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    php Free Chat is a free, simple to install, fast, customizable and multi languages chat that uses a simple filesystem for message and nickname storage. It uses AJAX to smoothly refresh (no flicker) and display the chat zone and the nickname zone. It supports multi-rooms (/join), private messages, moderation (/kick, /ban), customized themes based on CSS and plugins systems that allows you to write your own storage routines (ex: Mysql, IRC backends …), and your own chat commands !

 Sample screenshots.

Simple

You only have to copy/paste few lines of code to have a nice working chat. It doesn’t require MySQL or any SQL database, messages and nicknames are simply stored in files. No problems with firewalls, this script is based on HTTP so you only need a web browser and an internet connection. (everyone can easily chat!) No problems with none-latin characteres ! Are you Russian, Japanese, Turk, Chinese, or Arabic? Whatever language you speak, phpfreechat will nicely display your characters because it uses XML with UTF-8 to encode characters.

Fast

AJAX technology is used to smoothly refresh (no flicker) and display the chat and nickname zone. Messages and nicknames are stored into a simple filesystem, so that server resources are saved as much as possible. Bandwidth is preserved because the server never transmits the same data twice, only new messages are transmitted.

Customizable

You can write your own customized CSS stylesheets, to completely change the appearance of your chat. All chat functionalities are customizable. For example, you can change the messages refresh time, you can ban users for changing their usernames, etc. The plugin system allows you to write your own storage routines. For example, you can write a plugin to store the conversations into your database.

Requirements

• A Web server (Apache, IIS, Xitami …)

  • Write access on the Web server (SSH, FTP, or other)

  • Doesn’t works with “suphp” apache module enabled for versions < 1.0-beta5

• PHP in your webserver

  • PHP ? 4.1.0 for pfc 0.x and pfc ? 1.0-beta8

  • PHP ? 4.2.0 for pfc ? 1.0-beta9 (because of “ctype” functions family)

  • In some cases “safe_mode=On” makes problems

  • “ctype_*” function family should be enable in your php for pfc ? 1.0-beta9

  • flock php function needs to be available

• By default, you don’t need a Mysql database. The chat uses files to store messages and nicknames.

• Host that doesn’t insert advertisement.

• Known good hosts .

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Question :

i got more than 5gb files at the server, and need to compress it.
how to do this??

i don’t want to download, local compress, and uploading back.
painful experience.

Answer :

If you are using CPanel control Panel (list of host support cpanel) with the latest CPanel version 11, there is a function in File Manager where you can compress and decompress files/folders. 

If you are using some other control panel. Check your online file manager, it may have something similar.

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If you go with a shared or reseller hosting plan, you will most likely have access to a web based application which you can use to build your website with.  Those application are usually

Parallels Sitebuilder - http://www.parallels.com/en/products/sitebuilder/  OR 

RV Site Builder - http://www.rvsitebuilder.com/  OR

Site Studio - http://www.psoft.net/SS/site_studio_info.html

These applications are good if you are new to the concept of website design since they allow you to choose a template that suites your needs, then insert the information which you want your website to contain;

In some cases, you are even allowed to insert your own HTML code so that it looks the way you want it to be, If you need to build a website quickly, then this type of solution is perfect for you since you don’t have to fiddle about with anything technical.

 The following host offers free Site Builder.

• BlueHost
• Hostmonster
• EasyCGI
• Lunarpages
• IXWebhosting

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