To use just fill in the configuration variables (first!) and call it from your local web server.

functions include:

- emulates perlmonks chatterbox linking standards
- integrated message inbox with cc to self option
- new nodes ticker
- rep change ticker with history
- extract and display $NORM
- textarea input for editing extended messages
- large messages chunked for multiple send
- super search form with perldoc, cpan, google and babelfish
- launchpad for accessing your favorite search engines

Run it and select help for more info.

WARNING: Client authentication makes framechat more secure but exercise caution. Do not allow public access to your installation of framechat!

New in 2.0

• New nodes ticker!
• Rep change ticker with history!
• Client login & quit for better security.
• Create & edit optional external config file.
• Tools control panel to see & set parameters.
• /ignore and /unignore and see who's being ignored.
• /logout and /login implemented.
  • Not in the userlist but still see chat.
  • All links to perlmonks become logged out.
  • History still functions if enabled.
  • Logout disables node title lookup.

  Improved:
  

• Faster thanks to less print statements.
• More robust error handling (esp. xml parsing).
• XP nodelet now shows xp gain and loss messages (Ack!)
• inbox/launchpad/newnode frame can remember state.
• Notes added to update notification.

  Fixed in 2.0:
  

• Bug in link parser that caused italic history after an unclosed i tag.
• Last \$norm should now appear when code updated.
• Code is less redundant and more readable.

  Fixed in 2.01:
  

• A new node with 0 rep showed +0 change (a printf feature).
• New nodes and check update didn't work if proxy in use.
• New nodes loadtime was 1 second off.

  Fixed in 2.02:
  

• Empty document error if history file for present day didn't exist.
• IIS breakage addressed with a new config var: $broken.
• Change to talk frame enables submit with Tab+Enter sequence (thanks grinder).
• <i> tags would italicize cb text, oops.
• Rep related data files now 50% smaller.
• Added config file syntax status feedback and warnings.
• Improved the help and tools sections.
• NEW: Node rep history graph!

  Fixed in 2.03:
  

• control chrs in chat xml not being stripped due to missing /d modifier on tr in sub fixxml.
• client authentication erroneously succeeded if username and password not defined.

  Fixed in 2.04:
  

• Repaired the chat frame and norm parser to conform with changes at perlmonks.
• Added support for the latest shortcut tags: pad, kobe, jargon, perldoc. If you use an external config file these need to be added to the @tags array so they appear in the pulldown menu in the input frame, as well as a few items added to the %launch_urls hash.

To run framechat under mod_perl use OeufMayo's mod_perl patch.