Fully Customized Self-hosted Solutions
You have three options to use your hosted solution for Instant Chat.
Option 1
The customer clicks a link on a channel form built into your website. To create a custom channel form, you can use the code for Custom Live Support Forms with self-hosted Instant Chat found in the Administration Center on the Channels tab, and a customized version of the Instant Chat stylesheet (InstantChat.css).
Option 2
The customer enters a PIN in a field built into your site. To create a custom PIN entry form, you can use the code for Custom logmein123.com form with self-hosted Instant Chat found in the Administration Center on the Resources tab, and a customized version of the Instant Chat stylesheet (InstantChat.css).
The customer sees the customized Instant Chat interface as an integrated part of your site.

Figure 1. Fully Integrated Instant Chat interface
Option 3
The customer sees a customized Instant Chat interface in a new browser window. Use the window.open() function to open the Instant Chat interface in a ‘custom’ browser window.

Figure 2. Customized Instant Chat interface in a ‘Custom’ browser window

Figure 3. Customized Instant Chat interface on an iPhone
- Administration Center Settings
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Master Administrators must provide a list of hosts from which they want to allow their customized Instant Chat to download the related custom JS and CSS resources.
Important: This setting is mandatory for accounts that self-host their custom Instant Chat resources.
- Log in to the Rescue Administration Center.
- Navigate to .
- Edit the Allowed hosts for Instant Chat customization (custom JS and CSS): field.
Note: Each line should contain only one URL or domain name.
- Customizations
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- For Channels, integrate the Channel Form and Instant Chat interface into your Internet/Intranet site using the code for 'Custom Live Support Forms with self-hosted Instant Chat' found in the Administration Center on the Channels tab
- For PIN, integrate the PIN Code Entry Form and Instant Chat interface into your Internet/Intranet site using the code for 'Custom logmein123.com form with self-hosted Instant Chat' found in the Administration Center on the Resources tab
- For information on how to customize the Instant Chat interface, see Customize the Instant Chat stylesheet (InstantChat.css)