What is ServerGroveLiveChat?

ServerGroveLiveChat is a PHP 5.3 Symfony 2 application that allows website visitors to engage in a web-based chat with operators of a website. It allows a company to offer live chat support.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3.2 or newer
• PHP mongo extension
• MongDB database server
• jQuery in your website to integrate the livechat button/tracker

Installation

1. Download application package or clone the repository

2. Setup a virtual host (optional) and restart web server

   <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /usr/local/ServerGroveLiveChat/web ServerName livechat.example.com ErrorLog "logs/livechat-error_log" CustomLog "logs/livechat-access_log" combined <Directory /usr/local/ServerGroveLiveChat/web> AllowOverride All

3. Make sure web server can write to app/cache and app/logs, ie.:

    chmod -R 777 app/cache app/logs
   

4. Configure MongoDB connection, by default it will connect with localhost, you can change it by editing app/config/config.yml

    doctrine_odm.mongodb:
      server: mongodb://localhost:27017
   

5. Configure the livechat caching engine. The application uses a caching engine to store chat status information. By default it will use APC, but you can also use mongo. You can configure it like this in app/config/config.yml:

    sglivechat.config:
      cache_engine: mongo
   

6. Add a livechat administrator

    ./app/console sglivechat:admin:add-administrator "Your Name" email@example.com password1234
   

7. Launch launch administration interface and login with the administration information entered in step 6

    http://livechat.example.com/admin/sglivechat
   

8. Add the livechat button and status indicator to your website:

   In <head>: <script src="http://livechat.example.com/js/jquery.js"></script>

   In the location where you want the livechat button to appear: <script src="http://livechat.example.com/js/sglivechat-tracker/status.js"></script>

9. You can also test the livechat functionality by loading:

   http://livechat.example.com/test.html

Contributing

We encourage people to participate and contribute to the project. Feel free to clone the git repository and send us pull requests. Please contact us before starting a new feature to make sure there is no effort duplication.

Todo

• Integration with Jabber for new chats alerts
• Additional documentation
• Bug fixes