Based on your feedback I added a chat to the site. It displays at the bottom of the index page, below the forums. You can also reach a dedicated chat page by clicking the mChat link in the upper left corner of the page:
There are user settings for the chat in your UCP (User Control Panel), which you access in the upper right of the screen:
mChat has its own settings tab in your UCP where you can define how you want it to behave:
At the bottom of the page with the other forum stats, it shows who is currently in chat:
Enjoy!