Chat Factory is the special Joomla extension which allows site users to chat. The main front-end features of Chat Factory are:

• users can enable/disable the chat system
• no need to register: users can chat as guests (if enabled by administrator)
• show/hide offline users from users list (only for registered users)
• registered users can block chat messages from guests
• user avatars: users can upload their own avatar, use Community's Builder avatar (if enabled), or use no avatar at all (only for registered users)
• ignore list: block messages from individual users (only for registered users)
• friends list (only for registered users)
• possibility to share a message (only for registered users)
• possibility to change status: available, busy, invisible (only for registered users)
• implemented emoticons, buzz
• minimize chat windows and preserve position when navigating through the site (only for registered users)
• quick search (only for registered users)
• advertisement area.