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tim_aka_tim

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« on: January 15, 2009, 10:26:29 PM »

As you will no doubt have seen, there is now a chatbox on the index screen.
This has been requested numerous times, so here it is. Don't be shy, less people read it than read the normal posts.
It's not intended to replace the forum, so don't use it for anything you'd normally post a message for.
Just use it to hurl abuse at each other and talk about the weather etc.

Please do not mis-use the chatbox, as you'll find yourself unable to use it.

To use it, you must register and login to it. It's easy enough and a one time deal. Instruction son how to do it are in the chat windows.
By default it will not work well in IE7. Please enable cookies from freeshoutbox.net and it will be much more betterer.

Guests cannot see the chat box, so they won't know that we're all weird until they join  :lol:

To see the time of a message, hover your mouse over it.

To enable cookies from freeshoutbox.net for Internet Explorer 7, do this
Press the "Tools" button, its on the far right, and has a blue cog icon.
Next Click "Internet Options". It will give you a popup window. Click the "Privacy" tab on this window. Then press the "Sites" button. In the "Address of website" box, but this text "freeshoutbox.net" (without the quotes). Click "Allow". Then click "OK" and then "OK" on the internet options window. It will disappear and you are done.

If you would like to open the chatbox in a new window to make it bigger, then you should use www.freeshoutbox.net/birtydastardsjeepclub
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 10:32:17 PM »

Why not the last 63... :lol:
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 10:33:30 PM »

The number 63 breaks me out in a rash......... Bollocks, there you go, see.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 10:34:15 PM »

Aaah... :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2009, 02:27:34 PM »

Remember that in using the chat box, you are still bound by the terms to which you signed up to Birtys. Please keep any thoughts of racism, sexism, illegal software etc to yourself.
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 03:44:51 PM »

Had to disable it, hopefully temporarily. The javascript applet that does the chat box uses a polling mechanism, rather that html push to check for new messages, which means it's blowing away our bandwidth.
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 03:46:43 PM »

ok tim, a mans gotta do, what a mans gotta do,hope we can get it resurrected in some form or find another chat medium.
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 07:11:31 PM »

:shock:  Is the forum about to crash  ?? :-?  :-?  :-?
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 07:41:53 PM »

i was removing all the chat files without taking down the forum.
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2009, 06:36:17 PM »

The chatbox has been changed again. This one is free, has no bandwidth restrictions and looks proper. However, it uses cookies to remember your username, which you must enable. Please read the post at the top of the page to see how to do this.
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