[Drupal] How to integrate My live chat software with Drupal 7?

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My Live Chat plugin is fully customizable, easy to install, and requires just a free account at Mylivechat to complete the integration with Drupal websites. It allows you to live chat with website visitors, monitor site traffic, and analyze the web activities of visitors, including their search engine and keyword usage. First of all, what you need to do is to create an account in Live chat site and integrate My live chat in Drupal. Read on to know how to enable live chat in your site.

Below are the steps to create My live chat software with Drupal 7.x

Step1 : Install My live chat plugin

First download the LiveChat plugin. Then extract and upload 'mylivechat' directory to Drupal plugins directory ("/sites/all/modules/").

Step2 : Enable My LiveChat plugin

Now, open your Drupal 7 website and Go to "Administration > Modules" and activate "MyLiveChat" module (under "Other" category).

Step3 : Configure My LiveChat settings

On enabling the "MyLiveChat" module , you will see menu on the top "MyLivechat". Click this menu and the page will redirect to live chat plugin settings. In the settings page, you will find a check-box with two options. If you already have a live chat account,just add the candidate ID, or else create an account and add your candidate ID in the settings page. You can also set the Display Type of your live chat. Finally, add 8 character encryption key and save it.

Step 4: Activate "MyLiveChat" block

Click the Structure > Blocks menu, see the "Disabled" section, find MyLiveChat block, and select any region you want to display this block.

Hope this helps.