OpenCHAT - HTTP/HTML CHAT Server Files

OpenCHAT 0.43 README

   OpenCHAT is free 100% HTTP/HTML chatting server entirely written in Java. On the server side,
   it does not need any HTTP server (like Apache) or SQL database run with. OpenCHAT has it's own
   HTTP server which handles all TCP/IP Socket HTTP connections with the client browsers as
   well as all user to user communications, using Java threads. On the client side, a frame anabled
   HTTP web browser is all the user needs to communicate (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.).
   No applets or special software is needed on the client side. OpenCHAT is NOT a IRC like chat
   engine, but a much easyer interface to the (unexperienced) end user deal with.

   OpenCHAT intends to be a full featured chatting solution targeting home and corporate users who
   plan to have their own chat domains and rooms. OpenCHAT can be used on multi-domain web servers
   offereing a completely independent user space for each domain, like the Apache <VirtualHost>
   directive does. By now, OpenCHAT supports only pre opened rooms, but will in the future support
   other room types.

FEATURES
   o  Multiple languages supported on a per domain basis
   0  Fully comtomizable templating engine
   o  Unlimited multiple VirtualDomains (hosts) with separate user spaces
   o  Unlimited rooms separated by VirtualDomains.
   o  Full HTML template system, allowing different design for each VirtualDomain and room
   o  Full HTML interface
   o  Integrated HTTP web server
   o  No applets, web server or database install needed

DOWNLOADING
   OpenCHAT freely avaiable from http://sourceforge.net/projects/openchat/
   Please download allways the latest version.

INSTALLING
   Please refer to the INSTALL file included in the distribution.

FILES
   README                 This file.
   INSTALL                OpenCHAT installation instructions.
   OpenCHAT.jar           Stores all classes in. Can be decompressed if you prefer to work with individual classes.

   META-INF/MANIFEST.MF   The Java Manifest file.

   OpenCHAT.conf          The main configuration file must be placed at /etc/OpenCHAT.conf or \etc\OpenCHAT.conf for 
                          the Win32 folks. OpenCHAT also looks for this file at the current working directory.

   OpenCHAT.Domains.conf  You can configure several different Domains to work separatly with this file.
                          It must be placed at <CHAT_ROOT_DIR>/OpenCHAT.Domains.conf. OpenCHAT also looks for this
                          file at the current working directory.

   OpenCHAT.tpls          This file is used to load HTML templates used for all domains. The begining of thif file
                          contains all docs.

   <DOMAIN_NAME>.tpls     Like OpenCHAT.tpls, this file is used to load HTML templates, but this one only for the 
                          specifyed domain. The templates contained in this file overrides the OpenCHAT.tpls ones.
                          A default example file is included in this package, named SISTEMICA.INFO.tpls

   OpenCHAT.rooms         This file is used to pre open rooms, in all domains.

   <DOMAIN_NAME>.rooms    Like the OpenCHAT.rooms, this file pre opens rooms, but this one only in the specifyed
                          domain. A default SISTEMICA.INFO.rooms file is included in this package.

   OpenCHAT.lang          OpenCHAT language templates and user defined language templates.

   <DOMAIN>.lang          The same as OpenCHAT.lang, but aplies only for the specifyed domain. It overrides
                          OpenCHAT.lang definitions.

   There are examples of all these files in the tar ball, with comments.

DOCS
   Read the ".conf", "*.tpls", ".rooms" and ".lang" files. They are very well commented.

BUGS
   There may be some. Please report them to us and we'll release new versions as fast as possible.

TODO
   Prevent DoS attacks.
   Support the POST HTTP method.
   The OpenCHAT web site :-)

SUPPORT
   Fell free to contact the author on <diego@sistemica.info>.

DONATIONS
   The OpenCHAT Project accepts domations using PayPal. Please visit the OpenCHAT Project page at
   SourceForge.net for further explanation.

   All donations to the OpenCHAT Project are 100% sent to Brazilian Social Charity NGOs.

   Please read the DONATIONS file.

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
   Commercial support and custom development is provided by Sistemica.info Software worldwide.

AUTHOR
   Diego de Lima <diego@sistemica.info>

   Sistemica.info Software
   Av. Carlos Gomes, 75 5. andar
   90480-003 - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
   www.sistemica.info