Just Curious

[Whitey]

Has anyone intergraded AjaxIM into their website or looked into it. I tried awhile back and it was to hard for me. Was curious if any of you have.
ajax im - the ajax-based instant messenger

[chad]

how exactly is the integration gonna take place?

[Feral]

I have set it up on a couple of sites. But I'm curious as to what you mean by integrate it into a site.

Do you mean for instance having it on a sidebar on every page like a shout box? If so its not really designed for that type of use, think of it more as a chat room.

Or do you mean simply having it interact with your existing user accounts for what ever software you are running on your site. If this is what you mean then yes I have integrated it into wordpress, OSC, and SMF.

Doing such an integration is no simple task and there are many different ways of doing it. Some being easier then others.

[chad]

yeah man i think so too..
maybe what whitey wants is to have the database integrated for accounts and stuffs like that like feral said

is that wat you want?

[Whitey]

Yeah sorry i meant intergraded into a Pre-Made Database.
For your personal site

[chad]

if that is the case then yes it is possible
you will just have to change some codes for that one like for example the login part and other stuffs concerned.

[Feral]

There are basically two ways to integrate another software into your existing site. Modify your code or modify there code.

The simplest of the two is to modify your existing code, the is a three step process.

1.) copy your existing user table into the new user table for the new software.
2.) examine the login and registration code for the new software.
3.) modify your existing login and registration code so when someone logs in it sets the cookie/session for you site and the new software. When someone registers it adds there username/password into both user tables.

Modifying there code is a tedious process and usually requires you to edit a good number of the files that makeup that software.

I generally go with the first option unless it is required to be done otherwise and charge 3 - 4 times more to modify the code of the new software.