Widget to chat on Drupal slack from Drupal.org

Created on 30 April 2024, 11 months ago

Does slack support a widget that we can embed on the drupal.org website? Can we create something that we can embed on Drupal.org so that anybody visiting the site can quickly get into a support channel and start asking questions? Something like this - https://www.process.st/how-to/embed-slack-in-website/

Feature request
Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

1.0

Component

User interface

Created by

🇺🇸United States anoopjohn Washington D. C.

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  • Issue created by @anoopjohn
  • Status changed to Postponed: needs info 11 months ago
  • 🇺🇸United States drumm NY, US

    I couldn't find detailed enough steps in that article

    This embed code can be obtained from Slack by accessing the app settings and selecting the ‘Install App’ button. Once the app is installed, navigate to the ‘More’ menu and choose the ‘Add to a website’ option.

    Which app? Do they have a privacy policy? Cost?

    Even with an embed, I would think using the regular Slack app would be a better experience. No need to keep a Drupal.org browser window open for Slack, and no trying to get chat fit into the already-packed Drupal.org UX.

  • 🇺🇸United States anoopjohn Washington D. C.

    The idea is to allow more people who come visit the Drupal.org website to interact with the developer community already on slack.

    Lower the cost of engagement for these users so that we can attract and retain more of these users into active engagements within the community.

    Being able to interact live with people who actually maintain the module or other users who use the module is definitely going to be a value add for a person who is looking into the module / Drupal but not quite yet coming in to raise an issue.

    They will never go to slack without a need to go there but if we bring the slack widget live into the website, we can get them to start interacting and engaging with the community.

    Again the idea is to drive more engagements and interactions with current and potential new users of Drupal so that we can build deeper relationships with people who already use Drupal and maybe attract those not already using Drupal to start using Drupal.

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