Windows Live Messenger addon version 1.0

The purpose of this module is to enable you to provide customer support/ sales advice/ chat using Windows messenger with customers that are browsing your shop without the need for them to have a windows live account.

This module installs a sidebox that contains a button and an little person icon that indicates when you are online. The customer can click on the sidebox and chat with you anonymously or with an account without the need for them to be running any messenger software.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=1387

The set up is 5 simple steps.
1) create a hotmail/ msn/ live account
2) turn on the web chat function
3) edit a file to add your id to the sidebox icon
4) upload the side box
5) turn on the side box

Microsoft basically provide a javascript web page that can talk to messenger. Your visitors don't need an account and can sign in anonymously as long as they fill out a password displayed as an image. Your messenger account is also kept anonymous too so spam is reduced to a minimum.

Hi Philip

Thanks for the contribution.

I cannot get the green icon to appear in my sidebox. I have done what you said in the install file about the email address which appears at the "Create html": [email protected]

I paste this into /includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/messenger_live.php

It still does not appear :(

I also have unchecked the tick at tools and also in http://settings.messenger.live.com/applications/CreateHtml.aspx it is on and saved

I cannot get the green icon to appear in my sidebox. I have done what it says in the install file about the email address which appears at the "Create html": [email protected]

I paste this into /includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/messenger_live.php

It still does not appear.

I also have unchecked the tick at tools and also in http://settings.messenger.live.com/a...reateHtml.aspx it is on and saved.

The sidebox can be seen at my page https://www.fotoexperten.no at top left, but no icon

Can anyone please help?:(

I have submitted it to the software addon section.

where is it?

It is now available on the add on section
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=1387

I see that version 101a is for zencart 139x and version 1 is for 138. The problem is, version 1 doesnt seem to work as there is no icon in the sidebox(i'm running zencart 138a) and when I try the version 101a my site locks up, which tells me it's not compatible.

Did anyone ever get a version for 138 running correctly?

Thanks.

i used it in version 1.38a and it works find

Any idea as to why there would be no icon in the sidebox?

Try to install again with care step by step may help:hug:

Version 1.01a works fine in ZC 1.38a and up

I'll give it another shot here in a bit and see what happens.

Anyone got this working? also cannot get the icon to get displayed.

Actually, yes, I got it working..... I set up a brand new hotmail/live account dedicated to the webstore and used the newest version, 1.01a, and all is good. I dont really know what I did differently from the last time I installed it but it is working this time. I believe the issue was in where the file got copied for the templates directory, verify that gets copied correctly because when I was checking after using filezilla to ftp them up, the template directory file was missing....

/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_messenger_live.php

make sure it's in "your template" directory.... file attributes shouldn't be an issue but verify they are correct and you should be up and running.

www.howardsfpi.com

I'm here now!

Finally i got it working. I didnt setup a new account. Just uninstalled and installed the newest version.

In the old install readme file it is not written: (DO NOT COPY THIS PART >>> @apps.messenger.live.com)

I think many do this mistake. So thanks Howard and thanks to the contributor for this update and text.

You can see me here now: https://www.fotoexperten.no

Cool

Glad you got it working. The latest version should work for everyone without any modifying at all.

There were a few errors in the original version that stopped it working, both in the readme and in the php files. all i did was change them so that it was easier to follow in the readme and make it so it was straight forward to configure.

Well thank you for the contribution! :smile: Hopefully, when I get a bit more familiar with PHP, I will be able to do the same. My choses languages and platform was phased out a number of years ago.... :(

But anyhow, thanks again!

Ive installed this with no issues, and set web prescence to everyone, pasted in the correct number, and changed my settings in Tools/Options in my messenger to contactable by anyone, but it always says Im offline - Ive even pasted the standard iframe complete code into a stand alone html file outside of zencart and it still says Im offline.

Anything I could be missing, doing wrong?

i have installed it.
The messenger button is showing. But the only thing showing is the messenger head, i can not see my screenname or the body of the messenger icon.

http://www.fritenglas.eu/shop/index.php?main_page=page&id=4&chapter=1&language=nl

How can i change this so it will show only the Icon or the button with the text visible.

Thanks