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Title: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 23rd, 2004, 1:26am Steve or Eric R... I have 100mbs of webspace that used to hold a forum and download area for an online gaming clan I ran. It now does absolutely zero..... and I'm still paying for it as it's part of my ISP package that I can't get out of. I want to put it to use and had a thought that I could put a "live" chatroom on there totally dedicated to the Scorpio. It could be moderated by anyone who wanted to volunteer and there could be many rooms for various chat... Obviously I wouldn't be there every minute of the day but I could find chat software that protected against most objectional stuff and volunteers could keep out the riff-raff. Anyone in the Admin have any objections to this? I don't want to do anything that ruffles any feathers anywhere. Also I would need volunteers to man the phones so to speak.... usually someone "mans" a room all the time but we may not be able to achieve this. Any ideas or comments are welcome.. this is just an idea at this time.... George |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Baz on Dec 23rd, 2004, 1:39am I'll look after the "over 18 teenage girls with boyfriend problems and needing a shoulder to cry on" room!! baz oops wrong forum!! but sounds like a good idea Vulcan. We can do the night shift when there is only usually you and me on anyway!! |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Snoopy on Dec 23rd, 2004, 7:49am I'm on here a lot and would help if asked...... |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by waders on Dec 23rd, 2004, 9:51am Hi, For my work I'm on line 8 to 14 hours a day. My boss is cool with me checking this site constantly (it's good to be the boss), so I could probably help as well ;D Let me know ;) 8) ;D 8) ;D 8) Waders. |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 24th, 2004, 11:17am I am putting together a bit of a chat room now. It needs users to register and then I can go in as admin and change their accounts to moderators. Just a freebie chatroom for the moment, there is a much better one for $69 but I would need to see if there was enough interest before buying it. I'll post a link to the chat a bit later when I am sure it all works. George p.s. I know that this forum used to have a chat facility that was never used but as with all YaBB board add ons the chat room attached to these boards was enormously problematical. My idea for a chat area is so that if sometimes you are having a bit of a convo with someone on the board being able to drop to a full featured chat room to get more in depth would be useful. |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Paul B on Dec 24th, 2004, 11:23am The old chat room was used by a few, for a while. But then 1 person got stuck in there! But anyway, it sounds like a good idea to me. There's a lot of posts on here going back a forth between some people which could work better in "chat". I'm on here every day at some stage or other and would also be willing to help. But there's a snag... I have no experience of moderating and computer-tech stuff is not my game :-[ |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Richard on Dec 24th, 2004, 11:24am Nice one Goerge, Look forward to seeing it up and running. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours. Regards Richard |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 24th, 2004, 1:19pm Here's the link... http://bhd.myby.co.uk/cgi-bin/gtchat/chat.pl Seems to work ok.... |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Paul B on Dec 24th, 2004, 1:29pm Been kicked out again George :D I'll try again later. Looking good though :) |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Lee on Dec 24th, 2004, 1:31pm all i am getting is in maitance at momemt try in a few minutes Lee edit : i am in but on my own story of my live ;D |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Lee on Dec 24th, 2004, 1:59pm Hi George it seemsto be working ok, on my own at moment :'( ,but there is a clicking sound as it refreshs it self after about 10 seconds is there anything that can be done about that ? ??? part from that it is a great idea from you and look forward to talking to loads of scorpio lovers everwhere Lee |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by locky on Dec 24th, 2004, 2:11pm seems to work ok, although sometime it's kicks me back out. Like it though, should be good fun |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 24th, 2004, 2:21pm yeah there's a slight problem in that it kicks people out for no reason occasionally. There is a wonderful help forum for this chat room though, so I'll post on there and get the probs ironed out. The clicking is your browser settings I think.. there is a way to stop useing sounds on browser refresh (the click you hear when new pages load) I'll look it up and post here with the solution. |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 24th, 2004, 3:39pm on 12/24/04 at 13:59:47, Lee wrote:
Lee, I think I have found out how to stop the browser clicking when it refreshes.. Click the START button on your taskbar. Go to "Settings" and select "Control Panel" Double Click the "Sounds" icon in Control Panel In the "Events" box at the top, scroll down to Windows Explorer Select "Start Navigation" In the Sound area, there is a drop-down box below Name: Click the drop-down, go to the top of the list and select [None] Click "OK". Close Control Panel. This is supposed to do it, give it a try. Still working on the kick out problem, I have set the chat to run totally in it's server push mode as advised and run it entirely in a safe mode but it still does it. The jury's still out ??? regards George |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Lee on Dec 24th, 2004, 5:38pm i have tryed this and have trouble working out i have xp and the way you told it doesn't do it on my pc , not sure if i'm doing it right not very good on here or you using differant windows??? Lee |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Dave Boulton on Dec 25th, 2004, 7:01am Lee, When you fire up "Control Panel" select "Switch to Classic View" (upper left region of the window). You'll find that George's description is spot on then. HTH, Dave |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 26th, 2004, 11:58am Yeah that's right, I forget sometimes that I use the classic mode in XP rather than the tellytubbie backdrop and big green buttons. ;D I've had a reply from the chat board and I have adjusted what they said to do, if it still continues to kick people then it may be because my ISP is running a "process block script" If this is the case then I can only ask then if it can be removed or negated. If some one (or two) can drop into the chat occasionally and see if it works then post in here the result. I may not be in here for the rest of the day as we are considering taking the Scorp down to Marsden for a stroll along the seafront to blow out the cobwebs then back to the in-laws for tea. 8) later George |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by admin on Dec 26th, 2004, 5:06pm Sorry for the late reply No problems whatsoever George - go for it! Regards Steve |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Snoopy on Dec 26th, 2004, 8:13pm George.. Just to let you knwo its still playing up... Just been in there Sunday 2015 hours and it states I was one of 2 but here was NOBODY there lookss like the gremilins are still about.... Good luck with it Snoopy |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by waders on Dec 27th, 2004, 2:10pm Hi guys, I've had no problems being thrown out, but I have always been alone :'( Anyone fancy being in the "room" at 4pm today to try a chat...............see you in there ::) Waders. |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Vulcan on Dec 27th, 2004, 4:03pm When you log in tick "use safe mode".. anythings worth a try at this point ??? Ah well it seems that no matter what I try it doesn't want to work... >:( I'm still going to see if the admin guy from the gtchat forum has any ideas but if not then I'll look into getting a better fully featured chat... even if I have to pay for it!!.. I'll keep on it. Cheers to everyone who had a go.. George |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by waders on Dec 27th, 2004, 4:22pm Hi Vulcan. If you go for the pay for another chat board option, let me know and I'm willing to make a donation to the cause, and I'm pretty sure others would be too. Don't give up, this is a good idea. 8) ;D 8) ;D 8) Waders. |
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Title: Re: For the Admin.. just an idea Post by Dave Boulton on Dec 27th, 2004, 4:34pm You can count me in for a donation too. Not sure how much I'd use it but it's got to be a "good thing"! Dave |
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