My key works and here's my main_chat template:
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>$bbtitle - $foruminfo[title]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="95%" align="center">
<tr>
<td valign="top">$navbar
<smallfont>$moderatedby$onlineusers</smallfont></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><smallfont>$newthreadlink </smallfont></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<!-- jIRC applet -->
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">
<applet name="jchat" codebase="../jIRC" archive="http://mydomain.com/jirc/jirc_nss.zip" code="Chat.class" width=750 height=450>
<param name="CABBASE" value="http://mydomain.com/jirc/jirc_mss.cab">
<param name="ServerPort" value="6667">
<param name="ServerName1" value="my.ircserver.com">
<param name="Channel1" value="mychannel">
<param name="ChannelPassword" value="mychannelkey">
<param name="AllowURL" value="true">
<param name="AllowIdentd" value="true">
<param name="WelcomeMessage" value="Welcome to my private chat">
<param name="RealName" value="$bbusername">
<param name="NickName" value="$bbusername">
<param name="UserName" value="VB_$bbusername">
<param name="isLimitedServers" value="true">
<param name="isLimitedChannels" value="false">
<param name="IgnoreMOTD" value="true">
<param name="DisplayConfigNick" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigNickPass" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigChannel" value="true">
<param name="DisplayChannelPass" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigRealName" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigServer" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigPort" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigMisc" value="false">
<param name="InitCommands" value="/me says Hola!!">
<param name="BackgroundColor" value="99,132,181">
<param name="TextColor" value="black">
<param name="TextScreenColor" value="white">
<param name="ListTextColor" value="blue">
<param name="TextFontName" value="Arial">
<param name="TextFontSize" value="12">
<param name="LogoBgColor" value="white">
<param name="BorderVsp" value="5">
<param name="DirectStart" value="true">
<param name="FGColor" value="black">
<param name="InputTextColor" value="black">
<param name="InputScreenColor" value="white">
<param name="TitleBackgroundColor" value="black">
<param name="TitleForegroundColor" value="white">
<param name="AliasList" value="/nick=/echo Nick command disabled">
<param name="IgnoreServerMsg" value="true">
<param name="IgnoreModeMsg" value="false">
<param name="AcceptCommands" value="true">
<param name="FieldNameChannel" value="Choose a room:">
<param name="FieldNameConnectNow" value="Connect">
<param name="FieldNameTitleTopic" value="">
<param name="FieldNameConfig" value="Change room">
<param name="DisplayAbout" value="false">
<param name="LicenseKey" value="My license key">
</applet>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /jIRC applet -->
</body>
</html>
....hope this helps..