{"id":12933,"date":"2015-04-08T09:23:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12933"},"modified":"2015-04-08T09:23:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T13:23:56","slug":"want-to-chat-check-out-the-new-swling-post-chat-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/want-to-chat-check-out-the-new-swling-post-chat-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to chat? Check out the new SWLing Post Chat Room!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChatRoom\"<\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, CJ, recently offered to host a chat room here on our site\u2013\u2013quite a generous offering. I’d\u00a0thought about implementing a radio-themed chat room in the past, but had to be realistic about it,\u00a0as my schedule simply doesn’t allow for much chat room time. Still, I\u00a0like the idea of real-time conversations.<\/p>\n

With well over 2,000 daily unique visitors to the SWLing Post<\/em> alone, there is certainly a strong community that may also\u00a0appreciate the chance to chat with each other in real time. To that end, I have just published a new chat room page<\/a> with CJ’s code. You’ll find the page in the tabs on the SWLing Post<\/em> banner above, or by clicking here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/chat-room\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Let me know what you think, and if you enjoy\u00a0having a chat room. In the beginning there may be very little activity, but if the chat room is truly engaging\u00a0for our readers, we’ll continue to offer it!<\/p>\n

Click here to visit\u00a0our\u00a0chat room<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, CJ, recently offered to host a chat room here on our site\u2013\u2013quite a generous offering. I’d\u00a0thought about implementing a radio-themed chat room in the past, but had to be realistic about it,\u00a0as my schedule simply doesn’t allow for much chat room time. Still, I\u00a0like the idea of real-time conversations. 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