Pipe Chat now live!!

[KurtHuhn]

A few years later than originally intended, I've added chat functionality to the site. If you browse to the forums via the home page ( http://www.pipemakersforum.com ) you've already seen the annoying and blinky red notice. I'll make that go away soon. If you've bookmarked teh forum via the forum's first page, you can access the chat here:
http://www.pipemakersforum.com/pipechat

I will make minor enhancements to it over the next week or two, but it's perfectly live and usable now. The chat does accept typical IRC-style commands, and to change your nickname just type the command "/nick" (without the quotes) followed by your nickname.

Now the part where you can help out. I'm currently the only admin of the chatroom, and I can't be online all the time. If anyone would like to be an admin, just send me an email or a PM, and I'll add you to the list.

[Frank]

If Random and his ilk were still around, you'd have some really lively chat, I dare say!

[geigerpipes]

Im In the Chat for a bit...or actually Im in the shop with my computer near by please join in

[geigerpipes]

Kurt is there any way to make it viasible in the forum section when the chat is active?

[KurtHuhn]

I started integrating the pipe chat so that there's a link within the forums, and so you could see who's in chat. Then I broke something.

The chat doesn't exactly work, but it's fully integrated with the forum. I'm going to look at it later, but for now I have to get to work in the workshop.

[hazmat]

Is the asterisk after a member's name on the main page an indicator that they're in the chat?

[KurtHuhn]

Okay, here's the deal.

Chat works again. Messages get posted and can be read.

You need to be logged in to post.

Apparently it reads site admin info, so Tyler and I are the only admins.

I managed to get it to tell us how many folks are in chat, but not who is in chat. I might get that resolved tomorrow.

All software sucks. Just some sucks slightly less than others.

[Nick]

Any one gonna be on chat later today?

[Nick]

Anyone gonna be on chat tonight or tomorrow?

[MrChurchwarden]

so does this no longer work at all?

[KurtHuhn]

Whoops! Sorry, yes. This was a casualty of some upgrade or another. If I have some time over the next few days, I'll see if I can't rescue it.