Ben Nadel has a very interesting read on his blog using "pusher" to send data to multiple clients - if you are thinking of building your own you should read this first:
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1956-Very-Simple-Pusher-And-ColdFusion-Powered-Chat.htm As for being easy to build - it all depends on how much you want to offer your clients. I wanted a threaded chat system (like this forum), simultaneous private and public chat rooms, choice of sound notifications, chat to be easily accessed from all pages by an expandible div from a fixed 20px footer div, smileys allowed but no other html etc etc. Like many "free" or paid for offerings that don't offer exactly what you want, sometimes its better to start from scratch and build your own. However it was way more complicated than I first thought and took me much longer than I anticipated! So in summary research all the chat programs available and how the future is changing with html5 and socket to socket transmission - its amazing how we used to think that long polling and ajax was the only way to go. >Hey all, > >I was wondering if there is a chat or IM program out there in CF similar to >Facebook. It's for a dating website. > >Coding this from scratch would take awhile so if someone knows of anything >let me know. > >Thanks, > >Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
