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Log in to your ParaChat Server's Administration
pages:
http://<your-host-name>:7877/plynx/parachat/index.lhtml
Step 1. Enter the Server Admin name and password you selected during installation,
and click the 'Sign In' button.
Step 2. You will arrive at the ParaChat Server Administration Main Menu (see image below).
Step 3. To start creating your chat community you will need to create your chat Group. Click on the group icon
 in
the top navigation bar. You will be brought to the group admin page.
Enter the name of your new group into the 'Create New Group' text field and press the create button.
Step 4. After you are successful in creating a new group you will be brought to a page similar to this one.
In order to customize the setting in your new group, click on the edit <groupname> link.
There are 8 fields on the Group Parameters page. A description of each field can be found
below this screen shot:
1. Group Name:
The name of the Group that you created.
2. Topic:
Enter a standard default topic for rooms. The topic you enter here will
appear each time a user logs into created chat rooms or dynamic (user created) chat rooms.
You will have an opportunity to change this later and you can set each individual room with their own topic.
You can also make changes to the topic from the ParaChat room itself using the GUI Admin
Console or admin commands. This field is not required.
3. Rooms in Group:
This is a list of Rooms belonging to this Group and can only be modified by adding and deleting rooms.
4. Admin user(s):
Enter the user name(s) of the Room Admin user(s). You may enter multiple
names here separated only by a comma. There is no need to place a
comma and a space between Admin user names, just a comma. If you
leave this field blank, only the Server Admin User will have admin powers
in this group.
 HINT: Room
Admin user names should be password protected. If you list a user
name(s) in this field, it is suggested that you create a User Profile for
each user. If you do not create a User Profile for an Admin name,
any person who logs into the chat room using that Admin name will have
admin privileges in the room.
5. Allowed URLs:
ParaChat's unique URL enforcement system allows you to limit the way applet
code for a particular room can be distributed onto other web pages on the
Internet. By indicating the EXACT URL(s) where you wish your room
HTML applet code to run, you may limit people from taking the code from
your HTML page and running your chat room on their own web page without your
permission. List all URLs where you wish to run your applet code
in this field. There is no need to place a comma and a space between allowed URLs, just a comma.
HINT: It
is important to note that users sometimes access domains without the www
suffix before your domain name. Therefore, if your chat page is
http://www.domain-name.com/chat.html,
you may also wish to include
http://domain-name.com/chat.html
- without the www suffix - as an allowed URL. It is
best to use the complete URL structure here, so be certain to include the
http://
as well. It is also important to note that if you designate an allowed
URL as http://www.domain-name.com,
for example, the server will permit the ParaChat room to run on any web
page within that domain, and not just on a specific page within that domain.
6. Enforce URLs:
ParaChat Server will enforce the URLs you provide for each room by either:
- allow - allows all user connections regardless of URL
- warn - warns users that a ParaChat room is running on a web page that is not allowed
- deny - warns users that a ParaChat room is running on a web page that is not allowed and
does not allow a connection to the chat room
Users will be able to connect and enter a room with the URL enforcement set to both
allow and warn. However, a user will not be able to enter a room if the URL enforcement is set to
deny and the room is not placed on the correct URL.
Here is a list of error messages that a user will see if the URL of the room does not match the Allowed URL settings:
Room and Group admins will always be able to enter a room no matter what the URL enforment and what page the
chat room resides on.
7. Profanity Filter:
- True: text in rooms within this group will be filtered for profanity using the words in the profanity filter
- False: text in rooms within this group will not be filtered for profanity
HINT:
ParaChat Server's profanity filter is pre-populated with a select listing of words. To edit,
add, or delete words from the list, click the Server icon at the top of the Administration Pages,
and select "Edit Language Filter / Profanity Filter"
8. Banned IPs:
You may manually add user IP addresses in this location
that you wish to ban from all your chat rooms in this group. IP addresses
should be separated by a comma only, and not a comma and a space.
If you wish to remove an IP address that is on the list, simply highlight
the IP address and delete it, remembering not to leave 2 commas separating
any remaining IP addresses. You do not need to add data to this field
during room creation.
HINT:
When an IP address appears on this list (i.e. 111.222.333.444), any user who attempts to
access your ParaChat room from the IP address will be prevented from doing so. If a Class
C IP address is banned (i.e. 111.222.333), any user whose IP address contains the Class C
range will be prevented from entering. In extreme cases, you may also ban users from entire
ISPs by adding the Class B range (i.e. 111.222) of an IP address, or even the Class A range
(i.e. 111) of an IP address to your list of IP addresses. Be aware that you when you add the
Class B and Class A ranges, you are preventing a great number of potential users from
accessing your ParaChat room.
Here is an example of what your completed group settings might look like:
Now it is time for your next step.
To see how to add a new room to your group click here
or back to top of page.
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