Forum:New Feature: Chat, in testing

Hi! Good news! We just launched our Chat feature for testing on Community Central! You can access it from the sidebar of any internal page (not the homepage) while logged in. Since Community central is a place to discuss Wikia wikis in general, we're expecting this to become an extension of the discussion that also happen in the forums. If you're feeling inclined to experiment with the feature, I'd love if you hung out there a bit, answered questions as you do in the forums, and let us know what you think of the project. Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:04, April 19, 2011 (UTC)

Update: there's a more formal announcement here: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ohmyn0/What%27s_Going_on_with_Chat. You can leave feedback on that post or in this thread. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:43, April 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Tried to comment on the blog post, but my comment never appeared. To give short summary what I was trying to say: interesting, easy to approach, but not for power users like me, atleast not in its current form. A good start nonetheless. (: –Tm_T (Talk) 20:07, April 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Better than the old Shoutbox.
 * A few minor feature requests:
 * Add timestamps to chat messages. So Monchoman45 doesn't have to teach us how to hack them in... ;-)
 * Add a user talk page link to the avatar info box along with user profile page and contributions links.
 * More info on limitations would be helpful, of course. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 20 Apr 2011 5:07 PM Pacific


 * Is the sidebar listing of avatars part of the Chat feature or just part of the test? -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 21 Apr 2011 6:25 PM Pacific
 * Part of chat. It's like that for all the wikis with chat.

Update: The most current information is here: community.wikia.com/Chat. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:22, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah i really like chat, and i think its a good way to get some messaging through instead of waiting for a message on your talk page. I think chatmods should be able to time limit kickbans and people should be able multi private chat though. Well its a great way to connect with other wikians. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 01:42, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

I am an admin, and how do I add chat? --Needlemouse
 * You can enable it on your wiki by going to Special:WikiaLabs and enabling it there. ZamorakO o ( talk ) 01:00, September 13, 2011 (UTC)