Easy Chat Sidebar
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What is this ?
It is an enjoyable easily utilized method for people to communicate one on one over the internet.
Features
- All in one multiple chat toolbar and modern look.
- Widget customization (easy to integrate with any script ex: WordPress).
- Themes system.
- Color customization.
- Emoticons and avatars.
- Main page style and content editor.
- Optical and sound notifications.
- Automatic archiving.
- Safety control (block user, block IP, bad words control).
- User access log (IP and time in/out).
- Chat status (typing, unread and received).
- System status (offline/online).
- Files and images transfer.
- Easy installation.
- And much more.
How does it work ?
It's really simple.
- Setup the product.
- Install the widget in your script.
- Have fun.
How to install the product?
- Extract zip file and upload “smartchat” directory to your website.
- Open your browser and type the path to the application on your website for example: www.yourwebsite.com/smartchat/
- Create new database on your CPanel, See how to create a database in CPanel
- Fill form fields with database details and your access information like the following:
- Click install to continue.
- Congratulations your application has installed successfully.
How to edit the home page?
To edit the home page go to admin.php and select home page contents tab then follow the next steps:
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- Add your HTML code to the big first field.
- Add the page style in the field (Home page style).
- Select the chat theme from the list or leave the default.
- If you customized a color package you can select from colors package list or leave the default.
- Click the save home page changes button to apply changes.
How to include smart chat in your script?
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- If you want it with the default theme and color just copy the code to your website.
- If you want it with your customization select the theme and the color you want then copy the code to your website .
How to edit Emoticons Shortcuts?
- Go to admin.php.
- Select the Smiles & Emoticons page.
- Click on the Emoticons group that you want to edit.
- Rename the shortcut name of your Emoticons then click finish button.
How to upload new Emoticons?
- Go to admin.php.
- Select Smiles & Emoticons page.
- Under ''Add new Emoticons'' click the source of Emoticons (You can upload a zip file containing the images).
- Click next.
- Rename the uploaded images shortcuts.
- Click finish button.
What is the FAQ and how to use it?
FAQ is a shortcut for ''Frequently Asked Questions'' that allows you to create your own questions and answers in order to make a helpful guide for your customers.
You can find it here:
- Go to admin.php.
- Select FAQ page.
- Create & update your own FAQ (Questions and Answers).
What are the users levels?
The users level is the user permission for what he can access to. The levels are:
- Administrator: He can access to everywhere.
- Moderator: He can access to the admin area (with limited access) and to the chat area.
- User: He can access to his chat area only.
- Blocked: He cannot access to his account any more.
How to change the user level?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on Users page.
- Find the user you need to change his level (you can use the search to find him).
- Change the level by clicking on his old level and choose the new level from the list.
How to get the user access log?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on Users page.
- Find the user you need to change his level (you can use the search to find him).
- Click on the IP icon on the left of the user field.
- You can find here The user access log history with each IP , where he accessed to and the time of each opration.
How to disable or enable the chat system?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- Select the general tab.
- Click on disable radio option to disable the chat system or enable option to enable it.
- In disable case you can type the message that will appear to the user during the period of the chat system disabled.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to change the notification sound?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- Select the sounds tab.
- Change the sound from the list.
- You can use the sound manager below to upload a new sound or delete the existing.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
What is the startup sound?
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- You can select the sound you want from the sound settings.
- You can enable or disable it from the sound settings.
How to create customized colors?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- Select Themes & colors tab.
- Click on ''Customize a new package button''.
- Customize the colors.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
- Click on Home page then select the widget tab and pick the color that you customized before.
- Copy widget to your script.
How to change the archive messages time?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- Select the Durations tab.
- Change the value of ''Archive Messages After'' per hours.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to change the delete old files time?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- Select the durations tab.
- Change the value of ''Delete Old Files After'' per days.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to change the offline duration time?
- Go to admin.php
- Click on the settings page.
- Select the durations tab.
- Change the value of ''Duration Time to be offline'' per minutes.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to change the synclization time?
- Go to admin.php
- Click on settings page.
- Select the durations tab.
- Change the value of ''Sync time per Second'' per seconds.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to Control the chat transferring files?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- select safety tab.
- Type the allowed types to ignore any other type unlisted in here (use ; to split the types) or set it to * to allow all files types.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to block the bad words?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on settings page.
- Select safety tab.
- Type each bad word or phrase to a single line.
- Type the format that will appear instead of the bad word in field ''replace bad word with''.
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
How to block a specific IP?
- Go to admin.php.
- Click on Settings page.
- Select safety tab.
- Add each IP to a single line in Block IP field.
- You can type a part of the first IPs like: (000.000.*) or (000.*) .
- Click the save changes button to apply the changes.
What is the Organizer?
The Organizer is a job that organizes the chat system in background like archiving messages and deleting old files.
How to run the Organizer?
You have 2 methods to run the organizer, Just go to admin.php and select the organizer tab then follow the next steps:
Method 1: Run the organizer with cron job in server background.
- Pick the available method for your server and copy the code.
- Go to your CPanel and click on cronjobs URL.
- Paste the code into ''command'' field and click ''Add New Cron job'' button.
Method 2: Run it manually by clicking the Direct URL below the cronjob codes.![](files/1396839778.png)
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