To add a feature-rich chat room to your Xoops, please refer to the following instructions. Firstly, please download Xoops chat module, and uncompress the package. 
Then copy files. 1. Copy: 123flashchat.php
To: <Xoops installed directory>/123flashchat.php 2. Copy: login_chat.php
To: <Xoops installed directory>/login_chat.php 3. Copy: mysql4.php
To: <Xoops installed directory>/mysql4.php 4. Copy: chatwinsize.php
To: <Xoops installed directory>/chatwinsize.php 5. Copy: functions_chat.php
To: <Xoops installed directory>/functions_chat.php 6. Copy: folder flashchatconf/
To: <Xoops installed directory>/flashchatconf/
Secondly, configure Xoops chat module's running mode.
Please choose the running mode according to your need, and the configuration path is
<Xoops installed directory>/123flashchat/flashchatconf/config.php Then configure the following parameters:
$running_mode Configuration reference:
$running_mode = 1; (only 1 or 2 or 3) 1. Chat server is hosted by your own ($running_mode = 1).
If your chat is hosted by your own, 123FlashChat server software should be installed at first, please download 123FlashChat.
Configuration path:
<Xoops installed directory>/flashchatconf/config_local.php Configure the following parameters:
$chat_group = "default";
$client_size_width = 634;
$client_size_height = 476;
$chat_data_path = "<123flashchat installed directory>/server/data/default/";
$primary_server_host = "localhost";
$primary_server_port = 51127;
$chat_client_root_path = "http://<your website>/client/";
$swf_file_name = "123flashchat.swf"; 2. Chat server is hosted by 123flashchat.com ($running_mode = 2).
If your chat is hosted by 123Flashchat.com, no 123FlashChat server software is needed to be installed; you may connect to your host chat room directly. Configuration path:
<Xoops installed directory>/flashchatconf/config_host.php Configure the following parameters:
$chat_group = "default";
$client_size_width = 634;
$client_size_height = 476;
$primary_server_host = "www.123flashchat.com";
$primary_server_port = 51128;
$chat_client_root_path = "http://host*123flashchat.com/hostname/";
$swf_file_name = "123flashchat.swf"; 3. Chat server is hosted by 123flashchat.com free of charge ($running_mode = 3).
If you prefer free hosting, then you don't have to install 123 Flash Chat server software, we take care the hosting and all you need to do is just pick a room name you want. 
Configuration path:
<Xoops installed directory>/123flashchat/flashchatconf/config_free.php Configure the following parameters:
$room_name = "YourRoomName"; (If you leave $room_name as blank, the default $room_name's value will be your domain's name.) Thirdly, install the module in the admin panel
Please login your Admin Panel -> "blocks" ->Find: "Blocks generated by"
-> Select: "Custom Block"-> "Add a new block" 
Fourthly, integrate your chat with Xoops user database, after doing that, users can auto-login your Xoops chat, it means they won't have to enter their accounts again. If you choose running mode (1) or mode (2), you need to set Auth-URL by following the instructions below. 1. Log in the Chat Admin Panel. 2. Server Settings -> Integration ->DataBase -> SELECT: URL -> edit. 
3. Change URL to
http://<Xoops installed directory>/123flashchat/login_chat.php?username=%username%&password=%password%. 
4. Press OK to save your setting. 5. Restart chat server at Server Management -> Restart. The following image describes how auth-URL integration works. 
The Auth-URL application will perform as the communicating medium of the chat server and the database, i.e.: in fact, when a user logs on a chat server, the server won't connect to the user database directly, instead, it will send the username and password to the Auth- URL. Then the Auth- URL requests the database to authenticate the user. Finally, the Auth- URL will return the feedback to the chat server in a predefined way, whether approved or declined.
If you have any questions about chat room, please visit http://www.123flashchat.com/faq.html.
You can also send email to support@123flashchat.com, we offer free integration service for license buyer and yearly hosting buyer. | 
