Customizing the Legacy Webchat channel
Modify the styling of Pega Intelligent Virtual Assistant™ (IVA) for Legacy Webchat to fit your business needs and requirements. You can customize the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) styles, change the text for the action prompt for the chatbot, customize a user interface section used for chat responses, and also add custom controls to the channel.
For example, add your own icons or additional useful information, such as date and time stamp for each chat message.
- Switch to Dev Studio.
- In the header of Dev Studio, click the name of the application, and then click Channels and interfaces.
- In the Current channel interfaces section, click the icon that represents your existing Legacy Webchat channel.
- Modify the default text for the action prompt that is displayed in the preview
console and chat window for the IVA.For more information, see Changing the default text for action prompt in the IVA for Legacy Webchat.
- Update the Legacy Webchat channel section used for user
input.
- Edit the pyRenderSimulatorInbound section.
- Make user interface changes in the section.
- Click Save.
- Update the Legacy Webchat channel section used for the
response.
- Edit the pyRenderSimulatorOutbound section.
- Make user interface changes in the section.
- Click Save.
- Change the CSS styles for the Legacy Webchat
channel.
- Edit the pyWebChatCustomization rule.
- Modify the CSS styles, for example, for the background color, client input, submit area, header text, or submit button.
- Click Save.
- Create custom controls in the Legacy Webchat
channel.For more information, see Creating custom controls for the IVA for Legacy Webchat.
- Switch back to App Studio.
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