WebSlave
01-20-2004, 02:01 PM
My programmer implemented some code that will display when there is someone actually in the chat room. It is displayed down at the bottom of the forum home page in the section entitled "Currently Active Users:"
There is a line at the bottom of this section that will display how many users are currently in the chat room whenever this screen is refreshed. This may help somewhat to get people to meet up in there. But bear in mind, it will not catch someone who simply logs in, looks around, and logs back out. You may have to hang out in there for a few minutes so people can notice that there is someone wanting to chat.
I am also checking into getting public events that are posted on the internal calendar here to be displayed somewhere visibly. Several people are talking about setting up scheduled chats on specific topics, so I think the calendar would be a good place to keep track of all this. But it also need to be publicly displayed so a lot more people will become aware of those chats.
I'll let you know how this progresses.
Thanks.
There is a line at the bottom of this section that will display how many users are currently in the chat room whenever this screen is refreshed. This may help somewhat to get people to meet up in there. But bear in mind, it will not catch someone who simply logs in, looks around, and logs back out. You may have to hang out in there for a few minutes so people can notice that there is someone wanting to chat.
I am also checking into getting public events that are posted on the internal calendar here to be displayed somewhere visibly. Several people are talking about setting up scheduled chats on specific topics, so I think the calendar would be a good place to keep track of all this. But it also need to be publicly displayed so a lot more people will become aware of those chats.
I'll let you know how this progresses.
Thanks.