Web 2.0
CometChat works seamlessly with all modern web-browsers and shared hosting.
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Cross-browser compatibile
CometChat works in all modern browsers including Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+, Opera 9.5+ and Chrome.
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Works on shared hosting
CometChat does not require any special hard-to-maintain dedicated servers. Does your site run on a shared host? No problem. CometChat has a small footprint and is as efficient as any self-hosted solution can be.
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Ease of installation
Installation is so simple that it will take you only a few minutes to get CometChat up and running. Face virtually zero down-time during installation.
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Highly scalable
Need to support thousands of users? Add our CometService add-on to your CometChat software and move your server load from your server to ours.
One-on-One Chat
The one-on-one chat is the heart of CometChat. Your site users can chat with each other in real-time and engage in activities like multiplayer games, voice and video conversations, screensharing and more.
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Intuitive chat design
Your users can start using CometChat the instant they login to your site. The Who's Online list will automatically display their friends (or other online users) and a single click enables them to start chatting with them in real-time.
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Smileys, auto-linking and word censoring
CometChat will automatically convert smileys into images, hyperlink any links and censor words specified by you in each and every chat conversation. CometChat will magically fetch thumbnails for any YouTube links your users send.
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Extendable using plugins
CometChat comes pre-loaded with a number of plugins that allow you to extend the functionality of the one-on-one chat feature. Users can send handwritten messages, play head-to-head multiplayer games, write in their native language and a lot more.
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Unlimited chat conversations
CometChat will automatically show scroll buttons if you have more chat conversations than that can be accomodated by the browser window. So your users can chat with one, five or even twenty users simultaneously.
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Instant notifications
User online/offline: CometChat will notify your users when their friends (or other online users) are online and available to chat.
New messages: CometChat's multiple notification options ensure that your users never miss a new message. CometChat will display a pop-up indicating the number new messages, flicker the website title as well as provide audio notification whenever a new message arrives. Your users can always disable sound notification from the options menu.
Seamless Integration
CometChat comes bundled with ready integrations for the most popular softwares available. Installation takes only a few minutes and requires no programming knowledge.
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Automatic login
Your users are logged into CometChat the instant they login to your site. No separate confusing logins.
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Friends list synchronization
Auto synchronization of friends list ensure that your users always view their current friends list. If your site/software does not support friends system, then all online users can be displayed in the "Who's Online" list.
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User Profiles
CometChat allows users to quickly visit profiles by clicking on the user's name while chatting.
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User Avatars
CometChat automatically displays the user's avatar in the "Who's Online" list and while chatting.
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Custom site integration
If your site uses custom code or a ready integration is not yet available, then all you need to do is modify a single configuration file as per your site structure. No modifications are required to be made to your site code.
The Chat Bar
The CometChat chat bar comes loaded with a number of modules. Small and unobtrusive, it does not interfere with your user's browsing experience and provides a plethora of tools for user engagement.
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Custom tray icons
Create new shortcuts in minutes using our administration panel. Quickly set them to launch in a new window, in the same window or as a popup.
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Extensible using modules
CometChat enables you to extend the bar functionality by adding modules. CometChat comes preloaded with a number of modules like Facebook/Twitter social networking tools, share this page etc. Modules can be managed using the administration panel
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Fluid and fixed size
Have a site with fixed width and left aligned? No problem! You can easily set fixed width for the CometChat bar and position it to match your site layout.
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Hide bar feature
Not using CometChat at the moment? Simply click on a button to hide the CometChat bar.
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Quick search ability for user lists
CometChat will automatically display a search bar in the "Who's Online" list to allow your users to quickly find friends when the list gets larger.
Themes & Languages
CometChat supports themes as well as virtually any language in the world including right-to-left languages.
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CSS Based
CometChat is 100% CSS based so you can easily modify the look and feel of the bar by simply editing CSS codes from administration panel.
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Two in-built themes
Have a site with a darker background? Use our 'dark' theme and watch how smoothly CometChat blends into your site design.
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UTF-8 Internationalization
Add your own language in minutes. Edit a few language files and you are good to go.
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Right to left support
Have a site in Arabic or a Hebrew? Use our RTL support to quickly switch text alignment.
Plugins
CometChat comes loaded with a variety of plugins to enhance one-on-one conversations.
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Audio/Video Chat
The simplest way to connect face-to-face! Leverages peer-to-peer technology to achieve high quality video conversations. No server bandwidth used and works on shared servers.
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Screensharing
The easiest way for your users to share their screen. Need to show a presentation or a demo? Easily share your screen or a particular window with another user.
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Block User
Enable your users to block other users directly from CometChat.
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Chat History
Users can view chronological logs of their chat history with other users.
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Chat Time
Display time of arrival of messages in the user's local time without any special configuration.
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Clear Conversation
Someone looking? Users have the option to clear their chat history with the click of a button.
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Color your text
Your users can use different colors while chatting in chatrooms to easily distinguish themselves.
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Games
Engage your users by allowing them to compete against one another! Over 25+ multiple player games to choose including Pool, Backgammon, Battleships, Checkers, Chess and Tic Tac Toe.
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Handwrite a message
Why type boring text messages when you can use your mouse as a paintbrush? Users can draw their thoughts using this plugin.
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Report Conversation
Enable your users to report inappropriate conversations directly to administrator.
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Send a file
Allow your users to send files to each other using the file transfer facility. It's simple, easy and quick.
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Smilies
Quickly look up available smilies during chat interactions with users.
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Save Conversation
Need to keep local records of a chat conversation? Your users can now download entire chat conversations as text files.
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Transliterate
Users can now type in English and convert the text to their native language. Over 20 languages to choose from.
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Whiteboard
Users can share thoughts by drawing on a collaborative whiteboard.
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Writeboard
Need your users to work on documents? Users can collaborate together with the help of the writeboard plugin.
Modules
CometChat comes loaded with a variety of modules to enhance the overall bar experience.
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Chatrooms
Create a buzz and gather users into a single place using chatrooms. Create permanent, password protected and invitation only chatrooms.
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Announcements
Send announcements to your users in real-time. Pushing advertisements, promotions or site news could have never been simpler.
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Change Theme
Apply different themes and change the look and feel of CometChat. Enable your users to take control of the way your site looks.
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Facebook Fan Page
Launch your Facebook fan page straight from the CometChat bar and watch your fanbase grow.
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Games
Engage your users for hours in single player games! Over 100+ games to choose from.
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Home
Single click access for your users to go to your site home. Your visitors will never lose their way again.
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Scroll To Top
Have lengthy pages on your site? Our smooth scroll to top option will enable your users to quickly go to the top of the page.
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Share This Page
Enable your visitors to share, save and distribute your content through Facebook, Twitter, Email, Digg, StumbleUpon and many more.
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Translate
Give your readers the ability to translate any page on your website into 50+ languages with a single click. Our inline translation requires no page reload.
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Twitter
Display latest tweets from your Twitter account and increase the number of followers.
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Conversation Translation
Are your users chatting in different languages? Users can translate all incoming conversations into their native language using the real-time translate plugin.
Extensions
Extensions enhance CometChat by adding various out-of-the-box features.
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Facebook and Gtalk Chat
Enable your users to chat with their Facebook/Gtalk friends directly from your site. This service is provided free of charge to active CometChat license holders only.
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Advertisements
Add custom advertisements to chat boxes and earn money when your users chat.
Administration Panel
The advanced admin panel allows you to make modifications to CometChat without editing a single line of code! Absolutely no programming knowledge required.
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Statistics, spy & logs
The administration panel enables you to view statistics of users using your CometChat. You can spy on conversations taking place on your site in real-time as well as view chat logs.
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Drag and drop plugins/modules
Plugins and modules can be added, removed and re-positioned directly from the panel. No more complicated PHP code modification required.
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100s of settings
Customize each and every aspect of the bar from colors to langauage. Our administration panel enables you to tweak hundreds of different aspect of the bar.
