PPN and myself (WITH MUCH THANKS TO FREDDIE) will be releasing an integrated chat hack very soon. The demo I am about to show you is not working 100% (updating people on the front) however it is integrated fully.

This hack uses webmaster's java chat.

However the only down to this hack is that it requires a user to run an irc script and be in that channel. What it does is every 2-5 mins (you may change as you see fit) it updates the site (very little bandwidth used) and posts who's currently in the chat room.

There is then a chat button that brings you into the chat. In order to get into the chat you must be a registered member and you see the page just as you would if you were an unregistered user. Once you are logged in you enter chat with your current name...

Now our hack is going to take the _'s out of names. Let me explain... In standard irc all spaces are converted to _'s. Since there are some users with _'s, for the display of the front page our script will take out those _'s so it looks like the original name.

That's about the entirety of the hack. It is nearing completion.

A little thanks to freddie for the inspiration, thanks to the owner of Iguana land.com for helping me get Freddie's version. Thanks of course for PPN for making the hack per my instruction.

This should be released within the week. We are getting all the bugs worked out and the template colors working so it will be a global hack.

To view a semi working demo check here:
http://216.12.212.125/

Look forward to that hack and thank you everyone. Go ahead and ask me questions and give me suggestions.