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[Zetan]

It's entirely your choice whether to make the shoutbox public.
I certainly wouldn't let guests shout. I stopped using the shoutbox, I feel it takes posts away from the forum.
Plus I have a chatroom, and that takes far more valuable posts away from the site.. but is needed.

[omapie]

I debated on the shoutbox for that very reason -- it taking away from the forum itself. The folks seem to like it so far though so guess I"ll leave it.

I haven't been able to determine which of the chat programs actually plays well with TP (or SMF, etc.) so I haven't gotten a chat program installed yet. Well, technically I do -- the one that Fel has modified. But I haven't figured out how to integrate the code yet into other themes and I really hate the SMF Core theme so...

Anyway, appreciate the thoughts. Take good care!

Lori