I logged on today, but there's no chatbox. Why?
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I logged on today, but there's no chatbox. Why?
It's there. Works for me.
Perhaps the chat was full.
When I posted this thread, it didn't just say 'Chat full!', it had no chat at all (on my screen). But now it's here again... O_o
The chat is a forum add-on. When it malfunctions we don't have any control over it.
Who knows why chat is full everytime?
The chat is either full or - two seconds later - NO ONE is there. I don't understand it at all.
This chat is hosted at envolve.com so there must be some limit for total number of people in all chatrooms on all hosting sites. So if there are many people elsewhere (where this chat addon is used) you'll see 'The chat is full' message.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul G.
Hey, Ramil, welcome back! Haven't seen you for ages! :)
Ah, I see. Thank you for answering this question. All I got before was "Chat is from another place. Not our problem". Nice to get a real answer. Thanks again :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramil
been busy drinking and workingQuote:
Originally Posted by Crocodile
Ramil, what do you drink?
Doesn't explain why it shows it's full everytime you reconnect and reenter the forum even though you were in the chat right before reconnecting. It would be cool if those folks out there recognized their bugs and started actually doing something about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramil
If you refresh the forum a million times, the chat eventually opens.
Seriously - tonight it is like playing the lottery to get into the chat! Someone please FIX it! :sad:
Complaining HERE about a third-party service is not productive at all ;) Try asking at envolve.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Eric C.
The chat does not even show up today :(
Maybe envolve.com knows your refresh trick now! :fool"Quote:
Originally Posted by Deborski
Damn them!!! lol :unknown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Molodets
Maybe it's time to find a different chat widget. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
I will ask my husband - he is an uber-geek :eureka:
I'm Deborski's husband, but I'm not an uber-geek :)
For a completely free chat option, there is PHPOpenChat. It's functional, but does not look nice. And it will take some work to integrate it with vBulletin.
For low cost options there is Flash Chat Room - integrates with Wordpress, vBulletin and IPB it is $49 or $59 if you want to remove the flasherize logos.
then there is cometchat PHP chat software, Footer chat, In-page chat software | CometChat it is $49
and finally arrowchat Live chat software, Online chat software, Facebook chat - ArrowChat it is $45 and many reports lean to this one being better than cometchat.
All of the prices are one time fees.
There are many subscription options like Evolve too...but all the ones I looked at would only handle 5-10 chat users at a time for their free ones.
If we're really considering changing the chat engine, let's take into account several trolls that frequent the chat and have an engine that allows block/ignore users.
I do not know about cometchat, but arrowchat allows ignoring at the user level.
And it allows blocking by name and by IP at the admin level.
Here's a link to a demo account to see user and admin features.
ArrowChat Demo - The Front Page
I hope someone is able to fix the chat soon... today it keeps saying it's full no matter how many times I refresh and yesterday it did not even show up for some people...
The chat is now visible to registered users only, so it should be less busy (less inactive guests who were just using up the limit).
It seems to be working much better. Thank you!! :beer: