Chat Rooms For Groups

[Tim]

Has there been any more consideration for adding a chat room to a group?  I started a paid access group and my members are bugging me for a chat room in there so they don't have to refresh all the time.

Anyone know if Ning is planning to add chat rooms to groups?

Thank You!

Tim

[Amanda Bears]

 I like this idea, the only thing I can think of is a third party chat, but maybe someone has an idea. I was on a website a few days ago, and each group they have has it's own individual chat, the group owner/admin are also able to "schedule" a chat time. 

[Jeff Bean]

Just saw somewhere else the suggestion to use http://www.blendapps.com/. I haven't tried it yet, so caveat emptor.

[Amanda Bears]

 Hey Jeff, 

 I actually just tried this to see if it would work, and it did (thank you). I  have it to where you have to be logged in to chat, (you can have it set to guests too). It works one on one with NING sites. It works great. I wish I could show LIVE how it works.. but this is a snip it off one group I added it too:

 

[Tim]

Today I tried to use this chat room in my private group.  I like the set up, however, the log in and log out time stamps are a pain.  I don't see any way to get rid of them.  Ning chat is nice because you don't see this.  Also, this third party chat app froze up my computer several times.  

Thanks for the suggestion but I'm afraid this won't work for me.....anyone have any other third party chat apps for Ning networks?

Thank you for you time!