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INSTALLATION - JOOMLA

Our extensions for Joomla CMS consist of following packages (.zip files):

blastchat_4.0_Joomla_3.0.zip
Download and install file in your Joomla admin backend.

blastchat_4.0_Joomla_1.6_2.5.zip
Download and install file in your Joomla admin backend.

blastchat_4.0_Joomla_1.5_UNZIPME.zip
Download and unzip the file. You will get four .zip files that you need to install in your Joomla admin backend.

 

Installation of the files
 

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Extensions" -> "Extension Manager"
  3. Under "Install" tab click "Choose File" and select file you wish to install
  4. Click "Upload & Install"
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each extension
 

Configure
 

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Components" -> "BlastChat Config"
  3. Follow instructions on the page to fill in "Options" -> "Authentication data" with your "Website ID" and "Private key" that you obtained from BlastChat Manager
 

Publish "BlastChat Bar" extension
 

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Extensions" -> "Module Manager"
  3. Find and edit "BlastChat Bar"
  4. Set "Show Title" to "Hide"
  5. Select appropriate "Position"
    Select some existing position but if your template interferes with module visibility, set it to "blastchat-bar" and  follow "Adjust template" steps bellow.
  6. Change status to "Published"
  7. Set "Menu Assignment" / "Module Assignment" to "On all  pages"
  8. Click "Save" or "Save & Close"
  9. Adjust template 
    1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
    2. From menu bar select "Extensions" -> "Template Manager"
    3. Click on "Templates" tab
    4. Select your template "Template Details and Files"
    5. Under "Template Master Files" click "Edit main page template"
    6. At the very bottom of the file your should see </body> html tag present, place following code right above it and at new line (if</body> is not present there, you will have to adjust some other file of your template that is responsible for printing out html content)
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="blastchat-bar" style="raw" />

 

Publish "BlastChat Chat" extension

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Menus" -> "Main Menu" -> "Add New Menu Item"
  3. Click on "Select" next to "Menu Item Type" and there select "BlastChat Chat - Default View"
  4. Fill in "Menu Title", adjust "Display Options" and other settings as desired.
  5. Click "Save"
 

Publish "BlastChat Shout" extension
 

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Extensions" -> "Module Manager"
  3. Find and edit "BlastChat Shout"
  4. Select appropriate "Position" that you would like Shout module to be placed at
  5. Change status to "Published"
  6. Select appropriate "Menu Assignment" / "Module Assignment"
  7. Click "Save" or "Save & Close"
 

Full screen link
 

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Menus" -> "Main Menu" -> "Add New Menu Item"
  3. Click on "Select" next to "Menu Item Type" and there select "External URL"
  4. Fill in "Menu Title"
  5. Fill "Link" with
    "index.php?option=com_blastchatconfig&tmpl=component&format=raw&r=rids&i=intf"
    where
    - rids = comma separated list of Room id(s) to open, i.e. r=1 or r=1,2
    - intf = chat or bar (interface to open), i.e. i=chat or i=bar
  6. Click "Save"
 

Mobile link
 

  1. Navigate to your Joomla administrator backend and login
  2. From menu bar select "Menus" -> "Main Menu" -> "Add New Menu Item"
  3. Click on "Select" next to "Menu Item Type" and there select "External URL"
  4. Fill in "Menu Title"
  5. Fill "Link" with
    "index.php?option=com_blastchatchat&view=blastchatmobile&tmpl=component&format=raw"
  6. Click "Save"
 

INSTALLATION - DRUPAL 7

Our extensions for Drupal CMS consist of following packages (.zip files):

blastchat_4.0_Drupal_7.zip
Download the file.

 

Installation of the files
 

  1. Unzip downloaded file in the "sites/default/modules" directory. New directory "blastchat" will be created.

 

Configure
 

  1. Navigate to your Drupal 7 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Modules" in the top menu bar
  3. Find "BlastChat" module and check "Enabled" checkbox, then click "Save configuration"
  4. Click "Configure" link on the right side of the "BlastChat" module listing
  5. Click "BlastChat Config" and fill in the "Authentication data" with your "Website ID" and "Private key" that you obtained from BlastChat Manager
 

Publish "BlastChat Bar" extension
 

  1. Navigate to your Drupal 7 administrator backend and login
  2. From top menu bar select "Structure"
  3. Click "Blocks"
  4. Click "configure" next to "BlastChat Bar"
  5. Set desired configuration
  6. Set "REGION SETTINGS" (place it to the most bottom right sidebar)
  7. Click "Save Block"
  

Publish "BlastChat Chat" extension
 

  1. Navigate to your Drupal 7 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Configure" link on the right side of the "BlastChat" module listing
  3. Click "BlastChat Chat"
  4. Set desired configuration and click "Save Configuration"
  5. From top menu bar select "Structure"
  6. Click "Menus"
  7. Click "list links" in the "Navigation" section
  8. Click "edit" next to "BlastChat"
  9. Adjust fields as needed
  10. Click "Save"
 

Publish "BlastChat Shout" extension
 

  1. Navigate to your Drupal 7 administrator backend and login
  2. From top menu bar select "Structure"
  3. Click "Blocks"
  4. Click "configure" next to "BlastChat Shout"
  5. Set desired configuration
  6. Set "REGION SETTINGS" 
  7. Click "Save Block"
 

Full screen link

 

  1. Navigate to your Drupal 7 administrator backend and login
  2. From top menu bar select "Structure"
  3. Click "Menus"
  4. Click "list links" in the section where you want to place the menu link
  5. Click "Add link"
  6. Fill fields as needed
  7. Fill "Path" with
    "blastchat?d=1&r=rids&i=intf"
    where
    - rids = comma separated list of Room id(s) to open, i.e. r=1 or r=1,2
    - intf = chat or bar (interface to open), i.e. i=chat or i=bar
  8. Click "Save"

 

Mobile link

  1. Navigate to your Drupal 7 administrator backend and login
  2. From top menu bar select "Structure"
  3. Click "Menus"
  4. Click "list links" in the section where you want to place the menu link
  5. Click "Add link"
  6. Fill fields as needed
  7. Fill "Path" with
    "blastchat?i=mob"
  8. Click "Save"
 

 

INSTALLATION

Installation of BlastChat extensions (components, modules, plugins) is very simple and consist of few step.

  1. Subscribe to blastchat service (and create your BlastChat account if you do not have one already)
  2. Activate subscribed website in our Manager by selecting your content management system (CMS).
  3. Download appropriate extensions for your website's CMS,
  4. Install downloaded extensions.
  5. Configure your extensions.
  6. Publish your BlastChat online communication system.

Follow more detailed installation instructions based on your content management system by selecting menu on the right side.

INSTALLATION - WORDPRESS 3

Our extensions for Wordpress 3 CMS consist of following packages (.zip files):

blastchat_4.0_Wordpress3.zip
Download the file.

 

Installation of the files
 

  1. Unzip downloaded file in the "wp-content/plugins" directory. New directory "blastchat" will be created.
  2. Copy wp-content/plugins/blastchat/blastchat_detached_template.php file to your theme directory
  3. Copy wp-content/plugins/blastchat/blastchat_keepsession_template.php file to your theme directory
  4. Copy wp-content/plugins/blastchat/blastchat_mobile_template.php file to your theme directory

 

Configure
 

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Plugins"
  3. Activate "BlastChat" plugin
  4. Click "BlastChat" on the left sidebar and fill in the "Website ID" and "Private Key" that you obtained from BlastChat Manager
 

Publish "BlastChat Bar" widget
 

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Appearance"
  3. Click "Widgets"
  4. Drag&Drop "BlastChat Shout" to one of the Widget Area
  5. Reload page to access added Widget's settings
  6. Click on drop down arrow to open "BlastChat Shout" Widget options
  

Publish "BlastChat Chat" plugin
 

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Pages" link from the sidebar
  3. Click "Add New"
  4. Add following shortcode:
    [blastchat id="id" interface="intf" width="w" height="h" rids="rids"]
    where
    "id" = if you have more then 1 blastchat shortcode on a single page, set id to unique number or string
    "intf" = interface style "chat" or "shout", i.e. interface="chat or interface="shout"
    "w" = width of the area, i.e. width="100%"
    "h" = height of the area, i.e. width="480"
    "rids" = comma separated string of Room id(s) to open, i.e. rids="1" or rids="1,2"
  5. Click "Publish"
  6. Click "Appearance"
  7. Click "Menus"
  8. (Create new menu if none exists)
  9. In "Pages" section check created page from step 3 and click "Add to Menu"

 

Publish "BlastChat Shout" widget

 

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Appearance"
  3. Click "Widgets"
  4. Drag&Drop "BlastChat Shout" to one of the Widget Area
  5. Reload page to access added Widget's settings
  6. Click on drop down arrow to open "BlastChat Shout" Widget options
 

Enable Keep Session Alive functionality

 

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Pages" link from the sidebar
  3. Click "Add New"
  4. Add following shortcode
    [blastchat]
  5. Set "Template" to "BlastChat KeepSession"
  6. Click "Publish"
  7. Take a note of created page "Permalink"
  8. Edit wp-content/plugins/blastchat/config/system.js file
    Add following line:
    bcDataConfig.system.sessionUrl = "Permalink&bc_task=keepsession";

    Change "value" of this parameter to adjust keep session alive timer in minutes:
    bcDataConfig.system.sessionKeepAlive = 14;
  

Enable Detach functionality

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Pages" link from the sidebar
  3. Click "Add New"
  4. Add following shortcode
    [blastchat]
  5. Set "Template" to "BlastChat Detached"
  6. Click "Publish"
  7. Take a note of created page "Permalink"
  8. Edit wp-content/plugins/blastchat/config/system.js file
    Add following line:
    bcDataConfig.system.detachUrl = "Permalink";
  

Full screen link

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Appearance"
  3. Click "Menus"
  4. (Create new menu if none exists)
    1. In "Pages" section check page created in previous section
    2. Click "Add to Menu"

               OR

    1. In "Custom Links" set "URL" to "Permalink" from above
    2. Append "&d=1&r=rids&i=intf" to the permalink
      where
      - rids = comma separated list of Room id(s) to open, i.e. r=1 or r=1,2
      - intf = chat or bar (interface to open), i.e. i=chat or i=bar
    3. Click "Add to Menu"
  

Mobile link

  1. Navigate to your Wordpress 3 administrator backend and login
  2. Click "Appearance"
  3. Click "Menus"
  4. (Create new menu if none exists)
    1. In "Pages" section check page created in previous section
    2. Click "Add to Menu"

               OR

  1. In "Custom Links" set "URL" to "Permalink" from above
  2. Append "&i=mob" to the permalink
  3. Click "Add to Menu"