Ok lets try this again...since I'm bored

[94touring]

I was testing out a chat feature to add to the forum and created a spaghetti of problems for myself.  3 hours later I undid the mess....it would appear anyways.  Installing a chat program now for you guys to play with. 

[94touring]

Slowly making some improvements.  Looks like you can see how many people are in there now, plus it opens up in a pop up window. 

[MPlayle]

It seemed to work well last night for the two of us.  Although on my computer it was not in a separate "pop-up" window.  May have to do with pop-up blocking turned on in Firefox.  I generally keep it that way as a "security" measure.  I will add this site as an exception to the blocking policy and see how it behaves.

Cheers,
Michael Playle

[MPlayle]

A nice big pop-up window does come up, but it wants me to log-in again and then says I cannot access chat and stays at the log-in screen for the Ajax Chat.   ???

[batman1usa]

A nice big pop-up window does come up, but it wants me to log-in again and then says I cannot access chat and stays at the log-in screen for the Ajax Chat.   ???

Yep doin the same to me.  I tried it this morning and it opened right to chat and I chatted to myself.  Now  AJAX CHAT ?  "my pictures are probably to big"   ;D

at least I wasn't the first one to have trouble.   :-\

[94touring]

Lets me log in with my user name and password.  Not sure why you guys can't.....

[94touring]

Fixed it!  Guess it helps if I turn your permissions on so you can use it.   ;D

[94touring]

Wait Wait, lol.  Making another change.  This chat feature is totally screwing up my test forum where I need to be working on these issues.  For whatever reason it alters a file between the two forums and makes the other forum crash.  SO...I've installed a shoutbox instead, which may be better and more user friendly anyways.  All I know is it doesn't make the other forum crash and thats a good thing.  At the top of the main page you'll see the tab "shoutbox", you'll have to expand that and then you can type away at each other. 

[MPlayle]

Uhm ... ,

I don't think the "shoutbox" is quite working right either.  When I first dropped into the forum as a "guest" there was a message at the top that said I had to be logged in to use "shoutbox", so I logged in to the forum.  That message is now gone, but there is no tab for accessing "shoutbox".   ???  Am I missing a setting in my profile or something else?

[94touring]

LOL, you just happened to log in seconds into the update.  Its there now I promise. 

[MPlayle]

Okay.  I'll log out and leave the site in order to try forcing a refresh.  I'll let you know the results shortly.

;D

[MPlayle]

It's Working!  Does disappear when you change to a specific forum list such as the Lounge.  But that would not seem unexpected.

[94touring]

Yep, the shoutbox is only on the mainpage and has to be expanded for you to use.  I'd leave it expanded but kinda clutters things up I think.  Works good, mplayle and I were in there talking for awhile and its pretty fast.