to tell someone something in real time. Plus imo it makes for a better friendly forum because it lets everyone get to know each other easier. I mean even if most people here arnt that active there are still people here that are. I think there are more advantages to having a chatbox then disadvantages.
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