Chat room not working for me

[PLECO]

The chat room doesn't work for me.
When I click the chat room I go to a blank page that continuously loads the page and never stops.Then when I click back to the forums,it says I'm in the chat.
What going on?
Is there some setting I need to change in the user CP?

thanks

 

[GunstarHero]

I can't access the chat either. I just get a white screen. Whats going on?

 

[Nesagwa]

The problem is that chat sucks.

Server: Chat-solutions
Channel: #snk

 

[jeff10]

chat

i also just get white screen

 

[FeelGood]

try accessing it from internet explorer instead of netscape/mozilla.

workedd for me.

 

[spacecaddie]

same for me white screen constant reload

 

[I'dBuyThatForADollar]

I get a white screen with this message:

Database error: Invalid SQL: SELECT room FROM c_users WHERE username='I'dBuyThatForADollar' LIMIT 1
MySQL error: 1064 (You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'dBuyThatForADollar' LIMIT 1' at line 1)
Session halted.


Also, the back button doesn't work for me, i have to click on an area to go to on the menu at the frame to the left

 

[Lee Gray]

They really need a better service than this,
it is ancient.i get lag of over 2 minutes at times plus then it reloads the page and lots of time im sitting there and i have been disconected and have to relog in

It would be cool if they used a proper chat service as the many ppl i seen in there can have fun but unless you got a quick cpu then you are gonna have problems in there.

 

[FeelGood]

They really need a better service than this,
it is ancient.i get lag of over 2 minutes at times plus then it reloads the page and lots of time im sitting there and i have been disconected and have to relog in

It would be cool if they used a proper chat service as the many ppl i seen in there can have fun but unless you got a quick cpu then you are gonna have problems in there.

Chat isn't a priority. The fact there's anything is interesting to me. The best thing about chat is that so far, you need to access it from the site. Problem with mirc was that you didn't need to use the site - you could log in as anything, and sure, it's fun to log in as Shawn, but this case, where Lee Gray logs in as Lee Gray because that's who he on the site, is a good thing.

 

[Mouse_Master]

As far as I can tell with chat, it looks like you need to be running IE to access it. I have yet to have it work with Netscape/Mozilla.

As far as the SQL error, you are getting that because your username has a ' in it, which is screwing up the passing of your username to the Database for verification.

As far as chat, it might not be perfect, but it is not horrible either.

There is no way that this site would be linked to IRC again (most likely) because of the problems with channels being hijak'd and other situations where people must be immature. I would have liked to try to setup a secure IRC server here on the NG website, but it is forbidden by Shawn's host, and I understand why.

So, the next best option is the PHPmyChat, which is INFINITELY better than any other Java chat seen thus far, and integrates somewhat with the forums.

What I did was hack the program to use the VBulletin cookie each user has to allow them into chat, no cookie, no access.

Chat also has no moderators, so if someone is abusive, since everyone is using their forum name, it is easy to find out who it was.

Also, when you are looking at the main page, you can see who is currently in chat and join them.

I still hope to tweak it some more, but there is very little documentation thus far. I *REALLY* want to get it to work with Netscape, but I have no clue as to what the problem is with it.

Things to hack? Better colors, more smilies, maybe some more options? Hard to say. I just today go onto the support list for the program.

Another plus for this chat is that it is compatible with VB3.0, which we will be upgrading to this winter (when it is FINALLY suppose to be released).

What would be perfect for chat? IRC based, no name changes, using the Forums Database for Username/Password with a direct connection to VBulletin for a 'Whos in Chat' display. But, without having an IRC server here, we have what could be considered the next best thing, I guess.

 

[GunstarHero]

try accessing it from internet explorer instead of netscape/mozilla.

workedd for me.

That worked thanks for the tip.

 

[jeff bogard]

in mine it says "no". I don't know why, though. I'm using computers from my college.

 

[Insaneclown]

I have internet explorer and when I click on "chat" the page is blank and says "no".

 

[evasyar]

As far as the SQL error, you are getting that because your username has a ' in it, which is screwing up the passing of your username to the Database for verification.

hhhmmmmm... there should be a way to modify the query even tho his username has the char ' in it, to change the value string with "I''dBuyThatForADollar", so it will capture the single apostrophe as well on any SQL query strings to be passed to the Command Object.