Naken Chat

How do I become a sysop on the chat?

First of all take a look at the Naken Chat Commands page. This page contains every command you can use on the chat (including when in sysop mode). So to become sysop, you use the .P command with the password you configured in the nakenchat.conf file. So if your sysop password is configured to be "pencil", you'd simply type: .Ppencil

Also, if you're currently a sysop and you'd like to make someone else a sysop, you can either type (assuming they are on line 3): .P3 or .F3 10 (where 10 is the user level of a sysop).

Do I need PHP to set up the applet

Nope. Not at all. You could do the applet with straight HTML. I use PHP to help set some values based on what the user wants, but you can use JSP, ASP, CGI, or any language to fill those applet parameters. Or you can hard code them.

What do I need to download in order to get this working on my web page?

You need to download the chatapplet.tar.gz file and you need to either download the source code for the Naken Chat server or the binary packages. Then follow the instructions in the Documentation section.

I get the error "server can't bind" while trying to start Naken Chat. How do I fix this?

Server can't bind means that some other program (possibly another instance of Naken Chat) is currently running and taking ownership of the port you are trying to run Naken Chat on (probably Naken Chat's default port of 6666). If another instance of Naken Chat is running, you can stop it (on a BSD or Linux box) by typing: killall nakenchat.

I want to use this on a commercial site but I need to modify a couple things. Will I be breaking your license?

Naken Chat is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL license.

Is this IRC and what kind of clients can connect to Naken Chat?

Naken Chat is not IRC. I had never seen IRC before I wrote it. The clients that can connect are straight telnet (which is what I use), the chat applet I wrote which can be embedded in your web page. There are other really nice clients written by other people. You can find them out in the Links section of this site.