Community Building with ChatSpace Server Manual

Single Sign-on
If ChatSpace is accessed through a web site that requires a log on, you can
configure ChatSpace for a single sign-on, so that your users do not have to log
on a second time just to get to ChatSpace. See the Single Sign-on section of
the Web Builder’s Guide for details.
Web Server Variables
ChatSpace comes with a built-in Web server, which allows your chat server to
be available on the World Wide Web without having to install additional
software.
ChatSpace’s Web Server provides unique features that allow interaction with
the chat server component of the product. The most useful feature is the Web
Server Variable Facility. Web Server Variables are placeholders in the
HTML which the web server automatically substitutes with custom values.
Any string of HTML using a percent sign in the front and a percent sign at
the end is treated as a Web Server Variable. Two sources are used for
substitution values:
The variables on the URL.
Built-in Variables known to the server.
The following example illustrates the basic use of ChatSpace Web Server
Variables. The example is a front-end page that collects the member’s
nickname, desired room, and a (decorative) title for the page. Once collected,
the information is entered onto a page containing the ChatSpace Java Client,
and the member enters the chatroom.
The following code illustrates the HTML page used to collect the information
and pass it to the second page, which signs the member onto the ChatSpace
server.
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