Live Chat

  1. Overview
  2. Setting
    1. Firebase
      1. APP ID
      2. APP Secret
      3. Rules
    2. TalkJS
  3. Init Chatbox
    1. Product
    2. Store
    3. Dasboard
  4. Capability

1.Overview #

Activate a Live chat system on your e-commerce to interact with your customers and improve the customer satisfaction rate.

Already you have WCFM Inquiry and Support Ticket modules, but none of these allow customer-vendor instant communication.

Now you may allow your vendors to do that using WCFM Live Chat Module.

System requirement

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2.Setting #

WCFM Live Chat compatible with two chat servers –

You may setup any one of these to enable Live Chat for your multi-vendor site.

Setup Live Chat from WCFM Store Manager Admin Dashboard -> Setting -> Chat Box

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2.1.Firebase #

Select “Firebase” as Chat Library.

Now you have to setup three important things –

  1. Firebase APP and get APP ID
  2. Firebase APP Secret
  3. Setup APP Permission and Rules
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2.1.1.APP ID #

Step 1 : Go to Firebase.com

Step 2 : If you have a Firebase account, Sign in, else create an account
 

Step 3 : Click on Get Started 
 

Step 4 : Click on Create a Project
 

Step 5 : Enter Project name and tick mark the checkbox to accept Firebase terms.
 

Step 6 : Click on Continue
 

Step 7 : Select “Set up Google Analytics for my project” and click on Continue
 

Step 8 : At the Configure Google Analytics screen, select the options as represented on the screenshot below if you are intending to create the project on the default Firebase account, and hit Create Project
 

Step 9 : Click on Continue

 

Step 10 : In the Build menu on the left hand side panel, click on Realtime Database

 

Step 11 : Click on Create database in Realtime Database

 

Step 12 : Click on Next
 

Step 13 : Click on Enable
 

Step 14 : You will see Firebase url
 

Step 15 : Just copy first part of this URL, it is your Firebase APP ID (in my case it is “wcl-chat”)

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2.1.2.APP Secret #

Step 1 : Click on Settings icon

Step 2 : A dropdown menu will open. Select Users and Permissions

 

Step 3 : Go to Service Accounts

 

Step 4 : Click on Database Secrets

 

Step 5 : Click on Show

 

Step 6 : Here is your Firebase APP Secret Key.

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2.1.3.Rules #

Step 1 : Click on Realtime Database from left menu.

Step 2 : Switch to Rules tab

Step 3 : Replace code with the following code (same as shown in below image, if it’s not same already) and click on Publish button Code:
{
"rules": {
".read": "true",
".write": "true"
}
}

Step 4 : Click on Storage from left menu. 

Step 5 :  Click on Get Started 

Step 6 :  Follow the setup wizard and set the Storage rules as shown below:

Step 7 :  Click on Publish as shown below.

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2.2.TalkJS #

You should have a Talk JS account for the purpose. (Free or Premium).

Now,  you have to set App ID and Secret Key at WCFM Chat Box setting panel.

You just have register at Talk JS site to get your App ID and Secret Key.

For this, kindly go to -> WCFM Admin Dashboard -> Setting -> Chat Box -> Choose “TalkJS” as Chat module and set APP details.

Yes No

3.Init Chatbox #

3.1.Product #

Chat Now button will be visible under vendor’s single product page as well.

 

Yes No

3.2.Store #

As you are done with the setup you will see “Chat Now” button under store page header bar.

 

Now it’s time for your customers to directly interact with store vendors.

 

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3.3.Dasboard #

Vendors may manage chat requests from their Dashboard -> Left menu Chat Box

Also note that the vendor  needs to click on ” Connect” button for being available to chat as shown below:

If the above ” connect” button is not clicked the vendors will not be available for chat and the users ( or customers ) who wants to chat with vendors will receive a notification in their chat-box as shown below:

Yes No

4.Capability #

If you don’t want to have Chat Module in your site they you may disable just by on click.

Kindly go to WCFM Admin Dashboard -> Modules -> Chat Box -> Set this OFF

 

You may control “Chat Box” capability from WCFM Capability setting page.

 

 

You may control chat module availability as per vendor as well.

Membership specific chat box capability controller is also possible using WCFM – Group & Staff addon.

Yes No