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<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> is an open source, web based, <a href="http://xmpp.org" target="_blank">XMPP/Jabber</a> chat client, similar to
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php" target="_blank">Facebook chat</a>, but with added support for multi-user chatrooms.</p>
<p>It is a Javascript application that you can include in your
website, thereby providing it with instant messaging functionality.</p>
<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> is an open source, webchat client, that
runs in the browser and can be integrated into any website.</p>
<p>You will also need access to an XMPP/Jabber server. You can connect to any public, federated XMPP server, or you can set one up
yourself, thereby maintaining stricter privacy controls.</p>
<p>It's similar to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php" target="_blank">Facebook chat</a>, but also supports multi-user chatrooms.</p>
<p>It's possible to enable single-site login, whereby users already
authenticated in your website will also automatically be logged in on the chat server, but this will require custom code on your server.</p>
<p><em>Converse.js</em> can connect to any accessible <a href="http://xmpp.org" target="_blank">XMPP/Jabber</a> server, either from a public provider such as
<a href="http://jabber.org">jabber.org</a>, or to one you have set up
yourself.</a>
<p>It's possible to enable single-site login, whereby users already authenticated in your website will also automatically be logged in on the chat server,
but you will have to pre-authenticate them on your server. You can refer to the <a href="/docs/html/index.html">documentation</a> for more
info.</p>
<p>An <a href="http://github.com/collective/collective.xmpp.chat" target="_blank">add-on product</a> that does exactly this,
already exists for the <a href="http://plone.org" target="_blank">Plone</a> CMS. Hopefully in the future more such add-ons will
be created for other platforms.
</p>
<p>If you have integrated Converse.js into any other CMS or framework,
<p>If you have integrated <em>Converse.js</em> into any other CMS or framework,
<a href="http://opkode.com/contact" target="_blank">please let me know</a> and I'll mention it on this page.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
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<h2>Demo</h2>
<p><a href="#" class="chat toggle-online-users">Click this link</a> or click the link on the bottom right corner of this page.</a></p>
<p>You can log in with any existing federated Jabber/XMPP account, or create a new one at any of these providers:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jabber.org" target="_blank">jabber.org</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jappix.com" target="_blank">jappix.com</a></li>
</ul>
There is also a list of public XMPP providers on <a href="xmpp.net" target="_blank">xmpp.net</a>.
</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> currently the demo doesn't work in Internet Explorer older
<p>You can log in with any existing XMPP account. There is also a list of public XMPP providers on <a href="http://xmpp.net" target="_blank">xmpp.net</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>Note:</strong> currently the demo doesn't work in Internet Explorer older
than 10. This is due to lacking support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharing">CORS</a>,
a standard which enables cross-domain XmlHttpRequests. There are ways
around this, but it hasn't been a priority for me to implement them for
this demo.
</p>
<p>
See <a href="/docs/html/index.html#overcoming-cross-domain-request-restrictions" target="_blank">here</a> for more information.
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<h3>Is it secure?</h3>
<p>Yes. In this demo <strong>Converse.js</strong> makes an
<p>Yes. In this demo <em>Converse.js</em> makes an
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer" target="_blank">SSL</a> encrypted connection to a secure connection manager.
The connection manager then uses SSL and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">TLS</a> to connect to an XMPP server.</p>
That said, the developers don't assume any liability for any loss or damages as a result of using this software or demo. Use this demo at your own risk.
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establish an authenticated connection on the server side and then attach to
this connection in your browser.
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<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> already supports this usecase, but you'll have to do more manual work yourself.</p>
<p><em>Converse.js</em> already supports this usecase, but you'll have to do some integration work yourself.</p>
<h2>Documentation</h2>
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