Guys. The old chat room is GONE, I decided the you guys and the crew would benefit far more from a "streamlined" chat room, which runs hand in hand with the forum. I have therefore added on, as the header (top of the forum page says).
The benefits are:
1. You do not have to log into CHAT. So long as you are logged into the forum, it will take you membership details and validate them with the database (of members), and them launch you into chat room.
2. You MUST be registered with the IXXRA forum to get into the chat room
3. Guests cannot gain access. You must be logged in.
4. Members who have not activated their forum membership by email validation cannot get in either.
5. You can see how many people are in chat before you go in. (which is handy)
6. The chat room useses the same smilies as the forum! (cool or what?!) By all means use them and have fun, but please try not to go daft (OTT)with them for the guys on 56k connections.
7. The chat link appears on the menu when you are logged in (and
only when you are logged in)
8. As you'll know, in the 'Users Online" panel (Forum Index page) there will be an indication of how many are in chat
9. I nearly screwed up the forum doing it....
I hope you guys find this OK.
Cheers