best chat room software with moderation

[eytan]

Hi All,

We're looking for chat room software which allows us to moderate the chats - reason being is that the primary use for us will be to host "guest presenters" so we don't want the conversation to turn hectic, but flow well.

We want the software to be able to integrate into VB3.5. We don't need any major integration, but at least username integration so only registered members can join a chat.

I've seen that that RealChat and DigiChat can do moderation. My questions are as follows

1. What other options so we have besides the above two mentioned software (it needs a moderation option)

2. Can the above two integrate into 3.5?

3. Can anyone with experience of the above two or any other mentioned suggest what sort of numbers we will be able to cope with on a shared server.

Thanks!

Eytan

[eytan]

someone must have tips.... please

[davidw]

I like to use FlashChat and they just recently came out with a version a couple days ago that integrates with 3.5.

I have it on my website (took roughly 5 minutes to install).

[Boofo]

I have RealChat integrated with vB. I will be releasing the integration plug-in as soon as I get everything sorted out on the new server we just moved to.

[eytan]

Originally Posted by christianb

I like to use FlashChat and they just recently came out with a version a couple days ago that integrates with 3.5.

I have it on my website (took roughly 5 minutes to install).

can you moderate chats with this?

Originally Posted by Boofo

I have RealChat integrated with vB. I will be releasing the integration plug-in as soon as I get everything sorted out on the new server we just moved to.

great! thanks

[davidw]

Yes you can, usergroups retain their priveledges. I show up as admin and have all admin/moderator priveledges.

You can find out more here:
http://www.tufat.com/script2.htm

and I have it integrated (30 sec hack) with vbadvanced.

[eytan]

Originally Posted by christianb

Yes you can, usergroups retain their priveledges. I show up as admin and have all admin/moderator priveledges.

so in real time you can moderatre what lines go thru and what ones dont?

[davidw]

I've not had a chance to moderate much on it, but I just read this (since I wasn't sure)

Administrator can ban and unban users, and have at their disposal a variety of text-only commands like /broadcast and /alert.

Are you wanting to know if it stop certain words to from showing up like censoring or have the ability to delete what someone has posted? Those things I've never had to deal with, so I don't know. I've edited my last post, adding information on where it is and what it looks like. I'd have to check on the other things.

[eytan]

Originally Posted by christianb

I've not had a chance to moderate much on it, but I just read this (since I wasn't sure)
Are you wanting to know if it stop certain words to from showing up like censoring or have the ability to delete what someone has posted? Those things I've never had to deal with, so I don't know. I've edited my last post, adding information on where it is and what it looks like. I'd have to check on the other things.

The idea is that when we have a "guest" chat, we can moderate all the questions/points being sent by the users logged in. So the chat doesn't get cluttered up and it runs smooth. We choose what users comments get thru and are displayed to all logged in. makes sense?.... i know realchat can do that. This is how they put it:

Moderate chat sessions. The Enterprise Edition includes a moderator plug-in, enabling you to moderate chats or let visitors chat with celebrity guests. With complete control over an ongoing chat session, the moderator can approve or discard any messages, highlight guest star users and more.

[davidw]

I think the way flashchat works is either/or but not both. I have it set up integrated into my site, whereas I don't allow guests to chat - only registered members. However, my question about realchat is, how can someone moderate - apporoving or discarding any messages - in real time? It would make sense to me that that would not be real time, whereas a pause would ensue while waiting for moderation. Maybe I'm confused. I've always considered real time to happen as it goes - with moderation happening after the message has bene posted.

Realchat is probably better for you then. Although I know there is a censor list and there are dozens of bots that do various things I don't think this can allow a moderator to approve or discard on the fly. LOL, I'd hate to be the moderator doing that job.