VK Community Chat Widget for Joomla
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Description & Purpose
Module "VK Community Chat Widget" - module, allowing you to add to your site running Joomla 3, Joomla 4, Joomla 5 and Joomla 6 a chat widget between a site visitor and your community from the VK social network.
Currently, the visitor's connection with the site administration is very important. In order not to complicate the possibility of communication, the chat system will help with this. Using the chat module, you do not need to install the chat platform on your server. All server-side actions will take place on the VK social network.
Convenient module settings
The module settings allow you to choose the connection of an open API, necessary for the social network widgets, choose the location of the chat in relation to the visitor's screen: on the right or on the left.
In the module you can set the opening of chat after the full loading site immediately, or a few seconds after loading, you can enable the sound of the opening of chat, the sound after the arrival of the message in the chat. For more attention of the visitor you can set the text prompt, which will animatedly appear near the icon with the chat.
Easy management
The module integrates the site under Joomla 3, Joomla 4, Joomla 5 and Joomla 6 with your community chat in the social network VK. You only need to have a created community in the social network VK, set up a community according to the instructions. After configuring the module, your site will have a window with the chat.
Having started a dialogue with the community once, the user will be able to constantly communicate with the community through private messages on VK. In dialogues, he will have correspondence, to which he can return at any time.
Key Module Features
The module generates code to display a community chat widget based on the public API of the VK social network and supports all the features of the community chat widget API.
Chat system is completely free to use on the site. You only need to create a community in the social network VK, get a community ID, turn on the module, configure and the chat will be available to all visitors to the site.
To understand who you are communicating with, the data of the visitor in the chat will be displayed from the profile in VK, and the name and image of the administrator from the chat will be derived from the name and the main image of your community in the social network VK.
Chat is built so that your site will not have a load because of the functioning of the chat. All of the messaging and functioning takes place directly in the social network VK, your site only displays the chat window.
The design of the chat widget, the chat itself and all of its elements are fully consistent with the design of the social network VK. You can't change them.
The module has settings. You can choose to display the chat on the visitor's screen - left or right. You can set the chat to open automatically after a certain time, include sound effects and set your own tooltip text next to the chat icon.
Only visitors who are registered in the social network VK will be able to communicate with you. All visitors who don't have a VK account will be invited to register to write to you.
The module supports all features of working with modules in Joomla. Automatic installation, automatic updates and cloning function of the module occurs in just a few mouse clicks within one site.
Management of the module is so simple that it does not require programming skills. You will need to fill in the ID of the desired application, select the desired widget display option, and all the rest the module will do itself.
Compatibility & Requirements
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Core / CMS version 3.0.x - 3.10.x
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PHP 5.3 or higher
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MySQL 5.1 or higher
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MariaDB 10.1 or higher
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PostgreSQL 8.3.18 or higher
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Memory limit / RAM 128 Мб or higher
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Core / CMS version 4.0.x - 4.x.x
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PHP 7.2 or higher
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MySQL 5.6 or higher
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MariaDB 10.3.35 or higher
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PostgreSQL 11.0 or higher
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Memory limit / RAM 128 Мб or higher
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Core / CMS version 5.0.x - 5.x.x / 6.0.x - 6.x.x
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PHP 8.1 or higher
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MySQL 8.0.11 or higher
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MariaDB 10.4 or higher
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PostgreSQL 12.0 or higher
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Memory limit / RAM 128 Мб or higher
A demonstration of the solution on the frontend is available at the following link: View Live
Admin panel screenshots are located at the top of this page: View Screenshots