New BP Chat plugin for Buddypress
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We’re working on a cool chat plugin for Buddypress since no one has released anything yet (not that we know of anyway).
Here’s what the Buddypress Chat plugin offers your site:
– Any user with an account can login and chat with other users that are online.
– Each user can mark themselves as available or unavailable for chat
– A new Chat menu item appears in the My Account menu of the navigation bar.
– The menu takes users to a page where they can view who is currently available for chat.
– The plugin checks the database to see which users were recently active. So when a user drops out of that list for inactivity then they no longer appear in the list of available users for chat until they become active on your site again.
– Chatting with a user produces a small chat box at the bottom of the screen that stays in place even if someone scrolls the screen. Chat conversation is preserved across different pages on your site, so conversions are not interrupted while someone surfs various pages on your site.
It’s in development. Now is the time to test it and give your opinion on features, layout, usability, etc. Go to the test site and sign up for an account, then you can try the chat if others are online to chat with. See the blog post for more info.
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Here’s the scoop. First of all, BP 1.2 is gonna break a lot of plugin code based on what I’ve seen to date. So I’m not really in a rush to finish BP Chat or BP Twitter until two essential things happen:
1. The upcoming WordPress 3.0 (due in March 2010) is in a reasonable state of Alpha release so that the code base merge of WP and WPMU is good enough for cross-platform developers to actually get busy with modifying their own plugins to work properly.
2. BuddyPress 1.2 gets close to final beta.
When those 2 things happen I will finish both plugins. But that isn’t happening yet. WP devs have only just released a basic WP/WPMU merge over the weekend (Jan 18). I have it installed. I can’t work with it to develop stuff for BP. Too much is still missing. As for BP, 1.2 is coming along. I also have that installed, but there are some bugs that create significant hurdles.
That said, my BP Twitter plugin is essentially done, but some of the code is gonna break in BP 1.2, so I’ll have to fix it before it’s released. BP Chat is basically done in terms of one-to-one chat too, but again, I’m waiting for items 1 and 2 above before I release it because I will definitely have to change the code to work right.
Group chat is gonna have to wait a bit longer. Some of you have had a chance to demo group my chat. It’s cool stuff, it works, but it needs more work, and there’s no sense working to finish it when I know full well that I’ll have to mod the code significantly to work in BP 1.2.
Hang tight folks. I know it’s been a while, but I will release some stuff as soon as technically possible.
And if you’re overly impatient or have mission critical immediate needs, go with something that is already out there, or hire a pro to build you a solution
Isn’t WP 3.0 due near July or later?
So basically we’re going to be waiting until the latter part of 2010, then?
If you’re just waiting for BP 1.2, then we could definitely see an earlier release!
Good to hear you’re still up! none of the other chat-solutions seemed quite like what I need. Yours seemd a couple of month ago already ahead
. Looking forward…!
@Chouf1 Hmmm… I try to view the demo but get “(My IP address) est banni ! Va voir ailleurs…”
@Dfa327 I have tried to install your BP Ajax Chat but couldn’t get it to work – when I hit the chat button I get “You’re currently logged out.”
@M – am I being partially sighted or is your chat plug-in demo not on your site?
I am currently rolling out an internal corp social network site based on MU&BP and chat would be a total boon. I don’t want to have to resort to Saleforce Chatter
@dave It is just fine, your chat. BUT for my use, too much on the user-side. Too many options, possibilities etc… This is confusing for most of my users… (just the small-pop-up-chat is fine
@ Chouf1 – no worries – thanks for the reply
Where is the IP (can’t be my mailhost as I didn’t enter any email details) banned? I am at work and will need to action something I am sure to get us out of the blacklist wherever it is… I will have to try your demo from home tonight in the meantime
Cheers
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