a link that launches your irc program

[MCJedi]

hi I want to know if anyone knows the html that'll open up a persons mirc and connect them to a server and channel when they visit my website?

[DarkJedi]

nice nick

anyways, I dont know of such thing - just give em instructions: 1. where to d/l mIRC 2. what server to connect to 3. what channel to join

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[MCJedi]

There used to be a guy on irc that i chatted with nicknamed darkjedi. Do you ever go to irc?

[Gemini]

Why not use a java applet to access your IRC channel from your site?! We have a DarkJedi here on gfy.

If you need a java applet made up email me. The hubby does them pert cheap.

[MCJedi]

i think it's hella cool that people are actually responding! thanks to all. lol i can't pay anyone, unfortunately, because i'm an internet addict w/no job. All the same thanks to both dark and gemini for responding. here's an example of how far i've gotten trying to do this with html.
<a href="irc://liberty.nj.us.dal.net">people go to dalnet to chat?</a> when i turned that into html and clicked it,it launches my mirc program,but doesn't try to connect. i'm wantin to make it connect to a server and channel of my specification, lol i just don't know how to script it (yet)

[Gemini]

The downside to that is:
1) You assume they even HAVE a IRC client installed
2) How can you call it up without knowing which file to execute, which might I add is an invasion on the surfers system. And that is a big No No.
3) You will have to use a java app or tell the surfer that they need to turn their mIRC on and where to connect. A Java app and info for them to use a mIRC proggie allows them the choice to connect with either method and its THEIR choice.

Force a surfer in to something and you won't find many friends here and the surfer will run from your site as well.

Unless I'm missing that you are going to make a link to allow them to click on to bring up their mIRC proggie and not just try and load it when they go to a page unsuspectingly.

Get paypal and shove some of your earnings in to it! Then you can deal with alot of these things easily.

[MCJedi]

lol it wasn't supposed to be anything underhanded, just an a href= in some text. after reading your post though, i believe your right, about i shouldn't violate thier system like that. this case is closed, thanks. You've got some real good points there, gemini. what's pay pal,btw?

[Gemini]

Go to http://www.gemchat.org and click on that paypal link. It's an online bank that you can transfer funds to and from easily from a bank or in some cases have your pay from sponsorships transferred to. Alot of script writers etc will bill thru paypal and it saves you some time or troubles if you don't have credit cards etc.

You need to read their site to understand the whole benefits of using them. It's all FDIC insured etc.

[DarkJedi]

Hey MCJedi - i clicked your link and got my mIRC loaded and connected - good job
I go to IRC from time to time - but only to Undernet

[MCJedi]

wtf? it actually worked for you? that thing i pasted here? for some reason,lol,it isnt' making my mirc connect, it's just opening it.

[JackFoley]

There are quite a few Java IRC clients available for free, but they all have banners on them, which sucks. So far the best I've seen is jIRC at http://Jpilot.com , but it costs $50 to register. The upside is, it's pretty customizable, you can make it connect your your server/channel automatically, and you can use JavaScript or PHP to pass additonal commands to it.

Jack

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[MCJedi]

Thanks man, you all have been kick ass kewl with the support and answers. Actually, I believe i've seen the jpilot stuff in use, on dalnets webpage they got something like that, but i didn't enjoy using it lol even though i'm sure to most it'd be an easier thing to understand gettin online with as opposed to a chat client such as mIRC.

[Orgazmic]

I belive there is a better idea. All Windows machines and about 80% of Macs have telnet clients. What you could do is write a small BBS type script that would put the user right into the IRC. Needless to say a script like this would take time to write and debug, but you have higher change of connection success than Java. All you'll have to supply is a link like this:

a href=telnet://bbs.gofuckyourself.com:80 provided you have your script running on the host.

[MCJedi]

Correct link

<a href="irc://jade.va.us.dal.net/xclan">Click Here to visit my irc channel on DALnet.</a><BR>