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Posted by Jason Nugent on July 14, 1998 at 06:35:08:
In Reply to: Re: Chat Forums - Anyone help? posted by Tricia Newbre on July 08, 1998 at 09:58:40:
: : : I have just completed my first web-site, and I am now looking to develop it by adding a chat forum, which can only be accessed at particular times.
: : : I haven't got a clue where to start, so I'm looking for a site which gives the basic program code which I can cut and paste.
: : : Any help would be gfreatly appreciated!
: : You'll need something on the server side to run chat, either Java, CGI or perhaps Server Side JavaScript.
: : IIRC there was a chat program on offer by developer.com a while back.
: : Failing that I suspect that Matts CGI archive might hold something of interest.
: Depending on what OS your server is running, I'd suggest either FreeChat by Bill Kendrick (http://zippy.sonoma.edu/kendrick/nbs/unix/www/freechat/) if your on a server running UNIX. If your on an NT machine, and only want a small chat room (for friends or family or whatever) go with KeepTalking (www.keeptalking.com) There's a free 10 user demo. Although FreeChat (freeware - so you can have as many users as you want!) now has an NT version, but I haven't used it.
: The downside to either of these programs, you have to at least be able to compile and run your own cgi's (for FreeChat). For KeepTalking, the sysadmin has to install it for you. If you don't have cgi permissions, your best alternative would be a java chat room - all people need to access it is a java-enabled browser, which are pretty standard now, and Sun is putting out a patch to allow older machines (running Win 3.x) to be able to run Java also.
: Good Luck.
: Tricia Newbre
Java-enabled chat rooms STILL require server side intevention. Typically,
the most common implementation of chat forums requires a daemon or process
of some sort running on the server which you can connect to using your client
side interface (the java applet). A nice one is PerlMUD2.1, by Boutell.
www.boutell.com - it uses a Perl (I'm biased) server daemon and offers a variety
of different interface options. Quite nice, and easy to set up.
Or you could write your own. :)
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