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Jonathan McGee
Add a Free Wordpress Chat Box to Your Blog in 60 Seconds!

by Jonathan McGee on July 22, 2008

Here’s the easiest way to add a free chat box to your Wordpress blog. If we’re fast, we can do it in 60 seconds or less! We’ll use Chatroll live communities, so you don’t even need to install any plugins. The clock is ticking, so let’s go!

  1. Create a live community to use for your Wordpress chat box. Go to Chatroll, enter your community’s name in the “Name Your Live Community…” box and click “Create”. Choose a name that fits with your blog, as this name will appear in the chatbox title. Write an attractive and detailed description so that people can easily find your community.
  2. Copy the embed code from your community’s home page. In your newly created live community’s home page (for example, http://chatroll.com/technology/the-chatroll-blog) copy the embed code from the text box labeled ‘embed’, located under the chat window as shown below:
  3. Paste the embed code into the Wordpress HTML Editor. In Wordpress, open the post where you want the chatbox to appear. You MUST switch to the HTML editor! The Wordpress Visual Editor will break the pasted code!
  4. Reload your blog to see the embedded chatbox. You should now see a fully functional chat box in your Wordpress blog.

You’re done! Here’s what your chat box should look like:


Congratulations, you’ve just chat-enabled your Wordpress blog! If you have any problems along the way, just head over to the Chatroll Support community and ask for help.

You’ve now covered the basics, but you’ll want to tweak your embedded chat box to maximize its success. Chatroll lets you customize the position, size, and color of the chat box to fit in perfectly with your site and make the most of reader participation.

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9 comments

1 R4bhi { 09.01.08 at 11:04 pm }

wow..thanks it’s so usefull for my blog

2 jeryy { 11.24.08 at 1:28 am }

hey…man thanks for the info, finally it’s up and running.
thanks again man.

3 Jeff { 12.16.08 at 3:50 pm }

So nice!
thanks for the tip!

4 kevin { 12.21.08 at 9:54 am }

Does chatroll allow users to communicate with each other while on my website or can they only communicate with the “admin” (me).

Thanks!

5 Jonathan McGee { 01.13.09 at 9:12 am }

Hi kevin,

Yes, Chatroll allows visitors to your site to communicate with you, any other admins you assign, and all other visitors.

This way, your visitors get to interact, discuss your content, and build a community around your site!

Cheers,
Jon

6 paintgirl2011 { 01.15.09 at 2:41 am }

wow that is very usefull for my website i will try it now plz open my website at http://www.paintgirl2011.wordpress.com and try it

7 Jacob Maentz { 04.07.09 at 1:01 am }

Appreciate the info. I will try and incorporate this into one of the sites I am working on.

8 Lee Trampleasure { 07.26.09 at 2:07 pm }

Wonderful! Installed with no problems. Now members of the Northern California/Nevada American Association of Physics Teachers (http://ncnaapt.org) will be able to chat with each other at 4:30 am on October 9th when the LCROSS mission (intentionally) crash lands into the moon. (See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/)

9 Tony { 11.06.09 at 11:51 am }

Cool tool I think I will try it

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