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Old Aug 03, 2012, 04:36 PM
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I'm sure you've heard it a million times before.

Anyway, whenever I try to connect to chat, I get a blank grey screen. I have tried on two different operating systems and two different browsers. I am thinking it might have to do something with my Internet connection (via a proxy). However, I've noticed that if I try to connect to chat without the added paramaters, I'll get to a login box. Obviously I can't connect using that box (it's disabled), but it attempts to connect. So what is preventing it from working when paramaters are passed?

If I lost you with talk about paramaters:
http://chat.psychcentral.com:8080/?0...chcentral.com/ Normal chat link with paramaters

http://forums.psychcentral.com:8080/ Stripped version

I know very little JavaScript, but I do know that code looks horrible. (How can you have the whole application in two lines? Whenever I wrap the text in a program to make it legible, the program goes crazy.)

If I ever get on a computer with a different connection, I'll try again.

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Old Aug 03, 2012, 04:45 PM
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I can't connect to the demo on the RealChat website, either. Bummer. Guess I can't chat.
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Old Aug 03, 2012, 04:48 PM
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Have you read this post Bark? Chat Room Technical Requirements
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Old Aug 03, 2012, 04:53 PM
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Have you read this post Bark? Chat Room Technical Requirements
Yup, I have. I have Flash, JS, the ability to access port 8080, and pop-ups enabled. I have tried the non-pop-up version. I'm not on a satellite connection.

I am, however, behind a proxy server. I'm wondering if that's causing the problem, and why I'm considering contacting the company to see if they have any idea.

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Old Aug 03, 2012, 04:56 PM
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Hopefully DocJohn or FooZe will see this and help you out.
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Old Aug 04, 2012, 06:16 AM
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Chat requires a direct connection to your computer in order to work; that's just the way it's coded. So sitting behind a proxy server is likely to be a no-go, sorry.

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Old Aug 04, 2012, 07:32 AM
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Chat requires a direct connection to your computer in order to work; that's just the way it's coded. So sitting behind a proxy server is likely to be a no-go, sorry.

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Ah well. Thanks anyway.
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