The recently released Mibew 2.x introduces a powerful plugin framework which makes it possible to expand Mibew’s functionality in a myriad of ways only limited by the imagination of third party developers. With
Events and
Hooks, developers can expand this live chat service to provide richer client-side experiences, or can expand backend functionality such providing shopping cart integrations or ticketing system integrations.
So far
AARInnovations is the only other third-party plugin developer I know about. In developing the
Wurrd plugins I got to learn a great deal about the plugin system. I am creating this developers’ lounge as a way for us to share ideas, experiences, and encourage others to create cool plugins that would make Mibew an even cooler live chat system.
As mentioned in the introduction, here are some ideas for plugins.
- Shopping cart integration – Possibly exposing an API that other ecommerce systems [plugins] can use to share shopping cart content, which can be seen by the operator.
- Ticketing systems integration – one could use Mibew alongside other ticketing systems like osTicket
- Co-browsing. Not exactly sure what this is but it was mentioned in this thread
Post here if you have any questions about developing, trying to develop, or have anything to say about developing Mibew plugins.