Chat box THIS SITE

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:28 pm

Hiya

I've noticed that while I have never actually successfully logged into chat on this site, it shows me as in there and won't let me in. I have even logged off the server and logged back in 20 minutes later only to get the same message.

Someone should take a look at this script. Also, I would suggest that if the user logs out, that it cancel the session, regardless of a user actually used the "Quit" function or not. Like I said, I've never been in, so I can't quit!

Smile

UPDATE! - Built-in Popup protection was causing this problem! Fixed it on my end... Should be some note in there saying to turn-off PopUp protection!

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:08 pm

Very true especially now with the latest IE having one (popup blocker) now. Been in there a lot of times when that happens to folks. Name pops up ya sorta figure it out after a few moments and they don't type anything at all lol!

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:00 pm

You should be able to bypass the popup stopper by holding down CTRL key while clicking on the chat box.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Now this is a quandry, isn't it? Should all applications/scripts that use pop-ups be modified to remind people that their pop-up blockers may be interferring with their pop-ups? The popup blocker that I use has options that alert me that a popup was blocked and then affords me the courtesy to look at the most recently blocked popup. In the case of this chat script, how would I alert you? With a popup Laughing

(just kidding). But seriously, that's how the author wrote it - it's a popup window. How do we intervene inbetween? If you actually clicl the module link you will be taken to a nuke window where a message could be placed. But, most click on the link to take them right in. Also, I allow all popups from my site since I trust this site Wink

http://www.ravenphpscripts.com/posts1904-highlightspchat.html

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:35 am

Raven wrote:

Now this is a quandry, isn't it? Should all applications/scripts that use pop-ups be modified to remind people that their pop-up blockers may be interferring with their pop-ups?

To be honest, I had no idea that it was a PopUp Application. I may be way off the mark here, but I don't know of many Nuke add-ins that actually function as PopUps. I'm not knocking it, I just didn't know it worked that way. What was most frustrating was that it was saying that I was in the application when I wasn't.

I think a good way to address it in this particular case is to say (on the screen that it takes you to when you click in the block) that it is a PopUp application and that it won't work if PopUp blocking is enabled.

On the other side of the coin, my PopUp blocker does have audio notification, but because I was forced to visit http://phpnuke.org (Someone put a gun to my head) I turned my audio off because of that darn annoying ad he has on EVERY SINGLE PAGE that says, "Tell me what you want to hear" which in truth is "Francisco, I wish I never had to return to your stupid annoying advertising filled webpages because you don't give support, nevermind letting anyone else do it via your site anyway...."

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Also, I allow all popups from my site since I trust this site Wink

Proving the point that yes, there is a website that has useful PopUps.... Okay, that's ONE! LOL

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:46 am

This is one of those stand alone scripts that was converted for phpnuke, thus the pop-up existed in the original. At one point he (or someone) had a version where you had an option af staying in nuke or detaching it. I like the detached because it's MUCH less overhead. The problem is if you click directly on the Lounge link, you go directly to the pop-up, not the module. Of course that can be altered, but then you're asking me to do more work Bang Head

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:03 am

Raven wrote:

Of course that can be altered, but then you're asking me to do more work Bang Head

I was going to edit it for you, but darnit, I can't find it... lol

More work! Wink