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166 lines
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<meta charset='utf-8' />
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<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1" />
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<meta name="description" content="Converse.js: Open Source Browser-Based Instant Messaging" />
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="stylesheets/stylesheet.css">
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="converse.css">
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<!--<script src="converse.min.js"></script>-->
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<script data-main="main" src="Libraries/require-jquery.js"></script>
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<title>Converse.js</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<!-- HEADER -->
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<div id="header_wrap" class="outer">
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<header class="inner">
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<a id="forkme_banner" href="https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js">View on GitHub</a>
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<h1 id="project_title"><a href="http://conversejs.org">Converse.js</a></h1>
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<h2 id="project_tagline">Browser-based Instant Messaging with Strophe.js and Backbone.js</h2>
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<section id="downloads">
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<a class="zip_download_link" href="https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/archive/v0.3.zip">Download the latest release as a .zip file</a>
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<a class="tar_download_link" href="https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/archive/v0.3.tar.gz">Download the latest release as a tar.gz file</a>
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</section>
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</header>
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</div>
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<!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
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<div id="main_content_wrap" class="outer">
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<section id="main_content" class="inner">
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<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> is an open source, web based, <a href="http://xmpp.org" target="_blank">XMPP/Jabber</a> chat client, similar to
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php" target="_blank">Facebook chat</a>, but with added support for multi-user chatrooms.</p>
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<p>It is a Javascript application that you can include in your
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website, thereby providing it with instant messaging functionality.</p>
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<p>You will also need access to an XMPP/Jabber server. You can connect to any public, federated XMPP server, or you can set one up
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yourself, thereby maintaining stricter privacy controls.</p>
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<p>It's possible to enable single-site login, whereby users already
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authenticated in your website will also automatically be logged in on the chat server, but this will require custom code on your server.</p>
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<p>An <a href="http://github.com/collective/collective.xmpp.chat" target="_blank">add-on product</a> that does exactly this,
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already exists for the <a href="http://plone.org" target="_blank">Plone</a> CMS. Hopefully in the future more such add-ons will
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be created for other platforms.
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</p>
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<p>If you have integrated Converse.js into any other CMS or framework,
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<a href="http://opkode.com/contact" target="_blank">please let me know</a> and I'll mention it on this page.</p>
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<h2>Features</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Single-user chat</li>
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<li>Multi-user chat in chatrooms (<a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html">XEP 45</a>)</li>
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<li>vCard support (<a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0054.html">XEP 54</a>)</li>
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<li>Service discovery (<a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html">XEP 30</a>)</li>
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<li>Contact rosters</li>
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<li>Manually or automically subscribe to other contacts</li>
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<li>Accept or decline contact requests</li>
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<li>Roster item exchange (<a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/tmp/xep-0144-1.1.html">XEP 144</a>)</li>
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<li>Chat statuses (online, busy, away, offline)</li>
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<li>Custom status messages</li>
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<li>Typing notifications</li>
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<li>Third person messages (/me )</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Screencasts</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://opkode.com/media/blog/instant-messaging-for-plone-with-javascript-and-xmpp" target="_blank">Screencast 1</a>:
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Integrated into a Plone site via <strong>collective.xmpp.chat</strong>.
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</li>
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<li><a href="http://opkode.com/media/blog/2013/04/02/converse.js-xmpp-instant-messaging-with-javascript" target="_blank">Screencast 2</a>:
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A static HTML page with <em>Converse.js</em>. Here we chat to external XMPP accounts on Jabber.org and Gmail.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Demo</h2>
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<p><a href="#" class="chat toggle-online-users">Click this link</a> or click the link on the bottom right corner of this page.</a></p>
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<p>You can log in with any existing federated Jabber/XMPP account, or create a new one at any of these providers:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://jabber.org" target="_blank">jabber.org</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://jappix.com" target="_blank">jappix.com</a></li>
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</ul>
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There is also a list of public XMPP providers on <a href="xmpp.net" target="_blank">xmpp.net</a>.
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</p>
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<p><b>Note:</b> currently the demo doesn't work in Internet Explorer older
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than 10. This is due to lacking support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharing">CORS</a>,
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a standard which enables cross-domain XmlHttpRequests. There are ways
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around this, but it hasn't been a priority for me to implement them for
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this demo.
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</p>
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<p>
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See <a href="/docs/html/index.html#overcoming-cross-domain-request-restrictions" target="_blank">here</a> for more information.
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</p>
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<h3>Is it secure?</h3>
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<p>Yes. In this demo <strong>Converse.js</strong> makes an
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer" target="_blank">SSL</a> encrypted connection to a secure connection manager.
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The connection manager then uses SSL and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">TLS</a> to connect to an XMPP server.</p>
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That said, the developers don't assume any liability for any loss or damages as a result of using this software or demo. Use this demo at your own risk.
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<h3>Session support</h3>
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<p>
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The chat client will disconnect whenever you reload the page. If you
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want the user's session to persist across page reloads, you can
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establish an authenticated connection on the server side and then attach to
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this connection in your browser.
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</p>
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<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> already supports this usecase, but you'll have to do more manual work yourself.</p>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
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<p>
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The documentation is still a bit sparse and a work in progress.
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Nevertheless, you can read what's already written <a href="/docs/html/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>Tests</h2>
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<p>
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We use the <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine"
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target="_blank">Jasmine</a> testing framework to write tests.
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The tests can be run in the browser and can be viewed <a href="http://conversejs.org/tests.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>Credits and Dependencies</h2>
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<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> depends on a few third party libraries, including:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://strophe.im/strophejs" target="_blank">strophe.js</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://backbonejs.org" target="_blank">backbone.js</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://requirejs.org" target="_blank">require.js</a></li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<p>Some images were taken from <a href="http://plone.org" target="_blank">Plone</a> and the
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<a href="http://openiconlibrary.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">Open Icon Library</a>.
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<h2>Licence</h2>
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<p><strong>Converse.js</strong> is released under both the <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" target="_blank">MIT</a>
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and <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0" target="_blank">GPL</a> licenses.</p>
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</section>
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</div>
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<div id="footer_wrap" class="outer">
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<footer class="inner">
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<p class="copyright">Converse.js created by <a href="http://opkode.com" target="_blank">jcbrand</a></p>
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</footer>
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<div id="chatpanel">
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<div id="collective-xmpp-chat-data"></div>
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<div id="toggle-controlbox">
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<a href="#" class="chat toggle-online-users">
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<strong class="conn-feedback">Click here to chat</strong> <strong style="display: none" id="online-count">(0)</strong>
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