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"