How-Tos for Common Tasks

[samuel]

How do I use my own emoticons, sound clips and avatars?

1. Log in to your account's control panel.
2. Upload your own resource files. Please note the following restrictions.
   
   • Emoticons, Avatars -- SWF / JPEG
   • Audio -- MP3
3. Edit your client configuration. The changes to be made are below. Search for the appropriate section.
   
   • Emoticons
     

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     <emoticons enabled="true" allow="all" filebase="">
  <selector maxwidth="170" spacing="10"/>
  <emoticon code=":)" name="Smile" skinref="EmoticonSmile"/>


     
     Replace with your own file, e.g. mysmiley.swf. Replace the skinref attribute to the file attribute. There should not be any path in the value. e.g. "CBS1/mysmiley.swf" is wrong. You cannot link to a file hosted on another location either. e.g. "http://www.mydomain.com/mysmiley.swf".
     

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     <emoticon code=":)" name="Sad" file="mysmiley.swf"/>

   • Audio messages
     

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     <audiomessages enabled="true" allow="all" filebase="" listwidth="330" listheight="170" playalways="true">
  <audiomessage id="101" file="../default/audio/bogus.mp3" name="Bogus"/>


     
     Replace with your own file.
     

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       <audiomessage id="101" file="mysound.mp3" name="My Sound"/>


   • Avatars
     

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     <avatars maxwidth="40" maxheight="40" enabled="true" filebase="" defaultid="12">
  <custom-avatar enabled="true" script="http://host5.chatblazer.com/avatar.php" maxsize="30720"/>


     
     Replace with your own, e.g. myavatar.swf.
     

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       <avatar id="9" name="My Avatar" file="myavatar.swf"/>