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Simple Chat

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Applies to: Jamroom 7.0+ Last verified: 2026-10-24

Table of Contents:


What it does
Setting it up
Using chat
Global Config
Quota Config

  • What it does

    Simple Chat adds chat to your site: public and private chat rooms, and one-to-one chats between members. Members who are signed in see a chat button at the bottom right of every page. It opens the chat pane on the right side.

    ACP > Modules > Communication > Simple Chat

  • Setting it up

    1. In Quota Config, check Enable Chat Access for the quotas that may use chat.
    2. Check Can Create Rooms for the quotas that may create rooms, for example your admins' quota.
    3. Create a room or two, and in Global Config choose the Default Public Room new users join.

    Chat isn't shown on phones and tablets.

  • Using chat

    • Rooms: a public room can be joined by everyone with chat access. A private room is only open to the members its owner adds. Choose a room from the list at the top of the pane.
    • Private chats: start a chat with one member. With Followers Only on, members can only start a chat with their followers.
    • Files: members can share images and files, within the quota's size and type limits.
    • Room owners can add and remove users, block a user from a public room, and delete the room.
    • Transcripts: a room's transcript can be downloaded as an HTML file.
    • The pane can be made wider or narrower, or opened in its own window.
    • Each user sets their online status, and whether to get web notifications and a sound for new messages.

    Two commands can be typed in a room:

    Command What it does
    :page name message Highlights the message for a user. :page everyone highlights it for everyone.
    :email name message Emails the message to a room member, or everyone. It needs Can Send Room Email.

  • Global Config

    Setting What it does
    Default Public Room The public room users join when they haven't chosen one
    Prune Chat Messages Deletes messages older than this, from 1 day to 1 year (default: never)

  • Quota Config

    Setting What it does
    Enable Chat Access Members of this quota can use chat
    Maximum File Size The largest file members can share (default 2 MB)
    Allowed File Types File extensions members can share, separated by commas
    Can Create Rooms Members can create public and private rooms (default: off)
    Can Start Private Chat Members can start a chat with another user (default: on)
    Can Send Room Email Members can use the :email command (default: off)
    Followers Only Members can only start a chat with their followers, when the Followers module is active (default: on)

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