I'm currently trying to get a program called moodle running on my website (its an online course management system where users register and then enroll in classes that you've created - each class has its own forum, you can put assignments up, all that crap). I was hoping that the chat option would be useful for review sessions before tests, but it is so slow it is worthless.
I'm tempted to just have a link to some sort of separate chat program for this purpose, but thus far haven't been able to get any working. Is the IRC chat that is here on the forums part of phpbb? Can someone give me some advice on setting up an irc chat client (or ANY chat client that works well) on my webhost (phpwebhosting). The crappy chat that moodle uses isn't worth fucking with - I'd rather just use a standalone program if possible.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Setting up an IRC chat on my website
Re: Setting up an IRC chat on my website
To be honest, your best bet would be providing links and instructions for actual IRC clients. I web-based irc clients are reliable.
Learn to use mIRC (on windows), find a comfy network, register a channel, and then write instructions for people to get to it.
I've been on enterthegame for over 10 years. I don't have a lot of experience with other networks, but I do know the IRC protocol pretty well, so if you need help along the way, I'll be glad to oblige.
Learn to use mIRC (on windows), find a comfy network, register a channel, and then write instructions for people to get to it.
I've been on enterthegame for over 10 years. I don't have a lot of experience with other networks, but I do know the IRC protocol pretty well, so if you need help along the way, I'll be glad to oblige.
Re: Setting up an IRC chat on my website
This place has been good to me. You can keep a room indefinately. Maybe create multiple rooms and just link em in each class? I dunno. It's free. It works. Couldn't hurt to check it out. 
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Re: Setting up an IRC chat on my website
There are more than a few Java IRC applets out there. jIRC works fairly well and lowers the bar for the technically disinclined.
Re: Setting up an IRC chat on my website
what place?Peenyuh wrote:This place has been good to me. You can keep a room indefinately. Maybe create multiple rooms and just link em in each class? I dunno. It's free. It works. Couldn't hurt to check it out.
mIRC?
THat isn't a place, if that is what you are referring to...
Re: Setting up an IRC chat on my website
Oh crap! I forgot to post the link in there. 
^misantropia^'s suggestion was prime, and fifty bucks isn't that much. Here's the link I was talking about anyway.
http://www.chatzy.com/
^misantropia^'s suggestion was prime, and fifty bucks isn't that much. Here's the link I was talking about anyway.
http://www.chatzy.com/
[color=#00FF00][b]"How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?" Asked of a Scottish driving instructor in 1995.[/b][/color]