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I looked around and didn't see any question like this asked but I was really hopeing someone can help.

I am an admin of an EZBoard message board and alot of people want a chat room. I was using Bravenet but we have come to need a moderator to keep the peace. I was told about this site and that it was a good chat. How or can I put this into a message board for everyone, all they would have to do is click on chat and they go into our room. If I cant use this type of chat does anyone know of a chat that can be used in the way I described. Free if posible. I am new to the admin thing so if possible please use easy terms to understand. I have not got my "internet for dummies" yet. Thanks for any help.

The easiest way (well, depending on how you look at it) would be to place an irc:// link on your page (irc://server:port/chan), this opens the users irc client (or sends an instruction to one currently running) which will have them connect to that server and join your channel.

Another way (and you can really use both ways, which gives your users a bit of choice) is to host a java applet on your site which will take the place of the IRC client, which saves your users a bit of time/hassle (little hassle really) downloading an IRC client. As I've no experience whatsoever with java clients I can't provide any recommendations.

Hope that helps

There are a number of suggestions in this thread regarding installing a Java client on a website. You can also check out the DMOZ.org directory listing for Java chat clients.

Have fun

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