Forum Chat box

[Sharp Dagger]

Just wondering if it would be worth while having a chat box at the bottom of the board index, since there has been a couple of times where I PM Someone and then it takes them a while to reply since they have to refresh the page for them to be able to see what I've said. Maybe get a normal chat box and then reskin some of it, with custom Festers place images (E.G festers place logo at top)

[MildlyMadButShiny]

That would be helpful. Would be better than looking for a random forum

[Toco]

i admit it would be nice to holla at ppl between posts and at work

[BBloke]

Well I guess if you are at home and on Steam there is always Festers Place steam group chat. So you don't necessarily have to be "friends".

It's a good idea although a shoutbox would be oh so public and you'd have to be very very careful as to what you say I'm pretty sure there are public websites that offer a php chat system that is free and easy to setup. I've used one in the past.. maybe that would be better?? It would certainly be a little more private!

[YamNivek]

Is there a way it can be seperated from the forum, maybe a page on the main site, as I dont want the Network Nazi's to ban forum access as they may class it as "BANNED:Chat/Social Sites"

[FoxoF]

Myschool bans "showthread.php" and "viewtopic.php" etc. which sucks balls.

[Supernova]

Myschool bans "showthread.php" and "viewtopic.php" etc. which sucks balls.

Hahahaha, unlucky.

I wrote my own php shoutbox a while ago for another forum, but it wasn't live updating (this was before getXmlHttpObject and AJAX was commonly used) - more of a system to leave a little one line message to everybody at the top of the page. That was easy to make and you always found a different message when you logged on.

A chat system thing could be cool, if it was in such a position as we noticed if it sent a message (made a sound or something? a little box pop up at the bottom of the screen?)

[Fester]

ummmmm while it maybe handy to have this chat box thingy.. i know myself there wont be anyone ever logged into it a few days after its setup and just might be a waste of time..

also whats so rushed that you cant wait for some one to reply in pm?? say it in a pm and have some patience

[dintbo(aka bosco)]

I'm with fest on this one. Theres a handy festersplace steam chat already in place. Does anyone use that??

[Exterminatus]

There really is not much call for a chatbox in the forums. Not only is there the Steam group chat thingy, but something like that defeats the purpose of a forum - a place where your stupidity and/or ingenuity is stored for new and old members alike to LOL at.