Re: Chat Software

after an extensive examination of the major chat packages we went for
Digichat (digichat.com). It has pretty much all you want except 3). None of
the major packages I looked at had this feature (3 months ago), but Digichat
has an automtic login feature which lets you embed the username in the HTML
that calls the applet. So you could have a dynamic login page that does what
you want, then have that create the automatic login page that calls the
applet. I can expand on this if it is not clear. It's worth noting that I
found Digichat were flexible with their licences.

Martin Bysh
Primary Drive Ltd
Dynamic Web Design Specialists

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Duncan" <david.duncan(at)outpostatlantis.com>
To: <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:24 PM
Subject: Chat Software


> I have been assigned to set up a online chat for a celebrity and her
> fans. The celebrity will have a "fan-chat" once a month. I amlooking for
> suggestions on the appropiate chat software/interface.
>
> I have looking for the following functionality:
>
> 1) fans post the question to moderator which then in turn post the
> question to the celebrity (ie fan can not directly post question to the
> group). Also, the software prompts the user when it is their time to ask
> a question;
> 2) ability for moderator to boot troublesome guests;
> 3) fans must first sign up through some sort of log in process. Looking
> for the chat software to have a login submission form which also activates
> the users account through some sort of email verification scheme;
> 4) Must be robust and able to handle substantial traffic;
> 5) the actual celebrity can post directly;
>
> I thought about using IRC but have reservations about security
> issues. Again, I am new to IRC so if this is a valid choice, would
> appreciate any advice/tips.
>
> Thks/Brgds/David
>
>
>

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