RaxChat-Application

Chat application using CLIENT SERVER MODEL.USED Languages #PHP #AJAX #CSS3 #HTML5 #no-DATABASE RaxChat is open source to understand how to make simple chat application using normal languages like <html, css, js, ajax, php>.

How to install and run application?

1. First download and install XAMPP or WAMP(Any), Its server to use your system as localhost server. You can press start button to verify if it is installed successfully? [Type "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" in your any browser to check whether it is running or not.]
2. After installation, go to your installation directory, You can see Htdocs(if you installed XAMPP) or www(if you installed WAMP)
3. Download this project as zip to your system and extract it
4. Put it in Htdocs or www as mentioned above directory
5. Now open control panel (control panel of XAMPP or WAMP), Start APACHE server by clicking button "START"
6. Now open your browser(Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Safari, IE), In addressbar enter "localhost/yourproject_name" then press enter, you can see index file will running and asking for "Enter your name:" , Write your name and press ENTER. Main chat screen will be appears
7. Now do same in other tab, or other window, or in other browser, enter different name and do procedure as mentioned in step 6
8. Hence you can chat using this application with 2 clients or with many people

How can you test RaxChat with 2 or more than 2 devices?

1. You need one laptop or pc and one mobile/tablet (any) to test
2. Host file on your hosting directory(htdocs/www), Start server
3. Go to cmd, find your laptop's ip address (for example, 192.168.xx.xxx)
4. Now Run your application in your browser. Addressbar will be like this... "localhost/projectName"
5. Now open your mobile browser, type in addressbar "YourIPAddress/projectName" (i.e. 192.168.xx.xxx/projectname)
6. Hence you can see UI for chat application. Start chatting
7. When you want to quit, press Exit button
8. Another user is able to see that you left conversation

How to host chat application on domain name (let's say Beingcoders.com)

1. Go to your Cpanel and find folder or directory or File Manager and open it
2. Inside public_ or home_ folder make a subdomain (chat.domainName.com), and upload extracted zip file to it
3. Hurray! Its done!
4. Now open your browser, type in addressbar "chat.domainName.com"
5. You can see chat application in your device as well as globally any devices (Laptop/tablet/mobile... any)

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