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How to Send, Delete, or Reply to a Message?

This tutorial will demonstrate how to send, delete, or reply to a message in Shoutbox chat.

  • SEND MESSAGE

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Enter your message into the shoutbox and emoji if desired => click the Send button or press Enter button on the keyboard.

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  • DELETE MESSAGE

1/ Move your mouse over the message you want to delete 

2/ Click on the three dots icon => Select the Delete option from the drop-down list.

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3/ Click the OK button on the Confirm pop-up.

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Your message has been removed from the shoutbox

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  • REPLY MESSAGE

1/ Move your mouse over the message you want to delete 

2/ Click on the three dots icon => Select the Quote option from the drop-down list.

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3/ Enter your message into the shoutbox and emoji if desired => click the Send button or press Enter button on the keyboard. Your quote message has been sent.

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How to activate Shoutbox on your site?

Site Members can use the Shoutbox plugin to quickly leave lists of short messages on the website. Adding a shoutbox plugin will make your site more user-friendly and attractive, as well as increase the social network’s interactivity.

Follow the steps below to learn how to activate the shoutbox plugin.

Step 1: Access to Admin Dashboard => Site Manager => Theme Manager => Layout Editor

Step 2: Select the page where you want the Shoutbox widget to appear. We’ll use the Home page in this article.

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Step 3: Filter by Shoutbox plugin.

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Then drag and drop the widget to Home Page.

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Step 4: On the pop-up, fill in the components information.

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          [1] Title: enter shoutbox widget title.

          [2] Enable Title: enable or disable the shoutbox widget title.

          [3] User Group Access: allow which User Roles can see the shoutbox widget.

After filling in all the information, click the Save Changes button.

Step 5: Save your changes by clicking the Save Changes button.

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Step 6: (Front-end) The Shoutbox widget is now available on the Home page.

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How to enable sound on shoutbox?

The Sound feature, which has been available since version 1.1, is only available on desktop computers. When someone sends a new message to the shoutbox, a sound will be played to notify site members. 

Access to Admin Dashboard => Plugin Manager => Settings

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Tick on this box => Click the Save Settings button.

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(Front-end) The sound feature is now turned on. A sound will be played when new messages are received.

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