How to install and configure phpMyChat, an easy-to-use, multi-room PHP, and DB chat system.
Although phpMyChat-Plus provides an automated installation utility, it is recommended that you install the program manually, according to the instructions provided below.
Follow the steps below to create a MySQL database, via your SiteWorx account. This database will be used specifically for phpMyChat-Plus.
From the SiteWorx main menu, click Hosting Options > MySQL > Databases.
In the Database Name field, type a name for the new database, do not use spaces but underscores are acceptable.
ATTENTION: SiteWorx will automatically prefix the database name with the first eight characters of your domain name. For example, if your domain name is "example.com" and you assign "my_database" as the database name, the assigned name will be "examplec_my_database".
Select the Create User check box. The page automatically expands and displays additional fields for creating the user login information, as well as check boxes for selecting the access permissions that you will assign or not assign to the user.
Type a username and password or click Generate to have one automatically created.
In the When Connecting From field specify the hostname the user must use to connect to the database. If you want to allow all hostnames, leave this field with the default "%" symbol.
Click Add.
Now that you have created a database for phpMyChat, you need to specify the database information in the configuration file.
Using your FTP client, change the permissions for the phpMyChat directories and files listed below. Right-click on the directory or file and then select File Permissions.
Directory or File |
Change Perms To |
plus/acount/pages/ |
777 |
plus/acount/pages/bak/ |
777 |
plus/acount/pages/chat_index.txt |
666 |
plus/acount/pages/chat_ip_logs.htm |
666 |
plus/acount/pages/ip.txt |
666 |
plus/admin/backups/ |
777 |
plus/bot/subs.inc |
777 |
plus/botfb/ |
777 |
plus/cache/ |
777 |
plus/images/avatars/ |
777 |
plus/images/avatars/uploaded/ |
777 |
plus/images/smilies/ |
777 |
plus/images/smilies/smilies.php |
666 |
plus/logs/ |
777 |
plus/logsadmin/ |
777 |
plus/skins/images/ |
777 |
plus/sounds/ |
777 |
To perform this procedure log in to phpMyAdmin and add tables to the MySQL database created in the Create a MySQL Database section.
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