How to Create a Chat Room on Your Server
While you can install remotely hosted chat rooms on your own web host server, they may include layout limitations or post advertisement banners along with the chat room. You can download and install your own PHP-based chat room on your web host server for free. You will need a server that supports PHP, MySQL and AJAX scripts, but this is usually a standard for most popular website hosts to have pre-installed. You will also need the PHP and SQL database information for your web host account to configure some of the chat scripts.
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Instructions
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PHP Free Chat
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Go to the PHP Free Chat website and download the chat files. This will be in a .zip folder format.
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Use your decompression software to unzip the chat folder. You can usually do this by right-clicking the file and choosing “unzip” or “decompress.”
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Launch your FTP client and upload the “phpfreechat” folder to your web host server.
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Navigate inside of the “data” folder in the “phpfreechat” directory you have just created in your FPT client.
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Assign the “public” and “private” folders inside the “data” folder with the CHMOD 777 permissions. Depending on your FTP client, you can select the folder, right-click on it and choose an option such as “chmod” or “permissions.”
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Launch your Internet browser and type in the URL for your “phpfreechat” directory. You should now see your installed chat room on your server.
Chatr
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Go to the Chatr website and download the chat files. This will be in a .zip folder format.
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Use your decompression software to unzip the chat folder. You can usually do this by right-clicking the file and choosing “unzip” or “decompress.”
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Launch your FTP client and upload the decompressed folder to your web host server.
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Launch your Internet browser and type in the URL for the “install.php” file located in the folder you have just uploaded. This will launch an installation script.
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Fill in the requested information about your website’s PHP and SQL database then click the “Submit” button. This will install your chat room’s database to your server.
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Go to the “login.php” file located in your chat folder to launch your new chat room.
MOHA Chat
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Go to the MOHA Chat website and download the chat files. This will be in a .zip folder format.
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Use your decompression software to unzip the chat folder. You can usually do this by right-clicking the file and choosing “unzip” or “decompress.”
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Navigate into the “config” folder inside the folder you just decompressed.
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Right-click on the “configuration.php-dist” file and choose “rename” from the menu. Rename the file to “configuration.php.”
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Edit the “configuration.php” file in a text editor. Change the “Database connection information” to reflect the PHP database information for your web host account. Save the file once you have made all of the changes.
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Launch your FTP client and upload the chat folder to your web host server.
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Navigate into the chat directory in your FTP client and locate the “cache” folder.
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Assign the “cache” folder with CHMOD 777 permissions. Depending on your FTP client, you can select the folder, right-click on it and choose an option such as “chmod” or “permissions.”
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Open your Internet browser and navigate to the “login.php” file located in your chat folder to launch your new chat room.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are not comfortable with installing your own chat room, your web host customer support may offer to install the script for you.
