Customize Your Connection Controls

OVERVIEW


  1. Enable the Heartbeat option to keep your user connections alive

  2. Firewall-enable your ParaChat room using HTTP tunneling

  3. Remove the Join/Leave message from within your ParaChat room

  4. Customize your list of commands to be executed when a user logs into your ParaChat room

  5. Customize sounds when a user enters and exits a room

  6. Customize your ParaChat room to different languages

  7. Customize the default wording for # users/room

  8. Move the user list to the left or right hand side of your ParaChat room

  9. Customize the Help button click through location

  10. Customize the default chat window component


Customize Connection Controls

1. Set a 5-minute pulse, or Heartbeat, to prevent idle users from being disconnected.
Server Default: n/a
Parameter Name: net.Heartbeat
HTML Configuration: <param name="net.Heartbeat" value="true">
Permitted Value: true
Location: Enable Heartbeat to keep connection alive

2. Firewall-enable your ParaChat room using HTTP tunneling.
Server Default: More Information
Parameter Name: net.Protocol
HTML Configuration: <param name="net.Protocol" value="t:h">
Permitted Value: t:h
Location: Enable HTTP connection option (firewall enable)

3. Remove the Join/Leave message from within your ParaChat room.
Server Default: not enabled
Parameter Name: ctrl.NoJoin
HTML Configuration: <param name="ctrl.NoJoin" value="true">
Permitted Value: true
Location: Removes the Join/Leave message

4. Customize your list of commands to be executed when a user logs into your ParaChat room.
Server Default: More Information
Parameter Name: ctrl.OnConnect
HTML Configuration: <param name="ctrl.OnConnect" value="chat fontsize 14;beep play bark.au">
Permitted Value: chat fgcolor, chat bgcolor, chat fontsize, chat fontstyle,
chat wrap, beep play <sound name>.au (sounds list), chat float, chat nl, chat colors. Color Chart
Location: List of commands to execute on log-in.

5. Customize sounds when a user enters and exits a room.
Server Default: n/a
Parameter Name: ctrl.OnConnect
HTML Configuration: <param name="ctrl.OnConnect" value="beep enter on;beep leave on;update EnterSound quack.au;update LeaveSound laughter.au">
Permitted Value: Any valid sound file name(sounds list)
Location: Sounds

6. Customize your ParaChat room to different languages.
Server Default: English is the server default setting
Parameter Name: ctrl.Language
HTML Configuration: <param name="ctrl.Language" value="spanish.conf">
Permitted Values: spanish.conf
portuguese.conf
german.conf
italian.conf
french.conf
Location: Load another language table. No ".conf" needed for English settings. Additional languages upon request.

7. Customize the default wording for # users/room.
Server Default: user(s) in
Parameter Name: ui.UsersLeft
HTML Configuration: <param name="ui.UserCount" value="user(s) in">
Permitted Value: Text
Location: Default wording for # users/room

8. Move the user list to the left or right hand side of your ParaChat room.
Server Default: left
Parameter Name: ui.UsersLeft
HTML Configuration: <param name="ui.UsersLeft" value="false">
Permitted Value: "false" = User list on right side.
Location: Moves user list from left to right hand side

9. Customize the Help button click through location.
Server Default: http://www.parachat.com/faq
Parameter Name: ui.HelpPage
HTML Configuration: <param name="ui.HelpPage" value="http://www.parachat.com/faq">
Permitted Value: Any URL
Location: default help page URL

10. Customize the default chat window component.
Server Default: More Information
Parameter Name: ui.Renderer
HTML Configuration: <param name="ui.Renderer" value="DrawText">
Permitted Value: DrawText or ChatText
Location: Default chat window component


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