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Chat Setup

Free Chat is a "chat room" system for the web, designed and written by New Breed Software. A "chat room" is a place on a website where lots of people can join in and talk to each other. If you've ever seen "Internet Relay Chat" (IRC) or used a multi-line BBS system which had chat, you'll know exactly what a "chat room" is.

DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING FREE CHAT
To install Free Chat on your website, follow these instructions:

1.Download the GZipped file "freechat.beta2.tar.gz" from this website. If you are downloading the file to your PC or Mac's hard disk, be sure to select "Save Link As" from the context-sensitive menu. (Place the mouse over the link and right-click (Mac users, click and hold) to get the menu.) DO NOT UNZIP IT - this file is GZipped, not ZIPped! Don't try to decompress it with PKUNZIP or WINZIP. You will decompress it on your server in step 4...

2.Upload the GZipped file to your website account. If you use FTP, be sure to upload as binary or raw data (versus ASCII or text data). Where Should I Put It? Place it wherever you want or need to place CGI scripts. Talk to your webmaster and/or sysadmin to find out if there's a special place that it needs to go.

3.Login to your website account. Use a Telnet program like "NCSA Telnet" for the Mac or "QVT/Term" for Windows. (These are my favorites.) If you don't have a Telnet client, I suggest looking for one with shareware.com's search engine. What Is All This? Hmmm... if you don't know, you had better stop now and get help. Talk to your webmaster and/or sysadmin or find someone who knows Unix well. Unfortunately, I do not have time to help each and every one of you with installing this program!

4.UnGZIP the GZipped file. Use the "gunzip" command. The "freechat.beta2.tar.gz" file will disappear, and a new file called "freechat.beta2.tar" will appear.

5.UnTAR the TARred file. Use the command "tar -xf freechat.beta2.tar" to extract the contents of the TAR file. NOTE you don't need to make a new directory for the files, a new directory named "freechat.beta2" is made when you unTAR the file, and the contents are placed there. Can I Change This Complicated Name? Yes, you'll probably want to change the directory "freechat.beta2" to something else, like just "chat", as this directory name will be part of the website address (URL) of your chat room... Use the "mv" command to rename the directory. For example, from the command line, type "mv freechat.beta2 chat" to change it as described above. Do I Need This TAR File Anymore? No, unless you want to install Free Chat again somewhere else on your computer, you can delete the TAR file with the command: "rm -i freechat.beta2.tar". (The "-i" will ask you if you're sure.) If you want to keep this release of Free Chat around to possibly install it elsewhere or reinstall it, you'll probably want to GZip it again to save space. Use the command "gzip freechat.beta2.tar" and you'll get a GZip file again, and the TAR file will go away.

6.Read the README.txt file which was extracted for the remaining installation procedure. You may wish to download the file and print it. If you do so, I suggest using a fixed-width font (like "Courier New" or "Monaco") to make sure it looks right, as it is a plain text file.

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Quick Chat
QuickChat allows you to add a chatroom on your page for free, using its simple configuration script that allows you to generate your own code to modify your chatroom.

Copy and Paste the following code on your page. Do NOT modify it, as all of it must be intact for the applet to work. We hope you enjoy! Once you paste the code on your page, the applet will be fully functional.