OK, so I’ve nearly got this puppy complete. It’s a live-chat client that will allow logged-on users (and only logged-on users, although I also have a version that guests can use) to make “posts” (just like to a “wall” on Facebook or Twitter), with the chat/comments page automatically refreshing every 500 milliseconds to show latest posts that other users have just made, in real-time. (one tentative name I have for it is a “living wall”). Last night, I added the ability to show a list of all users who are currently logged on, and hope to have this out of beta soon

These are just some of the advantages of this application:

- All posts can be saved into a database (into any table you so choose. You could, for example, insert the posts on tables related to individual topics or categories, current news items, a photo, or basically anything else you can put on an individual web page. [so to use this interactive chat client on a different page, just insert the posts into a different database table]).

- This can provide your web site users with a cross-functional, enhanced web user experience, allowing them to see who else in your online community or company is currently logged on, chat with them, comment on various pages across the site, view/update profile information, other content etc [sounds a little like Facebook, MySpace, or similar online communities doesn’t it, only think of the advantages of having this on your own site ‘).

- Flexibility. If you like, you can either destroy or save records of “chat sessions” (or series of wallposts too, if you’d like to use the app in that way).

More soon! .