readme.txt - Chatr

Chatr is a set of php scripts and some javascript to create an AJAX/php chatroom on any php-enabled website. Installation aims to be fairly simple, limited to dropping the scripts in a folder on your server, setting the location in config.php and testing it out.

Installation

1. Upload the contents of the zipfile to your server in its own folder.

2. Edit the config.php file's $path_to_chat variable to show the fully-qualified path to your chat folder(eg. http://www.yourdomain.com/chat/). Be sure to include the trailing slash.

3. Go to your chat url and test it out.

Notes

This chat is designed to be simple above all else and not to hammer your web server too hard. Therefore don't expect it to be irc or yahoo chat or something more than what it is. Since the source is available it's pretty simple to impersonate someone or otherwise mess with the chat. I've tried to put a couple of things in the config that could help you secure it. For instance changing the admin # to something secret and changing the pings, users, and bufffer files to some other name.

Feel free to develop and expand up on it.

Let me know how it works! 

david@sterryit.com