Category — How-To

Several Chatroll members have been asking lately about how to add chat to their Wordpress MU (multi-user) installation. Some of these members’ sites are very large: they host multiple Wordpress MU blogs and serve hundreds or even thousands of users.

Adding real-time chat functionality to any large community site is useful for many reasons. While traditional blog posts are a great way for community members to publish their content, live chat gives members a chance to exchange ideas and help each other in a whole new way. The additional functionality you can offer is limited only by your imagination: live blogs, interviews, commentary for live events, virtual community meetings, and more.

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Here’s the easiest way to add a free Blogger chat box widget (also known as shoutbox, chatterbox, or chat room) to your Blogspot blog. Adding a chat box widget to your blog is an easy way to build community on your site and keep your visitors coming back. It’s so easy we can do it in less than a minute. We’ll use Chatroll live communities to create a chat box widget, customize it, and add it to your Blogger layout.

Here’s a screenshot of a Blogger blog with a chat box embedded in the main column:

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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!

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Embedding a chat widget to your website has never been easier. Now, you can also customize the color, size and sound of your embedded chat to fit the style of your site!

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The practice of live blogging is getting more and more attention these days. People seem to have a never-ending thirst for information- the faster, the better. A single blog post about an event after-the-fact might be simply too little, too late.

With a wide range of live blogging tools and many helpful voices around the ‘net, it may not be long before you perform your first live blog. To help you out, we’ve put together 4 essential tips for a successful live blog experience.

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So you’ve decided to add chat functionality to your blog or website. Chat rooms are a great way to let your visitors meet each other and discuss your content. Chat creates a community feel and adds interactivity that can set your blog apart from the rest and keep your visitors coming back!

We’ve put together 3 easy-to-follow steps to embed a chat room in your blog or website using Chatroll live communities. All Chatroll live communities can be easily used as embedded chat rooms. Here’s how:

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