I have a java chatroom on my site. As long as my username is logged in, it doesnt post banner ads or popups. But since I cant be on 24/7, do u think a bot could mimic my presence there?

basically if a user enters my username, a pw window pops up. if the pw is correct, "i'm" logged in and no pop ups come up.

would a bot work? quote me a rate for your solution.

Is it IRC based? In that case, any BNC would work.

I dont think it's IRC based. It's just html code with javascript (applet) that's embedded into your web page. The page links to an external chat server.

Which chat server is that? If you can tell me, I should be able to more easily see if it's IRC based or not, as it's pretty simple to make a bot for IRC.

Just found out that logging in with an approved chat name removes popup ads (etc) for that user only.

In other words, everyone else gets the annoying ads and pop ups regardless.

Anyone know of (or can create) a good chat program for a site?

My recommendation is to setup an irc server and then just use an embedded java irc to allow you to offer your members to chat on your site. :-)

I am bias towards irc :-)

I'll look into the IRC chat. From what I recall, they dont look very attractive. My members are unsophisticated and need a chatroom that's very intuitive to use.

I'm open to viewing some examples though.

You can setup an IRC server, and use a Java chatroom with that. I believe jPilot is a very simple and effective solution for this.

Thanks for all your help w3bdesign. I'll check it out.