Demo
You can see a demo here (You can can register a new account, or use the Login, "Ideal Chat Demo", and password, "chatdemo") This demo is of the pro version which can be found here!
Support
This modification is released for free, and as such we don't officially support it; however, as time permits we will try to offer support on it. We will NOT be monitoring this thread on a daily basis, your best bet for a fast reply would be to go post here.
Common Issues/Topics Chat Bar Don't Show Up?
Have you configured the usergroup settings? This is the most common issue we see, and 99% of the time it is due to usergroup settings not being configured properly. So if your bar is not showing up, please verify your usergroup settings before reporting it as an issue.
Messages Don't Show Up?
We are aware of an issue causing messages to not show up for some people, and are looking into fixes.
Modification Has Conflict With Another Product
There is always a chance that two products will conflict with each other! We are aware of some, but please feel free to tell us about any products you find to conflict via our Bug Tracker on our site.
Chat Doesn't Support Certain Characters
The chat can only support the characters your board itself can support! If you would like to support certain characters, you must have your board using a charset that supports them. We have only ever once noticed a chat that didn't support every character the board did, and we are looking in it.
Chat Kills My Server
We have tested the chat extensively for server friendliness, and have found it to be very gentle on servers. We have seen the script run with hundreds of active users without putting hardly any load on the server. However, an improperly configured server may result in any reverse-AJAX/push-AJAX/Comet based chat script killing the server. If you find that your server slows down after installation, you may want to talk with your host about raising your MySQL and Apache Max Connection Limits to a more appropriate amount!
I like this mod a lot, however it caused random 500 server errors which were due to memory usage. Great mod, but too consuming! Sorry!
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Originally Posted by TeknoSounds
Are you on a shared server?
Most chat mods won't run on shared servers due to process run times and memory usage
I had the same issue and its cause is too bad. It might not be as bad if it did not retain old message data. I noticed that message windows would be "open" days after I ended conversation. The chat info was gone, so that part worked, but the tab with the users I chatted with remained.
Worked ok for several days, then a few members started to complain about not being able to access the forum. A day or so after that the mod caused the servers 4 gb memory to max out and freeze up requiring a reboot. It's a dedicated server and has never needed a reboot like that.
We have an average of 200-300 users browsing the forums but only members and mods were able to see the chat bar, it didnt handle more than 40 users before seizing up.
Based on other reports on this thread I disabled the chat mod after the reboot and all is well now.
Worked ok for several days, then a few members started to complain about not being able to access the forum. A day or so after that the mod caused the servers 4 gb memory to max out and freeze up requiring a reboot. It's a dedicated server and has never needed a reboot like that.
We have an average of 200-300 users browsing the forums but only members and mods were able to see the chat bar, it didnt handle more than 40 users before seizing up.
Based on other reports on this thread I disabled the chat mod after the reboot and all is well now.
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