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Log into your web-based admin pages. If you do not know how to log in,
visit this page.
Step 1. Enter the Server Admin name and password you selected during the
registration process, and click the 'Sign In' button.
Step 2. You will arrive at the ParaChat Administration Main Menu (see image below).
Step 3. Click on the Groups icon
 in the top navigation bar and enter your registered Group name.
Step 4. Welcome to your Group settings page. This page will allow you to access all of your
rooms from the pulldown menu toward the bottom of the page. To edit any of your rooms, select the room from
the pulldown menu and click on the 'Edit' button..
Step 5. To create a new room, enter the room name in the 'Add a Room to Group' field and select 'Add'.
 HINT: ParaChat
room names must begin with the "#" symbol to be recognized by the server.
By default, the "#" symbol is auto-filled in the Add a Room to Group field.
Step 6. You will see that your room has been created. To complete this creation process, you must now customize
your new room settings. To customize your new room, click on the new roomname link. In the example below
you would click on 'Edit #Test_Room.'
Step 7. You will arrive at the Room Parameters page for the ParaChat room you are creating (see image below).
There are 9 input fields on the Room Parameters page. A description of each follows:
General Room Settings
Room Name:
The name of the Room belonging to the Group you have licensed.
Group Name:
The name of the Group that you have licensed.
Internal Title:
This is for internal use only and is not displayed in the room.
Topic:
Enter a standard default topic for this room. The topic you enter here will
appear each time a user logs into created chat rooms or dynamic (user created) chat rooms, and will
override any group setting. You will have an opportunity to change this later and
you can set each individual room with their own topic. You can also make changes to
the topic from the ParaChat room itself using the GUI Admin Console or admin commands.
This field is not required.
Admin user(s):
Enter the user name(s) of the Room Admin user(s). 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.
HINT:
Room Admin user names should be password protected. If you list a user
name(s) in this field, it is suggested that you have a User Profile for
each user created. If a user profile is not create for a user name,
any person who logs into the chat room using that admin name will have
admin privileges in the room. Contact ParaChat Support to add aditional
admin usre to your account.
Security Settings
Banned IPs:
You may manually add user IP addresses in this location
that you wish to ban in your chat room. 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.
HINT:
When an IP address appears on this list (i.e. 111.222.333.444), any user who attempts to
access your ParaChat room from the IP address will be prevented from doing so. If a Class
C IP address is banned (i.e. 111.222.333), any user whose IP address contains the Class C
range will be prevented from entering. In extreme cases, you may also ban users from entire
ISPs by adding the Class B range (i.e. 111.222) of an IP address, or even the Class A range
(i.e. 111) of an IP address to your list of IP addresses. Be aware that you when you add the
Class B and Class A ranges, you are preventing a greater number of potential users from
accessing your ParaChat room.
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 page 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. There is no need to place a comma and a space between allowed URLs, just a comma.
HINT: It
is important to note that users sometimes access domains without the www
suffix before your domain name. Therefore, if your chat page is
http://www.domain-name.com/chat.html,
you may also wish to include
http://domain-name.com/chat.html
- without the www suffix - as an allowed URL. It is
best to use the complete URL structure here, so be certain to include the
http://
as well. It is also important to note that if you designate an allowed
URL as http://www.domain-name.com,
for example, the server will permit the ParaChat room to run on any web
page within that domain, and not just on a specific page within that domain.
Home URL:
Internal reference to the website that this room belongs to.
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 - warns users that a ParaChat room is running on a web page that is not allowed and
does not allow a connection to the chat room
Users will be able to connect and enter a room with the URL enforcement set to both
allow and warn. However, a user will not be able to enter a room if the URL enforcement is set to
deny and the room is not placed on the correct URL.
Here is a list of error messages that a user will see if the URL of the room does not match the Allowed URL settings:
Room and Group admins will always be able to enter a room no matter what the URL enforment and what page the
chat room resides on.
Profanity Filter:
Private Messaging
Allow Private Messaging :
- On: this is the default setting and users are allowed to send private messages.
- Off: this will prohibit users from sending private messages to one another.
Allow Remote Private Messaging :
- On: this is the default setting and users are allowed to send private messages from room to room.
- Off: this will prohibit users from sending private messages to one another from room to room.
Moderation Settings
Moderators:
- A list of moderators set for a moderated event
Speakers:
- A list of speakers set for a moderated event
Moderation State:
- Whether moderation is currently turned on or off for the room.
Show User Names During Event:
- On: show all users in the user list during an event.
- Off: hide users during an event and only display moderators, speakers and admin users.
New Questions Before Notification:
- A set number of questions before a notification is sent to the moderation console
Transcript Settings
Timestamp All Messages:
- On: enable timestamp for all messages in the transcripts.
- Off: no timestamp will be recorded in the transcripts.
Log Private Chat:
- On: log all private (IM) chat messages.
- Off: do not log private (IM) messages.
Rotate Transcripts:
- On: rotates transcripts when they have reached 4mb in size.
- Off: does not rotate transcripts and will stop after it reaches 4mb in size.
Automatically Log Transcripts:
- On: logs transcripts automatically, make sure to enable "Rotate Transcripts" or transcripts will stop when they have reached 4mb in size.
- Off: does not log transcripts automatically.
In-room Text Message
Activate Text Ad Message :
- On: turns on the text ad message
- Off: turns off the text ad message
Text Message :
- This message will be displayed in the chat room at a set interval set under "Refreshing Text Message in Minutes".
You can include a URL if you wish. HTML commands cannot be used.
Refreshing Text Message in Minutes :
- Set the refresh time from the pulldown menu.
HINT:
This message is only sent when the room is active. If the room remains inactive no text is sent to the room.
Open/Close Room
Open or Close Room:
- Open: this option allows the room to remain open
- Close: this option will close your room.
Closed Room Message :
- The message displayed to a user trying to access a closed room.
Password Protect Room
Use Room Password:
- On: a password will be required to enter the room.
- Off: no password is required to enter the room.
Room Password:
- Password to be used to enter room.
Password Failed Message:
- Message recieved if a user tries to log into the room and does not have a valid password.
Require Valid User Name and Password
Allow Registered Users Only :
- On: this option will only allowed registered admin users into a room.
- Off: this option allows all users into your room.
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