Step 1
You will find two zip files inside the ‘cometchat_UNZIP_FIRST’ folder. Unzip the ‘crea8social.zip’ file and merge the extracted ‘plugins’ folder with the existing ‘plugins’ directory of your site.
Step 2
Log in to Crea8social Administration Panel and from the left menu, go to
Plugins Manager > Manage.
Step 3
Find and select ‘CometChat’ under the list of ‘Plugins’ and click ‘Activate’.
Step 4
Go to Settings > CometChat.
Step 5
Select the ‘cometchat.zip’ file provided in the package and click ‘Upload’.
Step 6
Once CometChat is installed, CometChat Administration Panel will be displayed.
Additional settings:
Inbox Synchronization:
To enable Inbox Synchronization, check ‘Yes’ option and click ‘SAVE’.
User Group:
To disable CometChat for a particular user group, provide user group id and click ‘SAVE’.
Enable/Disable CometChat bar:
To enable/disable CometChat bar, check ‘Yes/No’ option respectively and click ‘SAVE’.
To upgrade CometChat to its latest version on your site, download CometChat package from ‘https://my.cometchat.com/’. Unzip the cometchat_UNZIP_FIRST.zip and upload the new ‘cometchat.zip’ and click ‘Upgrade’.
Note :
If you face problem while uploading ‘cometchat.zip’ file, please unzip the ‘cometchat.zip’ that has been provided in the package. Place the ‘cometchat’ folder in the Crea8social root directory and execute ‘cometchat/install.php’ from ‘http://<path_to_crea8social>/cometchat/install.php’. Also,
CHMOD the following folder to 777 (recursively):
/cometchat/writable/
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