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It's likely to be part of 3.1, possibly with a separate beta download before 3.1. It requires some code-level changes to be implemented first.

Do you still think to provide the service only trought your servers?

We are investigating the possibility of offering a chat service for IPB directly from IPS.

This chat service would run inside of your IPB install much like Gallery or Blog however the actual exchange of chat messages would be handled by IPS servers. The high volume of transactions needed for a chat room would probably get you banned from most web hosting providers and, even if you have high-end hosting, it requires a specially tuned server to perform well. You can forget that headache and let us handle the transactions. Chat room statistics and access to log archives will of course be available for owners.

Testing

For the time being, we will only have the chat room open here on our company forums when an IPS staff member opens it. We are looking to test both the interface you use for chatting and the back-end server performance so we need online staff to monitor both sides of the exchange. So keep an eye for the chat link to appear in the top navigation or a "who's chatting" area to show up on the home page under statistics. When you see this then you know the room is available for testing :)

Please post bugs in the bug tracker under the IP.Chat category. You can post feedback here in the feedback forum or just reply to this topic. Please keep in mind this would be a version 1.0.0 so, although we can add all sorts of cool stuff over time, we are focusing on a nice, stable chat room right now. Things like private conversations, multiple rooms, and more are on our list but we must perfect the base chat room before adding on all the extras.

Please note that this is the first test of many users in the chat room so there will probably be issues. We will also be doing server-level testing so you might get kicked out now and again or the service may abruptly close so don't take it personally ;). Your feedback on all areas of the chat from features through usability down to speed of chat responses is appreciated.

Pricing

The pricing of the chat service is yet to be announced and will be based on how many people you have in your chat room at one time. Details of the package levels and pricing will be made available at a later date. The good news is that the first chat package level will be free for active IPB license holders. We hope you enjoy that extra benefit to being a license holder.

put a look at robots.txt

Did anyone sow the ajax quick quote of vb4? Wouldnt it be' great?

2: same as unapproving a post, which already exists

Adding javascript for something like that is just more overhead the browser has to process for something non-essential.

As Josh already pointed out in another thread, this functionality will be back with 3.0.2.

@Speed Racer - no need to ask (or tell) us to listen to our customers. We always listen. :) That doesn't mean we can always do what someone wants when they want it, but I assure you, we always listen.

After 3.0.0 final is out, can you guys put in the footer Powered By IP.Board 4.0.0 Milestone 1 © When is readyTM IPS, Inc., that will make us happy.

same if the thread is closed, deleted or a his post is edited.. or something like this. it maybe usefull :)

We don't try to keep the features different or similar to any other specific product. We try to keep the features in line with what is requested by the majority of our customers.

However, we are at a beta 4 stage and are not introducing new functionality where possible, so I'm afraid any new features will have to wait until the next version.

If I don't mistake Matt has implement a way to edit FURLs from ACP so is simple to change them.

And even if I'm wrong about this tool you can always change them editing manually the file with the rewrite codes :)