Quick Chat

The Quick Chat (Abbrievated as "QC") is a feature of punk-o-matic.net where registered members can talk to each other.

Overview
The quick chat appears on every page of the website. It contains a box where messages appear, an input box below to type your message in and the smileys feature to use emoticons.

At the top of the messages, there is a header labelled as "Latest Message" and shows a time. This time shows the last time someone had posted a message in the quick chat. When there hasn't been a message in the quick chat for a long period of time, it is usually referred to as a "dead chat".

In the messages box, usernames are displayed on the left with their message following after the colon. Staff members will have a badge on their left. Staff members are also able to delete a message.

Any links that are posted are shortened into «link» upon entry. Any formation of an emoticon in text form will immediately be converted into an emoticon.

Badges
Staff members will have badges at the left of their name every time they will post. Moderators will have a bronze badge, administrators will have a silver badge, super administrators will have a gold badge and Evil Dog will wear a crown. This way, it is easier to indentify the staff members that are on the site if help is needed.

Another badge that can be featured next to someone's name is called the Poop badge. The Poop badge is given by Evil Dog to members in the quick chat that are too insistant about becoming a staff member or that Evil simply wants to have fun with. The Poop badge is temporary and usually only stays on a member for few minutes or hours.

Rules
The quick chat does have rules. If a member infringes on a rule, they will usually receive a warning. However, multiple offenses can result into a ban.

The rules of the quick chat are:


 * 1) No swearing or profanity
 * 2) No posting song data. Link to your content page instead.
 * 3) Respect other users (no trolling or flaming).
 * 4) No spamming, or flooding either. Try to condense your array of messages in one huge message. Have a lot to say? Do it on the forums, on a blog, or pastebin it and then link it.
 * 5) No linking to inappropriate content. Failure to do so may get you perma banned.