Chatbox

Description

This include allows you to install a simple chatbox on your site for quick, character-limited communications.

Attributes

The snippet uses the following attributes, both of which are optional.

Attribute	Allowed values	Default value	Description
`category`	any category	chatbox	The category in which you would like messages to be saved.
`limit`	any integer	15	The number of recent messages to show.

Code

You can add the chatbox to your site with the following code:

[[include :snippets:chatbox attributes...]]

For example, the following code will install the chatbox to save messages in the chat category and will show the 20 latest messages.

[[include :snippets:chatbox |category=chat |limit=20]]

Messages will be saved in the category you specify (chatbox by default). It's a good idea to set this category to auto-numbered to avoid any conflicts.

For advanced users, you can customise the appearance of the chatbox with a CSS module or in your site's theme - available classes are chatbox (the container), message (the message content) and new-page-box (the input field).