Customize Your ParaChat User Interface
Overview


  1. Customize the room background color
  2. Customize the room foreground color (button text)
  3. Customize the main chat window - background color
  4. Customize the main chat window - chat text color
  5. Customize the main chat window - color of logged in user
  6. Customize the main chat window - color of system messages
  7. Customize the main chat window - color of URL links
  8. Customize the user list - background color
  9. Customize the user list - color of users
  10. Customize the user list - color of logged in user
  11. Customize the room list - background color
  12. Customize the room list - color of rooms
  13. Customize the chat text input field - background color
  14. Customize the chat text input field - chat text color
  15. Customize questions color for moderated events - text color
  16. Customize answers color for moderated events - text color
  17. Customize the FAQ button click through location
  18. Customize the default chat window component
  19. Customize your ParaChat room to different languages
  20. Customize the default wording for # users/room
  21. Remove the join/leave message
  22. Move the user list to the left or right hand side of your ParaChat room
  23. Remove the function that a single click on a users name queries that user's info.
  24. Set maximum number of users displayed in the users list.
  25. Set maximum number of rooms displayed in the rooms list.
  26. Customize the width of your room.
  27. Customize the height of your room.
  28. Customize the width of the user list component.



Customize User Interface

1. Customize the room background color

Server Default:
CCCC99 		Parameter Name:
ui.BgColor
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.BgColor" value="CCCC99">

2. Customize the room foreground color (button text)

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.FgColor
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.FgColor" value="000000">

3. Customize the main chat window - background color

Server Default:
FFFFFF 		Parameter Name:
ui.ChatBg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.ChatBg" value="FFFFFF">

4. Customize the main chat window - chat text color

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.ChatFg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.ChatFg" value="000000">

5. Customize the main chat window - color of logged in user

Server Default:
008000 		Parameter Name:
ui.mega.UserFg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.mega.UserFg" value="008000">

6. Customize the main chat window - color of system messages

Server Default:
007F80 		Parameter Name:
ui.mega.SystemFg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.mega.SystemFg" value="007F80">

7. Customize the main chat window - color of URL links

Server Default:
800080 		Parameter Name:
ui.mega.LinkFg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.mega.LinkFg" value="800080">

8. Customize the user list - background color

Server Default:
FFFFFF 		Parameter Name:
ui.UsersBg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.UsersBg" value="FFFFFF">

9. Customize the user list - color of users

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.UsersFg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.UsersFg" value="000000">

10. Customize the user list - color of logged in user

Server Default:
FF0000 		Parameter Name:
ui.DominantColor
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.DominantColor" value="FF0000">

11. Customize the room list - background color

Server Default:
FFFFFF 		Parameter Name:
ui.RoomsBg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.RoomsBg" value="FFFFFF">

12. Customize the room list - color of rooms

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.RoomsFg
Locations:
applet code, chat.conf		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.RoomsFg" value="000000">

13. Customize the chat text input field - background color

Server Default:
ffffff 		Parameter Name:
ui.EntryBg
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.EntryBg" value="ffffff">

14. Customize the chat text input field - foreground color

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.EntryFg
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.EntryFg" value="000000">

15. Customize questions color for moderated events - text color

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.mega.QuestionFg
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.mega.QuestionFg" value="000000">

16. Customize answers color for moderated events - text color

Server Default:
000000 		Parameter Name:
ui.mega.AnswerFg
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.mega.AnswerFg" value="000000">

17. Customize the FAQ button click through location

Server Default:
http://www.parachat.com/faq 		Parameter Name:
ui.HelpPage
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
Any RGB color
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.HelpPage" value="http://www.parachat.com/faq">

18. Customize the default chat window component

Server Default:
MegaText - More Information 		Parameter Name:
ui.ChatWindow
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
PlainText or MegaText
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.ChatWindow" value="MegaText">

19. Customize your ParaChat room to different languages

Server Default:
English 		Parameter Name:
ctrl.Language
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
spanish.conf, portuguese.conf, german.conf, italian.conf, french.conf, any language can be created
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ctrl.Language" value="spanish.conf">

20. Customize the default wording for # users/room

Server Default:
user(s) in 		Parameter Name:
ui.UserCount
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
Text
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.UserCount" value="user(s) in">

21. Remove the join/leave message

Server Default:
n/a 		Parameter Name:
ctrl.NoJoin
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
true
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ctrl.NoJoin" value="true">

22. Move the user list to the left or right hand side of your ParaChat room

Server Default:
user list on left hand side 		Parameter Name:
ui.UsersLeft
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
false
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.UsersLeft" value="false">

23. Remove the function that a single click on a users name queries that user's info.

Server Default:
n/a 		Parameter Name:
ui.NoClickInfo
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
true
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.NoClickInfo" value="true">

24. Set maximum number of users displayed in the user list.

Server Default:
n/a 		Parameter Name:
ui.MaxUsers
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
any integer (user names will not be added to the list when this number is exceeded)
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.MaxUsers" value="500">

25. Set maximum number of rooms displayed in the rooms list.

Server Default:
n/a 		Parameter Name:
roam.RoomMax
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
any integer (room names will not be added to the list when this number is exceeded)
HTML Configuration:
<param name="roam.RoomMax" value="500">

26. Customize the width of your room

Server Default:
600 		Parameter Name:
WIDTH=
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
any whole number
HTML Configuration:
codebase=http://www.yourdomainname.com:7877/pchat/classes
 archive=pchat.zip code=ParaChat.class HEIGHT=350 WIDTH=600>

27. Customize the height of your room

Server Default:
400 		Parameter Name:
HEIGHT=
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
any whole number
HTML Configuration:
codebase=http://www.yourdomainname.com:7877/pchat/classes
 archive=pchat.zip code=ParaChat.class HEIGHT=400 WIDTH=600>

28. Customize the width of the user list component

Server Default:
n/a 		Parameter Name:
ui.UsersWidth
Locations:
applet code		 Permitted Value:
integer between 80 and 160
HTML Configuration:
<param name="ui.UsersWidth" value="100">


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