[intrloper9]

EvilLS1,

I've read about your hack and I just went through all 6 pages of this forum. Your replies are very helpful and it's good to know a person like you is here to walk us all through these intergrations. :nervous:

I'm a webmaster of a big website that's going through a massive overhaul (design and restructuring) in 2005. The website is www.chuckpalahniuk.net. Right now, we're using a portal for our chat room into mIRC. Check it out here: www.chuckpalahniuk.net/chat/

For 2005, I'd like to go with something completely new and customized. I'll list what we'd like to attempt, and then you can hopefully tell me the best way to do it, and if it's even possible.

1) I'd like a good chat room on our site that doesn't use mIRC. I only say this because the site will be a paysite in 2005, and I don't want people sneaking into our chat room through the "back door" of mIRC. (if there's a way to limit this though, say with that User Groups / Members Only option, I wouldn't mind sticking with mIRC)


2) I love this new "Who's Online" feature for the Chat Room, but is there anyway to utilize on my site besides just in the forums? See, we're creating a User Box that will appear on every page of the entire website. This box will have a number of handy links, but will also be a way to login to the Forums, see if you have PMs awaiting, and will also be a way to "Join" the site if you're not a member.

But the feature I'd also love it to have is a "There are currently 5 Members chatting" type notification. Like your hack, it would refresh every 60 secs, and, if clicked, would open up our Chat Room page.

So is there anyway to intergrate this hack of yours to non-forum pages? Like, will intergrating the proper code into this handy "User Box" allow the "Members Currently Chatting" option to show up on all pages of the entire site?


3) And last, I'd like to have a directory of all the people currently IN the chat room once a member goes to our chat page (but before they actually enter the room). The best example I can give of this is on www.suicidegirls.com/chat/. It's a cool way to see which forum members are chattinge before you launch the room. Sort of like a lobby that tells you who's checked in before you enter the hotel. :cheeky:

That's it. Hope you can answer each one of these.

-Dennis
www.chuckpalahniuk.net