Widgets
Chat Widgets – Live Examples
CWAL participants have four live-chat widgets to choose from, which you can place on any webpage within your library’s website (including having multiple widgets on different webpages) with an embed code. The different chat widgets include:
In-page Chat Widget (see the embedded box below): these widgets display the chat window entirely inside the page where you embedded them.
Button Pop-out Widget (see the Chat Now button towards the bottom of this page): these widgets allow users to click on a button, which launches the chat window in a new browser window. This widget should be used if your library website does not support an embedded widget.
Slide-out Tab Widget (see the Chat Now button attached to the page’s scroll bar): this widget appears on the right of the browser window and says “Chat Now”; when a user selects, it expands to display the chat window.
Floating (see the chat icon button in the lower right of this page): these widgets display a button that floats in the bottom-right corner of the browser window. When a user clicks on the button, the widget expands above it.
For more information about your library’s chat widget choices, as well as a widget best-practices guide, please see the CWAL Site Coordinator User Guide pages 18-24
Button Pop-out Widget
