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It is easy to change the basic room parameters
in your ParaChat room using the Server Administration Pages.
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Log in to your ParaChat Server's Administration
pages (found by visiting: http://<your-host-name>:7877/plynx/parachat/index.lhtml).
Enter the Server Admin name and password you selected during installation,
and click the 'Sign In' button.
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You will arrive at the ParaChat Server
Administration Main Menu.
Enter the name of the ParaChat room you want
to edit in the field marked: Edit Existing Room
HINT: ParaChat
room names must begin with the "#" symbol to be recognized by the server.
By default, the "#" symbol is auto-filled in the Edit Existing Room field.
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You will arrive at the
Room
Parameters page for the ParaChat room you are editing (see image below).
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There are 7 input fields
on the Room Parameters page that you can make changes to. A description of each follows:
1. Title:
For internal use only, and is not required. The title you place here
will appear along with the ParaChat room name on the "View currently active
rooms" list that is linked from the Main Menu page. It will not appear
in the ParaChat room itself
2. Topic:
Enter the topic for the chat room. The topic you enter here will
appear each time a user logs into the chat room. You will have an opportunity
to change this later, or from the ParaChat room itself using the GUI Admin
Console or admin commands. This field is not required.
3. Admin user(s):
Enter the user name(s) of the Room Admin user. You may enter multiple
names here separated only by a comma. There is no need to place a
comma and a space between Admin user names, just a comma. If you
leave this field blank, only the Server Admin User will have admin powers
in this room.
4. Banned
IPs:
You may manually add user IP addresses in this location
that you wish to ban from the chat room. User IP addresses that are
banned by the Admin user from the chat room (via the GUI Admin Console,
or using admin user commands) will appear in this list. IP addresses
should be separated by a comma only, and not a comma and a space.
If you wish to remove an IP address that is on the list, simply highlight
the IP address and delete it, remembering not to leave 2 commas separating
any remaining IP addresses. You do not need to add data to this field
during room creation.
5. Allowed URLs:
ParaChat's unique URL enforcement system allows you to limit the way applet
code for a particular room can be distributed onto other web pages on the
Internet. By indicating the EXACT URL(s) where you wish your room
HTML applet code to run, you may limit people from taking the code from
your HTML and running your chat room on their own web page without your
permission. List all URLs where you wish to run your applet code
in this field.
6. Enforce
URLs:
ParaChat Server will enforce the URLs you provide for each
room by either:
- allow - allows all user connections regardless of URL
- warn - warns users that a ParaChat room is running on a web page that is not allowed
- deny - does not allow a connection to the server
Users
will still be able to connect with the URL enforcement set to both
allow
and
warn. However, an Imposter Room server message will appear
in the room if the Enforce URLs is set to warn, and a page is running on
a disallowed web page.
7. Home URL:
For internal use only, and not required. Place the home domain name
of the ParaChat Pro room if applicable as a point of reference if the Allowed
URLs reside on a different domain.
Below the Room Parameters section is the Fetch
Room Transcripts section (see image below). Use this section
to retrieve transcripts, which are simply log files on the server.
Input the log file name you selected when you initiated the logging feature
from the ParaChat room.
HINT: Room transcripts are log
files, so you must enter a .log extension to the file name you are
requesting. For example, if you named your session transcript Monday_Meeting,
then you will need to input the name of the transcript to retrieve as Monday_Meeting.log.
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ParaChat Server will allow you to select special
user names, such as celebrities or speakers who have participated in a
session that was logged, and have their text displayed in a bold type on
the session transcript. Input the special user names into the field
marked "Make these users stand out" when you retrieve a transcript.
HINT: Transcripts reside on the
chat server in a password-protected area. If you wish to make transcripts
public, you will need to copy the log file from the server, or simply copy
and paste the text that displays on the screen.
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Below the 'Fetch Room Transcripts' section
are the Upper Panel Graphic and Lower
Panel Graphic sections (see image below). You may upload
images to the ParaChat room's Upper Ad Panel (325x60 pixels or less)
and Lower Ad Panel (500x60 pixels or less) for advertising or branding
purposes. Input a valid image URL into the Image URL field, and an
accompanying click-through URL for the image, and click the Update
Panel Image button. ParaChat Server will download the
image file and save it to the appropriate directory (\ParaChat\ParaChat400\httpd\pchat\classes\scripts\<room-name>).
HINT: If you do not enter an
image or click-through URL, the ParaChat room will use the server-wide
default images.
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Edit Existing Room