Update Log

chats now include a "load older messages" button so you can view more than 50 messages back!

i've also added a rules page as a general guideline for chatrooms. it's not that serious, just attempt to moderately behave yourselves. i aim to be a benevolent god

couple of bbcode accessibility options added! it's integrated with the site-wide "proper english" feature, so you can add alt text to any regular text or text emoticons!

also fixed it so that you can use [u] underline tags

need to enable alt text for bbcode images next

Using the New BBCode Parser by Sean Werkema and Vanilla Forums to enable basic message styling! Current options listed in my very bare-bones BBCode guide. This is much better than what we had before (which was... you could put literally any HTML you wanted in there. not good or smart lol)

I've also added a basic warning page before opening external links sent by other users. Safety first and whatnot.

chat interface now shows the user's selected icon instead of a placeholder! also no longer accepts blank messages, and admin/mod messages have a colored border for some added clarity.

the old worm chat relied on an outside host (chattable), the new one is entirely locally hosted so I have more control & it should be more reliable! I can also make new chat rooms whenever, so if I want to add chats to other parts of the site I can do that. hooray

getting it to update on everyone's screens when a new message comes in was the most annoying part tbh. the solution I figured out is a little clunky but good enough for now. I also need to fix the page refreshing when you send a new message because it's unnecessary and creates a flash of content, but that's a problem for later