Entry restricted to one room at a time

30 Oct 2015

hi
i've just added a restriction to the chat rooms to limit free members to access one room at a time. some of the more popular rooms were becoming full with squatters and this limit makes things fairer.
any issues let me know.
gav

30 Oct 2015

you are on a roll today! thumbup

i had noticed that the rooms were getting congested, so this should help. thanks!

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30 Oct 2015

Someone's been eating their Wheaties.

Great work!!

My head's still reeling from the 'hard block' you just implemented.

Good shit, dude.

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30 Oct 2015

Quote by gav
hi
i've just added a restriction to the chat rooms to limit free members to access one room at a time. some of the more popular rooms were becoming full with squatters and this limit makes things fairer.
any issues let me know.
gav

31 Oct 2015

Thank You!!!

1 Nov 2015

Hooray! Thanks, Sir Gav!

19 Nov 2015

Great call.

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25 Nov 2015

Be nice to be able to have an easy way to sign out of a room! It is not really clear how to change rooms.

25 Nov 2015

Quote by Thefisherman
Be nice to be able to have an easy way to sign out of a room! It is not really clear how to change rooms.

In each room top right corner there is an exit door .. if you click on that you 'wave goodbye' to everyone and leave the room. You are then back to the Chat Rooms page. smile

25 Nov 2015

I love this in love it ... ty ty ty Gav much needed

26 Nov 2015

Since your restrictions were put in place it seems like the site it not as crowded as it once was. Seems like people are going elsewhere. Have you considered lifting this restriction?

26 Nov 2015

Quote by hereforfun2
Since your restrictions were put in place it seems like the site it not as crowded as it once was. Seems like people are going elsewhere. Have you considered lifting this restriction?

The total number of members in the chat rooms may well be less, for obvious reasons, but I dont see why non-paying members would 'go elsewhere' just because they are restricted to one room at a time.

On what basis do you make that statement? Feedback perhaps?

26 Nov 2015

......awesome great idea.....I LOVE IT thank you thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26 Nov 2015

Quote by angiegirl
......awesome great idea.....I LOVE IT thank you thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For me? aw shucks .. thanks.

26 Nov 2015

I think this is a great idea, nothing worse than not being able to get in the room, because its full of people that are in several rooms.

28 Nov 2015

Instead of restricting the rooms, can you increase the number of entries per room? It's nice to be able to go into multiple rooms and chat with multiple people.

28 Nov 2015

Quote by hereforfun2
Instead of restricting the rooms, can you increase the number of entries per room? It's nice to be able to go into multiple rooms and chat with multiple people.

I would suggest 1) the limit of 25 per room was set as a manageable number and anymore than that room performance would deteriorate and 2) they would still become full with members in multiple rooms.

Perhaps you could support the site and buy a membership and then you would not be subject to this restriction? Bronze at $10 a year or better still silver or gold.

30 Nov 2015

Quote by gav
hi
i've just added a restriction to the chat rooms to limit free members to access one room at a time. some of the more popular rooms were becoming full with squatters and this limit makes things fairer.
any issues let me know.
gav

Even after leaving the chatrooms , my name was still there in the room.And because of that I can't go into another room as well. Help me with this problem please.

30 Nov 2015

Quote by Auburn

Even after leaving the chatrooms , my name was still there in the room.And because of that I can't go into another room as well. Help me with this problem please.

This issue usually occurs when whilst you have been in a room you experience a 'Lost connection' and then subsequently a 'Successful reconnection'. When you then try to exit via the usual 'Exit Door' you Wave Goodbye to the room but dont actually leave it. Are you using the Chat Rooms button to actually leave the room back to the main Chat Page?.

edit - regardless of your reply to my question you simply go back into the room you were in and then exit 'cleanly' via the 'Exit Door'. You will then find your name has gone from the list of members in that room and you are free to go elsewhere. I appreciate you may not be able to go back in immediately if the room is at maximum capacity.

30 Nov 2015

I did tried the both ways to exit i;e by the exit door and by closing the tab directly but it didn't worked at that time, but maybe it was momentory and I'll try it again .

Thanks for the help john. smile

5 Mar 2016

Glad you did this, sure keeps the rooms flowing better and not as much deadwood in them

10 Mar 2016

Quote by simplyjohn

In each room top right corner there is an exit door .. if you click on that you 'wave goodbye' to everyone and leave the room. You are then back to the Chat Rooms page.

There is a problem with this function. if Lush hiccups or loses connection while you are in the room, you cannot exit the room. you must first refresh your screen, and then the door works.

10 Mar 2016

Quote by hereforfun2
Instead of restricting the rooms, can you increase the number of entries per room? It's nice to be able to go into multiple rooms and chat with multiple people.

A lot of people, and especially new people often have trouble following conversations in one room, let alone multiple rooms. what generally happens is they get involved in a convo in one room, and become lurkers in the other rooms, making it hard for others to get into a room. My personal opinion on the free members is that Lush is being extremely generous, both with a three month trial period (I know of no other site that is that long, some are as little as a few days or a week) and with the options still available to the free members after the trial period (basically, they can still do just about everything, just are unable to initiate a few things like send an email, a friend request or open a private room, but if someone else initiates any of these actions, they can still participate.)

10 Mar 2016

great addition to the room restrictions gav! excellent work!

11 Mar 2016

Quote by gav
hi
i've just added a restriction to the chat rooms to limit free members to access one room at a time. some of the more popular rooms were becoming full with squatters and this limit makes things fairer.
any issues let me know.
gav

wait, been thinking about this since my earlier posts. does this mean all the new people during their trial period, or only once the trial membership has expired?

11 Mar 2016

Quote by adele

wait, been thinking about this since my earlier posts. does this mean all the new people during their trial period, or only once the trial membership has expired?

New members, for 3 months, are afforded the features that were apparent prior to the freemium changes so they have access to multiple rooms concurrently.

11 Mar 2016

Quote by adele

There is a problem with this function. if Lush hiccups or loses connection while you are in the room, you cannot exit the room. you must first refresh your screen, and then the door works.

If you scroll further up I do refer to this.

12 Mar 2016

Quote by simplyjohn

If you scroll further up I do refer to this.

I did eventually see you answer, as I was reading from the top down. however, if you are stuck in a room, short of closing the tab and reopening, then doing as you suggested by going back in, then leaving again, you literally are stuck in the room until you time out. Even logging off lush leaves you there. Refreshing the screen allows you to then exit the room without the hassle of closing and reopening a tab, then re-entering the room, and then leaving again.