Visichat

To run the software on your own server:

• Windows or Linux dedicated server or virtual private server (VPS)
• Red5 0.8 or higher - Possible to use Flash media server or Wowza for voice and video streaming (optional)
• PHP 5.3 or higher
• MySQL 5.0 and higher

For hosted chats ( If we host it for you):

• None

INSTALLATION OR HOSTING?
* An installation wizard makes it easy for you to install your Visichat. Step by step instructions also make it easy and clear to install. FREE installation service included.
 
  * If you do not run a dedicated server there are reasonably priced hosted voice and video chat packages for Visichat.
 
  * Visichat can serve a private voice and video enabled community, an open guest chat or both. Then of course there is live video and voice Customer Support mode.
 
  * The Guest option can be turned off from the Visichat administrator panel.

ROOM FEATURES
* Your Rooms list is created from the simple, clear admin menu. As the owner you can set the name of each room, the max.
  number of chatters in each room, and the type of room.
 
  * Visichat public rooms are accessible everyone and can be configured to allow voice, video or both features in the administrator panel.
 
  * Private rooms are accessible only to selected people, as selected by the owner. A Private room can be visible to all on the Rooms list, or admin can set it to be visible only to those who can access it.
 
* Live Support rooms are accessible by moderators who deal with each site visitor individually.
 
* Each member has three options: to upload a personal picture, select an avatar from the ones provided, or choose to have no picture. This can all be disabled by the owner.
 
  * If a member uploads a picture or selects an avatar from the list provided, it appears for others. The default list displays neat little mini avatar pictures, to allow larger numbers of avatars to appear on the list. But by hovering on the avatars, you can see their full size avatar picture. This creates a much more personal feeling when chatting especially for members without web cam.
 
  * Each Visichat room displays X lines of chat to new arrivals so a member can quickly understand what has been going on around the time they arrive.
  This helps new arrivals to feel 'at home' and quickly grasp the current situation.
 
* Reconnecting after your ISP or your computer has a glitch is smoothly handled for you. No more frustrating attempts to get back in!
  The software reconnects you automatically, often without you even noticing! Reconnection is set so there is no conflict between a manual attempt to login into visichat again and the software timeout.
 
  * Admin can enable/ disable private or public voice chat, private or public video chat options.
 
  * Private message chat is fully featured just like the main chat. Private chat opens in a comfortably sized window, with the capacity for multiple private windows at one time.
 
  * Members can block other members from opening private chat with them (but members cannot block moderators).
 
  * You can view how many people are in each chat room. When someone enters a chat room, the Room list updates instantly and so does the room number indicator.
 
  * Visichat can be transcripted, choosing the period of time to transcript text. This feature also acts as a freeze function to check back in a busy chat for missed items.
 
  * Chat text is parsed to support clickable URLs to open a separate browser window.

  * It is possible to use a separate streaming server for video and voice streams such as Flash Media Interactve Server for better performance.
 
  * Emoticon smilies are always popular for everyone to enliven their chat with each other. With the flash source code you can create your own smilies, or add new ones.
 
  * Members can choose a font colour they like on the fly instantly during the chat, as well as Bold, Italic and Underline.
 
  * Members can show they are male/ female/a couple, and give a date of birth in their personal window where they select an avatar or upload a picture.
 
  * The admin menus are particularly clear and comfortable to use.
 
  * Admin can set a default room to auto enter on arrival.
 
  * Admin can make selected members into moderators.
 
  * Moderators can kick, and if necessary ban other members. Moderators cannot kick moderators.
 
  * The userlist shows a table, with name, moderator status, IP address, picture status, email address, ban status, online/ offline status, and Edit/ Delete controls.
 
  * The userlist is paginated and searchable in the administrator panel.
 
  * Admin can set members to receive a prompt to edit their profile when they login into the voice chat.
 
  * Admin can ban a member by username or IP address from the panel.
 
  * If you order Visichat software with flash source codes, you can modify your chat layout. You can create your own preferred layout theme and add it to your video chat. You can change the background image, styles and colors.
 
  * The whole video chat window can be full screen, or compactly sized for embedding the voice and video chat on your webpage.
 
  * You can change the position of each item in the chat in your layout including: room list, user list, history, public messages, the setting panel, login, registration etc.  You can make the user list wider or narrower, so you can make chatters appear in your preferred number of columns.
 
  * You can add your own language file, to customize the communication in your video chat.
 
  * The flash source codes includes all of the flash codes generated with Flash Professional, and its classes.
 
  * The company also offers a voice and video virtual world interactive module, where you can similarly build your own designs.
 
  MEMBERSHIP/ DATABASE
  * You can choose your MySQL database name, members table and field names in the administrator panel.
 
  *  Custom integration with an existing mysql or ms sql database is available on request e.g. VBulletin forums.
 
  * Visichat Red5 application can connect to your database to authenticate users to make sure only registered members can login. External viewers from outside cannot access without correct username and password.
 
CUSTOM FEATURES OR DESIGN
  Please ask for tweaks or features you would like. We are very interested in improving Visichat for you. Sometimes we can add small features at no extra cost, if we feel they add to the chat for everyone's benefit. Alternatively we will quote you a set price at a very reasonable cost. To help Visichat grow, we will keep custom feartures with the software.

- You can use each software license in only one instance of the software in the registered location.

- You can purchase multiple software licenses at a discounted price.

- You agree not to copy, distribute, transfer the ownership or resell this software.

- You agree not to reverse engineer, seek to bypass, subvert or circumvent by fraudulent or other means the licensing mechanism of the software, decompile, disassemble the software in whole or in part.

- You can change the Flash sources codes of the application if you purchased them with your license order.

- Up to one year of software updates is included with each license depending the license you choose to buy, after that you can renew your subscription each year if you wish to get new updates; but the renewal is optional.

- Flash source codes for the software modules are not included with the standard source codes package but can be purchased separately.

- GChat licenses will be registered with your server.

- You are allowed to change your license details up to 10 times, at no extra cost.

- By renewing your subscription, you will get further 10 license changes.

- If you move to a different server you must update your license details and deactivate your software on the old server prior to
attempting to reinstall and run the software at the new location. Failure to do this will result in the termination of your license.

- You may exercise your right to one-time free installation and integration no latter than one month after the original software purchase, i.e. the date on which your receive your license key.

- You must not remove copyright, branding and trademark information from GChat software packages.

- You must not delete, alter or obscure the software license and terms and conditions which come with the software.

- You cannot offer hosting for GChat software without being an authorized GChat hosting reseller.

- We offer an interactive demo of our software products and downloadable trials where appropriate; these are provided as is and no additional
trial or demo options can be arranged, unless explicitly made available by us at a later date.

- The software must never distributed in part or without its official documentation.

- This software's refund policy followed our standard refund arrangements as described in our refund policy.

- Software licenses are lifetime.

- You must have a valid license to access GChat technical support.

- If you do not accept any of these terms, you are not authorized to use this application.

- You must also accept our website, services and general terms and conditions in addition to the above.

- We reserve the right to cancel or disable your license without refund and notice if you fail to meet our terms and conditions.

- We reserve the right to add, delete or modify these terms and conditions at any time without notice. You are encouraged to check this website to ensure that you are aware of the changes.