<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title> PHP + jQuery Simple Chatroom, from AdvanceByDesign </title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css"> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500px"> <tr><td> [ <a href="index.htm">Documentation index</a> -- <a href="../index.htm">Welcome page</a> ] <!-- Begin page content --> <h1>PHP + jQuery Simple Chatroom Documentation</h1> <h2>Configurable Settings</h2> <p>To change some of the Chatroom settings, open the file '<i>chatconfig.php</i>' from the 'www' folder in a plain-text editor (for example Windows Notepad) and edit the values of the desired variables:</p> <ul> <li><b>$chat_postlimit</b> <p>The maximum number of chat posts to store in the chatroom data file. Too high values can cause slow loading times and possibly 'hog' server bandwidth. Must be a whole number. <code>$chat_postlimit = 30;</code> <i>30 most recent chat messages will be stored</i>.</p></li> <li><b>$chat_timelimit</b> <p>The minimum number of seconds a user must wait in between posts on the chatroom. A higher value means less work for the server and less chance of spamming, but can be annoying for users. Must be a whole number (the number of seconds). <code>$chat_timelimit = 3;</code> <i>Users would have to wait a minimum of three seconds between posting on the server</i>.</p></li> <li><b>$chat_maxline</b> <p>The maximum number of characters a users post in the chatroom can contain. Must be a whole number. <code>$chat_maxline = 100;</code> <i>Users posts cannot exceed 100 characters length</i>.</p></li> <li><b>$chat_refresh</b> <p>The number of seconds between chatroom refreshes. A lower number can give a smoother effect, but causes more traffic for the server. The value can be a decimal number, as it is converted into milliseconds. <code>$chat_refresh = 0.8;</code> <i>The chatroom content is refreshed every 800 milliseconds</i>.</p></li> <li><b>$chat_datafile</b> <p>The file in which chatroom content will be stored. By default this is "chat.dat". You do not need to change this value, but if you wish to then use the relative path of the target file enclosed within speach marks.</p></li> </ul> <!-- End Page Content --> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>