dialog_messages | messaging plugin that allows users | Chat library

Get the plugin with script/plugin install git://github.com/thilo/dialog_messages. Install it with script/plugin discover; script/plugin install engines; Now you have to add the following in your applications environment rb right after your require rails boot.rb file. now back to setting up dialog messages. To use the endless scrolling the plugin need to include a javascript into the views. So add <%= yield :head %> inside the layout head. With script/generate plugin_migration you will get a migration that adds a messages and a dialogs table to your database. Don’t forget to call rake db:migrate to create these tables. To add the messaging abilities to the User add acts_as_dialog_peer to your user model. At last add map.from_plugin dialog_messages to your routes.rb. Now you are ready to roll.
Engines Additionally you need engines >= 1.2. If you don’t use it yet here a short installation guide
Plugin The plugin require that your application provide a current_user method to get the logged in user. If you use acts_as_authenticated it comes for free otherwise you may just create a alias for a similar method.