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Suggestion for Site/Forums - Kage - 07-30-2014
Not sure if it's doable with the way the site is hosted, currently or in the future... but based sometimes on how some of the ... high enjoyable threads...
Is it possible to get a chat feature for the site/forums?
I am a horrible employee and people here are wonderful to speak with ok.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Nyx Ashkala - 07-30-2014
(07-30-2014, 03:35 PM)ExKage Wrote: Not sure if it's doable with the way the site is hosted, currently or in the future... but based sometimes on how some of the ... high enjoyable threads...Ooooo a chat implement!
Is it possible to get a chat feature for the site/forums?
I am a horrible employee and people here are wonderful to speak with ok.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Zhavi - 07-30-2014
I have no idea whether or not it would work with what the RPC is moving to, but AJAX chat is something I've used on another site for awhile. You log in to use it and they're pretty active on keeping it updated and squashing bugs. I know one of the guys who works on it -- he's always trying new things out and working on improvements (though he recently got a new job so I dunno if that's eating up more of his time).
But yeahhh, it's by far the best forum chat thing I've ever used.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Kage - 07-30-2014
I used to use AJAX chat hosted on someplace for... a facebook game I started to play with a friend until I start to... play FFXIV.
It was a really interesting chat service but the person hosting it (our end) had lots of downtimes.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Melkire - 07-30-2014
What you're after is colloquially known in the world of BBCode as a shoutbox.
Productivity for users (both at work and with regards to posting on the site) tends to drop dramatically whenever a shoutbox is implemented. =P
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Unnamed Mercenary - 07-30-2014
If that feature was added now though, we might actually kill the server ._.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Zhavi - 07-30-2014
(07-30-2014, 04:28 PM)Melkire Wrote: What you're after is colloquially known in the world of BBCode as a shoutbox.
Productivity for users (both at work and with regards to posting on the site) tends to drop dramatically whenever a shoutbox is implemented. =P
Chat is so much more fun than a shoutbox. True story.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Coatleque - 07-30-2014
(07-30-2014, 04:32 PM)Zhavi Wrote: Chat is so much more fun than a shoutbox. True story.
This.
Shoutbox is basically like a general response forum thread.
I'm thinking something more like Enjin's chat plugin. But bandwidth is always the first priority of course. I'd rather be able to post in threads than have constant OOC chat if it came down to a decision.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Unnamed Mercenary - 07-30-2014
(07-30-2014, 04:36 PM)Coatleque Wrote:(07-30-2014, 04:32 PM)Zhavi Wrote: Chat is so much more fun than a shoutbox. True story.
This.
Shoutbox is basically like a general response forum thread.
I'm thinking something more like Enjin's chat plugin. But bandwidth is always the first priority of course. I'd rather be able to post in threads than have constant OOC chat if it came down to a decision.
What this really means is that SE needs to make a standalone linkshell chat for mobile phones.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Melkire - 07-30-2014
(07-30-2014, 04:32 PM)Zhavi Wrote:(07-30-2014, 04:28 PM)Melkire Wrote: What you're after is colloquially known in the world of BBCode as a shoutbox.
Productivity for users (both at work and with regards to posting on the site) tends to drop dramatically whenever a shoutbox is implemented. =P
Chat is so much more fun than a shoutbox. Â True story.
Just to clarify: when I say shoutbox, I mean a little box at the top of the forums with active, live chat happening inside. You post, and it uses your forum account name. You usually have font and font color options.
These are also known as a chatbox, depending on whom you ask. Which results in confusion from time to time.
EDIT: Seeing Coat's post made me realize. What I'm talking about, and what is known in vBulletin as a shoutbox, is actually the same thing as the Enjin chat plugin, as opposed to Enjin's "shoutbox". Hence the confusion.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Kage - 07-30-2014
I was wondering if you meant the live one or the one where you could see shouts from 1535235615 days ago.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Zhavi - 07-30-2014
(07-30-2014, 04:39 PM)Melkire Wrote:(07-30-2014, 04:32 PM)Zhavi Wrote:(07-30-2014, 04:28 PM)Melkire Wrote: What you're after is colloquially known in the world of BBCode as a shoutbox.
Productivity for users (both at work and with regards to posting on the site) tends to drop dramatically whenever a shoutbox is implemented. =P
Chat is so much more fun than a shoutbox. Â True story.
Just to clarify: when I say shoutbox, I mean a little box at the top of the forums with active, live chat happening inside. You post, and it uses your forum account name. You usually have font and font color options.
These are also known as a chatbox, depending on whom you ask. Which results in confusion from time to time.
Mm, I know. I don't like them -- couldn't tell you why. Familiarity? That could be it. I like things that are familiar.
I like having something that pops out, or is in an entirely separate window, with various features that don't typically come with a shoutbox. (but, probably, I'm just really fond of ajax chat and irc)edit - oh, if we're talking about something that pops out or is in a separate window, then I am, indeed, confused. Ah well, whatever goes.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Kage - 07-30-2014
When I think of shoutboxes I think of these old things...
![[Image: shoutbox1.jpg]](http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x10/myblogger/shoutbox1.jpg)
Not what I had in mind. AJAX or IRC are more along the lines of what im thinking but then again it does require people to be -on- for them to see the messages...
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Melkire - 07-30-2014
This is what, in vBulletin, is known as a shoutbox (I imagine it's called the same thing for myBB) :
![[Image: a2f69ffe182fddc4d72552ccf13fb4d1.png]](http://c714091.r91.cf2.rackcdn.com/a2f69ffe182fddc4d72552ccf13fb4d1.png)
I managed a vBulletin site for a friend for the better of six years. You could enable these so that you didn't even have to be logged in to use them (you'd sign in as a guest with a guest name). You could also choose to have it as the header of the site regardless of where on the forums you were, instead of the box just being on the index page.
That said, you still have to be ON the website to see/use it.
RE: Suggestion for Site/Forums - Zhavi - 07-30-2014
Maaaaan, why do people gotta go and change things when I'm not looking. That's cheating.
(my personal pref is still pop out/second window, but I'll use just about anything : x )