Comet Chattool
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Title: | Cometchat | Plugin Version No.: | 1.0.0 |
Status: | Stable | Tested with: | |
Plugin Licence / Terms of Use: | GPL | ||
Description: | Cometchat is a commercial chat application similar to Facebook chat. | ||
Responsible Developer: | |||
Minimum ILIAS Version: | 4.1.0 | Maximum ILIAS Version: | 5.0 |
Supported Languages: | not applicable | ||
Comments: | The software can be bought at good price on www.cometchat.com. Attention: You need at least the professional version (08/2011 price at 129 $). You can ask via Mail for a discount when you are an educational institute. | ||
Known Issues: | Since ILIAS 4.4 you need to add this CSS to the body tag (eliminate double scrollbars): | ||
Bug Tracker: | www.ilias.de/mantis –» Project: ILIAS Plugins |
Files
- Use newest Cometchat version, see comet.7z for version 5.6 (Mid 2015)
- Copy Comet chat into Customizing directory (e.g. /var/www/ilias/Customizing/cometchat)
- The files config.php and integration.php backup and replace with the two attached. This make the following changes:
- config.php ADMIN_PASS parameters (line 96) to adjust.
- integration.php see our version if you want to make changes (photo, userlink, etc.)
Change client in getAvatar() to match your installation
- Install your license.php in cometchat folder
- Run install.php in cometchat directory. This sets the normal ILIAS database on a total of 7 data tables cometchat with the prefix.
- Delete install.php
- Add ILIAS Cometchat plugin and activate it (Administration -> Modules, Services and Plugins -> Plugin Cometchat Administer -> Activate
- In Cometchat Admin (https://ilias.domain.tld/Customizing/cometchat/admin) change Base URL (Tab Settings > Change base URL > Base_URL)
- Unter Tab Modules, disable not needed Modules