thanks for this hack i clicked install great hack :)

all the other chat irc hacks half of my members could get in half could not :(

this one is great and i will probably pay $75 if it goes well :)

i agree about the users chatting.

basicly i have a link like this to my chat under my header

LIVE CHAT CLICK HERE

but i would like to have

CURRENTLY {1} USER(s) CHATTING CLICK HERE TO JOIN

or something like that on my forum home template ?

is this possible and thanks again

i should have read bryans post above mine :) lol

i want exactly what he said and he said it alot clearer :)

Here's an example of what I'm after from my old forum using a simple java chat script. The actual users where never listed... just the number of people using chat and it worked extremely well at promoting the chat room usage.

It looks as though a lot of people would like their main forum page to indicate how many users are online, or in some cases, show their names.. Regardless of whether or not you show each and every username in the chat, or just show the amount of users, a Who's Online Module 'hit' is consumed. Shortly, I'm going to be working on someone elses site to do something just like this. In order to minimize the quick usage of Who's Online hits (and keep from saturating RaiderSoft's servers) we'll need to figure out a way to set up a simple cron so the data is only updated every 5 or 10 minutes or so (or however the end user would like it set up) Either way, it looks like a version 1.1 is in order, and I'll be getting started on it shortly. I'll send out an update as soon as it's online! Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions!

Clicked Install:
My members love it:)
Thank you - your efforts are appreciated.

Chris... because of this response I have just subscribed to your platnium service today. If you should need any testing done by all means I'd be happy to help out in any way possible.

Hmmm... if this is still to be part of the extra billed who's online module would it not require a subscriber to purchase 4320+ hits per month to work? Just so I'm clear on your intentions... will a simply "In use" indicator be available instead of the complete list of active users?

I will help out in any way also.... My users LOVE this chat .. and I want to add the same "Who's Chatting" functionality to my main page.

Hi Bryan -- regardless of whether or not we show the entire list, just the user amount, or a simple "in use" indicator, the Who's Online Module is used. The advantage of having a Platinum/Enterprise account is that these accounts are provided a daily stipend of hits to allow for a once/10 minutes check on the module without having to pay extra.

Sounds perfect Chris. Sigmachat Platinum is up and running on my site now and I'm looking forward to the update.