scumchat link on the forum (solved, not implemented)

[scotmany12]

Link to scumchat?

[ReaperCharlie]

Suggestion: Just put scumchat right next to (to the right of) the Wiki link, on line with FAQ, Members, and Login/out.

[Porochaz]

I would just put the link back where it was before, at the bottom of the main page...

[Mr. Flay]

I would just put the link back where it was before, at the bottom of the main page...

What, the scumchat link? I'll probably put it there too, but I kinda like it as a pseudoforum link.

[Stef]

I don't know about you guys but scumchat isn't working for me.

"Information

You are not authorised to read this forum."

[imkingdavid]

I don't know about you guys but scumchat isn't working for me.

"Information

You are not authorised to read this forum."

I get the same message.

In phpBB 3.0, there are separate permissions for viewing a forum and reading a forum. So we have the view permission (aka we can see the forum in the listing) but we can't actually read it (aka see posts and topics inside of it). Just needs to be fixed in the ACP, afaik.

[Mr. Flay]

Try now; I copied permissions from GD.

[imkingdavid]

Works now. Thanks!

[mith]

Oops, my fault.

Could someone check the archive links? I suspect they were set up wrong as well, so I copied permissions from GD.

[Porochaz]

Hi guys,

I dont know how it is in anyway different, but I can't seem to get on scumchat on google chrome. On the old site it was fine, but as the address bar is also a search bar, it searches for it instead of links to it (I think), is it possible to change it to what its like before?

[Mr. Flay]

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aim:gochat?roomname=ScumChat&Exchange=5

I don't think the actual link structure is any different - it's a proprietary URI for AIM that Firefox doesn't recognize, either.

Is it possible Chrome has broken this? Oh wait, I think I see what you're getting at... when you go from the index, it pulls up a 'ninjas stole this page' error screen, because it's trying to get there via redirect:

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https://forum.mafiascum.net/aim:gochat?roomname=ScumChat&Exchange=5

I'm not hopeful, but I'll take a look. We may just move the link into a place of its own like on the old site. In the meantime, try clicking on General Discussion from the index page and then clicking the scumchat link; that may work for you.

[Porochaz]

Interesting, that worked fine.

[Mr. Flay]

Another thing to note is the scumchat link works for me.

From index? It'll work fine from GD itself, but the little link under GD on the main forum page is that one that gives a 404, because it tries to prepend

http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/

to the aim code. I'll be impressed if your browser can decode that...

Thanks for the other two bits, as well.

[imkingdavid]

Another thing to note is the scumchat link works for me.

From index? It'll work fine from GD itself, but the little link under GD on the main forum page is that one that gives a 404, because it tries to prepend

http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/

to the aim code. I'll be impressed if your browser can decode that...

Thanks for the other two bits, as well.

Would it work to do http://aim:gochat?roomname=ScumChat&Exchange=5 ? When you use http:// it doesn't prepend the mafiascum.net/forum/ bit to it, afaik.

[Mr. Flay]

Probably not, since aim: is the pseudoprotocol itself, which theoretically replaces the http: (and yes, I expect that's why it's not working, I just can't find that code to verify).

[Mr. Flay]

Another thing to note is the scumchat link works for me.

From index? It'll work fine from GD itself, but the little link under GD on the main forum page is that one that gives a 404, because it tries to prepend

http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/

to the aim code. I'll be impressed if your browser can decode that...

This is still on my radar, just haven't found a good solution yet.

[pacman281292]

When I clicked the scumchat link, I was told a ninja had stolen the page...
That was some 3 days ago. Trying now...

[pacman281292]

And still does ...

[Mr. Flay]

Still doesn't work from the index. Click from the GD page and it should work fine.