Chat-Forum.com

Pro Chat Forum Features

General Chat Forum Features

• Easy To Set-Up & Use
  Adding a forum to your website is easy. Simply add the HTML code snippet we supply to a page on your site, set some values, upload the new page to your site and you're set!
• Allows 100+ Forum Users
  Our entry level service allows up to 100 forum users to access your forum at any one time. All users can enter a single or multiple rooms allowing 100 users in a room! More users and rooms are available as alternative packages.
• Multiple Chat Rooms
  Our entry level chat forum can support up to 10 individual chat rooms, all accessible from your main forum.
• Your Own Colours & Logos
  You can set the colour of various elements of the chat system to match your website colour scheme. You may also add your own 120 x 60 pixel logo (GIF image) to be displayed in the rooms along with a standard sized 468x60 banner to advertise your products, services and events.
• Chat Room Logging
  Server based downloadable Chat Room Logs are available in several formats, Full Logs which include IP address and Time Stamp info, and Transcript versions with this sensitive data removed, ideal for publishing on message boards etc.
• Private 1-2-1 Chat Sessions
  Your forum users can chat to each other in private 1-2-1 chat windows. Users do not need to be in a public chat room to hold a private chat. Private chats may be disabled by the forum admin. Forum users can also disable incoming private chat requests.
• Forum Title & Welcome Message
  You can set your own forum title and forum welcome message to be displayed to users when they connect to the forum.
• Staff User Accounts
  You can create up to 40 staff user accounts. These users have access to staff features such as user warn and eject but do not have access to forum setup functions (only the Admin account may change forum settings!)
• Reserved Username Accounts
  You can create up to 2000 password protected user names. These users do not get any special features apart from a user name that is protected from use by any other forum users. You may also optionally 'Lock Down' the forum or individual rooms to only allow staff and reserved users to login.
• Admin Controls
  As the Admin user you have access to a dedicated forum manager area allowing you to set forum settings such as forum welcome message, room names, room passwords, room welcome messages, word filters and user control lists (Staff & Reserved). You also have access to all staff controls. There is only one Admin account.
• Staff Controls
  Staff users can open and close a room floor (only staff can input to room), assign speaker rights, assign quizmasters, warn and eject users, run quiz or moderator functions or send chat room users to other URLs. Staff users are also provided with extra profile information such as a users IP address.
• Unique Quiz Feature
  Staff users, or ANY user assigned by a staff user can run a trivia quiz session in any room with this feature. Includes a running scoreboard to show user scores!
• Moderator Feature
  Conduct 'Special Guest' interviews or events in a room with this feature. When a room is moderated, all text is vetted by the room moderator before being sent to the room. The room moderator can give any room user speaker rights whereby the user may talk freely within the room (a special guest to answer questions for example).
• Unique Dice Roll Feature
  Allows users within a room to roll one or two dice randomly selected by the server. Useful for RPG and Gaming Sites for example.
• User Profiles
  When a user logs into the forum they have the opportunity of entering a brief profile. Other forum users may view this profile whilst the user is connected to the forum.
• Technical Support
  Our technical support team will work with you every step of the way to set-up your forum and are always at hand to help with any problems you may encounter, we pride ourselves on the level of support we offer. Furthermore, our own in-house testing software ensures your forum is up and running when you need it!
• Other Features
  Other features include forum tracking, user ignore, sound settings, room text size, colour and background to name only a few. Check out the forum demo to see all the great features in action.

Staff Features

• Extended Profile Info
  Includes users IP address, and the last username used (if known).
• User Warn
  Allows a staff user to send an annon conduct warning to a chat room user.
• User Silence
  Prevents a chat room user from sending messages to the current chat room. The user can be unsilenced at any time.
• User Eject
  Removes a problematic user from the chat forum and bans the IP address for a period of up to an hour. There is no way to un-eject a user, they must wait out the penalty time.
• Close Floor
  The 'floor' of a chat room may be temporary closed, preventing all non staff users from sending messages into the room. Use to calm down a heated debate, state rules for a quiz or game, or any other time you wish users to be 'read only'. Speaker rights may be granted to any chat room user allowing them to bypass this sanction.
• Moderate Room
  When a chat room is moderated, all messages are sent via the room moderator for approval before being sent to the room. Speaker rights may be granted to any chat room user allowing them to bypass this sanction.
• Assign Quiz Host
  Assign any chat room user, including himself, to be the quiz host for the chat room. Access will be granted to the special quiz features where the user can start and run a quiz session, including running scoreboard.
• Send Web Pages
  Web pages can be sent to either individual chat room users or every user of the current chat room. These will be opened in a new browser window.

Admin and Advanced Features

• Forum Manager
  A dedicated forum control panel allows direct control of your chat forum server including setting up rooms, adding staff and reserved usernames, uploading banners and logos and other forum settings. Also includes a HTML code builder to generate the code needed for your webpage(s).
• Choice of Chat Interface
  We offer a choice of client interfaces, our full blown graphic based client which includes emoticons, message highlighting, button images etc., and our more text based Lite interface for those on slow connections or limited resources. You can intergrate both interfaces within your website or just the one best suited to your needs.
• Word & Username Filters
  This optional feature allows you to ban certain user names and words used in the public chat rooms. You can have 200 banned user names and 200 banned words.
• IP Address Filter
  You can ban problematic IP addresses on a permanant basis.
• Preset Room Actions
  Set up to 10 preset room actions for common actions, for example: 'will be right back'. These will appear in the Actions menu within the chat rooms.
• Default Room Font
  Allows you to set the default Java font type, style and size for the chat room output area.
• Room Message Timestamp
  Allows you to set an optional local time stamp for incoming chat room messages. The time will be shown before the username at the beginning of each new message.
• Auto Room Join
  The chat forum interface can be optionaly set to auto join a user to a particular room when they enter the forum.
• Variable Message Delay
  To prevent chat room disruptions by problematic users sending repeated messages to the chat room ('scrolling') you can set the number of seconds a user must wait after sending a message and attempting to send another.
• Optional limitations
  Various forum settings can be disabled such as private messages (makes available to staff only), Dice roll and staff users access to IP addresses for forum users.
• Dynamic Websites
  You can pass in to the forum the values for username, password and profile as applet parameters on your page. You can also instruct the applet to auto connect using these values, useful for sites running some form of membership/login system.