This documentation assumes that you have already installed script on localhost
Actionable Steps
For detailed documentation with images (Live and Localhost methods), use this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i892fy3ATSjqv87c54alwZagKbQZKytC/view?usp=sharing
You have to setup websockets server on your development site (localhost).
Step 1: Go
to your lib folder. Most likely path to follow looks like
below. This PC=>Local
Disk (C:)=>xampp=>htdocs =>gigtodov5=>libs
Step 2: Look for the file named chat_server.phpStep 3: Open chat_server.php file and obtain the value in line 16. Note: Mine is 3000. Yours may, or may not be the same
Step 5: While
powershell (alternative code reader) is opened, run the following command to
start the websockets server > php chat_server.php At this stage, the websockets server has
been started.
Step 6:
Go to your website Admin panel under settings=>general-settings,
and
(a). Enable websockets (b).
Paste the following into websockets address section and save: ws://localhost:3000 where 3000 is obtained from chat_server.php (see step 3 above)
Testing the localhost setup