Rich,

 

Are you sure they access the same URL or same community?

If you open the View-ForumGroupView.ascx,  you will find out the chat colomn has been written in the page. As long as they have access to the forum, they can see the chat images.


<HeaderTemplate> <table width="100%" class="tableBorder" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="column" align="center" width="*"><CS:ResourceLabel runat="server" ResourceName="ForumGroupView_Inline1" /></td> <td class="column" align="center" width="177" nowrap><CS:ResourceLabel runat="server" ResourceName="ForumGroupView_Inline4" /></td> <td class="column" align="center" width="65" nowrap><CS:ResourceLabel runat="server" ResourceName="ForumGroupView_Inline2" /></td> <td class="column" align="center" width="65" nowrap><CS:ResourceLabel runat="server" ResourceName="ForumGroupView_Inline3" /></td> <!-- cutechat --> <td class="column" align="center" width="65" nowrap> Chat </td> </tr> </table> </HeaderTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <div style="padding-bottom: 6px;"> <table width="100%" class="tableBorder" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td class="fh" colspan="5" valign="bottom" align="left"> <asp:ImageButton ID="ExpandCollapse" CommandArgument='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "GroupID") %>' ImageUrl='<%# Formatter.ExplandCollapseIcon( (CommunityServer.Components.Group) Container.DataItem ) %>' ToolTip='<%# ResourceManager.GetString("ForumGroupView_ExpandCollapse")%>' Runat="server"/><a href="<%# Globals.GetSiteUrls().ForumGroup ( (int) DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "GroupID")) %>"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %></a> </td> </tr> <CSD:ForumRepeater GroupID='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "GroupID") %>' HideForums='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "HideSections") %>' runat="server" EnableViewstate="false"> <ItemTemplate> <tr> <td class="fh4" width="20"> <%# ForumFormatter.StatusIcon( (Forum) Container.DataItem ) %> </td> <td class="fh4" width="*"> <b><a href="<%# ForumUrls.Instance().Forum( ((Forum) Container.DataItem).SectionID ) %>"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %></a></b> <%# ForumFormatter.FormatUsersViewingForum( (Forum) Container.DataItem ) %> <br /> <span class="txt5"></span><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Description") %><%# ForumFormatter.FormatSubForum( (Forum) Container.DataItem ) %></span> </td> <td class="fh4" align="center" width="175"> <%# ForumFormatter.FormatLastPost( (Forum) Container.DataItem, (bool) true ) %> </td> <td class="fh3" align="center" width="64"> <%# Formatter.FormatNumber( ((Forum) Container.DataItem).TotalThreads ) %> </td> <td class="fh3" align="center" width="65"> <%# Formatter.FormatNumber( ((Forum) Container.DataItem).TotalPosts ) %> </td> <!--cutechat--> <td class="fh3" align="center" width="65"> <a title="<%# GetRoomInfo(Container.DataItem).Tooltip %>" href='<%=ResolveUrl("~/CuteChatControls/AspNetForums2ChatRoom.Aspx")%>?ForumID=<%# ((Forum) Container.DataItem).SectionID %>' target=_blank> <img src='<%=ResolveUrl("~/CuteChatControls/forum_chat.gif")%>' border=0> (<%# GetRoomInfo(Container.DataItem).OnlineCount %>) </a> </td> </tr> </ItemTemplate> </CSD:ForumRepeater> </table> </div> </ItemTemplate> </asp:Repeater>