Viewing and configuring Web Widget settings

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This article applies to the Web Widget for messaging. If you're using Web Widget (Classic), see Configuring components in Web Widget (Classic).

If you've created a Web Widget for messaging, you can configure and customize the Web Widget. You must be an admin to perform these tasks.

This article contains the following topics:

• Accessing and editing the Web Widget settings
• About the Web Widget settings

Accessing and editing the Web Widget settings

Web Widget includes multiple components that you can configure.

To access and edit the Web Widget settings

1. In Admin Center, click Channels in the sidebar, then select Messaging and social > Messaging.
2. Click the name of the Web Widget you want to update.
3. Click the tab with the components you want to customize:
   • Basics: Web Widget name and channel linking
   • Style: Web Widget appearance
   • Responses Default messaging responses for customers
   • Preferences: Conversation history settings
   • Installation: Code snippet and help center embed

About the Web Widget settings

Web Widget settings are divided into the following tabs: Basics, Style, Responses, Preferences, and Installation.

About the Basics tab

The Basics tab includes the following:

• Channel name is the name that appears in your channels list. The name field is automatically populated with the brand name, but you can update it to make it easier to find in your channels list.
• Allow customers to switch channels enables you to connect the Web Widget to your WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram DM channels, allowing your end users to start conversations via the Web Widget and continue them in the social channel of their choice. See Enabling customers to continue conversations through social channels.
• Allow customers to call provides API information if you want to allow customers to call an agent in the Web Widget.

About the Style tab

The Style tab is where you customize the name and appearance-related components of the Web Widget.

The tab has the following sections:

• Frame settings control the name and appearance of the Web Widget itself.
• Launcher settings control the look and feel of the launcher for the Web Widget.

For more information, see Configuring the appearance of the Web Widget.

About the Responses tab

The Responses tab is where you apply business schedules, customize default messaging responses, and add a conversation bot.

• Business hours allows you to apply Support schedules to your default responses.
• Responses allows you to set a first greeting and a follow-up greeting, as well as determine the information you want to collect from customers.

For more information about these sections, see Configuring messaging responses for web and mobile channels.

At the bottom of the Responses tab, you have the option to add a bot to your messaging configuration (see Creating a conversation bot). If you've already created a conversation bot, you have the option to deactivate it and return to the default messaging response.

About the Preferences tab

The Preferences tab is where you can set your Conversation history options.

If you choose to use the Conversation history feature for your customers, when an end user returns to the Web Widget where conversations with your business have already taken place, the full text of those conversations remains visible to them.

For more information about conversation persistence, see Understanding and managing handback events.

About the Installation tab

The Installation tab is where you get the code snippet to add the Web Widget to your website and automatically add Web Widget to you help center.

For more information, see Installing the Web Widget for messaging.

Note: If you have already added the brand's Web Widget (Classic) to your website or help center, you don't need to take any action because the same code snippet is used. The messaging Web Widget replaces Web Widget (Classic) when messaging is turned on.