I also bought FlashChat and installed it on my forums site, in my effort to locate a decent chat for my users. The installation instructions are misleading, you may just want to skip the standard install and go directly to the integration instructions, which if followed will produce an integrated FlashChat sustem.

However, I find the way messages are shown, quite cumbersome, as the username/time and message are mixed up in the messages window. I would like them to be in a tabylar format, where time and user name are shown in the left column and the message on the right column, that would make reading the messages much more convenient.

Per se, the program has received the attention of several coders here, mainly Paul M, and there are some additional integration options, like who is in the chat (viewable from ForumHome) etc., but until the columns issue is solved, I would stick with ZT's hack, which is entirely php/MySQL and allows me better integration with vB.

Rgds

I have installed flashchat, didn't take any time and for a room that isn't really busy it does just fine.

www.zclub.net

I am not sure what you mean by mixed up:They are printed on the same line with the time showing first. You can configure it to move the time to the end, or my preference, which is to turn the time display off, unless it really matters at exactly what time JGZman wrote, "LOL!!"

Regards,

Matt

Check this picture.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

You will notice that messages which are longer than one line, the text wraps underneath the name/time area. This makes distinguishing who posts what, very difficult.

What I was hoping to do, is something like this:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2005/03/1.jpg

Rgds