9 Crazy jQuery Chat and Chat Box Plugins
Who would like to have a chat box integrated in their website like we see on Facebook and Gmail? If you own a website and you are in need of this type of feature then you are in the right place ;) In this post, we have collected 9 jQuery Chat and Chat Box Plugins you will find useful, powerful, ready and easy-to-use jQuery powered chat! Enjoy.
1. jQuery UI Chatbox Plugin
It is a pure UI plugin so you can easily plug it into whatever communication protocol of your choice, some may find this useful.
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2. ArrowChat
A jQuery live chat software that uses PHP and mySQL. It is placed at the bottom of your website similar to Facebook Chat.
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3. jQuery – FancyBox Styled Chat Window
I have put together a sample of the WhosOn chat window inside and iFrame element that works using the FancyBox 1.3.4 code. Here are the samples of code I used via jQuery.
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4. Very simple Jquery chat box – Full tutorial
Learn a very jQuery chat box in this video tutorial.
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5. How to Create A Simple Web-based Chat Application
In this tutorial we will be creating a simple web-based chat application with PHP and jQuery. This sort of utility would be perfect for a live support system for your website.
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6. Building a jQuery/PHP Powered Chat Room
Build a little chat program that is really easy to get up and running on any server running PHP.
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7. Ajax Chat Plugin (using jQuery)
This is an update to my old Ajax Chat Plugin. This version using jQuery and works with CakePHP RC3.
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8. SharePoint Chat
A jQuery plugin for SharePoint 2007 that places a chat application onto a SharePoint webpart page. The plugin uses jQuery to add messages to a list and display them in real-time on a list-view web part. It’s simple to install and customize.
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9. Candy
A jQuery multi user chat client that features multiple rooms, private chat, new message notifications and tools for moderation & to control spam.
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