Where can I find a good cgi, or java chat script?

[drunkmonkey]

Does anyone know of any good internet chat scripts I could use on a remote server(barrysworld.com servers)?
I'm using bravenet.com's but wayy too many ads and it looks like crap.
It needs to be very basic, not flashy, and w/ few ads. Most important, the login needs to be customizable(a basic applet or javascript would be nice).

Can you get free IRC hosting anywhere, how hard is it to host one yourself?

[XWRed1]

This is going to have to be a Java applet, you can't do it in Javascript. Most of them will let you tell them which irc network and channel to log onto. Its not that difficult to run your own, but its probably a better idea to go onto a big network.

[drunkmonkey]

I'm busy learnng CGI right now (I already know html, dhtml, javascript, and PHP) so I probably won't get into Java for a while. I've tried Java before but I hate trying to program it.
Well, could I use a big networks IRC, make my own room inside it, and make i look like its a private chat? I found a few free java irc applets.

I like the teenchat.com chat rooms alot because if I could get their script I could probably make it look half decent. here's the page it needs to fit into:
www.drunkmonkey.barrysworld.net/Paul-n-Mike/
I'm making the page for some other people, for cash$$. It's just on my test server right now.

[XWRed1]

Yes, you could make a room on a big channel look like your own.

When you say you're learning cgi, I guess that means you're learning perl?

[drunkmonkey]

yeah, this friday I'm going to devote my whole day off frum school to learning Perl, is it easier to program it in VB6 though? I'm pretty good at using VB. Next will be C++ then I'll be a true programmer!
Are their any good cgi or Java examples of a IRC chat room I can work off of?

[XWRed1]

There's only going to be Java ones, because its impossible to do a chat room in cgi because of the way cgi fundamentally works.

[drunkmonkey]

I've seen some cgi chat rooms but the are not live nor use IRC, they do that stupid refresh every 5 seconds thing, that I hate.

[foshdawg]

i've seen quite a few irc applets (jIRC being the most prominent and most used) and while they're decent to use, they can't substitute for just using mIRC or what have you. setting up an ircd on a linux box is pretty simple, there's quite a few places to get the ircds used by EFnet, Dalnet and the likes.

and i don't think you can program perl in vb6 (why would you want to anyway, that's like using a hammer for a screwdriver). but it was funny how you said you learned dHTML as if it's a language like PHP or ASP is. that cracks me up.

[drunkmonkey]

Originally posted by foshdawg
but it was funny how you said you learned dHTML as if it's a language like PHP or ASP is. that cracks me up. [/B]

do u think dhtml is harder than php? I thought dhtml was a breeze, kidding. A year ago I wrote a 400-line image scroller in dhtml w/ some awsome effects and interaction, like messages would animate through the pic by fading through each letter then flashing them and going back to the image, lol, I lost it on a bad floppy after a reformat.

I need some good pre-made scripts to put in my webpage, so u don't have to download.

[XWRed1]

I think he's pointing out that DHTML isn't really a programming language like PHP or ASP, its just an extension of HTML, which is decidedly *not* a programming language.

[drunkmonkey]

Originally posted by XWRed1
I think he's pointing out that DHTML isn't really a programming language like PHP or ASP, its just an extension of HTML, which is decidedly *not* a programming language.

ok, darn, now i only know 6 programming languages. :(

[foshdawg]

XW has it right. dHTML is merely an extension (not even that really seeing as it's just combining html, javascript and css to create "dynamic" html). dHTML is very simplistic compared to PHP or ASP as the only thing allowing for true logic is javascript and it has it's own limitations.

[drunkmonkey]

i guess i can just put css instead of dhtml in my list.

But to the point,
No one has answered my question yet!! I need help!! Please!!!

[XWRed1]

No one has answered my question yet!! I need help!! Please!!!

I thought we did. What don't you understand?

[foshdawg]

i think i did by saying jIRC was a client for irc and that you could easily set up an ircd. after all, those are two things you asked that i answered :P

[drunkmonkey]

Originally posted by foshdawg
i think i did by saying jIRC was a client for irc and that you could easily set up an ircd. after all, those are two things you asked that i answered :P


Sorry forgot to respond to the Jirc, It makes OPERA lock-up sometimes and is supposed to be registered.
I need something that is preferably open source. I know absolutely nothing about making Java applets but I can change them around.
Maybe a link to a good one, i know i sound a little picky but I'm making a webpage for cash$$ and it has to be perfect, thanx a lot guys -n- gals??