Chat

What is a Chat room?

A chat room is a Web site, part of a Web site, or part of an online service such as ICQ, that provides a venue for communities of users with a common interest to communicate in real time. Forums and discussion groups, in comparison, allow users to post messages but don't have the capacity for interactive messaging. Most chat rooms don't require users to have any special software; those that do, such as Internet Relay Chat allow users to download it from the Internet.

Chat room features

Message Board Integration
The chat room can be fully integrated with your Website Toolbox message board, allowing your users to login to the chat room with their message board username/password and see a list of online chat users on the message board main page.

Channel History
When a user enters a new channel they have the opportunity to view the messages they might have missed prior to entering the channel.

User Accounts
Users can create an account with a username and password within your chat room.

User Channels
User channels are created by users and are automatically deleted when there are no users inside it.

Smile!
Bring your chat room to life with graphical smilies that users can insert into their messages.

Online Status
Users can set their online status. For example, Away, Busy, Stepped Out, Available, etc.

Sounds
Built-in, customizable sounds bring your chat room to life.


News

"Two charged over Burbage 'chatroom' attack"
"Two teenagers have been charged with attempting to rob a man who was allegedly lured to a Leicestershire park via an internet chat room." The victim, aged 50, was assaulted in Colts Close, Burbage, near Hinckley on 14 March. Police said they were treating the incident as a homophobic attack. Two males, a 17-year-old from Burbage and a 19-year-old from Coventry, have been charged with conspiracy to rob and released on bail. They are due to appear before Hinckley magistrates on 20 September."