Pls create chat software

[Flutterby]

Xenforo, your forum software is excellent. Please create some good chatroom software.

 

[Martok]

Xenforo, your forum software is excellent. Please create some good chatroom software.

There is already. Taigachat Pro. ArrowChat. CometChat.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Xenforo, your forum software is excellent. Please create some good chatroom software.

Then all the fun stuff occurs in the ChatRooms
Not on the forums

 

[Flutterby]

There is already. Taigachat Pro. ArrowChat. CometChat.

Are these Xenforo products?

 

[RobParker]

They are 3rd party addons

 

[Flutterby]

They are 3rd party addons

So they are compatible with the forum software, but are they as good? I want to start a chat group and not necessarily a forum. I like all of the intelligence that is evident in Xenforo forum software and have not found this with other chat software.

Need I say more?!

 

[Paul B]

There is no official chat function, either core or first party add-on.

 

[Flutterby]

I know.........and why not?

 

[oman]

Because they have focused on the core forum product.

 

[Enguerran A]

Because it's a forum and not Facebook

 

[Claudio]

I know.........and why not?

Because the software is named XenForo and not XenChat

 

[TPerry]

So they are compatible with the forum software, but are they as good? I want to start a chat group and not necessarily a forum. I like all of the intelligence that is evident in Xenforo forum software and have not found this with other chat software.

Need I say more?!

If you want a chat group, then a forum script is not really what you are looking for. Look for a chat script that you can run standalone on a web page. Several good chat scripts have been mentioned (one of which is XenForo specific and is more of a shout box than chat script that has true rooms, etc).

 

[whynot]

I know.........and why not?

It uses the server excessively, not many customers would use it for long, with XenForo or any other forum software.
Tracy suggested a solution:

Look for a chat script that you can run standalone on a web page.

 

[Digital Doctor]

I know.........and why not?

Use TaigaChat
or maybe XenHabla still works ? (IRC).
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/8wayrun-com-xenhabla-irc.100/

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[Moshe1010]

To offer a chat system, XF also needs to offer server/hosting solutions since chats are resource hungry, especially when there are many people online at the same time. That being said, it wouldn't happen, and there is a greater chance to have a CMS system than official chat system.

 

[Weydigo]

I agree! I would like to have a chat in the core!

 

[Puntocom]

I agree! I would like to have a chat in the core!

Please, no.... chat is not indexed and it distract users to post.

To offer a chat system, XF also needs to offer server/hosting solutions since chats are resource hungry, especially when there are many people online at the same time. That being said, it wouldn't happen, and there is a greater chance to have a CMS system than official chat system.

XenForo is a CMS indeed.

 

[feldon30]

If you want to start a big chat service, then the answer is IRC with a web front end of some kind. Trying to do a web-centric chat just doesn't work as HTTP was never designed for realtime content delivery.

 

[DennisSkov]

Chat shouldn't be implemented in the core. There's already the option of private messaging, forum posts and profile posts. A chat would decrease the activity on the forum.

 

[Weydigo]

Chat shouldn't be implemented in the core. There's already the option of private messaging, forum posts and profile posts. A chat would decrease the activity on the forum.

Invision Power did that and users always post.