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ChatCreator - Ajax webchat goodness
by Jason Clarke Nov 6th 2006
If you've got a website that has developed any sort of following at all, particularly for a very focused topic, you've probably considered adding a chat room to your site. Unfortunately, it can be a pain in the butt to find one that works well, and is easy to install. Back in June, Jordan posted about a newcomer called ChatCreator, which allowed users to create on-the-fly chat rooms. The implementation is somewhat bare-bones, so there's no moderation or name registration features, which contribute to the low friction feeling of the chat room creation process, but could lead to problems for chat room users.
Since then, ChatCreator has added a new chatbox creator, which will allow you to embed a ChatCreator-powered chatbox right in your own website. And just like the original service, the chatbox service is low in friction, high in results. You simply edit a few option (if you choose) to make the chatbox match the size and appearance of your site more closely, and the site spits out a very small chunk of code that can be pasted in your site's markup to embed the chatbox.
ChatCreator chats still suffer from the lack of management features that were voiced as concerns in our first post about them, but there's really no easier way to add a responsive and fun to use chat box to your website.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
