Chat & IM

Features

• Frontend User Features
  • Photos and Status Icons – The buddy lists on chat bars include icons for online status, as well as the profile pictures of each online buddy..
  • Hide Offline – For those times when instant messages may be distracting, members can choose to go offline and can continue browsing your community, returning online at their leisure.
  • Chat Rooms – Members can join chat rooms for live group chats. Great for bringing all members together, community chat encourages new friendships and fresh discussions on topics that matter to your members.
  • Anchored IM Bar – Once enabled, members can instant message friends and other members via private, persistent chat windows while browsing your community.
  • Notifications – Online members receive audio and visual notifications for incoming chat messages. This way, they’ll never miss an IM or chat.
• Admin Features
  • Full Member Control – You control by member level who can use the chat rooms or IM.
  • Chat Room Management – Quickly edit or delete chat rooms right from the Admin Panel.
  • Choose how often the chat rooms update for better server resource management.
  • Control whether friends or everyone can instant message each other.
  • Easily monetize on this with subscriptions. Set member levels to allow access to the chat rooms and/or IM system based on the subscription level.