I have installed a new chat bar I think you guys might like, please play with it for now, let me know what you think. I am in the process in developing it further. There is much tweaking that needs to take place. Play with the settings, look around in it, and let me know how you did!

The bar is at the bottom of our site. Good luck! Oh yes, by the way, the new chat is called "Shop Talk". When you click on "Shop Talk" you might see the "Loading" on the chat page, give it time, it is loading your member profile, it takes time, but only once.

 

John

It looks good John, thanks.

 

Now in my part of the country when you got taken to the Woodshed it wasn't a good thing.

Great John, glad you like it. If anyone has any questions about it, then can post them here. Or opines.

 

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John Morris

I seen that change. Refreshing. Lets you know how is on line for private pm's. I'll continue playing with it. Larry was on but idle or away from his computer. Maybe later more will be on and we can see how tings work. I like the way it looks and the options it offers. Lets see how it plays out.

You probably deserved it Mr Moody.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I like it so far John.  Got to admit when I first logged on and it appeared, I thought it was some type of advertisement and tried for a few minutes to turn it off.

John1..  I don't see a "Shop Talk" box.  I do see a "Who's Online" box.

Larry

Larry, and others, you guys should be seeing this.

This is on the lower right of your PC

This is on the lower left of your PC

Can you guys let me know if your seeing this as shown?

Thanks

John

 

 

 

Larry Jenkins said:

 

John1..  I don't see a "Shop Talk" box.  I do see a "Who's Online" box.

Larry

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

All I get is "Share Content", "Who's Online" and "Announcements."

Larry

Skysa app icon, change search provider icon, search for box with magnifying glass, share content box, scrolling new chat bar message, red box with no outline and what looks like a black pipe vertically with the number3 on it, who's online box, announcements box.

I found it.  Ya gotta turn it on.

To the right of the "Share Content," there's a samll, brown colored "box" with no text.

Click on that, and it turns on the "Shop Talk Chat Room."

Larry

Now, when I click on the "brown barrel" or whatever it's called and get to the Chatroom, it starts to "load" and never does complete it.  At least on my confuser..

Frustrating..  Edit:  Now it loaded very quickly 2 minutes later..

30 minutes later..  Sam Ting..

Larry

Hang in there guys, Mr Moody and myself are working on it. We really want this to work, because, this chat bar has the notifier you've all been screaming about! You know, the one that lets you know someone is trying to chat.

For now, you guys can chat one on one with the Who's Online feature, just click on Who's Online, click on the member you want to chat with, and your up and running talking with that member instantly, all conversations in the Who's Online mode is private, no body but the two involved see the box.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Your probably right, Ron

Ron Dudelston said:

 

You probably deserved it Mr Moody.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

So we can try to troubleshoot and duplicate the problem you are having with the new chat feature, if you are not seeing what John has posted in the picture, let us know what version of windows you are running, ie, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7. To find out, right click on "My Computer" or "Computer" and select properties. You will find your version on that screen. Also let us know which Browser you are running and which version you are on. If you are using IE that information will be under the "About" or "?". On Firefox, it will be under "Help" then "About".

 

This will help us to see if a feature is not working for a particular version and maybe how to get it to work for you.

 

As a good point or rule, it you don't have all of the updates and patches provided by Microsoft on your computer it would be a good thing to do this regularly.

 

If you are running XP go to this link, http://www.update.microsoft.com/

 

If you are using Windows 7 it is on the start menu.

 

Thanks

 

John Moody