CityTalk

Chatting for Neocities - pre alpha wip

What is this?

CityTalk is an(other) iframe chat for Neocities site owners. Add a chat widget to your site so visitors can leave messages with no sign in required for them.

Site owners sign up (invite only for now) and get an iframe snippet to paste into their HTML. You can manage messages, block spam, and customize from the dashboard.

Check it out!

Roadmap

Done Database fun
Done Actual api stuff
Done Spit out widgets
Done Dashboard — login & registration
Done Dashboard — site management
Done Admin badge ~~/ online indicator~~
Done Fixed timestamps
Done Specific site access
Done Fix dashboard readability
Done Build this site
Done enough TOS / abuse email
Done Censor ~~/ automodish stuff~~
Done Censored regex
Done `Enter` to send, Shift+Enter newline
Done Easy site / profile linking - neocities only links
Done Make newlines real, italics and bold and strikethrough?
Done Replies
Done Emoji reactions
Todo Fix dashboard readability even more
Done Admin pw reset
WIP Showcase page?
Done Widget theming / custom colors
Done? Prevent spam click "Post"
Todo Notification emails / summary?
Todo Message export
Todo More customization options - message offset? random position / order? animation?
Done Google Font alternative(s) for larpers
done 🥚
done /shrug
done Chat nuke - admin dashboard button
Todo Fix click to reveal on "old" reply tos
done msg removed msg - admin dashboard
done multi msg delete - admin dashboard
done make links better - introduce more pseudo tags?
done save the emojis - /clear
done dashboard refresh
done? customizer
done admin badge options
done? stickier admin badge - less login/nav
done chat pause
done emojis in msg
done games - /wordle /globle /zoo
done break the demo page
todo fix the demo page

FAQ

What happened to Chattable?: Chattable was a similar service that unfortunately had to shut down. CityTalk aims to fill that gap for the Neocities community.
How do I get access?: CityTalk is invite only during the pre pre alpha. Shoot an email to contact@barndoors.cc to help test.
Is it free?: Kinda? Yes for now. CityTalk is free for personal Neocities sites. Each account gets one site and a rolling 150 msgs in the free tier. These limits should allow CityTalk to handle a few hundo users before we have to start worrying about funding at all.
How do I embed it?: After creating a site on the dashboard copy the iframe snippet and paste it into your Neocities HTML. That's it.
Do visitors need an account?: Nope! Visitors can post messages with just a name (or anonymously). Only site owners need accounts to manage admin stuff.
How do I deal with spam?: CityTalk has built in honeypot and timing checks. You can also block usernames and IP hashes from your dashboard.
Why are you IP logging?: I'm not really. No one wants to get spammed/cyberbullied in 202X. CityTalk logs hashed IPs purely to help admins block problem users. They're totally unusable on their own from the db to the frontend.
This is super busted.: Hey that's not a question! CityTalk is currently being built by one (not so smart) dude. PLEASE reach out with issues, feature requests, any of that by emailing contact@barndoors.cc. The more annoying y'all are the better. This is a Neocities nerd trying to give back to this amazing community.

Text Formatting

Messages support simple formatting

You type	You get
`bold`	bold
`/italic/`	italic
`-strikethrough-`	~~strikethrough~~
`_underline_`	underline
`^superscript^`	text^superscript
`&subscript&`	text_subscript
`code`	`code`
`\|\|spoiler\|\|`	click to reveal

Special Thanks

·brachypelmide ·chesca ·pirahxcx