Chat rooms :)

[Lowe]

Right - the missus is building a website for Tortoise keepers, and she wants a chat room on her website. Since they're not partcularly computer savvy, it's got to be easy to use. At the moment I've set her up a Parachat chat thingy, and it's great - but it can't be moderated. We've had a few troublemakers ruining everyone elses fun as we can't remove them.

So, this is where you come in. Do you know of a free webchat thingy that I can add to the site that allows me to set up a moderator or op?

Any help or suggestions are appreciated!

[Moby-Dick]

why not use a Java based IRC client on the page , then set up an IRC room or better still a server

[Lowe]

That's exactly what I just did

Found an IRC based whatsit which seems to be working great. Cheers

[TheAnimus]

IRC is great for that sort of informal thing!

Problem is its a very out-dated protocol and idea, relies too much on trust and other such things found on the net more and more infrequently

Anyway the 'classic':
http://www.jpilot.com/products/jirc/demo.html

[ajbrun]

Problem is its a very out-dated protocol and idea, relies too much on trust and other such things found on the net more and more infrequently

Lowe - just make sure you get L in your channel to op anyone who needs to be, and you'll be fine .

Where's this new tortoise loving channel then, and on what server?

[pak000]

you could also use cgi:irc as an alternative to java, although that has additional problems when you connect to other networks as they may see it as an open proxy.

[directhex]

Lowe - just make sure you get L in your channel to op anyone who needs to be, and you'll be fine .

Where's this new tortoise loving channel then, and on what server?

L assumes Quakenet. a nickserv/chanserv duo is more common on other networks

[Lowe]

www.shelledwarriors.co.uk

Click on the chat room link and it'll all sort itself out. It's only a very basic site I know, but web design isn't my thing really.