diff -urp chatblock/chatblock.install chatblock-new/chatblock.install
--- chatblock.install	2008-05-23 16:48:19.000000000 -0600
+++ chatblock.install	2008-05-23 16:40:10.000000000 -0600
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function chatblock_install() {
     case 'mysql':
     case 'mysqli':
       db_query("CREATE TABLE {chatblock} (
-                  message varchar(255),
+                  message varchar(1000),
                   username varchar(60),
                   timestamp bigint(14),
                   messageid int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
diff -urp chatblock/chatblock.js chatblock-new/chatblock.js
--- chatblock.js	2008-05-23 16:48:22.000000000 -0600
+++ chatblock.js	2008-05-23 16:33:15.000000000 -0600
@@ -90,15 +90,17 @@ function chatblockSend(el) {
   var timestamp = document.getElementById("chatblocklastmessage").innerHTML;
   
   // build the message to send to the database, make sure to use a random token to prevent IE from caching the response
-  var message = "&timestamp=" + timestamp + "&chatboxtoken=" + Math.random() + "&message=" + document.getElementById("edit-chatblocktext").value;
+  var message = "&timestamp=" + timestamp + "&chatboxtoken=" + Math.random() + "&message=" + document.getElementById("edit-chatblocktext").value + "&username=" +document.getElementById("edit-chatblockusername").value;
   
   // empty out the value of the textfield the user sent his message from
   document.getElementById("edit-chatblocktext").value = "";
   
   // send the message
   $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: chatBlockUpdateURL, data: message, success: function(text) { chatblockResponse(text); }, error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) { console.error(XMLHttpRequest.status); } });
-  
-  // don't submit the form regularly
+
+  document.getElementById("edit-chatblockusername").disabled = true; 
+
+// don't submit the form regularly
   return false;
 }
 
diff -urp chatblock/chatblock.module chatblock-new/chatblock.module
--- chatblock.module	2007-11-20 05:16:03.000000000 -0700
+++ chatblock.module	2008-05-23 16:33:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ function chatblock_settings_form() {
 function chatblock_database($op, $message = "", $name = "", $timestamp = NULL, $limit = 100) {
   // get the user information
   global $user;
-  $username = $user->name;
+  if(!empty($name)){
+    $username = $name;
+  }else{
+    $username = $user->name;
+  }
 
   // which database operation are we doing?
   switch ($op) {
@@ -413,11 +417,25 @@ function chatblock_find_url($string){
  *  This is the basic chatblock form to display.
  */
 function chatblockchatform(){
+  global $user;
+
   $form = array();
 
+  if (!$user->uid) {
+    $form['chatblockusername'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#title' => 'Username',
+      '#size' => 50
+    );
+  }
+
+
   $form['chatblocktext'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'textfield',
-    '#size' => 20
+    '#type' => 'textarea',
+    '#title' => 'Message',
+    '#maxlength' => 600,
+    '#size' => 1000
+
   );
 
   $form['chatblocksubmit'] = array(
@@ -439,6 +457,10 @@ function chatblock_chat_update_callback(
   if (isset($_POST['message'])) {
     $message = strip_tags($_POST['message']);
   }
+  
+  if (isset($_POST['username'])) {
+    $username = $_POST['username'];
+  }
 
   $show = TRUE;
   if (strlen($message) == 0) {
@@ -446,8 +468,15 @@ function chatblock_chat_update_callback(
   }
  
   if ($show) {
-    chatblock_database('update', $message);
-    chatblock_messages();
+    if(isset($username)){
+      chatblock_database('update', $message, $username);
+      chatblock_messages();
+    }else{
+      chatblock_database('update', $message);
+      chatblock_messages();
+    }
+//    chatblock_database('update', $message);
+//    chatblock_messages();
   }
 }
 
@@ -597,4 +626,4 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 function chatblock_microtime_float() {
   list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime());
   return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}