Comet Chattool

Commercial Chat Software

Tabs

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:

Fabian Schmid, Simon Moor

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.
The integration is a joint project of Studer Raimann + (configuration Cometchat) and Lucerne (Optimizations, ILIAS plugin)
The Plugin is currently used at the Hochschule Luzern

Known Issues:

Since ILIAS 4.4 you need to add this CSS to the body tag (eliminate double scrollbars):
overflow-y: hidden;

Bug Tracker:

www.ilias.de/mantis –» Project: ILIAS Plugins

Files

File
7z   3.78 MB   6. Jul 2015, 10:31  
File
zip   7.69 KB   31. Mar 2015, 14:42  
  1. Use newest Cometchat version, see comet.7z for version 5.6 (Mid 2015)
  2. Copy Comet chat into Customizing directory (e.g. /var/www/ilias/Customizing/cometchat)
  3. The files config.php and integration.php backup and replace with the two attached. This make the following changes:
    1. config.php ADMIN_PASS parameters (line 96) to adjust.
    2. integration.php see our version if you want to make changes (photo, userlink, etc.)
      Change client in getAvatar() to match your installation
  4. Install your license.php in cometchat folder
  5. Run install.php in cometchat directory. This sets the normal ILIAS database on a total of 7 data tables cometchat with the prefix.
  6. Delete install.php
  7. Add ILIAS Cometchat plugin and activate it (Administration -> Modules, Services and Plugins -> Plugin Cometchat Administer -> Activate
  8. In Cometchat Admin (https://ilias.domain.tld/Customizing/cometchat/admin) change Base URL (Tab Settings > Change base URL > Base_URL)
  9. Unter Tab Modules, disable not needed Modules