HostGator X7 Chat
X7 Chat is free and open source software. The X7 Chat project was started in 2003 and since then it provides the feature rich chat system.
X7 Chat is free in real meaning. There is no limited features or ads in the program. X7 Chat supports wide verity of features and new features are continuously added to the program.
If you want to check the demo of X7 Chat, you can visit the official web site at http://www.x7chat.com/.
Here is a quick over view of X7 Chat features.
X7 Chat support skin and multi language. You can change skin at any time and you will get new look of your chat window. X7 Chat can log the private messages. Custom & pre-defined status messages are also included.
Each user is given full profile and setting panel. User has an ability to ignore any user. Word filter is given on each user level basis. Each user defines own filter.
Room support is given. X7 Chat supports unlimited number of rooms. It also supports password protected rooms as well as public and private rooms. Logging facility is also given. You can ban users from specific room.
There are many administrative features which are useful. Administrator has given an ability to ban user by IP, Email and username. User can be banned for certain time period or forever. Administrator can set the bandwidth each user can use. Administrator can also use mass email facility to email all users. There are many more features of X7 Chat.
Install X7 Chat on HostGator Account
HostGator gives facility to install X7 Chat from quick install facility. Just use following steps to install X7 Chat on HostGator account.
1) First log in to your HostGator cPanel account. Click on quick install button.
2) Click on X7 Chat link from the left navigation bar.
3) Click on the continue button.
4) Now you need to give URL address where you want to install X7 Chat server. You also need to give email address. Once all information is given, click on Install Now! button.
5) You will see the process of installation.
6) Once the installation is 100% complete, you will be given username and password to login to X7 Chat server. Please keep record of this login information.
Now you know how to use X7 chat server.
Uninstall X7 Chat Server
To uninstall X7 Chat server, use the following steps.
1) Login to the panel.
2) Go to quick install section which you can find under Software/Services section.
3) Click on Manage Installations button on top.
4) Click on red cross button which is next to your installation list.
5) Your server application is uninstalled now.
I hope this article helped you understand the installation process of X7 Chat. Now go and try X7 Chat yourself.
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