How to Add Chat to Wordpress
Wordpress is a software product for publishing on the Internet, or blogging. You can host a Wordpress blog on your own web server or you can sign up for a free site at Wordpress.com. You can add a chat widget to any Wordpress blog using free online services. These widgets allow you to talk to your visitors in real time. You can use it for customer service or just to talk to your friends.
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Instructions
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ChatRoll
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Open a Web browser.
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Navigate to the Chatroll website (see Resources).
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Create a Chatroll account using your email address or Facebook account.
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Type a name for your chat box in the "Name" text box. This name will appear on your website above the Chatroll widget.
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Copy the HTML code to a Text widget, if you have a "Wordpress.com" website. Change the editor from Visual to HTML. Install the Chatroll plugin if you are using a self-hosted Wordpress website.
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Click the "Continue" button on the Chatroll website to customize the Chatroll settings.
Talkinator
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Open a Web browser.
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Navigate to the Talkinator website (see Resources).
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Click the "Get Talkinator" link at the top of the screen.
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Change the "Room" name, size and color according to your preferences in the "Get your own Talkintor" section of the page.
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Copy the code in the gray box at the top of the frame.
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Copy the code into an Text widget in your Wordpress.com website. Change the editor from visual to HTML.
Bleetbox
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Open a Web browser.
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Navigate to the Bleetbox website (see Resources).
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Click the "Sign Up" link at the top of the page.
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Type your username, email and password in the text boxes.
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Type the address of your Wordpress website in the "Start Bleeting" text box.
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Click the "Start Bleeting" button. The chatbox will be added to your website as a floating frame.
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