Joomla Integration

With this tutorial, you will be able to know how to install and use plugNmeet in Joomla.

Installing plugNmeet for Joomla

1. Go to the section of our Joomla where we can install Extensions (Extensions>Manage>Install).

2. Select "Install from web" option and search "plugNmeet" then you will find the extension.

3. Go to the detail page of plugNmeet extension and click "Install"

4. You will see the final successful installation page like this

Plugin Configuration

After the plugin is successfully installed, you can go to the plugin configuration page by clicking System==>Global Configration==> plugNmeet

Then click plugNmeet config

It will automatically be filled with demo API information. If you have a self-hosting installation, then you can replace it with your own server API information here.

Don´t forget to click save after you made any changes.

That is demo server information, it may have some limitations, please replace it with your own server API information later.

Update Client Version

By default, the client load will choose the remote option. In this option, the client version will update automatically with the plugin update. Normally users don´t need to do anything with this.

If you want to use some customized version of the client, you need to choose the local option, in this way you can manually update the client version.

Design Customization

In plugNmeet it is possible to customize the color and logo of all rooms to fit with your branding.

Here's how.

Global customization

1. Go to the global customization page by clicking System==>Global Configration==> plugNmeet ==> Design Customization

Below, we will explain each option:

Option	What does it mean?
Primary Color	It is the color of the icons of the tools when it is active
Secondary Color	It is the color of the icons of the tools when it is inactive
Background Color	Color of the wallpaper in case you do not use an image.
Background Image	Image to be used as wallpaper. If used, it will replace the wallpaper color.
Header Color	Header bar color
Footer Color	Color of the bottom bar of the room.
Left Bar Color	Background color when the list of participants is displayed.
Right Bar Color	Background color when chat is displayed.

To select the desired color, click the column and it will pop up the color picker:

2. Finally, you click on Save so that all the changes are saved.

Customization for a single meeting room

In PlugNMeet it is possible to customize the color and logo for a single room to fit your business needs.

1. Go to the single room customization page by Componenets ==> plugNmeet ==> Manage Rooms

2. Choose the room you want to personalize.

3. Click "Design Customization" and the list of options will appear to customize the room.

Below, we will explain each option:

Option	What does it mean?
Primary Color	It is the color of the icons of the tools when it is active
Secondary Color	It is the color of the icons of the tools when it is inactive
Background Color	Color of the wallpaper in case you do not use an image.
Background Image	Image to be used as wallpaper. If used, it will replace the wallpaper color.
Header Color	Header bar color
Footer Color	Color of the bottom bar of the room.
Left Bar Color	Background color when the list of participants is displayed.
Right Bar Color	Background color when chat is displayed.

To select the desired color, click the column and it will pop up the color picker:

Image-room-color picker

4. Finally, you click on Save so that all the changes are saved.

Create a plugNmeet room in Joomla

1. First, you need to create a category. To do this, you go to the "Components" section, select "Plug N Meet" and finally "Manage Rooms".

2. We click on "Room Categories".

3. We click on "+New"

4. We write the title and description of the category.

5. We click on "Save" and a message will appear that has been created the category.

6. We return to the PlugNMeet menu. To do this, you go to the "Components" section, select "Plug N Meet" and finally "Manage Rooms".

7. Press on the "+New" button

8. We write the title and description of the conference that will be held in this room, as well as the category. The alias will be generated automatically.

9. We choose the password of the participant and moderator. By default, an auto-generated password will already come, but it is possible to change it.

10. We write the welcome message that will appear as the first message in the conference chat.

11. We choose the maximum number of participants who can enter the room. In case you want it to be unlimited, you place "0".

12. We customize the "room features". Next, we will explain each point:

Feature	Option	What does it mean?
allow webcams	Yes/No	Yes: Allows you to use a camera. / No: No camera can be used.
mute on start	Yes/No	Yes: All people are silenced when entering the room. / No: Everyone will be with their microphone on from the moment they enter the room.
allow screen share	Yes/No	Yes: Screen sharing is allowed. / No: Screen sharing is not allowed.
allow recording	Yes/No	Yes: The meeting can be recorded. / No: Unable to record.
allow rtmp	Yes/No	Yes: Live broadcasts are allowed. For example, on Youtube or Facebook. / No: Unable to perform transmissions.
allow view other webcams	Yes/No	Yes: The webcams of all participants can be viewed. / No: It will only be possible to view the webcams between the participant and moderator.
allow view other users list	Yes/No	Yes: You can view the list of participating users. / No: You can't see who is on the list of participants.
admin only webcams	Yes/No	Yes: Only the moderator has their webcam active. / No: No one can have their webcam active.

13. We customize the "chat features". Next, we will explain each point:

Feature	Option	What does it mean?
allow chat	Yes/No	Yes: Allows you to use the chat. / No: Unable to use chat.
allow file upload	Yes/No	Yes: Files can be uploaded in the chat. / No: You can't upload files in the chat.

14. We customize the "shared notepad features" and "whiteboard features". Next, we will explain each point:

Feature	Option	What does it mean?
allow shared notepad	Yes/No	Yes: It is allowed to use the notepad or notepad. / No: You cannot use the notepad or notebook.
allow whiteboard	Yes/No	Yes: The whiteboard can be used. / No: The whiteboard cannot be used.

15. We customize the "default lock settings". These settings will only affect the participants, that is, those who are moderators will still have access to everything, but the others will not.

Feature	Option	What does it mean?
lock microphone	Yes/No	Yes: The microphone cannot be used. / No: The microphone can be used.
lock webcam	Yes/No	Yes: Unable to use webcam. / No: The webcam can be used.
lock screen sharing	Yes/No	Yes: Unable to share screen. / No: Screen sharing can be shared.
lock chat	Yes/No	Yes: Unable to use chat. / No: Chat can be used.
lock chat send message	Yes/No	Yes: Unable to send messages in chat. / No: You can send messages in the chat.
lock chat file share	Yes/No	Yes: Unable to upload a file in chat. / No: You can upload a file in the chat.

16. We customize the "Publishing" section. Below, we'll explain each point for you to decide how to set it up.

Feature	What does it mean?
Created Date	You will choose the date on which the room is created.
Access	You can choose whether to publish the room, not publish, archive or delete it.
Meta Description	You will choose the description that will appear when they search for the room by a search engine.
Meta Keywords	You will choose the keywords for the room
Author	You can add description of the author of the room
Content Rights	You can add information about content rights

17. Then, we click on "Save" and the room will have been created.

Access a plugNmeet room in Joomla

1. To access the room, we go to the "Menus" section, then, "Main Menu" and select "Add New Menu Item".

2. A new page will appear, and we click on the "Select" button in the "Menu Item Type" section.

3. A window will open, select "Plug N Meet" and then choose "Single room".

4. Then, in the "Select a room" section, we choose the room we have created. Then, add a title to the menu and click on "Save" to save the changes.

5. Now to be able to enter the room, we have to enter the main page of our Joomla as a visitor and we will see that in the menu the title we choose appears. In this example it is "Classes".

6. We click on the chosen name and the description of the room will appear. To enter we fill in the data of "Name" and "Password". It is important to remember that the password to be filled will be those that we previously configured for the participant or moderator. Finally, we press on "Submit" and we are already inside the room.