Installing the www.tawk.to extension for Magento 1.x is easy.
1. You will need to have an active www.tawk.to account to generate the Widget embed code which you will need later.
2. Get the install key from Magento Connect and copy it.
3. Login to Magento and go to System → Magento Connect → Magento Connect Manager
4. Paste the key you got from Magento Connect and click Install.
5. Once the installation is successfully verified, click Proceed.
6. Once you’ve completed the installation, a new menu called Tawk.to widget will appear.
7. To add the Widget to your site, go to Tawk.to Widget -> Choose Widget where you will see all Widgets from your connected property and you can set one Widget per store.
8. It is recommended to clean your magento cache.
Pro tip – Multi language Widget
If you have set up Magento so that each language has it’s own store, you can use the www.tawk.to Widget to set up multi language options for your site. Just like each language needs it’s own store view in Magento, each language requires it’s own Widget for www.tawk.to. Remember, one Property can have multiple Widgets. Go to the www.tawk.to dashboard. Click Admin, then in the assets column on the right click the green +Add button to add another Widget. Translate it and add it to your desired languages store view. It’s that simple. More detailed instructions can be found here.
That’s it. You’re done. The Widget will now appear on all pages of your Magento 1 site!
Alternative install method 1
- You can install the plugin manually by downloading the source package from GitHub.
- Copy the package to the root folder of your Magento installation
- Clear your magento cache and your done!
Alternative install method 2
- Go to your Magento admin panel
- Go to CMS / Static Block and create a new block
- In the newly created block, paste the Widget embed code which you can get from the www.tawk.to admin panel. Double check which Widget’s embed code you added
- Now, add this block in the correct layout.xml file and be sure it is be placed right before the closing </body> tag.
- Clean your magento cache and you done!