adding bot press to Wordpress
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high-advantage-93953
07/24/2023, 7:45 AMHi All, I have copied the pre-configured code and added it to my Wordpress site within head tags (Iāve also tried body tags too), but when I then update my site and view the page it just shows the link to the bot. How do I get it to show the chat icon instead?
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freezing-printer-49373
07/24/2023, 2:43 PMyou want to use the script in this section of your bot or this one (pre-configured, configurable)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132941707336503296/1133046917622927461/Screenshot_2023-07-24_at_10.43.19_AM.pngā¾
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132941707336503296/1133046917891375216/Screenshot_2023-07-24_at_10.43.40_AM.pngā¾
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adventurous-glass-22349
07/24/2023, 4:11 PMTake a very close look as the icon is tiny. Mine was hidden by the page footer as the same colour
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high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 6:41 AMHey @freezing-printer-49373 I have used the pre-configured one and Iāve tried adding it into the body and the head parts of the site but still just shows the link and not the icon?
high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 6:42 AM@adventurous-glass-22349 The page is white, so I donāt think itās that?
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rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 6:46 AMAre you able to share a URL where this is installed?
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high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 6:58 AM@rich-oxygen-43707 This is one that Iāve setup for testing it, so ignore the text but youāll see there is links to the actual bot but no icon https://cgai4.wordpress.com/about/
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rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 7:07 AMHow did you include the scripts in your page? Looking at the source that is rendered, obviously, I just see the links. I don't see the <script src= etc that is shown in @freezing-printer-49373 's image above. Can you show a screen snip of where and how you included the scripts?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132941707336503296/1133294458880925796/image.pngā¾
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high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 7:10 AMSo yeah I just noticed that too. What I did was copied the script src from my botpress and inserted it inside of a body tag (like I said I have also tried it inside a head tag too), but looks like itās been changed to an ahref instead (not done by me) so obviously Iām doing something wrong so how can I stop that from happening?
high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 7:11 AMCan you confirm the tag where I should be inserting this? And also does it matter where in the code I put it? (Sorry not an HTML expert or novice even for that matter š)
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rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 7:15 AMwell, if your theme gives you a way to add scripts it might look like this.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132941707336503296/1133296501423095878/image.pngā¾
rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 7:16 AMANother option is to put something like this in functions.php
function enqueue_custom_scripts() {
// Enqueue the first script
wp_enqueue_script( 'botpress-inject', 'https://cdn.botpress.cloud/webchat/v0/inject.js', array(), '1.0', true );
// Enqueue the second script with the "defer" attribute
wp_enqueue_script( 'botpress-config', 'https://mediafiles.botpress.cloud/9223b195-3517-489e-b0cc-0bb9c7f72749/webchat/config.js', array(), '1.0', true );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_custom_scripts' );
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high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 7:20 AMCan I do this on the free plan? If so, how do I find them? Iāve gone to customise my theme but canāt find how to add scripts to it? Also Iāve been looking at updating functions.php, but again I canāt find that either
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rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 7:25 AMI have never used wordpress.com, I have dozens of sites self-hosted with WordPress. So I'm not sure what all of the restrictions are, what they let you do or what you can't do. Sorry.
But I would think that if you have a theme that gives you a place to add scripts, it would work. You may also be able to just copy the code into an HTML block. Maybe add an HTML block in your footer and add the code and see if it works.
Just make sure you are copying exactly like this, don't try to go get the contents of those js files.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132941707336503296/1133298946408722512/image.pngā¾
rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 7:26 AMI have to go to bed, hopefully this was at least a little helpful.
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high-advantage-93953
07/25/2023, 7:30 AMNo problem! I appreciate all your help
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adventurous-glass-22349
07/25/2023, 4:47 PMHey I just added an html block to a Wordpress page and dropped the default botpress script it gives you into that and all works fine BUT mine is self hosted Wordpress not Wordpress.com. Does Wordpress.com allow you to run external scripts??? You may want to ask them as not sure you can run this on their platformsā¦
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rich-oxygen-43707
07/25/2023, 7:16 PMCan you share a screen print showing clearly what you are pasting and where?