I want to integrate a chat room, then I realized discourse comes with a chat room, then I realized it’s not very good. For example, I tried to use it here in meta and I can’t make sense of it. For one, how do I add a channel? If a channel exists, it should be smacking me in the head to add it! This…

Have you taken a look at the chat channels on try.discourse.org ? The new channel button for staff is quite hidden. It’s at the top right. [изображение] Emphasize the New channel button when there are no channels [Screenshot_20240516_162106_Chrome]

Digging in to see what I can do. Much appreciated.

[изображение] gene morris: Even discourse uses chat and channel interchangeably in the above screen shot… …they don’t though? You’re IN THE Chat (aka the name of the thing, Discourse Chat), looking for a CHANNEL. You wouldn’t be in the “Channel” program looking for a chat. They aren’t used in…

I’m in the chat right now? Thought I was in the forum. When I think of chat, I think of DM but with more people, like a Whatsapp group or a signal group.

[изображение] Kartoon: You can’t add a channel here because you don’t run the site? It would be pretty silly to allow thousands of people to make their own public channels for the site. You can add a personal DM by clicking the + in the DM section, however… Yeah at the moment we have it hardc…

[изображение] Kartoon: You can’t add a channel here because you don’t run the site? Geeze. Join. How do I join a channel since I’m not joined to any? The chat box is a dead end. I don’t expect people to just randomly make their own channels or chat rooms or whatever on meta or my own site. D…

You are in the forum right now but the window in your screen shot is the chat area here on Meta and you can’t add channels because it is not your forum. On your forum you will have admin capabilities. [изображение] gene morris: How do I join a channel since I’m not joined to any? The chat box i…

I think there’s a huge misunderstanding. I’m not trying to create any channel here in meta. I am merely asking how do I join an existing channel? When I open the chat box and it tells me I’m not part of anything and there’s nothing to click on what do I do next? “There are no public channels here o…

Does anyone use chat on their site?

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HAWK (Hawk) 04.Июль.2024 22:24:20 2

It’s obviously your decision, but I’d recommend giving native chat a better go before looking for alternatives. We use it heavily at Discourse and it’s great. Have you seen Exploring features in Discourse Chat? It explains how to configure it properly.

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Introducing Discourse Chat (BETA) Announcements chat , new-feature	149	26384	03.08.2022
Discourse Chat Plugin official , chat , included-in-core	39	32558	17.02.2026
Tips for integrating chat with an existing long-term Discourse community Community Building chat	5	665	24.01.2023
Make it easier to add people to channels through chat UX Feature chat	5	139	08.03.2025
Will Discourse chat include threads? Feature chat , completed	15	2432	05.07.2023

Does anyone use chat on their site?

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