Lonelygirl15

[Killthesmiley]

Just wanted to post this in both threads:

So I decided to go and ask the experts on how we can take over the channel:

[raigne]

[Skunkwaffle]

well I don't think anyone would be upset to see the current chat room stick around if it did what it was supposed to do, ie. work. But as it is now, that's not happening, and since the C's don't seem to have the resources (understandable) or the interest (unacceptable) to make the necessary changes to it, then IRC is a perfectly viable alternative.
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Yeah, you got... stuck a fish in the face.

[The Creators]

Hey everyone,

Our programmer is looking into fixing chat. If he can't we will look into IRC. Sorry our chat sucks, it bumbs us out too. We will do the best we can to fix it.

Thanks for your understanding,

Greg

[dixiemccoy]

[milowent]

[Killthesmiley]

Greg, sorry to bug you about it again. But would it be possible for you guys to file the group registration form with Freenode, so we can set up some moderators?
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kelly

YOU: Who does that KTS think she is? Total bitch!

ME: I think I'm you, only better.

~Kelly, KMurr, and Kellylen <3~

[Pallidity]

I don't think I saw this suggested, but there is always the possibility of using a messenger, such as msn or AIM, for the chats. =D

[Taig]

"C's" good for you! Just do what you can, do it when you get the time and do it when there aren't more important things to do, for heavens sake!

oh and btw stop calling yourself "The Creators"? How about
"The Producers" it ifts one so many levels

Thanks for putting up with "it all" and still GIVING us ALL of this to play with. Mostly...thank you for your incredible sense of humor and your never-ending efforts. LG15 most times good, sometimes not so much but you guys...awesome...all the time.

I am grateful and probasbly every one else is too (intentional bad grammer there) they are probably just having too much fun to say so. Hang in

[milowent]

[VanillaFlava]

I don't get why this is still an issue.

Running a chat with several hundred concurrent is not really a challenge, well if you're not opting for an off-the-shelf solution that is also bound by the limitations of the various flash streaming servers (i.e. concurrency problems).

IRC would be one obvious solution. It is a bit awkward to handle for inexperienced users, however, and relying on the established networks has its drawbacks, as pointed out above.

There are also issues of eliminating all possibilities of spoofing and name hijacking etc. The question really is whether you want to stay with a fixer-upper like you have right now, want something proven and genric like IRC, or wether you want to go pro and integrate a real messaging solution into your site.

My suggestion would be to set up a Jabber server. http://www.jabber.org/

Immediate benefits:

- It's open source and completely free

- One of the most established and robust real-time messaging technologies out there right now

- Jabber servers work just like email for authentication, so if you set it up for your domain, nobody else could claim 'bree@lg15.com', etc. You could integrate it with your existing DB and every user would have his forum name immediately, no spoofing possible

- A whole lot easier to handle for your userbase compared to IRC

- Jabber is the technology behind GoogleTalk

- Jabber is also an IM, and people could connect to your server through whichever client they want to (there are plenty out there, including GoogleTalk, Trillian, Miranda, etc.)

- You could have a web-based client embedded into your site as default, exposing whichever functionality you choose

- Jabber has many extensions allowing for voice, video, etc

- In effect it would be an IM, chat rooms, etc for your userbase


Only requirements:

- Minimal, dedicated infrastructre at your disposal

- Competent techs setting it up, some coding to integrate it into the site, some recurring maintenance
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Well now, I'm not gonna talk about Judy. In fact, we're not gonna talk about Judy at all, we're gonna keep her out of it.

[milowent]

the more i focus on the chatroom, i forget all other lg15 worries. something about mod rules? don't know WHAT you're talking about. but Vanilla's post above looks AWESOME.
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“Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!”

[Broken Kid]

I passed along the tip about Jabber to the web guy. The new version of phpBB that we hope to unveil someone soon has some minor integration with Jabber, so you get your notices of messages and such via that if you choose. So maybe it will provide easier integration with Jabber's chat ability.

Then again, it's important to note that the chat is on the list of things that need to be changed, but there are some bigger changes in the works over the next couple of weeks, so it will likely have to fall after that. That's just my feeling, not any official word...
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President of the Owen Fan Club

[milowent]

it's always just around the bend. we await it eagerly.
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“Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!”

[dixiemccoy]