The AVChat 3 build for August (900)

New features:

• works properly on Android phones with Flash Player 10.1
• new setting: users can create only public or only private rooms (allowedRooms setting in avc_settings.xxx)
• new setting: can users switch their stream to private/public (usersCanSwitchBetweenPrivateAndPublic setting in avc_settings.xxx)
• new setting: turn off te video chat for maintenance (downForMaintenance setting in avc_settings.xxx)
• new setting: kick users after being idle for some time (kickAfterIdleTime setting in avc_settings.xxx)
• new setting: position the who is typing box at the top or bottom of the text chat  (whosTypingPosition setting in avc_settings.xxx)
• you can now control the background color of the users list frum style.css
• new [Reset] button in the admin’s Rooms pannel that resets the users number
• option to hide the top status bar completely (hideStatusBar in avc_settings.xxx)
• initial RTL support (rightToLeft setting in avc_settings.xxx, feature still in beta)
• toggle video button on other people’s webcams (turning video off on a stream will save a lot of bandwidth, you will still hear the audio)
• profileURL in avc_settings.xx is now independent for each user (this will mean that guests will not have  a functional [View Profile] link in the video chat)
• you can now change the female/male/couple icons used troughout the video chat (maleImageUrl, femaleImageUrl and coupleImageUrl settings in avc_settings.xxx)
• an eye icon is now shown in the userslist besides everyone who is watching you
• slight improovement in emoticons positioning + emoteicons are now resized if they are higher than 14px
• the siteId variable for each user is now also available in the external rooms list
• Social Engine 4 integration kit
• updates to the phpFox2 integration kit (settings and pop-up options available directly from the admin area)

Security improovements:

• token authentication for Red5, FMIS and Wowza (php only, turned off by default, article on how to turn it on will be available soon)
• admins can now delete multiple rooms at once
• admins can now ban ip ranges
• added js code tho html files to prevent inclusion of the video chat in iframes
• improoved ip distribution and access to ip info mechanism
• improoved private mesages distribution mechanism
• added optional ip check to scripts on the web server called only by the media server
• more secure upload proces

Fixed bugs:

• keyboard input did not matter when tracking your idle status
• one could not enter a room full with hidden admins

How to get the new AVChat 3 build:

• download the software again from your client area

How to update your installation:

• in the usual way: overwrite ALL the old files (including the en.xml language file and the media server files) and restart the media server!
• if the above fails make a clean clean  install!