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<div id="banner"><a href="https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/docs/source/quickstart.rst">Edit me on GitHub</a></div>
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Quickstart
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Getting a demo up and running
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=============================
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Option 1: Use the content delivery network
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Converse has a `CDN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network>`_, provided by `KeyCDN <http://keycdn.com/>`_,
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which hosts its JavaScript and CSS files.
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The latest versions of these files are available at these URLs:
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/dist/converse.min.js
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/css/converse.min.css
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If you are integrating Converse into an existing website or app, then we recommend
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that you load a specific version of Converse. Otherwise your website or app
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might break when a new backwards-incompatible version of Converse is released.
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To load a specific version of Converse you can put the version in the URL:
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/4.1.1/dist/converse.min.js
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/4.1.1/css/converse.min.css
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You can include these two URLs inside the *<head>* element of your website
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via the *script* and *link* tags:
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.. code-block:: html
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="https://cdn.conversejs.org/4.1.1/css/converse.min.css">
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<script src="https://cdn.conversejs.org/4.1.1/dist/converse.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Option 2: Building the files yourself
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-------------------------------------
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Instead of using the CDN, you can also create your own builds and host them yourself.
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Have a look at the :ref:`creating_builds` section on how to create your own builds.
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In short, you should be able to do it by running ``make dist`` inside a
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checkout of the `Converse repo <http://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/>`_.
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Besides including the ``converse.min.js`` and ``converse.min.css`` files,
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you'll also need to make sure that the ``webfonts`` directory is available in
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the same location as ``converse.min.css``.
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Initializing Converse
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---------------------
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You'll need to initialize Converse with configuration settings relevant to your requirements.
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Take a look at the :ref:`configuration-settings` section for info on all the available settings.
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To quickly get started, you can put the following JavaScript code at the
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bottom of your page (after the closing *</body>* element)::
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<script>
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converse.initialize({
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bosh_service_url: 'https://conversejs.org/http-bind/', // Please use this connection manager only for testing purposes
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show_controlbox_by_default: true
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});
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</script>
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The `index.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/index.html>`_ file inside the
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Converse repository serves as a nice, usable example.
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Fullscreen version
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------------------
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Converse also comes in a fullscreen version.
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A hosted version is available online at `conversejs.org/fullscreen <https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html>`_.
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Originally this version was available as a separate build file, but
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as of version 4.0.0 and higher, the difference between the "overlay" and the
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"fullscreen" versions of converse.js is simply a matter of configuring the
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:ref:`view_mode`.
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For example::
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<script>
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converse.initialize({
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bosh_service_url: 'https://conversejs.org/http-bind/', // Please use this connection manager only for testing purposes
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view_mode: 'fullscreen'
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});
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</script>
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Where to go from here?
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======================
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Have a look at the various :ref:`features <features>` that Converse provides, for some of
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them you might have to do more setup work, like configuring an XMPP server or
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webserver.
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You might want to implement some kind of persistent single-session solution for
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your website, where users authenticate once in your website and are then
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automatically logged in to the XMPP server as well. For more info on how this
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can be achieved, read: :ref:`session-support`.
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Perhaps you want to create your own custom build of Converse? Then head over
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to the :doc:`builds` section, or more generally the :doc:`development <development>`
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documentation.
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Do you want to know how to theme Converse? Then read the :doc:`theming <theming>`
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documentation.
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