How to create permanent chatrooms in Messenger?
Dear @Alexey
I would like to create permanent chatrooms organized by categories in Messenger.
E.g. Chatrooms called:
- Art
- Business
- Music
- Technology
- Etc.
Users in a chatroom will discuss about that specific topic. Also, they should be able to enter by themselves (without the need of being added by someone) or leave those chatrooms at any time. But those chatrooms link/pages should always remain visible to all users in Messenger.
How can that be done?
I have another question: How to enable the shoutbox in Messenger when it’s invisible or disabled on the homepage? (the same way it’s done here on unacms.com)
The problem is for the shoutbox to show in someone’s Messenger, the person has to use it first on the homepage. if a user doesn’t type something in it on the homepage, it won’t show in Messenger.
Here on unacms.com, How have you managed to get it in the Messenger while it’s disabled on the homepage?
Thanks
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The core challenge here isn’t just creating chatrooms, but how to manage visibility and discovery when you potentially have hundreds of thousands of chatrooms and millions of users.
Before requesting advanced features like public permanent chatrooms or shoutbox improvements, I believe it’s essential to fix some basic but important issues first.
For example, if I set the Page Width to 1280 in the Designer, the Messenger module should respect this value like any other module on the site. Right now, it doesn’t, and that affects the overall site layout consistency.
Also, a “Go to start” button inside conversations is a simple but necessary feature. It should allow users to quickly jump to the beginning of a chat without endlessly scrolling.
If these basic adjustments are implemented first, then it would make sense to move forward with more advanced requests like managing thousands of chatrooms, categories, and shoutbox behaviors.