[ Platform: Windows, Linux ]
[ Latest Update: May 10, 2008 ]

• Flash Player 8 and higher.
• Windows or Linux dedicated server (For hosted chat is not necessary)
• Red5 server 6.0.3 or higher
• Php 4.4 or higher
• My sql 4.0 or higher - OR - MS Sql 2000 or higher
• Flash Player 8 or higher
  
  For Hosted Chat:
• Flash Player 8 and higher

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. There is a FREE installation service if you purchase visichat with flash source codes.

* No server?  If you do not run a dedicated server there are reasonably priced hosted packages.

* Visichat can serve a private members community, an open guest chat or both.  Then of course there is live Customer Support mode.

* The Guest option can be turned off from either the clear, simple admin menu or the Visichat red5 server config file.

 

ROOM AND USER FEATURES

* Your Rooms list is created from the simple, clear admin menu. As admin you can set the name of each room, the max.
number of users in each room, and the type of room.

* Public rooms are accessible to all users.

* Private rooms are accessible only to selected users, as selected by admin. A Private room can be visible tio all on the Rooms list, or admin can set it to be visible only to users who can access it.
* Live Support rooms are accessible by moderators who deal with each site visitor individually.

* Each user 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 admin. or admin can add their preferred avatars to the avatar folder.

* If a user uploads a picture or selects an avatar from the list provided, it displays in the room's users' list. The default list displays neat little mini avatar pictures, to allow larger numbers of users to appear on the list. But a user can hover another user's name to see their full size avatar picture, or select for all users to appear with their full sized avatar.
This creates a much more personal feeling when chatting especially for users without webcam.

* Each Room displays X lines of chat to new arrivals so a user 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 chatroom reconnects you automatically, often without you even noticing! Reconnection is set so there is no conflict between a manual attempt to login again and the software timeout.

* Admin can enable/ disable private or public voice, private or public video, and Handsfree (speaker  voice) 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.

*  Users can block other members from opening private chat with them (but users cannot block moderators).

* You can view how many users are in each room. When a user enters a room, the Roomlist updates instantly and so does the room number indicator.

* Chat can be transcripted, choosing the period of time to transcript text. Transcript 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.

* Emoticon smilies are always popular for users to enliven their chat with each other. With the flash source code you can create your own smilies, or add new ones.

* Users can choose a font colour they like ‘on the fly’ instantly during the chat, as well as Bold, Italic and Underline.

* Users 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.

 

ADMINISTRATION

* The admin menus are particularly clear and comfortable to use in your Visichat.

* Admin can set a default room to auto enter on arrival.

* Admin can make selected users into moderators.

* Moderators can kick, and if necessary ban other members. Moderators cannot kick moderators.

* The userlist shows a table, with username, user/ moderator status, IP address, user picture status, email address, ban status, online/ offline status, and Edit/ Delete controls.

* The userlist is paginated and searchable.

* Admin can set users to receive a prompt to edit their profile when they login.

*  Admin can ban a user by username or IP address from admin menu.

Click here to view an admin menu.

 

DESIGN FEATURES

* If you order Visichat's flash source code it's easy to create a new chat layout. You can create your own preferred layout theme and add it to your Visichat. You can change the chat background, styles and colors.

* The whole chat window can be full screen, or compactly sized for embedding 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 users appear in your preferred number of columns.

* You can add your own language file, to customize the communication in your Visichat. To view a sample language file click here.

* The flash source code includes all of the flash codes generated with Flash 8 Professional, and its classes.

* The company also offers a 3D Virtual Chat interactive module, where you can similarly build your own designs.  For details see here.

MEMBERSHIP/ DATABASE

* You can choose to use a MySQL or MS SQL server database during your install of Visichat.

*  Custom integration with an existing mysql or ms sql database is available on request e.g. VBulletin forums.

* Visichat red5 server can connect to your database to authenticate users to make sure only registered members can login. External users from outside cannot access without correct username and password.

* You can set the bandwidth of the visichat red5 server by changing values in the visicht2.xml config file which is accessible via the visichat red5 server.

 

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 free 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. 

Installation notes and installer script included in the package, however if you still need help, we can install Visichat directly onto your server for free, If you purchase visichat with flash source codes. 

Installation includes: installing red5 server, Visichat installation and Visichat configuration.

Please note that you will need a dedicated server (linux or windows) in order to be able to run visichat onto your server and free installation is included only if you purchase visichat with flash source codes.

This does not apply if you use our Hosted service.

Currently visichat integrates with the following scripts in the visichat installer, We are working to add more soon.

VBulletin	Joomla 1, Joomla 1.5	Dolphin
Softbiz Dating Script	OSDate	phpBB 2.x, phpBB 3.x
Mambo	Joovili	PHP-Fusion
Post Nuke	PHP Nuke	Drupal
MyBB	X-Cart	Hand Shakes
Web Video	SMF Forums	PHP Fox

Badword filtering, remember password [ 2.2.8 ]

Bad word filtering added to the visichat, admin can add unlimited words in the admin panel.
Remember password added for visichat.
Some improvements for performance and bug fixes included.
Tabbed panels added for setting window.
[ May 10, 2008 ]

Flooding control [ 2.2.7 ]

Flooding control added, and avoid users to spam/flood in the public room.
Who is online in the chatroom script added and you can simply place in your website with a javascript tag. it shows moderator, users and guests who are online, with diffrent colors.
Two custom buttons added and you can enable/disable from admin menu, and set link and title for each one.
Now you can add swf animated avatars.
[ May 2, 2008 ]

Full styling options [ 2.2.6 ]

Possibility to add custom logo and text to login form in admin menu.
Full styles manager options, and color picker, now you can change almost all parts of the chat in the admin menu.
You can set idle time, idle disconnnect time and idle close cam and voice time to save bandwidth.
Users can resize private chat window and bug fixes for room full, private voice.
[ April 22, 2008 ]

Buddy List , Block List & Voting [ 2.2.5 ]

Now users can add friends in their Buddy List, and it shows their friend online/offline status and picture.
Block user feature, let users ignore others, so if a user block someone, the blocked user will not be able to send private message or view webcam of that user.
Voting let each user vote other users once, and it appear in roll over window. if a user revote someone, new vote will be replaced with old value.
[ April 7, 2008 ]

Custom smileys [ 2.2.4 ]

Ability to view and ban ip for moderators inside chat.
new sound alerts for leave join.
now smileys are separate fla file, very easy to modify and there is no need to change main flash file, so you can have your own smileys very easy.
Ability to turn on/off sound alerts for users
ability to set not allow guest login if there is no moderator logged in the chatroom.
choose default public chat font size in the admin styles menu
ability to set cam and voice permission for indivitual users from admin menu.
[ April 3, 2008 ]

Detailed profile options [ 2.2.3 ]

New profile options added including: Country, State, City, Material status and About me.
You can define country and states through XML file, and also possible to translate county and states into other languages.
[ March 25, 2008 ]

Offline messages - admin invisible [ 2.2.2 ]

- Admin invisible mod added to visichat, possible to allow only certain moderators to be able to switch to invisible
- Offline messages added, so when you send private message to someone, after login user will get them
- Time stamps for messages, ability to turn on/off in admin menu
- When selecting color, it will remember in next logins.
- Now its possible to put {id} value in profile links for integration.

[ March 16, 2008 ]

Private picture and file sharing [ 2.2.1 ]

Private picture and file sharing added. moderator can disable webcam viewing permission so all users can view webcam without permission Or admin can select indivisual users and only let them view webcams without permission.
Ability to set logout and offline users link in admin menu. also you can set target link for the logout and register button (_self, _blank, etc..).
Ability to disable user leave and join room messages or only show message when user connect to first room or leave the chat.
[ March 1, 2008 ]

Style manager [ 2.2.0 ]

Now you can choose your own background picture or background color for the chat from admin menu via Style section. It's possible to set transparency of the chat so your background picture will be visible from behind.
Small bug fixes on the smiley component, room list and user list.

[ February 23, 2008 ]

Banner rotator [ 2.1.9 ]

Banner Rotator added into the visichat. now you have a new admin panel to add many banners, set show time, expire time, clicks and views, all in one page.
If you dont add any banner, it simply move up the chat area to fill the screen llike how it was before.
Also two other new features added: ability to make register button to link it to your reigstration page and also ability to link user picture thumbnails to open their profile pages in your website.
Also speed lag issues has been fixed.

[ February 17, 2008 ]

Master mute, max lines limit. [ 2.1.8 ]

Final relase of text smiley 3.0 added to visichat, now latest 300 lines appear in the message history to avoid slow down the player, when there is so many messages in the history and also private message.
Admin usernames appear in top of the user list and after that, alphabeticaly.
Now you can click on the mic icon left side of voice on/off check box to mute all users. Also Username length set to 4 and maximum 20 characters.

[ February 8, 2008 ]

New smiley textfield [ 2.1.7 ]

New smiley textfield added to the visichat, its much more faster than the old one, and also supports changing font size. picture uploader loading bar also added plus some bug fixes.
[ January 31, 2008 ]

Handsfree and typing notification [ 2.1.6 ]

Use handsfree in public chat, no need to hold down Talk button while speaking.
Public typing notification added.
Usernames login with case sensivity.
Many configurations added in the admin setting panel to toggle all features on/off, but especially to enable/disable voice and video capabilities individually for each room; option to set the default arrival room to random,   so users join a random room on each login.

[ January 13, 2008 ]

Camera quality handler [ 2.1.4 ]

Camera quality handler added, default quality can be set through config file by owner. Also  improvements to public voice (re echo feedback) and room list bugs fixed.

[ January 6, 2008 ]

Video gallery [ 2.1.3 ]

Registered users can record voice and video with their webcam then save the recording in their gallery. Delete function if required. 
Admin can enable/ disable the feature's auto approval option. Admin can also set how many videos a user can add totheir personal  gallery, and the length (in seconds) each one can be.
[ December 30, 2007 ]

Access permission for rooms [ 2.1.2 ]

Choose whether a room is private or public. In the admin menu, you can click on any username to set which private rooms the user can access.
Also as admin you can set a private room as visible in the Rooms list to everyone, or visible only to its permitted users.
[ December 26, 2007 ]

Userlist & Avatar views [ 2.1.1 ]

Userlist view options added to  the Visichat. You can switch between userlist view (mini avatars) and full avatar view, by  clicking tabs.
[ December 22, 2007 ]

Chat Log and Message History [ 2.1.0 ]

Chat Logs feature with many options in admin settings. 
Length of period for log: start –> end. 
Search log files in the admin panel by Room/ User/ IP.  
Select public messages OR private messages OR both.
Select to show Join/Leave announcements. 
Paginated. Define page length. 
Toggle logs on/off.
Message history feature displays when a user enters a room. 
Admin selects number of previous (public) messages per room to display.
[ December 18, 2007 ]

Minimizable private message window [ 2.0.9 ]

Minimize feature added to private message window, utilising a taskbar. When a user minimizes private message windows, they appearas buttons in the taskbar, displaying the name of the other user. The button blinks with a new message.
[ December 17, 2007 ]

Picture & File share [ 2.0.8 ]

Registered members can send photos, pictures directly into chat rooms. The feature ALSO uploads document files e.g. rtf, .doc, pdf. Admin sets allowed file types.
The sharing operation is streamlined: fast and sleek. User clicks the Share icon. An explorer window opens displaying files on their computer.
User clicks the desired file to select it. That’s all! A clickable thumbnail of a good clear size appears in the chat.
If the user requires more detail or a more in depth view clicking it opens another window with a larger view of the photo or picture. The feature automatically resizes the upload.
[ December 16, 2007 ]

Transcripts [ 2.0.7 ]

Users can create a transcript of their chat session.  This feature is accessed instantly by clicking on a document icon immediately above their text input.
Default is up to 2 hours transcript. Option to select time period to get limited number of message logs, or else set the time to 00:00 to get all.
[ December 14, 2007 ]

New smile text component [ 2.0.6 ]

Visichat now supports RTL languages (arabic and hebrew) with smilies.
[ December 2, 2007 ]

Webcam in userlist [ 2.0.5 ]

User's Webcam appears in the user list area. User's voice can be muted or webcam closed. Sound equalizer added for both user’s webcam window and user list.
Option to click Zoom icon to view larger webcam window.
Notification messages added for when a user joins or leaves a room.
[ November 27, 2007 ]

Sound alerts [ 2.0.3 ]

Sound alerts added to the chat.  Sounds are external mp3 files.
[ November 13, 2007 ]

Visichat 2.0.2 update [ 2.0.2 ]

Bug fixes in installer for linux. Full screen mode added for black skin.
Visichat2 jar file compiled for both JRE 1.5 and JRE 1.6
[ November 6, 2007 ]