Pierre's Wordspew

A plugin that creates a live shoutbox, using AJAX as a backend. Users can chat freely from your blog without refreshing the page!

Author:Andrew Sutherland, Modified by Pierre (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.5
WordPress version tested:3.0.5
Plugin version:6.1
Added to WordPress repository:05-10-2009
Last updated:10-12-2010
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:100
Rated by:2
Plugin URI:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pierres-w...
Total downloads:46 547
Active installs:600+
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The shoutbox add a chat functionality to your blog and permit to easily interact with your users/visitors. It uses the Fade Anything Technique for extra glamour.

Features:
  • Chat in real time with everyone,
  • there's a lot of process to catch spams to help you to keep your box as clean as possible,
  • you can activate/deactivate a sound alert when someone post in the shoutbox,
  • you can delete in real time comment directly in the shoutbox,
  • you can delete, edit, ban IP in the admin console of the shoutbox,
  • you can add banned words by using the comment moderation field of WP,
  • you can adapt the look of your shoutbox in the admin consol and/or in an external stylesheet,
  • you can configure who will be able to see or use the shoutbox,
  • you can add themes to your shoutbox,
  • you can use gravatar,
  • old messages will be archived (you can selectively choose who will be able to see the archives),
  • everyone will be able to send privates messages to anyone,
  • you'll can choose who will administrate the shoutbox,
  • you can activate/deactivate a "captcha" to help to fight against spam,
  • the shoutbox is actually available in 25 languages,
  • tested and working on IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari,
  • a lot of more things...