Here on Whop, you can create your very own whop - a collection of different apps that make up your online space. The apps that you decide to add determine the type of online space you are building and the experience that you create for your users.
There are many different types of Whop apps - from Courses, to Affiliate Links, Content, Forums, and Chat. In this article we take a look at the Chat app and how you can use it.
What are Whop apps?
We've briefly touched on apps, but let's take a deeper look. Apps on whops can be explained as modules of our platform.
Think of it this way - Discord has chat rooms and video call rooms (voice channels), but you can’t create a course within Discord. Udemy has courses and forums, but you can’t create video call rooms or host giveaways in it. On Whop, you can do any or all of these. This is why a modular platform is the best - it can adapt to your plans. No matter if you want to create a community, a sports picks platform, a course, or anything else - you can do it on Whop.
Whops are modular hubs, meaning that each whop uses a different set of apps. While a whop that focuses on sports betting might use the Chat, Sports App, and Affiliate Links apps, a whop that focuses on creating a community of cat lovers might use Chat, Forums, and Content apps.
There are a lot of apps you can add to your whop, and new ones are being developed every day. You can even add an individual app more than once - how cool is that? One of the most popular apps you can add to your whop is the Chat app - a live chat room that allows people to communicate with each other.
What is the Chat app on Whop?
The chat app can simply be explained as a chat room - a place where users can live chat with each other in your whop. It is one of the most popular apps on Whop. Just like other apps, you can add multiple Chat apps to your whop and customize their name and icon.
The Chat app has settings that allow you to determine who can access the app, who can chat in it, if users are allowed to send URLs, and more. It also has features like reply, react, mute, mention, and more, just like any other developed instant messaging app.
How to add the Chat app to your whop
You can add the Chat app to your whop just like any other app - and it’s really easy to do. But first, you have to have a whop. If you don’t already, check out our guide on creating your first whop.
To add the Chat app to your whop, you should navigate to the Edit apps section of your whop, which can be done by clicking on the Edit apps button at the top left of your screen, below your whop's name. This is going to open up the Edit apps popup to the left-hand side of your screen.
On the popup, you're going to see two different options: New app, which allows you to add an app to the whop you're viewing, and Link existing app, which allows you to mirror an app that you've added to another whop in the same organization.
Let's click on the New app button to see the list of available apps you can add to your whop. Then, select the Chat app from the list. If you're looking for a specific app, you can always use the search bar at the top.
After selecting the app, you'll see an app visibility popup appearing on your screen. The popup has two options, and they determine if you want the app to be instantly published to all users of your whop or if you want it to stay as a draft for now.
This is ideal for apps that require setup, like Courses or Content, which takes time. Since the Chat app isn't going to require any setup (not a long one, at least), you can select the Visible option on the popup and click the Add button to proceed.
Once you've added the app to your whop, you'll be able to see it listed in the Edit apps popup. There, you can change the order of the apps by dragging them up and down, edit the details like the app name, description, and icon by clicking on the edit button to its top right, or delete the app using the remove button to its top right.
Using and managing the Chat app
After adding the Chat app to your whop, you can see it on the top navigation bar, next to the Edit apps and Overview buttons. Clicking on it will take you to the app, and you'll be viewing it from the perspective of a regular user. There, you can start using the Chat app right away.
How to reply and add reactions to messages on the Chat app
When you hover over a message on the Chat app, you'll see three buttons: Reply, React, and More. If you click the Reply button, you'll see a preview of the message above your input field, and when you send a message, it will be formatted as a reply. Depending on the user's notification settings, they're going to get a notification about your reply.
You can also click on the More button to see the context menu where you'll see the Reply privately button to directly navigate to the private DMs of the user.
If you click on the React button of a message, you'll see the emoji list. There, selecting an emoji is going to leave a reaction to the message. You can then click on the reaction to remove it if needed.
How to delete messages on the Chat app
When you click on the More button of a message, you're going to see its context menu. There, you can use the red Delete button to instantly delete a message.
How to mute users on the Chat app
You can also see the Mute user button in the context menu of messages. Clicking on it is going to display a popup window with five time settings that you can select and then click the Mute button to prevent the user from sending messages.
Adjusting the settings of the Chat app
To access the settings of the Chat app, all you have to do is click on the app's context menu button and click the Manage app button there. This is going to display the Manage Chat popup which will have the settings.
The Manage Chat popup has three settings, and the first one is Who can react?, which has three options: Everyone, which is the default option, Members, and No one.
The next two settings are Who can post? and Block URLs. As their name suggests, the Who can post? option allows you to determine who can send messages into the app. The Everyone option is the default one.
The Block URLs toggle setting allows you to determine if members can send links to the chat or not. This is ideal if your Chat app has a lot of engagement and you want to keep it as secure as possible.
Create a whop and sell access to your online community
Now you know how to use the Chat app in your whop - very nice. Did you know that thousands of people have been generating an income with their own whops?
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