Support: AVChat Documentation

IP. Board 3

The AVChat Application for IP. Board 3 handles the integration between your IP. Board 3 web site and our AVChat software. Here's what it will do:

  • user name integration
  • profile url integration
  • profile picture integration
  • placement of video chat within the web site (user and admin interface)
  • control what features each user group from IP. Board has access to directly from the IP. Baord Admin CP area

If you cannot find the answer you’re looking for here, we encourage you to try our FAQ or forums. There's also more documentation regarding AVChat in the documentation area for the main standalone version.

All the specific documentation regarding IP. Board 3 is on this page so if you're looking for something specific just hit Ctrl+F on your browser.

Here are the IP. Board 3 related topics we will cover on this page:

1. Installing the AVChat Application for IP. Board 3

First you have to download 2 archives from the client/trial area on avchathq.com to your computer. These 2 archives are:

  • AVChat 3.0.zip (contains media server files for Red5/FMIS/Wowza and AVChat Standalone)
  • avchat3_ipboard_3.0.x_application.zip (contains the AVChat Application for IP. Board 3)

Extract the 2 archives somewhere on your computer to have all the files handy! We will use files from both archives!

After installation, the first time you will log in the video chat you will be asked or a license key, it's in your client/trial area on avchathq.com.

1.1 Setting up the avchat30 application on the media server

First you need to install the avchat30 app on your media server. If you don't know what a media server is check out the requirements. If you already have a media server (Red5, FMIS, FMIS hosting, Wowza) here's what you need to do:

Red5 0.8
installed on a
dedicated or VPS server		 Wowza
installed on a
dedicated or VPS server

1. Upload the avchat30 folder from the AVChat 3.0.zip/Files to upload to your media server (Red5 0.8) folder to the webapps folder of your Red5 0.8 installation (C:\Program Files\Red5\webapps on Win, /opt/red5/webapps/ on Linux).

2. Linux only: Chmod the new avchat30 folder to 777.

3. Restart the Red5 server

You're done, move to Part 1.2 below

1. Upload the applications, lib and conf folders from the AVChat 3.0.zip/Files to upload to your media server (Wowza) 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 Windows).

2. Restart the Wowza server

You're done, move to Part 1.2 below
FMIS
installed on a
dedicated or VPS server		 FMIS
hosting from
http://influxis.com

1. Upload the avchat30 folder from the AVChat 3.0.zip/Files to upload to your media server (FMS) folder to the applications folder of your FMIS installation (C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server\applications on Windows, /opt/macromedia/fms/applications/ on Linux).

2. Linux only: Chmod the new avchat30 folder to 777.

You're done, move to Part 1.2 below

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Now that we've got that out of the way, let's move on to installing the AVChat Application on IP. Board 3.

1.2 Installing the actual AVChat Application for IP. Board 3

  1. Unpack the avchat3_ipboard_3.0.x_application.zip archive
  2. Copy the the chat and admin folder into the root of your IP. Board 3 website.
  3. Edit chat/avc_settings.php in a text editor and set the value of
    $avconfig['connectionstring']     like this:
    $avconfig['connectionstring']='rtmp://myFMSserver.com/avchat30/_definst_';
    where myFMSserver.com is the domain name or ip of the server where your media server is installed.
  4. Chmod the chat/uploadedFiles folder to 777 (otherwise the upload function might not work)
  5. Create a new folder tokens (chat/tokens) and CHMOD it to 777 (otherwise we might have token generation issues later on)
  6. Login as admin into your forum and go to Admin CP
  7. Go to Applications & Modules >> Manage Applications & Modules
  8. Click Install on AVChat 3 Applicationipboard installing avchat
  9. The application will do its installation routine and it will automatically place a link in the forum's Main Menuipboard with avchat running in it
  10. Click that link in the menu and you will be taken to the login screen of AVChat (first time you will login you will be asked for the license key tough).

2. Accessing the AVChat admin interface in IP. Board 3

By default no user group havs access to the video chat as admin. You will need to configure this permission for each user group.

To give the access to the admin area of AVChat from where they can ban and kick users, close/delete rooms etc. you need to:

  1. Login as admin and go to Admin CP
  2. Click on Members tab and go to Manage User Groups
  3. Click on a user group you want to give access to the admin area of AVChat (let's say Moderators)
  4. Click on AVChat3, the permissions list should appear.
  5. Click YES for the qustion Can access chat as admin
  6. Click Complete Edit at the bottom

That's it, you can give anyone admin access.

3. Location of AVChat files in a IP. Board 3 installation

All the AVChat Standalone files including language files, audio/video quality profile files, avc_settings.php and, well, everything else are on your IP. Board 3 web site in:

[your site root]/chat/

4. Opening up the video chat in a pop up

Bummer, we're still writing this one.

5. Placing ads around the video chat

Bummer, we're still writing this one.

6. IP. Board 3's user groups and AVChat

IP. Board 3 ships with 6 user groups: Administrators, Banned, Guests, Members, Moderators and Validating.

On IP. Board 3 to set up different features/limits for each users group you will need to:

  1. Login as admin and go to Admin CP
  2. Click on Members tab and go to Manage User Groups
  3. Click on a user group (let's say Moderators). Then click on AVChat3. The permissions list should appear:avchat user group permissions on IP. Board 3
  4. Change whatever permissions you want and click Complete Edit

7. Allowing visitors/guests to join the video chat

Bummer, we're still writing this one.

8. Changing the looks of AVChat to better fit your IP. Board 3 web site

Changing the design of AVChat is explained in detail in the documentation for the standalone version.

When working with the IP. Board 3 Application keep in mind that AVChat is installed in [your forum root]/chat/ so all the files you need to edit (like style.css for fonts and colors, avc_settings.php for the background image) are there.