Installation Docs Need Updating

[dcloutman]

First of all, I'd like to thank the developers who are working hard on this project. Your client is amazingly flexible and is a perfect solution for my needs. I work for a library, and we will hopefully be using your chat client to provide virtual reference services to our patrons. I've even integrated the application into our cataloging system so patrons and staff can login using their library cards. I'm looking forward to getting this working so I can put this live.

One problem I noticed is that the installation docs seem to still reflect the 0.x / beta version of the installation, which caused me to spend a lot of time unnecessarily reorganizing my code. The installation page states that a minimal installation needs the following lines of code:

<?php $chat->printJavascript(); ?>
<?php $chat->printStyle(); ?>

After a couple of days of wondering why this didn't fix the other problems that I am experiencing, I took a look at your source code and saw both these methods have been depreciated and don't output anything anymore. I think the installation documentation needs to reflect this change in the 1.0 Final release.

Also, for the life of me, I cannot figure out what your instructions for nickmeta_private are telling me to do. I just know that I need that parameter correctly configured to protect my patrons' privacy. Could your prioritize documenting that parameter more clearly? I'm really confused. Thanks.

Finally the debug param seems to no longer work as there no longer seems to be a ../debug/log.php file.

I hope this message doesn't sound too ungrateful. I realize that writing documentation is unpleasant, and what you've created is really very cool. I'm looking forward to launching my project when the documentation can tell me how I can get the thing to working the way I need it to work.

[OldWolf]

I believe the fix to the debug file has been added to the next version, but I can't swear to it.

As for the nickmeta_private, all you're doing is creating an array of nickmeta values that you want to remain hidden to all users except admin. The default is an array with just ip in it.

Is there anything else that you need resolved problem wise?