Habbox Forum chat box

[The Don]

Hey, I was thinking, it would be good if there was a chat box at the top of the forum, where you can just chat to people and it wouldn't be classed as spam or anything because it doesn't increase post count. Obviously you would still have to be registered to chat there, and the forum rules still apply, but it would be easier and faster for members who are friends to speak to each other. Also this might help encourage new people to join in, as if they have a question and they don't know where to post it, they can just ask there and any members in chat would help them. Obviously not everyone would want a chat box at the top of the forum, so I was thinking, could there be an option to turn it off on settings, so everyone gets what they wan't.

[Nemo]

I reckon itd just make much of spam dead and i never really liked the idea of chatboxes, look horrible and just..ugh.

[Jamesy]

we had the habboxforum chat system in before and it was ridiculously expensive and was seldom used once the hype died down.

[Pyroka]

we had the habboxforum chat system in before and it was ridiculously expensive and was seldom used once the hype died down.

thats because you (well, habbox) bought a silly fancy one and put it right at the bottom of the homepage where nobody could really notice it.

put a normal vbulletin shoutbox at the top of the page and see how that goes for you. bloody hell why not just trial it on certain usergroups just to see what its like?

its not like spam's booming anyway, this wouldn't change much.

[Hecktix]

Not really a fan of chatboxes and Habbox hasn't had the best history with them as James stated above. I just think they are unnececessary server usage and look messy, sorry

[Catzsy]

Agree with Oli - Habbox had one and it was a complete waste of money and time.

[Pyroka]

Ugh. The last chatbox we had was a clunky bit of flash which cost an undisclosed amount and then got chucked right at the bottom of the forum where nobody really looks, i mean when you get to the bottom you wouldnt go searchin for something and then open it then wait for it to load then find out nobodys on it because it was flash and ****** looking

a vbulletin shoutbox however, thats a different story, that goes at the top of the forum, can be minimized whenever, can be given to certain usergroups & closed during certain hours to reduce strain on the server.

but nobody thinks of the actual functionality because they think it looks 'messy'. It's words in a box, lol alot like those mod tags omg went there. and omg wanna know the best part, im PRETTY 100% sure that you don't have to pay for it cuz its a vbulletin addon.

praise the lord for i have seen the light

[Hecktix]

Ugh. The last chatbox we had was a clunky bit of flash which cost an undisclosed amount and then got chucked right at the bottom of the forum where nobody really looks, i mean when you get to the bottom you wouldnt go searchin for something and then open it then wait for it to load then find out nobodys on it because it was flash and ****** looking

a vbulletin shoutbox however, thats a different story, that goes at the top of the forum, can be minimized whenever, can be given to certain usergroups & closed during certain hours to reduce strain on the server.

but nobody thinks of the actual functionality because they think it looks 'messy'. It's words in a box, lol alot like those mod tags omg went there. and omg wanna know the best part, im PRETTY 100% sure that you don't have to pay for it cuz its a vbulletin addon.

praise the lord for i have seen the light

A shoutbox still wouldn't suit Habbox.

[Pyroka]

A shoutbox still wouldn't suit Habbox.

Have a poll on it, and if people disagree, then meh I'll eat my words.

[Nixt]

It's not so much the fact that the previous chat system was an awful waste of money and time, it's simply that we aim to encourage people to post more often. A shoutbox detracts attention away from the forum and creates an area where the majority of members will lurk and posting will decrease even further.