Why doesn't my bot have any commands?
Blobsy is designed to be a framework and is not a full bot. Read the section on Extending Blobsy to find out how to add your own commands and features or read the posts in the handlers section on the forum for more information and to download ready-made features/commands.
What is the PHP Binary/Path/Executable?
PHP runs through an executable file (under Windows this is a .exe file), which proccesses any PHP code in a file given to it, and returns the output. This can be used by the web server to proccess the PHP in web pages that are requested from it. In Blobsy, the PHP executable is used to run the bot, therefore, you need to enter the PHP path in your configuration file so that blobsy can execute itself. On Windows, the path PHP is usually installed to is C:\PHP\php.exe although this can change (for example, if you used a server package installer to install Apache, MySQL? & PHP as a bundle the path may be different). On Linux, the PHP path is usually /usr/bin/php although this can also change. If you run Linux and have access to the command line, you could try typing which php. This should give you your PHP path. If in doubt, contact your hosting provider and ask for the PHP binary location. If you use the cPanel Control Panel System, login to your administration panel and on the left section it should say "Path to PHP".
Does Blobsy work with PHP5?
Blobsy works perfectly with all version of PHP > 4.3.0. Some issues have been found with PHP5 though, especially on Windows. If you are running blobsy on your own computer/server, try downgrading to PHP4?.
Why doesn't my bot sign-in?
Usually, blobsy does not sign-in as a result of an incorect PHP path. Read the above and check that it is correct. If you are sure that it is correct, find the tmp directory in your blobsy folder (this should be chmodded to 777 on linux) and check which files are in there. If you have a pid and some log files then blobsy is running properly and it is most likely a problem with the bot's contact list (you are not properly added to the bot's contact list so it will not appear online to you - to add yourself properly, sign-in as the bot and add yourself to it) or the .NET Messenger Service. If you only have the pid file then the proccess is executing but is being terminated, is not executing properly or the PHP path is wrong. If there is no pid file then the proccess is not being executed and your PHP path must be wrong. Usually, if blobsy cannot execute properly, it will return an error message instead of Bot Started but, sometimes this does not happen. In this case I would reccommend trying a different way to start blobsy. There are two ways to start blobsy; from the command line and the web browser. At the command line, just find your blobsy directory and type yourphppath bstart.php, replacing yourphppath with whatever your php path is (Windows users can access the command line by typing cmd in the Run dialog. The second way to start blobsy is through a web browser. This is done by simply pointing your browser to the bstart.php file on your server. If neither of these ways work or you do not have access to the command line then post on the help section on the blobsy forum.