Need to add interactivity to your site? Look no further; CometChat is the leading chat solution for your site which will help you grow your customer base exponentially, drastically increase the time spent by users and add hundreds of new features in a matter of minutes!
CometChat seamlessly integrates with your site. Your users will automatically be logged into CometChat the instant they login to your site. CometChat will show user’s friends in the Who’s Online list as well as integrate with user profiles and avatars.
Some of the key features in Basic Edition:
- One-on-one chat
- Chatrooms
- Single-player games
- File Sharing
- Guest Chat
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Upgrade to Higher Editions
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You can upgrade later at anytime to a higher CometChat Edition (for audio/video chat and other features) by simply paying the difference.
Some of our key features:
- Audio/video/text chat on web, mobile & desktop!
- Ability to share files, screen, handwritten messages & collaborative documents
- Push notification on Mobile so that your users never miss a message
- Desktop Messenger so that your users can chat even without opening their browser
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White-labelled Mobile Apps
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Our White-labelled Mobile Apps for iOS & Android are sold separately. We will modify the app to include your logo, colors and name e.g. the app will be called "YourSite Messenger" in the stores. You will also have to signup for an Apple/Google developer account. We will then provide you with the apps which you can upload to the stores. You may also choose to set a price for downloading the app.
Enable your users to chat directly from the desktop using our white-labelled Windows & Mac desktop app (sold separately). We will modify the app to include your logo, colors and name e.g. the app will be called "YourSite Messenger".
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Have questions?
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Feel free to email us at sales@cometchat.com if you have any questions and we would be happy to answer them for you.
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CometChat Change Log
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CometChat v5.6.2
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Features
+ CometChat is now compatible with Tapatalk app for vBulletin and Xenforo forums.
Enhancements
+ You can now choose to show blocked users in Who's Online list.
Fixes
+ Miscellaneous bug fixes
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CometChat v5.6.1
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Features
+ New ready-to-use plugins for super simple installation for:
- XenForo with Inbox message sync and usergroup restrictions
- BuddyPress with Inbox message sync and usergroup restrictions
- PHPFox with Inbox message sync
- vBulletin with usergroup restrictions
- WordPress with usergroup restrictions
- Community Builder with usergroup restrictions
- Kunena with usergroup restrictions
- Jamroom with usergroup restrictions
- concrete5
Enhancements
+ Chatroom invite messages now displays chatroom name
+ Added Advertisement in Chatrooms for Synergy theme
Fixes
+ Fixed issues with Guest Mode
+ Fixed issues with Filetransfer plugin in Firefox Browser
+ Fixed issues with Screensharing, A/V Broadcast and Whiteboard plugins
+ Fixed issue with minimizeAll and chatWith API's in Synergy theme
+ Fixed issues with Link and Avatar in cross-domain environment
+ Fixed issues with French language
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Mobile SDK v1.1.9
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Android
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+ Critical group AV chat bug fix
+ Better compatible with CometChat 5.5 for AV chat
+ Fixed a bug due to which subscribe polling was throwing exceptions
+ Minor bug fixes
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Mobile SDK v1.1.8
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Android
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+ Bug fixes
iOS
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+ Custom emoji message bug fixed.
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CometChat v5.6.0
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Features
+ Embed CometChat into your site using our new embeddable theme!
+ Enable your users to reach out to multiple users at once with the help of our Broadcast Message Module
+ Have a voice call using our Audio only chat plugin
+ Embed Private Chatrooms into your site pages
Enhancements
+ Cross-domain support for all plugins
+ High resolution smileys!
+ 'Load more messages' and 'Chat history plugin' are now compatible with CometService
Fixes
+ Fixed issues with Clear Conversation
+ Fixed issues with Hangout theme
+ Fixed issues with status messages
+ Fixed issues with Mobile Tab
+ 100's of miscellaneous fixes & tweaks
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All-New Mobile Apps v1.5.6
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+ Performance Enhancements
+ Bug Fixes
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Mobile SDK v1.1.7
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+ Added ability to fetch chat history
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Mobile SDK v1.1.6
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+ Added AV chat to chatrooms
+ Bug fixes and code optimization
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Mobile SDK v1.1.5
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+ Added setStatus and setStatusMessage feature (Feature)
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Mobile SDK v1.1.4
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+ Added noise cancellation in audio/video chat (Feature)
+ Disabled message resend mechanism (Bug fix)
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Mobile SDK v1.1.3
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+ Added unique parameter for identifying each platform (Bug fix)
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Mobile SDK v1.1.2
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+ URL validation rectified (Bug fix)
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Mobile SDK v1.1.1
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+ Added login with username and password (Feature)
+ Added function to check the current version number
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Mobile SDK v1.1.0
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+ Added Audio/Video calling (Feature)
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All-New Mobile Apps v1.5
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+ Video Sharing
+ Real-time Translation
+ Announcements
+ Invite Phone Contacts via SMS
+ Block/Unblock user
+ Set Status & Status Message
+ Performance Enhancements
+ Bug Fixes
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Mobile SDK v1.0.8
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+ Fixed bug with realtime announcement
+ Fixed bug with image sharing
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CometChat v5.5.0
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Features
+ Social Login for sites without any login system
+ Load Earlier Messages in one-on-one chat
+ Owner and moderators can now delete chatrooms
Enhancements
+ Network call load reduced for message sending
+ New message indicator in chatrooms can be enabled/disabled from the Administration Panel
+ Enhanced security for file transfer
+ Easily add moderators to chatrooms and ban users using usernames instead of user IDs
Fixes
+ Fixed issue with username in CometService
+ Fixed issue with cross-domain
+ Fixed issues with Mobile Webapp
+ Fixed minor CSS issues in themes
+ Fixed issue with Save conversation plugin
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Mobile SDK v1.0.7
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+ Added video sharing
+ Enhanced network calls (Android)
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Mobile SDK v1.0.6
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+ Reduced dependencies
+ Removed unused classes and functions
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Mobile SDK v1.0.5
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+ Bug fixes
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Mobile SDK v1.0.4
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+ Added image sharing
+ Revised login function
+ Bug fixes
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Mobile SDK v1.0.3
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+ Added error codes for block/unblock feature
+ Function name to fetch blocked users changed from getBlockedUsers to getBlockedUserList
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Mobile SDK v1.0.2
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+ Added user block/unblock feature
+ Added ability to fetch blocked users
+ Bug fixes
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Mobile SDK v1.0.1
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+ \' slashes bug
+ Slowing of SDK due to large number of friends
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Mobile SDK v1.0.0
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+ Initial release of SDK
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All-New Mobile Apps v1.0.1
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Features
+ Video chat using WebRTC
+ Smiley Keyboard
+ Invite users into chatrooms
+ Leave chatroom
+ Offline support
Enhancements
+ Revamped the UI completely
+ Performance improvements
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CometChat v5.4.0
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Features
+ WebRTC support for Audio/Video Chat!
+ Desktop notifications for chat messages
+ Joomla, JomSocial and Easysocial plugins with Inbox message sync and usergroup restrictions
Enhancements
+ Self diagnostic code and auto-healer
+ Reduced network footprint
Fixes
+ Fixed freezing issue in Hangout theme on window resize
+ Fixed Desktop notifications issues
+ Fixed issues in cron job
+ Fixed Administration Panel crash issues
+ Fixed Smilies layout in window mode
+ Fixed issues in Clear conversation plugin
+ Fixed issues in Chat history plugin
+ Fixed issue with users staying in deleted chatroom rooms
+ Fixed Home & Scroll To Top modules in Hangouts and Facebook theme
+ Fixed popup window sizes issues in Administration Panel
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CometChat v5.3.0
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Features
+ New Facebook Theme!
+ Status Message now appears in Hangouts theme
+ Updated Games module with higher quality games
+ Now mobile icon is shown next to users logged in via the mobile app
+ Save Conversation Plugin is now available for Chatrooms
Enhancements
+ Added ability to set height and width of chatbox
+ Added ability to chat with multiple user simultaneously in Hangouts theme
+ Converted message beep to HTML5
+ Added 24 hours date format to Chatrooms and Chat History plugin
+ ChatWith JavaScript API for HTML5 Mobile Web App
+ Optimized JavaScript performance
+ Added setting to disable Mobile Theme
Fixes
+ Fixed Chat Now button position in Mobile theme.
+ Fixed the issue for hidden divs overlapping with site's footer
+ Fixed scroll drag issue in Chatrooms
+ Fixed Guest-prefix issue in messages
+ Fixed the issue with delete message functionality in Chatrooms when CometService is enabled
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CometChat v5.2.0
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Features
+ More MemCache options: APC , Sqllite and WinCache
+ Push Notification support for mobile native apps
+ Desktop Notification (Supported only in chrome browser)
+ Favicon notification support
+ Report and Clear conversation now available even in mobile webapps
+ Added Zoom.us support for better audio/video and screen-sharing experience
+ Added Emoji support
+ Ability to add new smileys through administration panel
+ Added ability to resize and popout lightbox windows
+ New theme (Hangout Theme)
+ Added image and video upload feature in chatrooms for Native App
+ Ads extension now available in Desktop Messenger
Enhancements
+ Added compatibility with PHP 5.5 (mysqli support)
+ Separation of Moderators and Users in chatrooms
+ Added message delete functionality for chatrooms
+ Optimized CRON code
+ Enable/Disable one-on-one or chatrooms for mobile webapp through administration panel
+ Added preview thumbnails for uploaded images and videos
+ Added send button in mobile webapp
+ SSL support for ORTC transport
+ Optimized performance of the chat history plugin
+ Now no need to remember ID’s!! Easily add moderators to chatrooms and ban users by single click
+ Added home button for mobile webapp
+ Modules support for lightweight theme
+ Full Screen option in audio/video chat
+ Messages over 1800 characters supported in CometService
+ Separated themes and colors in administration panel
+ Handwrite plugin now uses HTML5
Fixes
+ Fixed typing issue in mobile webapp on iPhone Safari browser
+ Fixed login issue to administration panel in IE and Opera
+ Fixed issue with session not getting destroyed on logout (if CometChat HTML code is not added to login/logout website page)
+ Fixed issue with avchat settings
+ HTML5 textbox validation in administration panel
+ Fixed timezone issue
+ Fixed issues with RTL
+ Fixed issue to unban guest users
+ Fixed issue for Desktop Messenger (Report conversation, avchat(opentok, addlive), screenshare, writeboard)
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CometChat v5.1.0
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Features
+ New support for Memcache (drastic load reduce!)
+ Added support for file caching mechanism alternatively
+ Integration with Realtime.co (third party transport)
+ Ability to execute and customize cronjobs through administration panel
Enhancements
+ Mobile tab now works with CometService
+ Desktop Messenger now works with APE server
+ Chat history now works for guests
+ Ability to monitor & log guest messages from administration panel
+ Responsive mobile tab based on mobile device resolution
+ Optimized code for audio/video & broadcast plugin
+ Improved CometService code
Fixes
+ No missing messages when using multiple devices
+ Fixed issues when CometChat is used in cross-domain configuration
+ Fixed freezing issue in Mac OS in screensharing plugin
+ Fixed smiles issue in save conversation plugin
+ Fixed issues with handwrite plugin
+ Miscellaneous code & administration panel fixes
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CometChat v5.0.0
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Features
+ Free native mobile app for iOS and Android devices
+ Support for white-labelled mobile apps (i.e. app with your site name,logo, icon, colors)
+ New Broadcast plugin enables your users to broadcast their audio & video to other users
+ New AddLive partnership for audio/video chat and screensharing
+ Ability for guest to change name
Enhancements
+ Seamless login for Gtalk chat feature (using Google OAuth2)
+ Friendly upgrade mechanism (no longer removes chatrooms)
+ Ability for moderators to join password-protected rooms
+ CometService is now enabled for chatrooms as well
+ Ability to ban users by IP
+ Ability to modify colors/language of Desktop Messenger & Native App directly via Administration Panel
+ Logs updated to show chatroom logs as well
+ Added "Manage blocked users" option in lightweight chat
+ Code clean-up
Fixes
+ Fixed issue of dropped/repeat messages on page reload
+ Security fixes and enhancements
+ Improved handling of special characters in usernames
+ Fixed invite functionality in chatrooms/video-chat
+ Chat history fix for CometService
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CometChat v4.6.0
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Features
+ Chatrooms support in mobile web apps
+ Kick/ban and moderators features added to chatrooms
+ Guests mode enabled for chatrooms
+ Chat history support for chatrooms
+ Ability to resize plugin windows from Administration Panel
Enhancements
+ Added leaderboard for single player games
+ User avatars added in chatrooms
+ Improved caching mechanism for mobile web app
+ Added sleek scroller in Announcements, Real time translate, Page translate and Twitter modules
+ LinkedIn option added to Share module
+ RED5 and FMS support for screenshare, whiteboard and audio/video chat
Fixes
+ New message notification fix for IE
+ Real time translate and Transliterate fixes for Chatrooms
+ Smilies fix in embedded chatrooms
+ Directory separator issue fix
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CometChat v4.4.0
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Features
+ Jabber/XMPP support
+ Inline popups for plugins/extensions
+ Desktop Messenger support
+ CometService/BeaconPush/APE enabled for chatrooms
+ Facebook chat login with your own Facebook application keys
+ Enhanced and simplified theming
+ Sleeker scroller
Enhancements
+ Real-time translation now works with CometService (beta)
+ Facebook/Gtalk chat tweaks and fixes
+ Google+ option added to Share module
+ Block plugin does not allow messages to be sent
+ Peer-to-peer option for audio/video chat
+ Re-written Twitter plugin (reduced server load)
+ New admin enhancements in themes & language
+ Groups feature (user categories) for standalone integration
+ New set of smileys :)
+ Improved caching mechanism
Fixes
+ Facebook Fan Page fix
+ Mobile web-app fix
+ open_basedir issue fix
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CometChat v4.0.0
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Enhancements
+ Improved SSL support
+ Ad extension now accepts Google Adsense code
+ Enhanced and enabled Guests feature
Bug Fixes
+ Transport fixes
+ jQuery 1.6.X compatibility
+ Facebook/Gtalk chat fixes
+ Miscellaneous bug fixes
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CometChat v4.0.0 BETA 1
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Features
+ Facebook and Gtalk chat support
+ Android and other mobile platforms generic webapp
+ Single link for chat webapp (auto-detection)
+ Basic Advertisements plugin
+ Guests functionality
+ Ability to select color in chatrooms
+ Report conversations plugin
+ Block user plugin
+ Alternative page translation module
Enhancements
+ Sound notification in chatrooms
+ Improvement in friends list fetching
+ Lazy loading of avatar images to reduce bandwidth usage
+ Enhanced CometService to avoid dropping messages
+ Enabled private announcements/notifications feature
Bug Fixes
+ File transfer plugin fix for file names with spaces
+ Banned words filter fix
+ Duplicate status message fix
+ Long status message fix
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CometChat v3.0.9
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+ Version release cancelled
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CometChat v3.0.9 BETA
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Features
+ Cross-domain update
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CometChat v3.0.1
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Features
+ Multi-transport support
+ Cross-domain auto-detect
Bug fixes
+ Alert popup fix
+ Brower compatibility fixes
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CometChat v3.0.0 RC2
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Features
+ APE Server support
+ Cross-domain support
+ Blackberry web-app
+ Improved video chat
+ Many minor tweaks and fixes
New Modules/Plugins
+ Write-board plugin
Enhancements
+ Auto-connect if network connection fails
+ Speed enhancements in light version
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CometChat v3.0.0 RC1
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Features
+ Improved Chatroom module (ability to use plugins in chatrooms)
+ Light version of CometChat
+ Improved iPhone web-app
+ Improved CRON functionality
+ Ability to change sound notification
+ JavaScript code optimization
+ Ability to display text next to modules icon
+ Many minor tweaks and fixes
New Modules/Plugins
+ Translate conversations (on-the-fly) module
+ White-board plugin
Admin Features
+ Language management and creation
+ Theme management and creation
+ Ability to remove games based on keywords
+ Embed links for chatrooms and modules
Bug fixes
+ Auto join chatrooms on page change
+ Session destroy fix
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CometChat v2.0.4
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Features
+ iPhone/iPad web app for Premium/Platinum Edition
+ Improved screensharing plugin (Platinum Edition)
Bug fixes
+ Special characters fix for announcements
+ Create custom tray icon fix
+ Auto linking bug fix
+ Admin session fix
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CometChat v2.0.3
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Features
+ Ability to update base URL using administration panel
Bug fixes
+ Miscellaneous bug fixes
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CometChat v2.0.2
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Features
+ CometService compatible
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CometChat v2.0.0
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Features
+ Streamlined installation procedure
+ Ability to hide CometChat bar (by user and for non-logged in users)
+ Improved themes
+ Ability to send announcements in real-time
+ Enhanced support for RTL languages
+ Full UTF-8 support
+ Popup notification when user comes online/goes offline
+ Ability for users to disable notification
+ Improved licensing technology
+ Improved support for Internet Explorer 6
+ Improved hyperlinking of domains in messages
+ Improved status messages feature
+ Better notification of new messages when user is away
+ Option to show bar above flash objects
+ Ability to switch between friends and online users
+ JavaScript speed enhancements & optimizations
+ Enhanced JS API
+ Miscellaneous bug fixes
+ Database optimization
+ Improved CRONJOB
+ Advanced administration panel
Plugins
+ Ability transfer files in any format
+ New Screen Sharing plugin
+ Ability to save conversations
+ New smileys plugin
+ New transliterate plugin
Modules
+ Advanced chatrooms module
+ Improved single player games module
+ Improved share this functionaliy
+ Improved Facebook Fan Page
+ Scroll to top module
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CometChat v1.6.0
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Features
+ Plugins pre-loaded with CometChat
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CometChat v1.5.123
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Bug fixes
+ Chatrooms functionality
+ Simplified installation process
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CometChat v1.5.112
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Enhancements
+ Streamlined installation process
Bug fixes
+ YouTube link feature
+ Chatrooms functionality
+ Miscellaneous reported bugs
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CometChat v1.5.0
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Features
+ Avatar support
+ Gravatar support for sites with no avatars
+ Ability to go to user profile on clicking of name (in chatbox)
+ Youtube video integration
+ Ability to display first name only in chat conversations
+ Overall chat speed enhancements
+ Ability to login by clicking on yellow alert icon
+ Title-bar update when new message arrives
+ Different colors for incoming and outgoing messages
+ Improved synchronization with multiple open windows
+ Plugins/modules support
+ Themes support
Themes
+ Default theme
+ Dark theme
Administration features
+ Spy: View users chatting in real-time!
+ Logs: View conversation logs of users
+ Chatrooms: Ability to specify default chatrooms
Bundled Modules
+ Chatroom module
Bundled Plugins
+ Timestamp Plugin: Display time when messages arrive
+ Send File Plugin: Ability to send files to users
+ Clear Chat History Plugin: Ability to clear chat window
+ View History Plugin: View user chat logs
API
+ chatWith: Allows you to add a link on your page to chat with users (including users not part of friends list)
+ sendMessage: Allows you to send a message to a user (from the logged-in user)
Bug fixes
+ Auto-linking bug fix
+ Better support for Internet Explorer
+ Miscellaneous bug fixes
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CometChat v1.2
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Fix: 10x Speed Enhancements
Feature: Custom popup boxes
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CometChat v1.1
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Feature: Custom icons feature (left-side)
Feature: Auto-parsing of links
Feature: Smileys
Feature: Bad-word filter
Feature: Internationalization option
Feature: Sound alerts (user-level disable feature)
Feature: Auto-popup of boxes feature
Feature: Added various customization options (fine-tweaking)
Bug: Charset fix
Bug: Newline character fix
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CometChat v1.0.1
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Bug: \' slashes bug
Bug: Slowing of script due to large number of friends
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CometChat v1.0.0
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Initial release of script