Installing SnapEngage is a simple, 3 step process.

  • 1. Sign up.
  • 2. Install the SnapEngage JavaScript on your site.
  • 3. Configure your instant messenger.

Read on for the step-by-step instructions.

1. Sign Up for SnapEngage

Just enter your email address and choose a password. That's all you need to Sign up for SnapEngage

2. Install SnapEngage on Your Website

Install SnapEngage by placing the SnapEngage JavaScript in the footer of every page where you want to make live chat available.

Specific instructions are listed below for a variety of publishing platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and many more.
SnapEngage will not work on blog and website platforms which will not permit JavaScript. Check our FAQ for more information.

3. Configure your instant messenger

In the SnapEngage Configurator - Live Chat tab, simply list the Google Talk or Skype id of each one of your live chat agents and click Save.

You will then receive new contact requests from visitor 1,2,3,etc... in your instant messenger. You need to accept those contacts for SnapEngage to be able to detect your online status and communicate with you. You will chat with your website visitors through those new IM contacts.



Installing the SnapEngage JavaScript on Your Site

Platform Installation Tips
Install SnapEngage Manual Installation

To install SnapEngage manually:

  • 1. Copy the JavaScript code from within the SnapEngage Configurator from the Get The Code tab.
  • 2. Place the JavaScript in the footer just before the </body> of your website on all the pages where you want to use SnapEngage.
  • 3. View your website pages’s source code to ensure SnapEngage’s JavaScript is installed properly.
WordPress WordPress

To install SnapEngage on a WordPress site:

  • 1. Go to Appearance > Theme Editor.
  • 2. Edit the footer.php template file in your WordPress Theme.
  • 3. Scroll to the bottom of the file and paste the SnapEngage JavaScript code from the SnapEngage Configurator - Get The Code section before the closing </body> HTML tag.
  • 4. Save the file.

If the closing BODY tag is not in the footer.php files, it could be in the index.php template file. Edit it there.

If the files are “unwritable,” please follow the instructions in Changing File Permissions in the WordPress Codex, or edit the template file manually through FTP.

If you are using the Thesis theme, check out the great install guide from Shannon Smith at Powerboard Social Media.

Joomla

To add the SnapEngage JavaScript code to your Joomla installation:

In Joomla 1.0.1x
If you are using Joomla 1.0.10, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13, 1.0.14 or 1.0.15 do the following:

  • 1. Log on to: www.yoursite.com/administrator/
  • 2. In the top menu select: Site > Template Manager > Site Templates
  • 3. Then select the template which is marked as default and click Edit HTML

In Joomla 1.5
If you are using Joomla 1.5, 1.51 do the following:

  • 1. Log on to: www.yoursite.com/administrator/
  • 2. In the top menu select: Extensions > Template Manager
  • 3. Now select the template which is marked as default and click Edit
  • 4. In the template edit page click Edit HTML

Adding the code within the template
If you have followed the steps above you should now be looking at your template's HTML.

  • 5. Scroll right down to the bottom of all this code
  • 6. On the second to bottom line you should see the tag </body>
  • 7. You need to paste your SnapEngage code from the SnapEngage Configurator - Get The Code tab, just before this tag.
  • 8. Now press save and SnapEngage is installed on your website!
Drupal Drupal

There are several choices to install SnapEngage on Drupal:

  • a. See “Adding JavaScript to your theme or module” by Drupal with instructions to add the SnapEngage JavaScript to your Theme’s .info file.
  • b. Install it manually by opening the folder and file for your footer area in Drupal, paste the SnapEngage JavaScript from the SnapEngage Configurator - Get The Code tab before the </body> closing tag, and save the file.
Tumblr Tumblr

To install SnapEngage on a tumblr blog:

  • 1. On the Tumblr Dashboard, choose Customize.
  • 2. Go to Theme > Use Custom HTML.
  • 3. Scroll down to the bottom of the HTML file and place the SnapEngage JavaScript between the last </div> and the </body> HTML tags.
  • 4. Click Update Preview.
  • 5. Check the web page’s source code to ensure the SnapEngage JavaScript is visible at the bottom of the page.
Magento Magento

To install SnapEngage on a Magento online store:

  • 1. Visit our Magento Connect plugin page.
  • 2. Click on the Get Extension Key button.
  • 3. Go to your Magento Admin panel in the Magento Connect Manager.
  • 4. Paste the Extension Key and click Install.
  • 5. Return to your Magento Admin panel to System > Configuration > Faarao > SnapEngage.
  • 6. Configure the SnapEngage module and Enable it.
HubSpot HubSpot

Here are the basic steps for adding the SnapEngage JavaScript to the HubSpot CMS.

You need the widget code to appear on all pages (like tracking code):

  • 1. Go in the Settings menu (top right corner of the screen) and select Website Settings.
  • 2. Scroll down to Body Footer Html.
  • 3. Paste the SnapEngage JavaScript code from the SnapEngage Configurator - Get The Code tan in that box.

The SnapEngage code (from the Get the code tab) can be set to display or not a button on the side of the page.

If you are also using a dynamic button, then you should follow the steps above to put the javascript code in all pages, and then add the button code (from the SnapEngage Live Chat tab, Advanced section) as an HTML/Javascript module.