I want to put a live chat room on my site, any ideas how to do this?

[Riversband]

Hi,

I have a website and quite a few members have suggested that adding a chat room would be a great idea.

I'm searching for something I might be able to integrate well into my site.

Has anyone tried RumbleTalk or C-box?

 

[Snowman19]

What platform is your site running on? That would be the place to start, then from there you can see what options you have and narrow them down to find one that you like.

 

[Riversband]

Well, I run on Wordpress. I tried to install the chat they provide on my site. But my hosting company blocked my account as they claimed the chat consume too much resources. I ended up looking for a chat room service.

after considering again, I used the RumbleTalk. Although not having a 3rd party integration, it look great visually and I could custom it to my liking.
See how it looks like www.openhouseradio.co.uk

 

[Riversband]

Well, if someone is interested in a chat room for his music artist like me than I became and expert in this field. Here are my experience with finding the best one for my music page.

1 - First I needed a chat that can be seen in mobile (all versions) so I narrowed down the search for html5 chat room that look good on both mobile and pc.

2 - I needed a custom design, I needed my background to be black or transparent. This was very hard to find.

3 - I do not like to install the chat in my server as this is high cpu and resource consumer. So I need a chat service.

4 - Lastly, I needed the ability to add youtube videos.


I have checked several chats and only 2 met my needs, RumbleTalk and Envolv.
I choose RumbleTalk finally as it can be integrated into my page and not only as toolbar.

Since I could not find answers in this forum, than I hope this overview will help someone.

 

[Riversband]

It has been a while since I was here for the last time, but basically almost everything is still the same. Our company is the same, page is the same, html chat which we use is the same. Well maybe it's time for kids, maybe not, but Rumbletalk is our baby for now. We love Rumbletalk a lot, because it makes our traffic rise up high!

 

[Riversband]

Hi, just wanted to let you all know that we are still using Rumbletalk. You can always let me know if you need anything. I will be happy to assist you! I wanted to show you a demo chat so you can all see how it looks like. Let me know what you think. Would love to hear from you.

 

[Riversband]

Hey there, just wanted to let you all know that Rumbletalk offers a free trial now! More info here: Rumbletalk free trial!

 

[jakeduffie]

Wordpress has a widget build in for it at the moment.