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Getting a demo up and running
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+You can try out the latest version of Converse on `conversejs.org <https://conversejs.org>`_
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+for the overlayed version and `conversejs.org/fullscreen.html <https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html>`_
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+for the full page version.
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+If you want to host Converse yourself, there are a few options available to
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+you.
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+Let your XMPP server serve Converse for you
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+If you run your own XMPP server, you might first want to check whether it has
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+a plugin or module for hosting Converse for you.
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+* OpenFire has the `inverse <https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/plugin-archive.jsp?plugin=inverse>`_ plugin.
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+* Prosody has `mod_conversejs <https://modules.prosody.im/mod_conversejs.html>`_.
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+Serving Converse yourself
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+Alternative you can serve only Converse without requiring any particular
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+XMPP server.
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+To do so, you'll need to get the right files to host, for which you have four
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+options.
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+.. note::
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+ Pro-tip, if you just want to quickly test things locally, you can quickly start
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+ up an HTTP server with Python by running ``python -m SimpleHTTPServer``
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Option 1: Use the content delivery network
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Converse has a `CDN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network>`_, provided by `KeyCDN <http://keycdn.com/>`_,
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which hosts its JavaScript and CSS files.
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@@ -39,7 +71,7 @@ via the *script* and *link* tags:
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Option 2: Download the builds from Github
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+*****************************************
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The `Converse releases page on Github <https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/releases>`_
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has the release notes for every release as well as links to downloadable zip files
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@@ -50,7 +82,7 @@ the *<head>* element of your page, similar as shown in option 1 above.
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Option 3: Building the files yourself
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Instead of using the CDN, you can also create your own builds and host them yourself.
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@@ -61,13 +93,15 @@ checkout of the `Converse repo <http://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/>`_.
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.. note::
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- When hosting Converse yourself without using the CDN (options 2 and 3),
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+ When hosting Converse yourself without using the CDN (options 2 and 4),
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you'll need to need to make sure that the ``webfonts`` directory is available in
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the same location as ``converse.min.css``.
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Initializing Converse
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+=====================
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You'll need to initialize Converse with configuration settings relevant to your requirements.
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Take a look at the :ref:`configuration-settings` section for info on all the available settings.
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JC Brand