Automatic Login

You can pass a username and/or password to the chat room so the user automatically logs in with it. This is useful for integrating your chat room with external systems where the user may have already logged in.

If you are embedding the java applet code inline, insert the following code with the other PARAM values which are included in your code:

<PARAM name="username" value="USERNAME GOES HERE">
<PARAM name="password" value="PASSWORD GOES HERE">

If you are using a simple URL to access the chat room, add ?username=USERNAME GOES HERE&password=PASSWORD GOES HERE to the end of the URL.

Replace USERNAME GOES HERE with the username you would the user to be logged in with. Replace PASSWORD GOES HERE with the unencrypted password the user uses to login to their chat room account. If you have "Allow chat room users" and "Allow forum members" disabled for the "Chat room access" option in the General Settings section of your Website Toolbox account, you can leave the password field blank and allow the user to login with just their username and no password.

If you need to have a way to keep track of the passwords that users are using for their chat room accounts, you may want to manually create each chat room account for them.

If you are trying to integrate your chat room with your Website Toolbox forum, it is recommended that you use the chat room URL instead of the inline code because the chat room URL will automatically read the user's browser cookies and determine that they are already logged into your Website Toolbox forum. That is not possible if you are using the inline code.

If you still need assistance, please contact customer support.