Rooms allow you to create sub-topics in your chat room or entirely new topics altogether. readyChat's room system allows you to create an unlimited number of rooms quickly and easily from your administration panel. Rooms are lightweight files stored in the chat/ directory on your server. This allows for fast swapping between rooms without straining your web server.
At this time moderators can moderate globally. At a future time this may be change to include room specific moderators.
Creating a new room is an easy task, you'll have multiple rooms in no time! See below for an explanation of the required fields.
Room Title
The room title is self explanatory. This is the title of your new chat room. Don't worry, you can change this later if you're not satisfied. This should be a short nippy title else it won't
display too nicely on the rooms list.
Room Topic
The topic is displayed at the top of the chat when a user connects to a room. It can be useful for outlining the basic room rules, or for setting a topic users must relate their chats to.
Room Limit
The room limit allows a set number of people into the chat room at any one time. The recommended value is 25, though it can be set higher. We recommend keeping your lobby limit high
so users won't have a problem connecting initially.
Room Icon
To set a room icon, insert an URL into this field. The recommended size is 16x16/12x12 (px) though icons will be resized regardless of what size you enter.
Room Password
If a room password is present, users must enter it before they can enter the room. This is perfect for admin only rooms, or rooms where you'd like a select few members to enter.
Passwords should contain letters and numbers, other characters are accepted but are not recommended.