Oct
24
Posted by:
Stefan Kamphuis
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:39 PM
Finally, way too long 
after my previous blog post I can finally announce that version 00.05.00 has been submitted to the release tracker. Functionality hasn't changed much since the previous post, but some things in the background did. While working on a module like this, one always finds new places to improve the module 
. I'm glad we have been able to draw a line and get something out there at last. There's a few known limitations that you might run into:
- Borders on selectors for emoticons (and others) don't show up nicely in IE.
- ... (ok, well, there's one I can think of at the moment
)
Currently it's a pretty basic chat module which facilitates a chat forpeople that have browsed to the same page on a website. A short summary of it's current functions:
- send / receive messages (duh)
- notify users when a user arrives or leaves
- allows some basic formatting of messages
- supports authorisation settings using standard module settings
- configurable polling interval
- uses DNN's builtin ajax library (so no asp.net AJAX needed)
- ...
For the future we (of course) have quite few ideas what should be in the module. We believe there's quite a few functions 
a chat module could have:
- List of people in the chat
- Allow storage of chat transcripts (and reading them of course)
- Downloadable transcripts
- Searchable (portable) transcripts
- Private chats
- Different "rooms"
- ...
And here's where we would like you to kick in: let us know what you like (or dislike, but be nice 
) about the module and what you would prefer to see in a future release.
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Re: First Public Beta Submitted
Please give some clue to what you are blogging about in the title. These blogs are not always seen in the context you created them.
First Public Beta Submitted of WHAT?
It wasn't until the third paragraph that I really knew what was being submitted.
Sorry to pick on you, but this is a regular occurrence on the DNN blogs.
I subscribe to the blogs "All recent entries" feed so I can see what's going on. It's hard to tell when the subject line just reads "First Public Beta Submitted"
Just add "of Chat Module"
By ahawes on
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:32 PM
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Re: First Public Beta Submitted
Yes please do this. No doubt this post has received a lot of page views b/c folks may think it is about the DNN 5.0 beta...
By jyjohnson on
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:50 PM
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Re: First Public Beta Submitted
Well, please read: Currently it's a pretty basic chat module which facilitates a chat forpeople ....
By mariette on
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:20 PM
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Re: Chat Module: Public Beta Submitted
Thanks. I changed the title of the blog post. I think the problem is that someone like me is actually blogging in my own project blog. In that contet it's pretty obvious what I'm blogging about. But since the aggregated blog page doesn't show the blog title it can be quite confusing indeed.
Now stop picking on me :-)
By superska on
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:43 PM
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Re: Chat Module: Public Beta Submitted
How can I get a copy?
By paglia on
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 4:12 PM
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Re: Chat Module: Public Beta Submitted
How can I get a copy?
By paglia on
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 4:16 PM
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Re: Chat Module: Public Beta Submitted
Hi, guys! Thank you for your work! Actually I'll be happy to use your module on my site and to become your beta tester in this way. But where can I download it?
Please, give direct ref if possible.
By carga on
Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:19 AM
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