SoCode-A-Thon - Socoder

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Socoder -> Web Development -> SoCode-A-Thon
Mon, 12 Feb 2007, 21:23
Stealth	I don't know how many of you guys pay attention to the blog but the SCAT chat system has been majorly updated. A problem with SCAT was the constant need for lots of refreshes. Meaning your internet connections has to work hard to request the same information. Pointless? Very. Now with the new chat, your site will only get updated when there is new content. Saving lots of server load. Heres how it works: 1) Someone posts a new message in the chat. 2) The server updates everyones profile to tell users to request a new copy of the page. 3) Your page is "pinging" the server and the server will either return "0" or "1". If it returns a "1" that tells the page to request an update. 4) The server returns a "1" and your page refreshes. Now what are the good things that will start to happen from this? Well first and foremost, your connection wont have to get clogged up with SCAT, your browser wont have to work as hard, and we save bandwidth. You can also expect to see a faster updates on the chat. Because the site pings the server 4 times a second, your content will be delivered much faster. It also helps the server conserve processing power, meaning we can handle more users. Of course this is still new to me and I don't know how compatible it will be with other computers. I have hopes it will work. In other news, SoCode-A-Thon now has a working RSS feed. So now you don't have to be on SCAT to see whats going on in the chat. The RSS feed is updated instantly when it receives new information so the RSS feed will always be up to date. Scrolling is being worked on. The scroll bar is now visible but I can't promise how well it will work. For some reason, messages are getting lost or are taking forever to be received by the server. I understand this problem and I am trying to figure out why and how to fix it. Although I can't stray to far from my other projects, you will see new things in SCAT. Integration with SoCoder is under discussion and you might just see that coming in the future. Your ideas are always considered if you have any. A lot of the updates are by request from you, the user. -=-=- Quit posting and try Google.