Okay, here's the thing. I am testing pfc on my website because i like the looks and feel of it.
My host: Shared Hosting from Host Gator
My phpfreechat test url: www.chickentalk.org/phpBB3/oldchat
Can it be reproduced in your demo: probably not???? not sure.
Here is the thing, when I'm in Chrome or FireFox, the chat works great! No timeout issues, chat is stable and working good. However, when i'm running chat in Internet Explorer 8 (yes, in compatibility mode) if I idle in chat for about 1 minute, then it will timeout even though im still there. This doesn't happen in FF or Chrome, if you wait about five mins, it will come back but after a few seconds it will timeout again and if you say anything while it's "timedout", it will show it in Chrome or FF, but not in IE as long as it's "timed out".
I have ran phpfreechat, same installation on a separate host (freehostia.com) and had no trouble at all with it, but since I've been on Host Gator, it is doing this.
For some reason, I guess IE is not replying/refreshing when it's suppose to and it timesout, even though im still opened in chat. This has nothing to do about the connection speed, it does this on Dialup and Hi speed, but only in IE, no other browser.
My question is, on my new host (Host gator), is there a php problem on it somewhere, if I was to approach the support team at Host Gator, what would I ask them to help fix this issue as I think its somewhere in the php stuff. thank you very much, please help.
Thanks!