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my board I was able to integrate pretty well (except for the username issue), thanks to Wrath's basic page template. I've even got it so that "who's online" shows "in the chatroom". We're using a remotely hosted thing called chat-forum.com. It's like $30 per month.
The user doesn't need to enter a password... they can just make up their chat name. But some have requested a reserved username and password (which I have to put in by hand), so that nobody can "be them" in the chatroom.
But I'd love to be able to give users "instant messaging" integrated into the site..so they could "live chat" while browsing the site...and not have to have yet another username/password to deal with.
Plus our current software is not compatible with Web TV, which we get alot of complaints about.
Users have also requested the ability to web cam on our site. But I don't know where to start there...or if I even want to open that can of worms.
Dave, thanks for the suggestions. It's a tough thing to search for, because there is so much with the word "chat". I had wondered if since your URL is "chattersonline" if you had done any extensive work with this. You'd think that somewhere in the threads community, someone has.
Maybe I need to hire someone and be the first. LOL
