Idea for the Chat Room
Date: Sat, 04/12/2008 - 15:07
Submitted by SUEBEEHONEY70
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Sat, 04/12/2008 - 15:07
Total Replies: 9
I have noticed that when many guests or new members enter the chat room, they have specific questions, and want someone to talk to right away. However, most of the time, there's no one in the chat room when they post their questions, so I fear they go away without answers, possibly not returning.
Is it possible to have a constant banner or some sort of stationary announcement that stays at the top of the chat room at all times, stating that if no one is in the chat to answer questions, they should come to the board itself and post their question in the appropriate forum, then check back for answers?
How does that sound? I'm just hoping we can catch those who are leaving without answers when they're only posting them in the chat room, and give them another option for getting answers that they may not realize is here!
Sue, I think that is an excellent idea. Most of the time I go in
Sue, I think that is an excellent idea. Most of the time I go into the chat room and there is nobody there but a guest has been in there asking questions with nobody around to answer them. Great thinking! :)
Sue, that's an excellent idea. Another thing we possibly could d
Sue, that's an excellent idea. Another thing we possibly could do is maybe have chats on specific topics??? We'd have to have the moderators to commit to being in the room to make sure things are running smoothly, but I think it could be done.
kscornell - I think that'd be a good idea too, if we could get i
kscornell - I think that'd be a good idea too, if we could get it to work. I think the big issue right now is that people come to the chat room, post their questions, but leave without answers, and may not actually be coming into the site to see if they can find answers here.
I think it's a great idea Sue!! That way, the guests would know
I think it's a great idea Sue!! That way, the guests would know that to either post the questions and come back, or to post and ask in the Forums and check back--and not just leave without an answer.
Excellent Excellent, will be done (I don't know how). I will get
Excellent Excellent, will be done (I don't know how). I will get help from my technical friends.
Keep giving these brilliant ideas.
- Vikas
Hummm I have a few thoughts on this one... at the bottom of the
Hummm I have a few thoughts on this one...
at the bottom of the forums page, it lists who is on line, could this also maybe list how many people are in chat at any given time? Railroadforums.com does this (though their chat is lame).
Is there maybe way if some one goes into the chat room and no one is there they could send a broadcast invitation to the chat room?
talkaboutsleep.com has topic specific chat rooms which are open all the time, but they have "scheduled" time when mods are in those particular rooms. Would any mods be willing to sit in the chat room on a regular schedule? At least until it gains in popularity? I could probably start off with a couple hours a week, probably weekends, but those may vary from week to week.
ON a personal note, the way the chat constantly reloads and freezes can be a bit irritating. Is there a smoother operating program available?
A chat I participate in uses a free program from addon chat (www.addonchat.com) its java based and works nicely without the herky jerkies. No registration is required. Their free version does not have any ads, and does have some limitations (like each post has a maximum number of characters, not sure how many haven't hit it in a while. Used to be 200 but they have since raised it). We never seem to have any real problems which those restrictions impeedin on the conversations.
Just a few thoughts I have had.
I would be willing to commit some time to modding the chat......
I would be willing to commit some time to modding the chat........
Hey LCW!! How are you?