Extension Name: yii-livechat
with this you can use google talk as a free live chat/live support for your website this extension can use the default google badges also it allows you to create your own custom badge via css.
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Installation Instructions:
Download the extension
Unzip the file contents
Upload the LivechatWidget.php file to the extensions folder located under WebRoot/protected/extensions/livechat/.
Upload the assets folder inside the livechat extension folder as such WebRoot/protected/extensions/livechat/assets/.
Requirements:
This should work on all Yii versions, But was tested on version 1.1.4 .
Usage: You will first need to generate a badge if you plan on using google talk. get a badge here http://www.google.com/talk/service/badge/New and click generate/update badge. your account hash will be a number that looks like tk=z01q6...& so select the number between the tk= and & this is your hash.
$this->widget('application.extensions.livechat.LivechatWidget',
array(
'account_hash' =>'xxxx', //your account hash
'display_type' =>'default', //statusicon/hyperlink/url/custom/default
'link_title' =>'Title of your Link', //link title
'link_text' =>'Text of your Link', //link text
'always_show_badge' =>'1', //we always show the badge even if away/offline
'badge_on_away' =>'1', //we show badge on online and away only (not offline)
));
display_type options are statusicon (shows statusicon and hyperlink), hyperlink(shows hyperlink only), custom (displays custom stylesheet), url (shows the url(no formatting)).
link_title specifies the link text on other than default display.
link_text specifies the link text on other than default display.
badge_on_away shows the chat badge when status is away
always_show_badge always shows th badge regardless of status
User Contributed Notes 2
no longer supported
google has dropped support for this feature
Alternet way for live chat in site.
@mithereal : Is there any other exetension or module are available for livechat? Or Make this functionality with the help of other framework library?
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