Posted by: Joseph Witchard
Posted on: 2007-12-01 18:26:00
The chat room that my message board host uses is real messed up, so my site members want me to find an alternative. I looked in DH's one-click installs, but I didn't see a chat script.
Can anyone recommend one that is reliable and easy to install?
Posted by: wholly
Posted on: 2007-12-01 20:03:00
Do you mean forum software or "chat" like IM?
The only forum software that I know of that DH one-clicks is phpbb. It's pretty common, you may actually be already using it.
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Posted by: rlparker
Posted on: 2007-12-01 20:41:00
You have to be pretty careful if you elect to implement a "chat script" on a DreamHost shared server. Note the DreamHost TOS, which says in relevant part:
In reply to:
"MATERIAL PRODUCTS ....
7. Servers are shared with other customers, and as such IRC-related activities or severely CPU intensive CGI scripts (e.g. chat scripts, proxy scripts, scripts which have bugs causing them to not close properly after being run) are not encouraged. ... If your processes are adversely affecting server performance disproportionately DreamHost Web Hosting reserves the right to negotiate additional charges with the Customer and/or the discontinuation of the offending processes."
(bolding is mine)
*Many* "chat scripts" out there are very CPU intensive, and can also contribute to an overloading of concurrent connections. It my opinion that, generally speaking, most "chat scripts" that your users will "like" could well be a problem on a shared server, particularly if the like the script enough to give it heavy use. 
--rlparker
Posted by: c4st
Posted on: 2007-12-05 19:40:00
http://geekchat.net/main-v3/
Posted by: knitsmitts
Posted on: 2007-12-18 06:11:00
Do you know that you can run a Jabber chat room on your web site? The downside is that participants have to install and use Jabber IM clients.
Posted by: TryToBeLucky
Posted on: 2007-12-18 06:13:00
In reply to:Do you know that you can run a Jabber chat room on your web site? The downside is that participants have to install and use Jabber IM clients.
And google talk is one of them.
TTL
Posted by: knitsmitts
Posted on: 2007-12-18 06:20:00
Although Jabber allows multiuser sessions, Google has that disabled. Sigh...