====== Moodle Chat Module Revamped ======



===== NEW FEATURES =====



  * chatinput: added **multiline text** (use Shift+Enter to send), **html**, and **drawing** input features.

  * chatd: works synchronously with other methods.

  * chatd: Sending **small but continuous dummy data** after each message (instead of sending a single big chunk of dummy data), works better for Firefox. IE doesn't need this dummy data. I haven't tested this for other browsers.

  * chatd: support for multiple sites.

  * fixed the jsupdated bug. now the messages is updated as soon as user sends a message.

  * Users can select the chat method and refresh rate.

  * users can select to show/hide pictures and enter/exit messages in chat session or in old chat reports.

  * fixed grouping bugs in chat reports.



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===== INSTALLATION =====
  * backup your old moodle/mod/chat directory. it's also a good idea to backup your database.
  * Download the {{download>software:moodle_chat_revamped:chat.tgz|moodle_chat_revamped.tgz}} file and unzip it in moodle/mod directory to replace your old moodle/mod/chat
  * Copy and paste the strings in the moodle/mod/chat/amet/chat_en_utf8.php to the end of your moodle/lang/en_utf8/chat.php file.
  * You need the **GD module** working for the images to be created.
  * You need to **open the chat daemon port** if you are using the daemon, and you are

behind a firewall.



===== STARTING THE DAEMON =====

  * Start the server like this (from the Unix command line):



   cd moodle/mod/chat/ahmet

   php chatd.php &



  * if you have multiple sites served from the same source, you can use (each site should have a different daemon-port setting) :

<code>

php chatd.php --servername your.site.name.edu  --start &

</code>



  * Or, if you are using a unix based server, add the following line (replace MOODLE_PATH with your moodle installation path, and replace www-data to the user that serves your web files) to your rc.local file:

<code>

su - www-data -c "cd /MOODLE_PATH/mod/chat/ahmet; php /MOODLE_PATH/mod/chat/ahmet/chatd.php --start > /dev/null 2>&1" &

</code>





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