Poll
Question:
Is anyone interested in chat on this forum?
Option 1: No. Don't add things, change scares me!
votes: 0
Option 2: Yes, any kind is fine so long as it works.
votes: 2
Option 3: Yes, and IRC module would be ideal.
votes: 1
Option 4: Don't care either way.
votes: 2
I thought it'd be cool if there was a chat room to pop into while playing games, for small questions and whatnot. A quick IRC channel would be all that's needed. Anything like that going on? If not I'd be happy to pick a server and start one up, make it official.
It looks like I may be able to add a chat module to this forum software. I'm not sure what it would be like or how well it would work, but if people are interested I can definitely test it out.
If the chat module is embedded IRC that'd be great. IRC is a bit more universal than a custom option.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1256
I don't use IRC so I don't know much about it. Would that module require an additional program to be installed?
Installation looks like tossing in a few files in the right place, and editing a handful of others as described.
You can look at alternatives, I've just seen Mibbit elsewhere and think it works well enough.
I see how the module installs, but do you know if it needs a separate irc program installed on the user's computer to work?
Quote from: Palatinus on April 07, 2011, 02:59:14 PM
I see how the module installs, but do you know if it needs a separate irc program installed on the user's computer to work?
Nope, shouldn't need anything on the users end.
Well, I'll test it out and see what I come up with. It still looks like no one else wants to weigh in though.