Gmg Chat now Active! Wish List Here!

[Connors]

Hey what smileys were you planning on using? Because I would totally volunteer to make some unique ones. It would be so fun! I've made emoticons before.

Yeah Gish!!!

[Gan]

Smilies are in. If you want me to add custom ones you need to:
(a) Make them and put them on a reliable host.
(b) Post the link with the symbols that activate the smiley.

Just make sure they're appropriate and will fit.

[Gan]

Guys I'm wondering. I'm trying to decide if we want a certain feature. It'll make all sorts of controls easily accessible up front but possibly could clutter the chat box.

Here's the idea:
- Better controls. At the bottom have check boxes for:
Bold, Italics, Underline, Striked and text boxes for R G B color text. Maybe even add a smiley line(click a smiley and it's text pops in the message text box) and possibly a drop down box with actions.

What say you? Will it make it too cluttery or is it worth it?

[Connors]

I'll let you know if I make any good smileys then!

I think the menu it would be worth it! The actions alone would make it way better than the GMF chat. I can't really think of anything else to add for now, except it would be amazing if it linked to our accounts.

[Gan]

Awesome. I'll be prepared to add smilies.

I'll be thinking of the menu and how I want to set it up. Might start messin with the box's interface over the next few days.
As for custom actions I think I'll give it a try with the /custom tag.

I'd love to link the chat box to our accounts but can't until I gain access to the forum's web code. In which the only one who has the power to grant me access is Ghost and he's incognito somewhere bright and sunny near the sea side where the Feds can't find him.

Note: Fix smilies cause they don't update when the message box updates.
Note 2: Set the chat box to a static font so it doesn't do weird stuff on the iPhone.

[Connors]

FYI for me on my older Mac* the smileys show as plain text until I reload the page. Smileys that were there when I loaded show up as images.

*Still OS 10.4.11
Viewin' in Firefox

[Gan]

Yeah easy bug to fix.

[Silverwind]

I can make the box bigger if you want more room for the control panel.

[Gan]

I'd hate to have it take too much space but I also don't like the thought of a scrunched up chat box.

I'll leave this up to you. Give me as much extra space and you see fit.

[Connors]

I have two more smileys made. It was fun! If Photobucket isn't the best place you could probably put them somewhere else right Gan?

:wave:  

XD  

[Gan]

Awesome I like those. I'll put them in as soon as I get home. Prob and hour or two.

[Gan]

Added in Connor's smilies, fixed the smilies. Implemented the /custom action and put a news header at the top. Fixed the bug where sometimes when you hit enter twice it sent the same message twice.

What do you think of the news header, should it stay?

[Connors]

What happens on my end when Gan is messing with layouts:

[Gan]

They are in a grid pattern:

[Connors]

First in Safari:


Then you fixed it by the time I opened Firefox (except the height):


The next one: XD


Current:


EDIT: Got it!