I am unable to connect to chat on facebook

Hi,
1) go to facebook.com
2) Click on the Chat at the bottom-right corner3) Click on settings and then on advanced chat settings
You should see:

If not, set it like in the image.
Hope that this solves your problem.

Chat is disabled Problem with the Facebook Facebook Social Network

Enable Chat

• Click the "Chat" bar on the bottom of the screen of the Internet browser after you arrive to Facebook web.
  

• Sign into your FB account then on the very first page on the left side you see a option to go online. just click on it.

• click on the chat box, go to the top & click online.

• Go to your Group Settings and you should be able to turn it on
  

• Click on the little man with the green dot (next to the "online friends" and notification boxes) at the bottom right corner of your browser.In the middle of the pop up box, you will see the option to "Go Offline", click on it.If you click this option, you will still be on facebook like normal, but your friends won't be able to see that you're on.

• on the bottom bar (where you should have these buttons: applications on the left and online friends on the right), check on the right of "Online Friends" button, and you should have:- the notifications "icon"- and the shape of a man with a green "dot" on the right of the notifications button.

• on the bottom bar (where you should have these buttons: applications on the left and online friends on the right), check on the rightof "Online Friends" button, and you should have:- the notifications "icon"- and the shape of a man with a green "dot" on the right of the notifications button.if you go over this with the mouse you should show: "chat".click on it = open chat menu), and where it says "you are online",just click on the "Go Offline" button.-there is an option 'settings', click on it, and uncheck box for sound for new message :)

Facebook affords its users several means of communicating with one another, from public posts made to the collective News Feed and individual users' Walls to direct, private messages. Facebook also allows for real-time chat communication between users who are both online -- this doesn't, however, include an option to chat using video as of this writing.

How Facebook Chat Works

Facebook chat functions much in the same way as standalone chat clients, such as AOL Instant Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. To chat with another user on Facebook, he must be one of your contacts and also be online. Two categories of online friends exist: Available and Idle. Available friends, which appear at the top of your chat list and have green dots next to their names, are actively using the site and, therefore, more likely to be available for chat. Idle users are not actively using Facebook, and although they're signed in, they may not be at their computer to chat.
Chat Capabilities

Facebook Chat is simple and, as of this writing, permits you only to send text in most cases. The one exception is in the case of emoticons. If you type ":)", for example, a yellow smiley face appears. Beyond this, Facebook Chat's list of features is rather limited. If you don't want to chat within the main Facebook interface, you can pop out the chat box and continue your conversation in a separate window. You can also make yourself go offline if you don't wish to chat with others or to let them chat with you.
Links and Videos

Although you may direct others to pictures, videos and other multimedia within chat -- namely, via text links to the URLs at which they're hosted -- it's not possible to embed images and videos themselves within a chat message. Furthermore, Facebook Chat isn't capable of video chatting, such as programs like Skype and Windows Live Messenger. If you want to communicate with one of your Facebook friends via video message, you won't be able to do so using Facebook Chat.
Skype Workaround

One potential workaround to Facebook not having video chat among its features is using Skype's Import Contacts feature. In addition to being able to import contacts from email clients such as MSN Hotmail and Gmail, you can enter your Facebook credentials and cross-reference your contact list to see which of your friends are also using Skype. After you've done this, use Skype to make free video calls with your Facebook friends who use the program.

I hope you find it very helpful. Thank you for using fixya.com

This is Facebook's new chat feature which only shows people you talk to often on the chat list and not your full friends list. There is really nothing you can do about it but if you have a friend in mind specifically you can always use its integrated search feature and talk to him there.
Have fun :)

Hi there, I've been experiencing the same issue with Facebook. Here's what you can do. instead of chatting through the chatbox, hit MESSAGES then use it instead on chat box. You can chat from there as long as your friend is online. Maybe there is a bug on Facebook.
Good luck!

No one knows if you're logged in or not unless you post something or if your Facebook Chat is active. You can try disabling your Facebook Chat so no one will know you're online, or you can also make a Friend list, and put it in "Offline Mode" in chat and put people that you don't want to see you online.

To disable Facebook Chat, follow these steps:

1. Click on the small person icon in the Facebook chat tab located in the lower right corner to open the Facebook chat application window.

2. Click on the "Options" tab in the Facebook chat application window.

3. Click on "Go Offline." By clicking "Go Offline" only a couple of things will change: you won't be able to see who is online and they cannot see that you are online. You can stay on Facebook without receiving any more annoying pop up chat messages. The small person icon in the lower right-hand corner will now read "Offline."

4. Once you have clicked the Offline option, you remain offline in future Facebook sessions automatically unless you choose to go back online. You have now successfully turned off Facebook chat.

To create a Friend list refer to this link:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5781485_make-friends-list-facebook.html

Hope this help. Goodluck!

Send your friends email telling them to recognize as chat mates on facebook. Once they reply providing the connection authorizations, chat should take place whenever each person is online.

on the left side of your facebook home page click "go online" and your facebook friends will be able to see you.

this is a common problem ith the facebook chat facility.i suggest you write on your friends walls and tell them to initiate the chat.

All you have to do is to open the chat icon. (on the far right of your status and request bar)

Click on " Go online". with a green dot. (A red dot means that you're offline)

Click on the person's name with who you want to talk to.

Type in your message below and press Enter.