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Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« on: December 15, 2008, 09:48:42 am »
Forum Url: http://wwwcolmoreforum.smfforfree.com
Hiya SMF Support

I wondered, could I get a Chatbox for my forum so only members of the forum can chat on it instead of being it worldwide?

Thanks

Joe
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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2008, 11:05:47 am »
Forum Url: http://wwwcolmoreforum.smfforfree.com
Hiya SMF Support

I wondered, could I get a Chatbox for my forum so only members of the forum can chat on it instead of being it worldwide?

Thanks

Joe

If you want it for members only create a Board for the chatbox you want to use.   When creating the Board do not checkmark Guests.      Put the chatbox's code in the Board's descripton block.       This way only members will be able to see and use the chatbox.

     Here is a list of chat/shout boxes:
     
     www.cbox.ws
     www.yellbox.com
     www.myshoutbox.com
     www.shoutmix.com
     www.shoutbox.us
     www.tag-board.com
     www.tagboards.tk
     www.tagboardsite.com/
     www.xat.com/   
   
       

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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2009, 05:03:14 pm »
USE CHATROLL.COM LISTEN TO ME!  :buck2:

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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2009, 12:28:33 am »
I'm going to also add my support for chatroll.com as the best chatbox, and I have tried virtually all of them in that list above. When I say "tried", I installed each and every one of them on my board and checked out all the features before deciding it didn't meet my needs.

It's fully customizable, in terms of name, size and colors to match your board, it allows you to create your own profile complete with avatar of your choice, members in chat are listed on the right, and it's fast.

The only drawback...you cannot administer the chatbox as you can with some of the others- you can't ban users or edit the chat that has been typed, and your chat box is part of a "network" and others could potentially find it and join, although there are hundreds of these boxes on the network so the odds of that happening are slim, and even if someone joined, so what? You might even find new board members that way.


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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2009, 11:45:52 am »
USE CHATROLL.COM LISTEN TO ME!  :buck2:

I don't think so

Chatroll lets you chat and interact live with people across the web.
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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2009, 11:48:36 am »
but its an awesome chat box

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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2009, 12:59:35 pm »
USE CHATROLL.COM LISTEN TO ME!  :buck2:

I don't think so

Chatroll lets you chat and interact live with people across the web.

You don't think it's a good chatbox because it let's you interact live with people across the web? I don't follow. Seems to me that's a good thing...if others on the web find your chatbox, they find you, and ultimately your board. But they won't know the chatbox is part of an internet message board unless you tell them and invite them to sign up for your board. And if you're trying to keep unwanted folks off your board, then just keep the chat box in a board not visible to guests. They won't even know it's there.

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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2009, 08:41:48 am »
USE CHATROLL.COM LISTEN TO ME!  :buck2:

I don't think so

Chatroll lets you chat and interact live with people across the web.

You don't think it's a good chatbox because it let's you interact live with people across the web? I don't follow. Seems to me that's a good thing...if others on the web find your chatbox, they find you, and ultimately your board. But they won't know the chatbox is part of an internet message board unless you tell them and invite them to sign up for your board. And if you're trying to keep unwanted folks off your board, then just keep the chat box in a board not visible to guests. They won't even know it's there.


Have you seen the subject of this post?  :uglystupid2:

It says for members are the forum ONLY!
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Re: Chatbox for the members of your forum only
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2009, 10:47:38 am »
Have you seen the subject of this post?  :uglystupid2:

It says for members are the forum ONLY!

Let me clarify. Sometimes I forget that other posters need things spelled out more clearly.

chatroll.com makes an excellent, fully featured and customizable chatbox for members of your board. The drawback is that the chatbox is hosted on a network of hundreds of other chatboxes so it's "remotely" possible that someone would join your chat, but even in the unlikely event that they were to do that they would not know it's hosted on a particular internet board.

That's the drawback of "free". You don't always get "exactly" what you want, but you can come close. It's called "compromising".

 

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