IRC chat

[Ed]

I must admit I like the idea of a chat room.... I popped in to say hi but no-one was in :-(
Maybe we should organize an internet meetup on irc, a weekly chat or something.


Ed

 

[Wayne]

hi

it would be good to talk with people in real time.

Get to know each other better.

 

[Viking]

I got MIRC installed and everything but it was pretty empty in the chat room =(

 

[giancarlo]

Sorry fellas,
Like i said that was just a tempory one.. i was going to try make it a registered channel, but the quakenet irc server doesn't allow registered channels that aren't to do with gaming.
Have to see what Tony thinks about it all etc.
Is a good idea i think though.

Cheers
Carlo

 

[Great Pebble]

I'm in there now and will leave it open as long as my connection holds up, it's on notify so if anyone comes in and I'm around I should hear it. I do have to go and cook dinner and things though...

Nick in Belfast

 

[Viking]

If anyone want´s to join us in the chat you are all welcome =)

 

[giancarlo]

There was 3 of us in there last night, Viking, Great Pebble and me...
was a good laugh.

Think we'll need to organise a time to meet in there though.
I guess we can do that after we've tested it out and if we all like it and Tony says "yes" .... and we register the channel on a proper server

Cheers
Carlo

ps. Going to hang in there all day if i can, just incase someone joins in, pop in and say hello

 

[Tony]

Giancarlo has done a good job sorting this out, thanks :biggthump

As Giancarlo says, we will put a password on it. Keep in mind that you are responsible for your own actions in the chat room, treat it well and it will be something useful that will benefit us all.

use the bugs section of the forum for the chat room if there are any problems and stick to this thread for general chatter about it.

Cheers and enjoy :biggthump

 

[Martyn]

One of the big problems with forums and chatrooms is knowing if there is anyone in there. I used to have a java IRC client integrated into the BB forums, it looked great and login was automatic with the forum username - the only problem was it was always empty. Because it was always empty, no one looked in there. Now I use PHPMyChat, which isn't nearly as good as IRC, but I've been able to fix a hack which shows people in the chatroom in real time. You can see who's in there and decide to drop in to join them, or not as the case may be. Not nearly as good as IRC, but now at least it gets used.

 

[ScottC]

Whats happened to the chatroom, when i type in #bushcraftUK i don't get the registered server.

 

[Ed]

I think the IRC chat room has been closed down now that the php chat linked to the forum home has opened.


Ed

 

[Adi007]

I think the IRC chat room has been closed down now that the php chat linked to the forum home has opened.


Ed

To be honest, I don't know. Giancarlo is the person to ask ...

 

[ScottC]

I think the IRC chat room has been closed down now that the php chat linked to the forum home has opened.


Ed

Argh!

 

[Lithril]

Giancarlo if you want a good, fairly quiet IRC server thats free to register channels, all the usual netword autoops, etc is included have a look at irc.oftc.net . I use it a fair amount at the moment with another forum (nothing bushcraft related) so if you need any more information on it just give me a yell.

Also have you played with eggdrops..... arrggg, endless fun... and frustrating...

 

[giancarlo]

to be honest it should still be there.. me and few others, Al / Grummit etc, still go in there.
I can see what you mean about a registered channel though.. hmm, it seems to have lost that.

That sound like a good idea Lith, the main reason we didn't use it as much, is because we couldn't add eggdrops or anything to the quakenet server, have anything reporting back "who's on the chat room now" type of affair.

cheers
Carlo

 

[al]

i`m in both at the mo if anyone wants a chin wag

 

[Tantalus]

there is a windows version of eggdrop called winbot

it is a bit clunky for chatting but it is free

also for a free alternative to mIRC try xchat

Tant

 

[Martyn]

The problem with all the irc based chat's is that you need to run an eggdrop on yor server to pull the "who's chatting now" info as tant says above. But.... very few host will allow you to run bots on thier servers. Doing so, usually breaks your TOS with the host and will get your site shut down. So unless you own your own server, or are renting a dedicated server - you're out of luck.

The only chat proggy I know odf with a functional "who's chatting" feature, is PHPMyChat - which is crap, but it does offer basic functionality.

 

[MarkG]

Any one still using IRC chat during the day?

 

[Gary]

The probelm with a chat room is it takes up so much time - at least with the forum you can post, get on with your life and then come back to it later.