Introduction
This is a small node application which provides a real-time chat function based on socket.io. It requires a 'host' environment, usually a CMS, and has almost no native html or CSS. It requires a <div id="chat"> element on the page to render its content.
Installation
Once installed, set the port number you want to use in config.js (clients must be able to connect to your host at this port). Then simply start with
node chat-server.js
Limited support for automatic installation as a HubZero plugin is provided (see the HubZero website for more information). To install the node plugin, go to the Extension Manager in HubZero, and use:
https://localhost:<port>/install/HZ
as the extension URL. Providing the node server is running, it will package up and deliver a HZ plugin. This must then be enabled and configured via HZ. Note that the port number from config.js must be specified when configuring the plugin - eventually, there will be a single source for this port number.