A chat server

[jovton]

OK, this is an experimental project.

What I need is... persons who will be able to help me in developing my own chat web site an help me in setting up my own chat server.

The reward is... everyone that helps will be a room moderator/operator. That's the credit.

Does it sound interresting?

If it does to you, and you are willing to help, please contact me through e-mail.

But remember, this is experimental, and if it works it will remain on the world wide web for a very long time to come. And we will be able to say: "I helped in setting it up!" or "That's my piece of art work!".

Also remember that the reason why I ask is because I don't know everything and I need help.

I look forward to the final product, and seeing us all with @ signs, chatting the time away with all those ordinary chatters in black!

Thank you for your interrest.

[honeybee]

For creating a chat server, at least on the web, you need a site which will allow you to deploy ASP with your own components. The communication is mostly going to be using the Winsock control, so you will need it bundled into a DLL which will be instantiated on the Web through an ASP page.

If you are looking at free web-hosting services, you just can't do any such thing.

So, to develop a chat server, you need to own a website.

I am interested in helping out, as I have written a small chat program using Winsock control for two computers.

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[jovton]

I doubt that ASP will work with every browser. I was thinking more in the direction of Java applets, Perl or CGI scripts. :(

[Nick the god]

I have a chat server on my website that uses asp sessions. This is extremely effective. If you want you can have the code. It works well cross browser and it can suppor unlimited users. With some work you will be able to alter it so you can have more than one room and it currently supports html text tags so say you type<b>hello</> your message is in bold. It supports all the html tags you can even put in images etc. You could make a better interface that allows you to do that. To check out my simpole implementation goto www.server20k.com and click chat.

If you want the code and etc you can mail me at

nick@shalomcollege.com

by the way this requires no extra componants...

If you need help i will be happy

[AliBail]

Hi, sorry for kind of not answering the original message, but Nick the god, could I possible have a copy of your program, if you dont mind?



I know nothing about ASP, and im assuming thats what you originally planned to do, if u decide to go with clients that need to be downlaoded, contact me :)

Im creating a interactive help system, that uses a client program that is downloaded, which then sends commands to a web server (PERL Script) whcih does the processing :) But its a 1 to 1 service.

Alistair

[Nick the god]

Ok if i can work out how to attach the files but the time i have finished typing this then all is good actually i will zip them all. I recomend you keep them all in a seperate folder called say /chat or otherwise you will have to merge the global asa file with your main one and you may come across some problems.

[Nick the god]

I noticed on your website you have an application for sending sms messages. I have an app to send icq messages and it works by sending variables to a php script on a remote server - Is this how you get your app to send sms and if so and if you are feeling generous could you send me the location that you post to and the variables etc.

Of if anyone wants to know the syntak for posting to the icq message script just give us a bell - nick@shalomcollege.com

i dont remember it off the top of my head but it is in wml so it was tricky to convert it but it works if you want to have a gawk at my prog i will post the exe if you want

[AliBail]

Originally posted by Nick the god
I noticed on your website you have an application for sending sms messages. I have an app to send icq messages and it works by sending variables to a php script on a remote server - Is this how you get your app to send sms and if so and if you are feeling generous could you send me the location that you post to and the variables etc.

Of if anyone wants to know the syntak for posting to the icq message script just give us a bell - nick@shalomcollege.com

i dont remember it off the top of my head but it is in wml so it was tricky to convert it but it works if you want to have a gawk at my prog i will post the exe if you want

Hi, The APP requires the user to be logged on to the AOL Network, with AOL 5 or AOL 6 running. The APP uses API to call up the AOL Keyword (SMS), It then waits on it laoding, fills in the telephone number, the message and then preses SEND.

The purpose of it is as an Address Bok to save u typing the numbers all the time.

If you still want it I can send you the source code (Email me: AliBail@aol.com).

I only made it because I was bored, only took 3 hours :) < I was originally making one for ICQ (As a spam program, but ICQ kept crashing :))

I would attrach / eamil it to u, but im logged on from school, so if u mail me ill send it when i log on at home :)

[Nick the god]

He HE school there is something i dont miss. Uni is so great. Naw dotn worry bout it i was after something that was universaly avaliable so any one could use it weather not they were aol subscribers. Altavista used to have a script to send them but they removed it because of some stupid reason.

[TheSarlacc]

hey could you post the SMS program that is on ur site man? plz. thx :) TheSarlacc

[AliBail]

Do u mean my program or the other persons?

[jovton]

Would you people mind if I erase this thread?
;)