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Is there a chatbox widget available for a website?
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Mar 17, 2022 at 11:13am   •   2 replies  •  0 likes
Oscar Khesin

We need a chatbox for our website that will ask a visitor for some basic information, such as name, email, phone and subject of interest. Then, based on the input the visitor provides, they will be prompted with the button to call one of our relevant RingCentral groups/queues. Are there any templates available to configure such a widget that could be integrated with a WordPress website?

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answered on Mar 17, 2022 at 6:12pm  

Hi @Oscar Khesin You can try our Engage Digital production with structured-messages.

Here is a demo: https://ringcentral-tutorials.github.io/engage-digital-structured-messages-demo/index.html
Source: https://github.com/ringcentral-tutorials/engage-digital-structured-messages-demo


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on Mar 18, 2022 at 9:29am   •  0 likes


Hi Embbnux, can somebody help customize your Engage Digital demo for our needs?

on Mar 20, 2022 at 7:22pm   •  0 likes

Hi @Oscar Khesin You can have a support from here https://www.ringcentral.com/digital-customer-engagement.html
For customizing the widget UI, it can be done in the Engage Digital admin website. For auto reply, you can follow this guide https://developers.ringcentral.com/engage/digital/guide/interactions/structured-messages/quick-start

on May 2, 2022 at 10:27am   •  0 likes

I'm RC admin , how can I locate the attached page with admin menu ? Do I need to subscribe to some Digital Engage 3315-engage-admin.pngservice or it's included in my plan?

on May 4, 2022 at 8:23pm   •  0 likes

Hi @Oscar Khesin I am not very familiar with Engage Digital plan. You can talk with our supports at this page with chat widget https://www.ringcentral.com/digital-customer-engagement.html Or call the phone number in the page.

answered on Mar 17, 2022 at 4:08pm  

@Oscar Khesin I am not familiar with any such app or integration available in our App Gallery, but it certainly would be a useful tool.

But I did take the liberty to do some searching on the web. For your use case, it doesn't sound like you need to engage any server component. Meaning all of the logic you need could be encapsulated in the widget directly. All you need to do is create a sequence of questions that results in determining what extension to route the person to.

Here are some simple javascript examples of how to create/embed a chatbox on your website:

You could then prompt the user for a phone number and they will be connected to the right person - and you could use the RingOut API to help make that connection.


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on Mar 17, 2022 at 4:41pm   •  0 likes

Thank you, Byrne!
I found the following free chatbox plugin https://perishablepress.com/simple-ajax-chat/

I can configure the plugin for initial interaction, so will I be able to add RC API methods to the plugin to direct chatbox visitors to call and/or chat with relevant RC Cues / members?

on Mar 19, 2022 at 3:01pm   •  0 likes

Yes, you should be able to. Given that it is AJAX, this assumes there will be a server-side component to this as well. That is a GOOD THING as it will make it easier and more secure for you to query the RingCentral API to fetch extensions, or other phone numbers, and finally to initiate the RingOut API call to start the phone call.

on Mar 19, 2022 at 3:14pm   •  0 likes

hi Byrne, do you know any consultant/developer who could help customize the Engage Digital demo for our needs?
Here is a demo: https://ringcentral-tutorials.github.io/engage-digital-structured-messages-demo/index.html
Source:
https://github.com/ringcentral-tutorials/engage-digital-structured-messages-demo

on Mar 18, 2022 at 8:57am   •  0 likes

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