Side Chat

[skacke]

Hey guys!

I am almost done with my mmo game, but i would really like a side chat. The thing is that i don't have a clue on how to do one. So, how do i make a chat on my website that refreshes every second or so, without having to refresh the whole page?

[Jackolantern]

Just add a ready-made AJAX chat solution.

[skacke]

Is that a side chat? it looks like a chat you have on a different page. I want my chat to be in the css, so that you can see it from every page.

[OldRod]

You can integrate it into every page.

Check out http://www.mmorpgmaker.com/

They have an implementation of that chat running there. You can either open the chat fullscreen, which updates pretty much instantly when someone posts, or have it on every page and it updates every so many seconds. Works pretty well.

You may have to make an account there to access the chat - not sure on that

[hallsofvallhalla]

here is what I use for my games. Its what I used in Forsaken Sanctum

http://www.jibble.org/chatbox.php

[Jackolantern]

Yeah, there are hundreds of them out there. I just linked the one from MMORPGMaker.com because the link is right in the window -lazy-

[hallsofvallhalla]

yep its all preference

[skacke]

I will do my best to integrate with that ajax chat.


EDIT: I'm just to dumb to integrate. I do not understand anything.

[Jackolantern]

You may have to poke at it a bit and do some supplemental research on AJAX basics and implementation.

[skacke]

Okay!