Epoman, I just got an idea! Since I am an admin on other sites I see things they have which are really good ideas! But I don't know how easy it is to implement. With your chatroom people only know if anyone is in if they actually go to the chatroom and see. What if on the homepage or on the forums where the buttons are there was some sort of thing that said if anyone was in the chatroom.
Like on the first page be a thing that says *this many* people are in the chatroom like this example: 2 are in the
chatroomI have seen that type of ability on other sites and thought it might bring up the popularity of the chatroom on IHD.
Just an idea ..