Is there a Chat widget or stack?

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I want to add a chat popup to my RW classic website. Is there a way to add live chat to my sites?

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Hi @tony2u I think no. But if you want to try to host a forum you could have a look to phpbb.com.

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Why would you try to get me to leaver RW forum? This is the place to ask about RW “Chat with someone now” stacks or widgets. Did anyone make any?

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Bruno didn’t suggest that you leave the RW forum. Just read his message thoroughly and you’ll see that he suggested a forum script to you which would help you hosting an own forum. I think he misunderstood what you actually wanted (a live chat on your site) and instead suggested an own forum for your site (maybe with a live chat feature).

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Ha Yes sorry, I possibly misunderstood your question, but I think there isn’t any stack to do it. It’s why I suggested a way to do it yourself. Phpbb is an open source solution to create and manage a forum. I think it could permit live chat. Again sorry if I misunderstood your question.
If you want, you can add live chat to a RapidWeaver site built with Stacks by integrating a third-party service. Here’s how you can do it:

  1. Choose a live chat service such as Tawk.to, Olark, LiveChat, or Zendesk Chat. These services provide an integration code, usually a JavaScript snippet.
  2. In Stacks 5, use an HTML Stack or any other stack that allows you to insert custom code.
  3. Copy the live chat service’s integration code and paste it into the HTML Stack on the page where you want the chat widget to appear.
  4. Customize the chat widget via the live chat provider’s settings if needed.

Thanks to ChatGPT for the translation. :+1:
Hope that helps. :crossed_fingers:

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Thank you.

Tony

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Chat integration expert here.

Chat systems, including those with chat bots, usually come with a script. You need to paste that script in an HTML stack, or in the body of the page, and the chat will show up.

That’s the simplified gest of it. In some cases you’ll need to do a bit of markup in CSS to make the chat windows look like you want it to.

So no stack, but that doesn’t mean you can’t implement a chat in RW sites.

Cheers,
Erwin