Channels are a fundamental design concept so they will certainly be available but can be omitted if desired. As for access to member information, yes, this is available and therefor your meetings could indeed be facilitated. Channel passwords could also be implemented if desired.
Could you tell us where in the process you are at in creating this? (That looks so grammatically wrong, but I don't care.)
Approximately 70% complete; the client software is complete which was the most time-consuming task as I despise the language it's written in (Java). I'm working on the server at the moment.
There needs to be some anti spam, when you send messages with an interval that is to small for a certain amount of times (it's up to moderators to give numbers what classifies) it should ban you.
There should be chat moderators which have control over the IM, they should be able to hide themselves within the IM's list of active people and can ban people if they violate rules.
These moderators will not have moderation control over the forums. There are enough people here that would not mind helping, if the guy screws up and bans to much or people that did not deserve it the real moderators can simply remove the guy.
All Staff will have Moderative privileges in the Chat. If it gets to the point where we need Chat Mods specifically, then we'll handle it later, :).
The time of ban should be something like 1 hour on the first violation, 24hours on the second violation and a week on the third violation etc.
Violations should also last for a certain amount of time. First violation should last a week, second last a month etc.
Rules will need to be adjusted for this as well, I agree.
Last but not least, colour codes? vB? Html? Also, disabling links in the chat might increase security as well (some people might send viruses, though this issue exists in the forum as well and has not yet been abused.
As far as color codes go, I think we'll be going with one color per User Group. So normal members will have one color, Admins will be red, Mods will be blue, Newsies will be Green, and Wikiers will be Purple. Links are enabled for now, and there will be basic formatting functions, like bold, italics, etc.
There should be chat moderators which have control over the IM, they should be able to hide themselves within the IM's list of active people and can ban people if they violate rules.
These moderators will not have moderation control over the forums. There are enough people here that would not mind helping, if the guy screws up and bans to much or people that did not deserve it the real moderators can simply remove the guy.
All Staff will have Moderative privileges in the Chat. If it gets to the point where we need Chat Mods specifically, then we'll handle it later, :).
I don't think that will work as I remember there being many times when no staff were signed on what so ever.
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Just as the Scorpion hunts...
Silently Lurking...
"Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted." ~ Ezio Auditore de Firenze
I would be happy to moderate the chat system. I'm a fair person and will not abuse my power. I am on quite often but leave once all threads have been looked over. I will be on longer per session so as to moderate the chat system.
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Just as the Scorpion hunts...
Silently Lurking...
"Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted." ~ Ezio Auditore de Firenze
but go for it, its a cool feature.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
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SC2Mapster
Could you tell us where in the process you are at in creating this? (That looks so grammatically wrong, but I don't care.)
Diablo III Analyst
SC2Mapster
All Staff will have Moderative privileges in the Chat. If it gets to the point where we need Chat Mods specifically, then we'll handle it later, :).
Rules will need to be adjusted for this as well, I agree.
As far as color codes go, I think we'll be going with one color per User Group. So normal members will have one color, Admins will be red, Mods will be blue, Newsies will be Green, and Wikiers will be Purple. Links are enabled for now, and there will be basic formatting functions, like bold, italics, etc.
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SC2Mapster
I don't think that will work as I remember there being many times when no staff were signed on what so ever.
TEh ch@7 g3m!!1!1
in a chat gem costume.
andmakesethhispethamsterWe also need the Cow King.
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SC2Mapster
some one called my name?? may I help whit something??
Agh, sorry, that's OT and I'm posting it, anyway. Abusing my power! MUAHAHAHA!
Sorry in advance, Matt.