Doteasy Tutorials - Scripting

Setting up BlaB! Lite Chat

BlaB! Lite 2.2 (formerly SimpleChat!) is a chat system written in PHP and JavaScript. The output produced by BlaB! Lite 2.2 is small, clean, XHTML1.1 and CSS2 compliant and looks fine with any modern browser.

Doteasy Demo: http://blablite.samplesite.org/

This tutorial will guide you through the BlaB! Lite setup and installation process. It is assumed that your account has PHP capability.

Part A - Downloading the Script

The script can be downloaded here.

The file that you will download is a compressed bundle containing the files of the BlaB! Lite distribution in zip format. Unpack this archive in a temporary directory on your computer using decompression software.

Part B - Installation of BlaB! Lite files

Start your FTP software and connect to your web server. Change directory to your HTML root folder /var/www/html/ and create the folder /chat for your BlaB! Lite files. Upload the unzipped contents of the BlaB! Lite zip file to /var/www/html/chat/.

Part C - Software Configuration

Run the script (http://www.yourdomain.com/chat/) and login with a nickname.

Click ADMIN to set your administrator password.

Enter your password and click OK.

Click LogOut to exit the admin area.

Installation of BlaB! Lite is complete.