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ABennettWriter
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 7:39pm
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I joined a young composers forum today and they had something really cool on the site.
It's called a shoutbox. I haven't seen anything like it. It's like a chat room, but yet it's not.
Check it out here:
http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/ Problem is, I have no idea how they did it. I was directed to a guy named Mike, which turned out to be a robot.
Perhaps the mods can ask questions and see what can be done.
The shoutbox is uber-easy to use, too.
Shelton
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 7:59pm
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It's implemented into the site/board through html code. There are a few sites out there that provide them, but the problem is that it would probably have the same effect on the server as the chat room (severe lag).
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ABennettWriter
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:11pm
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But I've been on that other site all day and it hasn't been lagging. Or does that depend on the size of the site?
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Shelton
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:19pm
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Depends on who they go through and how much bandwidth they have. Does the site have a lot of traffic?
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ABennettWriter
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:23pm
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26 users on right now. Five or six people in the shoutbox. Three in the actual chat room. ETA: Just looked at the room. It's powered by Flashchat.
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Shelton
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:32pm
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Same chat room that we were using. That sight may have higher bandwidth.
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mcornetto
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 9:39pm
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The shout box does not necessarily have to use extra bandwidth and it certainly will not use as much a flash chat which periodically does automatic http requests. Since a shout box can be powered by a users manually making the request, each time they refresh the page the shout box will update. It's sort of equivalent to a thread that is always open for everyone to see. But that raises the question of why not just use a thread, one that can be periodically cleared of entries.
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ABennettWriter
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 10:11pm
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"But that raises the question of why not just use a thread, one that can be periodically cleared of entries." I hate having to refresh, though. If there was an automatic refresh option (say, every 5 minutes or so) that'd be cool, too. I'm just being lazy with that last part.
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Kamran Nikhad
Posted: February 29th, 2008, 5:20pm
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What ever happened to the chat we used to have? Doesn't that necessary count as a shoutbox?
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