Stylish Audio Video Hosts Application (SAVH) Retailed Version 1.4R Copyright 2003 by Advanced eBusiness Vietnam Inc ------------------------------------------------------ 1. INSTALLATION GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------ 1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT . SAVH must be installed on any web server that supports PHP4.0 or higher with at least one MySQL3.2 or higher database connection. . You must have rights to fully access a Flash Communication Server instance which allows anonymous connection from the Net. . SAVH client runs on any web browser that supports Java Script 1.0 or higher and Cascade Style Sheet markup language. . To collect chatters fee, you must have a Paypal account. Please contact sales@ecomstudio.net if you use another payment method. 1.2 UPLOADING PACKAGE ....... ....... 1.3 SETTING UP DATABASE ....... ....... 1.4 FLASH COMMUNICATION SERVER SETUP ....... ....... 1.5 CUSTOMIZING LAYOUT ....... ....... 1.6 PAYPAL SETUP ....... ....... ------------------------------------------------------ 2. USER GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------ 2.1 SIGNUP ROUTINE User can signup and edit his/her account on the main Flash movie. User name must contain at least 3 characters. Password must contain at least 5 characters. Email is required for any user. 2.2 USER AREA . There are 2 types of membership: Host ans Guest . A Host can broadcast his/her own Video/Audio present by his/her webcam and microphone without downloading any pluggin except Flash MX Player. After logging in, he/she must click "Connect" button to start to show. . A Guest with no deposited money in his/her account can view public broadcasting of any Host as well as chat with any Host by clicking Host name in the online Hosts list. . A paid Guest with positive balance in his account can invite any Host which being on public broadcasting to a private room by clicking the "Invite to Private Room" button. . The invited Host can choose Accept Invitation or Deny Invitation of the Guest/Invitor by clicking appropriate button. . When Host and his/her accepted Guest are in their Private room, other chatters would be frozen, these people can only continue to make text chat, or choose another Host which is not in private. . Host and the Guest in a private room can stop their private chat at any time. A ring would sound to notify all people about termination of private session. The money counter for Guest is stopped then. . When a Host does not want to broadcast him/herself, he/she can click "Disconnect" button to stop video show. . Hosts dont have to pay for chat. They even could earn money depending their rate as described below. . Hosts can not chat with other Hosts (only with Guests on his/her own session). . Any user can change his/her membership (ie. Host from/to Guest). . User can make appointment with his/her favourite partner on the main Flash movie itself by typing partner name and appointment message to appointment input box and click "Go". . Chatter can control connection bandwidth (Modem/DSL/LAN) by clicking small buttons under chat display. . Chatter can choose color for his/her text on color combo-box. . You should update the TOU.PHP (Terms of Use) and FAQ.PHP and PRICING.PHP to help your Users. 2.3 ADMIN AREA . The default Admin login is User Name: admin Password: 123456 . Admin logs into his panel as normal member. The panel will be showed in different ways for the two. . You should change Admin Password right after installation. . In Admin Control Panel, the admin could view/sort and edit details of any user such as Lock User from access, modify Host's minute rate, send bonus to a Guest, etc. If you (admin) dont set minute rate for Hosts, the default rate would be applied. You can change this default value by editing file VAR.INC.PHP at the line: $def_minute_rate = 1.99; (It means default rate of all Hosts is $1.99) . When viewing users list, Admin also can click to user's name to see his/her history. 3. TROUBLESHOOTING Please contact sales@ecomstudio.net ------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for choosing AEB Products Hanoi Vietnam 2003 Mar