Consult the "Register" and "Documentation" sections before You begin.
Check the System And Program Requirements:
- Intel® Celeron® 600 MHz/128 MB RAM or better;
- FreeBSD / Linux / Unix Operation System. (FreeBSD 4.8, RedHat 7.2 for e.g.);
- 300 MB HDD space (for logs and images);
- Shell access and powers to start/stop daemons;
- PHP 4.2 or higher;
- MySQL for "favourite emoticons";
- ability to compile C++ scripts and run them;
Browsers supported:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+
- Opera 6.0+
First step: download and install Voodoo Chat 1.0 beta 1 or beta 2
Remeber, VOC++ is not a standalone program. You must install Voodoo Chat 1.0 beta 1 or 2 first. You can find support for this step
on the official VOC homepage.
Second step: download the latest release of VOC++
Current release version is VOC++ Christmas Edition.
This version is the release candidate for VOC++.
This is a 30-day evaluation version! You need a Zend Optimizer installed in order to run it!
Download Zend Optimizer at: http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-optimizer.php?home
Third step: VOC++ installation procedure
1. Create backup of the chat web directory, /data/engine/files directory and /data/daemon/daemon.cpp file;
2. Shutdown the daemon (ps -A|grep daemon and kill <pid>);
3. Overwrite daemon.cpp from the archive over /data/daemon/daemon.cpp;
4. Compile the daemon (g++ -O3 -o daemon daemon.cpp);
5. Overwrite files directory from the archive over /data/engine/files/;
6. Delete admin, converts, designes, faces, languages directories and everything in the web directory except index.php;
7. Copy contents of a chat directory from the archive to Your chat web directory;
8. In the inc_common.php file manually edit the value of a $data_path variable and correct it to a full path to Your chat data-directory.
9. Enter the superior administration panel (http://yourchat/admin/configure.php) and reconfigure chat;
10. Turn the "Club Mode" checkbox ON. This is important!;
11. Note, that by default PHP'll trying to connect to MySQL server via localhost! If it is not correct, fix it in admin/mysql.lib.php3;
12. Use the following templates for messages:
Field |
Value |
To show 'normal' message to the user who _sent_ it (author): |
<small><a style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.addPic(' [HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC] ');">[HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC]</a></small> <a style='text-decoration: underline' style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.Whisper('[NICK_WO_TAGS]');"><b>[NICK]</b></a>: [MESSAGE] |
To show 'private' message to the user who _sent_ it: |
<small><a style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.addPic(' [HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC] ');">[HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC]</a></small> <b>[<a style='text-decoration: none' style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.Whisper('[NICK_WO_TAGS]');">[NICK]</a>-><a style='text-decoration: none' style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.Whisper('[TO]');">[TO]</a>]</b>: [MESSAGE] |
To show 'normal' message for everybody but not to the author: |
<small><a style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.addPic(' [HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC] ');">[HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC]</a></small><span class="hu"><a style='text-decoration: underline' style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.Whisper('[NICK_WO_TAGS]');"><b>[NICK]</b></a>: [MESSAGE]</span> |
To show a 'private' message to the user who _recieved_ it: |
<small><a style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.addPic(' [HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC] ');">[HOURS]:[MIN]:[SEC]</a></small> <b>[<a style='text-decoration: none' style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.Whisper('[NICK_WO_TAGS]');">[NICK]</a>-><a style='text-decoration: none' style='{cursor: pointer}' onClick="javascript:parent.Whisper('[TO]');">[TO]</a>]</b>: [MESSAGE] |
To show 'private' message to everybody but not to the author and the addressat ('whisper to somebody'): |
(Leave this field empty) |
Highlight the message is there if user nickname inside: |
<span class="hs"> |
tag after: |
</span> |
13. Insert Your banner code to chat/designes/rozmova/voc.php by replacing http://www.rozmova.if.ua/remote_rbs.php with Yours value;
14. Insert Your site menu to chat/designes/rozmova/menu.php;
15. Insert Your advertisement to chat/designes/rozmova/menu-ad.php;
16. In the superior administration panel select the "system" emoticons;
17. 9. Enter the superior administration panel (http://yourchat/admin/) and remove all default designes for rooms or replace them with "rozmova" design;
That's all. Launch the daemon - we are ready to chat :)!
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