Bubble plugin :: Sociocs - Click to Chat by Text
Introduction
This plugin adds a chat bubble on your website that draw user's attention, and gives them an easy way to reach out to you. It converts an inquiry into SMS / text messaging based conversation, so that your user doesn't have to wait on the website for a response.
When your web app user initiates the inquiry, it shows up in your Sociocs Inbox, from where you can reply to the user, and continue the conversation.
Plugin Installation
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In the Bubble dashboard, go to "Plugins".
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Click on "+ Add Plugins".
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Search for 'Sociocs - "Live Chat" by Text'.
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Click on "Install".
Plugin Configuration
Twilio
- You can skip this step if you already have an account with Twilio.
- If you don't have an account with Twilio, you can sign up for a free trial account. (Once you sign up for a trial, you should consider upgrading right away to avoid outbound SMS restrictions.
Sociocs
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Sign up or log in on app.sociocs.com.
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Select "SMS (with Twilio)" in the "Connect a new channel" page. If you are an existing user, after logging in, click on "Channels" menu on the top, click on "+" button to go to the "Connect a new channel" page.
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Connect your Twilio phone by following the instructions.
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Go to "Connect a new channel" page again (click on "Channels" on the top menu, and click on "+" button), and select "Click to Chat by Text/SMS".
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Enter information for your Web Chat plugin and customize the chat prompt UI (if you want), and click "Next".
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You should see the plugin code, find these values in the code: "data-channel", "data-primary-color", and "data-prompt-text". These fields are referred without "data-" prefix in the below step (e.g. "data-channel" is referred as "channel" etc.)

Bubble Editor
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Go to the "Sociocs - Click to Chat by WhatsApp" plugin in the Bubble Editor.
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Add "channel", "primary-color", and "prompt-text" configuration parameters.
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Bubble also shows fields for adding dev keys (i.e. "channel - dev.", "primary-color - dev.", and "prompt-text - dev."). You can leave them blank.
That's it! Refresh your Bubble web app page, and you should see a chat bubble on bottom right.