Chatbox in all pages?
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Legolover-361
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Chatbox in all pages?
Hello,
I was just wandering if its possible to have the chatbox displayed in every page of the forum So the members dont have to just be on the homepage to chat, They will be able to chat on any forum page. Thanks
I was just wandering if its possible to have the chatbox displayed in every page of the forum So the members dont have to just be on the homepage to chat, They will be able to chat on any forum page. Thanks
WeezyFBaby- Forumember
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Re: Chatbox in all pages?
In the Who's Online section there is a clickable link to open a new window for the chatbox. If you do that, you can have two windows open: chatbox and forum.
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oh ok thanks
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You are welcome. The link should say Join the Chat.
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If you switch to a customizable skin such as PunBB or PhpBB2 (I think that's the PhpBB that allows custom coding), you can take the chatbox coding from Admin Panel > Display > Portal > mod_chatbox and copy-paste it into, say, the footer coding. This was done on a site for which I'm one of the administrators, and it worked great.
Legolover-361- Forumember
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Ok Thanks for the advice and help,
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ok there is a way to get the chat box on all pages just do this in administration panel general>announcements i forget the code you add to it but its here on the forums i would have the code but when i go to my announcements now it just shows the chatbox not the codebut if you do get the code you have to disable scrolling
devinjones- Forumember
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Thing is; ALL of these methods above are not very good methods as it means the chatbox will even show up to guests and well... that just looks messy
And i definitely wouldn't stick the chatbox in announcement.
And i definitely wouldn't stick the chatbox in announcement.
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My method would not allow guests to see the chatbox.
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LGforum wrote:Thing is; ALL of these methods above are not very good methods as it means the chatbox will even show up to guests and well... that just looks messy
That's really only an opinion. I'm one of the lead admins for a forum with a chatbox that appears on every page (the coding is in the footer template), and the forum looks great.
Another thing -- when guests view the forum, they will see a box that says something along the lines of, "Guests cannot view the chatbox!" not the chatbox itself. Seeing a forum with a chatbox could incite more would-be-users into joining.
But like I said, this is all opinion. My suggestion, WeezyFBaby, is to try out a few different methods to see what works best and get feedback on all options.
Legolover-361- Forumember
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slg wrote:My method would not allow guests to see the chatbox.
No but it doesn't do what the original poster wanted, put the chat in all pages
@legolover, yup fair enough, just an opinion.
And i thought when guests see the chatbox, it is still a big box but says something like 'you need to be connected to log in' something like that.
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I do not have the chatbox on every page. I just open a new window from the homepage.
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I know lol. Thats what im saying. The OP wants it on every page.
Not to open it.
Not to open it.
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If members are chatting in the chatbox why would they want to go to another forum page. To me it would be easier to have two windows open: one for chatting and one for navigating the forum.
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Thats the point lol. The OP wants the chatbox to appear on EVERY page... therefore they DONT have to go to another page. Its right there on the page. That would be easiest.
On my forum it shows up on every page and its readily availablre at the bottom of the screen, ready to pop up. Making chatting very easy.
On my forum it shows up on every page and its readily availablre at the bottom of the screen, ready to pop up. Making chatting very easy.
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There is also a "Who is online" module! Stop arguing lol.
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Sorted?WeezyFBaby wrote:Ok Thanks for the advice and help,
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