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"