Chat Room Changes, Part Deux!

[Cribbs]

Well, ProBoards has finally partnered with a company that integrates chat rooms to the current boards. I know that many of you will say "Hey, if it ain't broke, why'd ya try and fix it?"

Well, first of all, it beats having it at two different sites. The old chat room was hosted with Bravenet, but our forum was with ProBoards. With this integration, the chat room displays here on our site, within the forum.

Secondly, if I need support on it, they support it since it is part of their outfit. Not that it has been needed, but just thinking ahead.

Anyhow, there it is for you all to try. I think you may like it, and if not, let me know and I can address some of the issues. The Chat Room button above (below the Soundhole Logo) is corrected to link to the new chat room, and on the top banner (along with Home, Help, Search, Members, etc.) you will see a new "chat" link.

Enjoy, as always, PM me if you have any problems.

Cribbsy

[t-bob]

I'm in the chat room now in a separate browser. Is it possible to see if anyone is in the chatroom from the Soundhole mainpage, as it was with TTT? I think it made it easier for impromptu chatting.

[Cribbs]

I have asked that of the developers, and currently there is no way, and from what I gathered, no immediate plans to add it.

The only way I was able to experiment with it was to create a chat forum, and embed the code within that forum, so that from the main page you could see how many people were "viewing that forum", and in essence, in the chat room.

The "who's chatting" feature is very requested and hopefully part of their future plans. I will keep you posted, and I agree, it would be very handy.

[Supertramp78]

yeah, because if Farney is in there.... well....

[theevan]

...you know how his socks smell...

[Village Idiot]

Sounds good, Cribbs. Here's another most likely possible request. Our department web board has a pretty cool feature. We can post attachments from our computers. It's a real handy thing in the professional world, and something that would be quite helpful around here, for people wanted to post tab, etc. If you think that might be a remote possibility, please PM me, and I'll send you a link to our web board, and my sacred password so you can look around and see what I'm talking about.

[andrewg]

Um, while you're at it could you get a hot tub put in there?

[iamjohnne]

There might be room over in the corner. Just don't splash on the zebra skin couch.

[Deleted]

And don't put that thing near the beer keg, I don't want any cross contamination.

[Gypsy Picker]

Is it possible to see if anyone is in the chatroom from the Soundhole mainpage, as it was with TTT? I think it made it easier for impromptu chatting.

It's reminiscent of the early days of the telephone... you know, before they figgered out the ringer thing. You'd have to pick up the phone every so often to check if someone was calling.

"Dude, I've been, like, trying to call you for hours!"