Question

How do you code a text chat, like the one Question Cove uses for All Subjects?

Answer 1

howie posted on how you do that

Answer 2

He did?

Answer 3

yes scroll and find where howie posted it

Answer 4

didnt howie like post how to bb codes and stuff yesterdat

Answer 5

yesterday*

Answer 6

They are asking how to make their own for their own site

Answer 7

I ALREADY KNOW BBCODE LOL

Answer 8

Well someone please teach me!

Answer 9

As for how to make a chatbox,
In essence, you can make one with the following: first you'll need a Websocket for the server and client to communicate, then you'll need front end code to handle the communication. When a new communication occurs from the server, post the line to the client. Have a text box that when hitting enter submits the message to the server.
Optional: have a database to save the messages, so you can load them after the fact.
Optional: have users to distinguish who sent what message
Optional: have a database to store events so when a user falls out of sync with the events, the server can catch them up


And that's how you would make a very basic chat box

Answer 10

Uhm, how would i make a server *smiling/nervouse emoji*

Answer 11

It's probably useful to be doing this with a non-moderated computer.

Answer 12

Okay, well thanks Jay! I appreciate it.