Pre-Launch: Add Texts to Live Chat

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To update your Live Chat texts, go to the menu icon (☰) in the top right corner → Settings → select your Live Chat channel.

Editable Text Fields

  • Internal name – only visible to your team.

  • Public name – shown to visitors in the chat.
    See (1) in the example image below.

  • Company name – displayed as the sender name.

  • Welcome message – shown when the chat opens.
    See (2) in the example image below.

  • Queue welcome message – shown when a visitor enters the queue.

  • Queue message – general message while the visitor waits.

  • Offline message – Shown when the chat is closed.
    If you’ve enabled the option to show the chat button outside working hours or allow email messages, this is the text visitors will see.

  • Question box text – Appears in the input field when the visitor is prompted to ask their question.

  • Initial message – The first message sent by your team when a chat is started

  • Text in the answer box: Displayed in the first box where the visitor can ask a questions when the chat opens. See (3) in example image below.
  • Start message: Message that is automatically sent as the first message when a visitor initiated a chat. See (4) in example image below.

  • Text above the message form: If you are allowing your visitors to send a message when the chat is closed, this is where you can add a message to prompt them to do so e.g., 'Feel free to send a message!'
  • Message confirmation: When a customer sends a message they will receive a message. 


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