Looking for cha programs

[Yvon Hawke 0]

Would anyone happen toknow a free and stable chat room I can house inside of the WebRanger web site that doesn't contain banner ads?

[HyperDrive 0]

Are you wanting to host your own chat server? Or are you wanting to use someone elses server, and just link to a special chat room from your site?

 

I have some good ones for both. ;)

 

HD

[Yvon Hawke 0]

Well, ideally, I'd like a program I can load into my web space that runs in the same area like a messge board can.

[Webmaster 20]

Check out http://www.hotscripts.com  -- Look under the PHP section or the Perl section.  They have seperate chat areas.  Make sure you check the system specifications...  some require mySQL access, etc.

[Yvon Hawke 0]

I have MySQL, but it's currently being used by the message board I installed. Is it possible to run the chatroom using the same space?

[Guest STSF Lightning]

I have MySQL, but it's currently being used by the message board I installed. Is it possible to run the chatroom using the same space?   In my expierence, a lot of the time. Yes.   It depends upon the board and chat scripts you use. (Database space is also a factor.) I know that boards like Invision Board, PHPNuke, and phpBB, don't require the entire database. So you can run other scripts off of the database. Ranging from other boards to journals/blogs, etc... As long as the other scripts you want to add, can run on a shared mySQL database. Being able to assign SQL table prefixes on installation helps, as far as not over writing any of the pre-exisiting tables.   Check the board scripts you use, and the chat script you want. To see if they can work on a shared database.   ~ STSF Lightning ~ Star Trek™ Simulation Forum Game Master (GM) Saturday STSF Lounge Bartender In the StarTrek.com Holodeck Chatroom 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Eastern) 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Pacific)

[Webmaster 20]

The key to what Lightning says there is the mySQL table prefix.  ;)    You can use as many different scripts as you like on the same database as long as each one does not use the same table names as the other scripts.  

 

For example...  if I had a message board with a table called "member_profiles" without any kind of prefix, and also a chat program with a table called "member_profiles" without any kind of prefix...  the chat program is going to try to stick it's info into the message board "member_profiles" area.  And depending on how the database's tables are setup, it may or may not allow the data to be entered.  (ie: ya get an error because it has wrong row info.)

 

Personally I have ran 8 different message boards all on the same database.  Each one had a different prefix so there was no chance of it's tables interfering with the other board's ones.  Heck...  you can even install multiple message boards (like 3 Ikonboards) into the same database and keep them totally seperate by using a different table prefix.  

 

Good luck.  :)