Support: AVChat 3 installation instructions

Step:1 Setting up the media server app

Step 2: Setting up AVChat 3 on your website:

Step 1: Setting up the media server application (FMIS, Red5 or Wowza)

Flash Media Interactive Server installed on a dedicated or VPS server.

  1. Go to the applications folder inside the FMIS installation folder (C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server 2\applications on Windows, /opt/macromedia/fms/applications/ on Linux)
  2. Create a new folder named avchat30 inside the above mentioned applications folder
  3. Chmod the new avchat30 folder to 777
  4. Upload the main.ase and settings.asc file that came in your AVChat 3 archive in the new avchat30 folder.
  5. Optional: edit settings.asc with a text editor and change any setting in it
  6. You're done, move to Step 2 below

Flash Media Interactive Server hosting account from Influxis.com

  1. Log in to your account at influxis.com go to My Applications
  2. Click on the link labeled Add New Application
  3. On the page that opens up you must enter a name for the new application, enter avchat30
  4. Select I will add my own ASC file(s)
  5. Press Continue
  6. On the next page click Do nothing, I will add this later from the File Manager and then press Continue
  7. You should receive a confirmation message and a green rtmp string. Copy this green rtmp string somewhere as we will use it later.
  8. Go to FILE ADMIN select avchat30 from the file browser, click UPLOAD FILE
  9. In the pop-up window that opens, click Browse for files and add to the UPLOAD QUEUE the main.ase and settings.asc file, from the AVChat 3 archive that you have received.
  10. Click Upload Now
  11. Optional: edit settings.asc and change any setting in it
  12. You're done, move to Step 2 below

Red5 0.8 or 0.9 installed on a dedicated or VPS server.

  1. Upload the avchat30 folder (you will find it in your AVChat 3 archive in the Red5 server side files folder) in the webapps folder of your Red5 installation (C:\Program Files\Red5\webapps on Win, /opt/red5/webapps/ on Linux)
  2. Chmod the avchat30 folder to 777
  3. Restart the Red5 server
  4. You're done, move to Step 2 below

Wowza Media Server installed on a dedicated or VPS server.

  1. Upload the applications, lib and conf folders (you will find them in your AVChat 3 archive in the Wowza server side files folder) to the root folder of your Wowza Media Server installation: C:\Program Files\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Media Server Pro 1.7.2\ on my computer.
  2. Restart the Wowza server
  3. You're done, move to Step 2 below

Step 2: Setting up the AVChat 3 software on your web site

If you want to install AVChat 3 in a folder on your web site:

  1. Using FTP, create a new folder in your website
  2. Inside that folder upload the contents of Files to upload to your web site from the AVChat archive received.
  3. Edit avc_settings.php(or avc_settings.asp) with a text editor, and set the value of $config['connectionstring']to the rtmp connection string obtained during Step 1, here is how it should look:
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myFMSserver.com/avchat30/_definst_';
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myRed5server.com/avchat30/_definst_';
  4. CHMOD the uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work)
  5. Go to http://www.yoursite.com/your_new_video_chat_folder/, log in using a username and password and enter your license key in the dialog box that shows up after you connect.

To access the admin interface go to http://www.yoursite.com/your_new_video_chat_folder/admin.html. You might want to rename the admin.html and admin.swf files for security reasons!

If you want to install the AVChat 3 Joomla 1.5.x component:

  1. From the Joomla 1.5.x admin interface, using the menu, go to Extensions -> Install/Uninstall.
  2. Click the Browse button next to the Upload Package File file field, browse to where you have unzipped the AVChat package, select the Jjoomla component zip file (com_avchat3.zip) and then click the Upload File & Install button. You should see a success message.
  3. Now using a FTP program go to the Joomla installation folder /components/com_avchat3/ on your web server and put in there the contents of the folder named Files to upload to your web site from the AVChat 3.0.zip archive (try not to overwrite index.html)
  4. Open /components/com_avchat3/avc_settings.php in a text editor and set the value of $config['connectionstring'] to the rtmp connection string obtained during Step 1, here is how it should look:
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myFMSserver.com/avchat30/_definst_';
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myRed5server.com/avchat30/_definst_';
  5. CHMOD the uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work)
  6. Go to Components->AVChat->Log into AVChat..., log in using a username and enter your license key in the dialog box that shows up after you connect.
  7. Now, that the component+chat is installed let's add a link to the video chat in one of the front end menus:
    1. Go to Menus -> Main Menu.
    2. Click on the NEW icon button at the top right of the screen
    3. on the page that opens up in the Select Menu Item Type list click AVChat.
    4. On the new page give the new menu item a name, select the desired access level from the Access Level list

    5. click the SAVE icon at the top right of the screen.

      Now your users (and visitors, depending on the access level selected above) will see the new menu entry and that entry will take them to a page in your web site containing the AVChat 3 flash video chat component.

If you want to install the AVChat 3 Joomla 1.0.x component:

  1. From the Joomla admin interface, using the menu, go to Installers -> Components.
  2. Click the Browse button, browse to where you have unzipped the AVChat 3 package, select the Joomla component zip file (com_avchat3.zip) and then click the Upload and Install button. You should see a success message.
  3. Now using a FTP program go to the /components/com_avchat3/ on your web server and put in there the contents of the folder named Files to upload to your web site from the AVChat 3.0.zip archive (try not to overwrite index.html).

  4. Open /components/com_avchat3/avc_settings.php in a text editor and set the value of $config['connectionstring'] to the rtmp connection string obtained during Step 1, here is how it should look:

    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myFMSserver.com/avchat30/_definst_';
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myRed5server.com/avchat30/_definst_';
  5. Chmod the uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work)
  6. Go to Components->AVChat->Log into AVChat..., log in using a username and enter your license key in the dialog box that shows up after you connect.

  7. Now, that the component+chat is install let's add a link to the video chat in one of the front end menus:

    1. Go to Menus -> mainmenu.
    2. Click on the NEW icon at the top right of the screen
    3. on the page that opens up select component from the top right list
    4. click the NEXT icon
    5. on the new page give the new menu item a name and select AVChat from the components list and the desired access level
    6. click the SAVE icon at the top right of the screen.

    Now your members (and visitors, depending on the access level selected above) will see the new menu entry and that entry will take them to the video chat.

Installing the AVChat 3 Module for Drupal 5 and 6

  1. Open the Drupal module archive and upload the avchat3 folder inside it to your web site's modules folder for Drupal 6.x or sites/all/modules for Drupal 5.x.
  2. Now open modules/avchat3/avc_settings.php (for Drupal 6.x) or sites/all/modules/avchat3/avc_settings.php (for Drupal 5.x) in a text editor and change the value of the $config['connectionstring'] variable to the rtmp connection string obtained at the end of Step 1

    , here is how it should look:

    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myFMSserver.com/avchat30/_definst_';
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myRed5server.com/avchat30/_definst_';
  3. Chmod the uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work)
  4. Now log in as an admin in your Drupal web site, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > List and enable the AVChat 3.x Module which should now show up in that list!
  5. You should see some new entries in the main menu, log in using a username and enter your license key in the dialog box that shows up after you connect.

You are able to change some AVChat 3 related settings directly from the Drupal admin area by going to: Administer > Site Configuration > AVChat 3.0 Drupal Module Settings.

You can also configure to what features different user levels have access too by going to: Administer > User management > Access control > avchat3 module.

Installing the AVChat 3 Plugin for osDate

  1. Open the Drupal module archive and upload the avchat3 folder inside it to your web site's plugins folder.
  2. Now open plugins/avchat3/avc_settings.php in a text editor and change the value of the $config['connectionstring']variable to the rtmp connection string obtained at the end of Step 1, here is how it should look:
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myFMSserver.com/avchat30/_definst_';
    • $config['connectionstring']='rtmp://myRed5server.com/avchat30/_definst_';
  3. Chmod the uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work)
  4. Now log in as an admin in your osDate web site, go to Tools > Plugins > AVChat 3 > and click Install .
  5. Refresh the page and Go to Plugins > AVChat 3, log in using a username and enter your license key in the dialog box that shows up after you connect.

You can also configure who has access to the video chat by going to: Tools > Plugins > AVChat 3 > Edit

Installing the AVChat 3 Plugin for SocialEngine

  1. Copy the contents of the AVChat3 folder to the root of your SocialEngine website.
  2. Chmod the uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work) from site root/chat folder.
  3. Go to the SocialEngine admin area, click on the View Plugins link. The AVChat 3 Plugin should be listed at the bottom, click the Install link and you are good to go, users will see the link to the video chat in the main menu!

In the Plugin Settings area of the menu on the left a new option will now be available: Global AVChat 3 Settings, click it to access some general AVChat 3 settings! From this page you can also access the admin area of AVChat 3, just click the Launch AVchat 3 Admin Interface link!

When editing user levels you now have access to certain AVChat 3 settings that you can configure independently for each user level.

Installing the AVChat 3 Plugin for vldPersonals

Look at the install.txtfile in the AVChat 3 Plugin for vldPersonals archive!

Installing the AVChat 3 Plugin for phpfox

For phpFox 1.6.x plugin look at the install.txt file in the AVChat 3 Plugin for phpfox archive!

For phpFox 2.0.x module look at the instructions.txt file in the AVChat 3 Plugin for phpfox archive!

Installing the AVChat 3 Product for vBulletin

Look at the readme.html file in the AVChat 3 Product for vBulletin archive!

Installing the AVChat 3 Module for Jamroom

Look at the install.txt file in the AVChat 3 Module for Jamroom archive!

Installing the AVChat 3 Plugin for Wordpress

Look at the avchat3/readme.txt file in the AVChat 3 Plugin for Wordpress archive!

Installing the AVChat 3 Application for IP.Board

Look at the installation_instructions/index.html file in the AVChat 3 Application for IP.Board archive!

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