Re: adding chat to a web page

FWIW...I wrote a chat app using both node.js and RPG.  You'll find it here: https://github.com/phelgren/rpg-node

I know that you didn't have a 5250<->node chat requirement, but it might spark some additional ideas.  It's based on the early versions of OPS (4 years ago) .  You'll probably want to implement Node using more recent install instructions.

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On 2/8/2019 11:10 AM, B Stone wrote:

It's normally on it's own port.

If you use 3rd party plugin then it's no worry and no config on your end.

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 9:53 AM Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

one thing I do not understand is would the chat server interfere with the
PHP web server? I have HTTPS to a public facing static IP address. port
443. If the chat server is a standalone thing, is it on the same IP but
just a different port? Doesn't apache control all the ports on the static
IP?


On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 10:23 AM B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You should be able to use anything you want, but node would be easiest if
you want to roll your own.

I would actually suggest looking for a canned solution out there, though.
There are many to choose from that I bet you can just insert into your

web

page with a simple copy and paste of some JS code. That would work on

any

site and you don't need to worry about the back end.

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On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 9:15 AM Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

looking to add chat to a web page. Something that customers would use

to

contact customer service.

on the client side that means using the WebSocket class? On the server

side

do I have to use node.js? Does the PHP Zend server support websockets?
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