[allan grossman]

Got it under control - unregistered users can enter a nick and chat also

I managed to edit the 'chatnoreg' template to prompt guests for a nick - and only a nick before forwarding them on to a single channel - here's all you need

When you get chatmain working to your satisfaction:

1. Copy chatmain to your clipboard.

2. Open chatnoreg and overwrite it with the stuff on your clipboard - so chatmain and chatnoreg are identical.

3. While still in chatnoreg, delete this:

<param name="NickName" value="$bbuserinfo[username]">

4. Add this parameter:

<param name="DirectStart" value="false">


plus any of these parameters you need for your config screen. I'd include them all because almost all of them default to true. Set them to 'true' or 'false' as required -

<param name="DisplayConfigNick" value="true">
<param name="DisplayConfigNickPass" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigChannel" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigChannelPass" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigRealName" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigServer" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigServerPass" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigPort" value="false">
<param name="DisplayConfigMisc" value="false">

'DisplayConfigNick' defaults to true but I included it so y'all would get the idea how the config screen works.

5. Save chatnoreg.

I have my own IRC server and only one channel for a forum chatroom so there's no reason for jpilot to configure anything but the nick.

Happy chatting

oh, yeah - I did this on RC3 but it should work on any version.