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I want to create chatbot widget plugin in nopcommerce 4.1 or above

I am new to nopcommerce,I understood all the basic code flow of nopcommerce.So Now i started replicating plugins (widgets).I created a plugin can install and uninstall but no idea how to create a widget and add it commonly in all pages.what i am trying to achieve is call the iframe component inside the chat bar.I'll add the code of view in this question
Now i added this code in nop.web/shared/_root.cshtml. So now chat bar comes in all pages
<div>
<a class="float" id="button" onclick="openForm()">
<img src="~/files/chatbotv4/VertChat.png" class="my-float">
</a>
<div class="chat-popup" id="myForm">
<div class="chathead">
<div class="btn-close">
<button type="button" class="close" onclick="closeForm()">_</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-max" id="max">
<div type="button" class="fa fa-window-maximize" style="background-color:#16c886; font-size:21px;" onclick="max_chat()">&square;</div>
</div>
<div class="btn-min" id="min">
<div type="button" class="fa fa-window-restore" style="background-color:#16c886; font-size:21px;" onclick="min_chat()">❐</div>
</div>
</div>
<iframe src='~/files/chatbotv4/botchat.html?name=#customerName&id=#customerId' style='min-width: 100%; width: 100%; min-height: 100%;'></iframe>
</div>
</div>
<script>
function openForm() {
document.getElementById("myForm").style.display = "block";
document.getElementById("button").style.display = "none";
document.getElementsByClassName("header")[0].style.zIndex = "0";
document.getElementsByClassName("header-menu")[0].style.zIndex = "0";
document.getElementsByClassName("footer-lower")[0].style.zIndex = "-1";
//$(".header").css("csstext", " z-index: 0 ;");
//$(".header-menu").css("csstext", " z-index: 0;");
}
function closeForm() {
document.getElementById("myForm").style.display = "none";
document.getElementById("button").style.display = "block";
document.getElementsByClassName("header")[0].style.zIndex = "1";
document.getElementsByClassName("header-menu")[0].style.zIndex = "1";
document.getElementsByClassName("footer-lower")[0].style.zIndex = "1";
}
function max_chat() {
document.getElementById("max").style.display = "none";
document.getElementById("min").style.display = "block";
// $(".chat-popup").css("cssText", " width: 50%;");
document.getElementsByClassName("chat-popup")[0].style.width = "50%";
}
function min_chat() {
document.getElementById("min").style.display = "none";
document.getElementById("max").style.display = "block";
document.getElementsByClassName("chat-popup")[0].style.width = "30%";
}
</script>
<style>
body {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* Button used to open the chat form - fixed at the bottom of the page */
.open-button {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
padding: 16px 20px;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
opacity: 0.8;
position: fixed;
bottom: 23px;
right: 28px;
width: 280px;
}
/* The popup chat - hidden by default */
.chat-popup {
display: none;
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
right: 15px;
border: 3px solid #f1f1f1;
z-index: 1;
height: 100%;
width: 30%;
}
iframe {
background-color: white;
min-height: 95% !important;
min-width: 100%
}
.btn-close {
padding-left: 95%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1032;
}
.close {
background: transparent;
border: none;
}
.float {
position: fixed;
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
bottom: 20px;
right: 20px;
background-color: #0C9;
//color:#FFF;
border-radius: 50px;
text-align: center;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #999;
z-index: 1030;
}
.my-float {
margin-top: 1px;
margin-left: auto;
height: 58px;
width: 58px;
}
.btn-max {
padding-left: 87%;
position: absolute;
margin-top: 0.2%;
z-index: 1032;
cursor: pointer;
}
.btn-min {
padding-left: 90%;
position: absolute;
margin-top: 0.2%;
z-index: 1032;
display: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
.chathead {
height: 5%;
width: 100%;
position: relative;
background-color: #16c886;
}
</style>
now i want to add it as a seperate widget.

The widget is a defined area where a developer can inject his/her expected functionality. There are already a lot of widgets define by the core team, one of a good example of the widget plugin is NivoSlider. In your plugin you have to implement IWidgetPlugin and need to define expected viewcomponent name of your plugin at "GetPublicViewComponent" method and the name of the widget of nopcommerce at "GetWidgetZones" method where you want to show the viewcomponent at a public site. If you want to know more about the widget plugin, you can visit DEVELOP AND UNDERSTAND WIDGET PLUGIN IN NOPCOMMERCE 4.10 WITH REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION

How to resize a div element automatically so that the content fits

I need to do a lot of divs inside other divs, and I can't seem to understand what is the problem with my code, so the divs do not get the height of the divs below the- and everything is a mess!
my aspx code:
<div class="tabcontent">
<div class="tabcontent-inner">
<div class="tabcontent-inner-left grid_20">
</div>
<div class="tabcontent-inner-right grid_20">
</div>
</div>
</div>
my stylesheet css:
.tabcontent-inner {
width: inherit;
padding: 10px 10px 10px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 1px;
position: relative;
display: block;
}
.tabcontent-inner-left {
padding: 20px 20px;
border-left: solid 1px #ddd;
width: 45%;
float: left
}
.tabcontent-inner-right{
padding: 20px 20px;
border-right: solid 1px #ddd;
width: 45%;
float: right
}
Basically, I want the tabcontent-inner div to get the height of what is inside of it.

this is because on parent .tabcontent-inner you need to put overflow:auto property so that it will cover ups its children's height
you can find more suitable answer here How do you keep parents of floated elements from collapsing?

Add this code to Your CSS
.clearfix:after {
content: " "; /* Older browser do not support empty content */
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
}
and
change
<div class="tabcontent-inner">
to
<div class="tabcontent-inner clearfix">
Semi colons are missing in the css after
float : left
and
float : right

Replacing site-title with a picture in asp.net MVC

Every time I try to replace the site-title with a banner image, the formatting messes up and goes wonky. Usually all the links that should be aligned at the bottom of the header float up to the top and get messed up, has anyone encountered this before and know how to fix it?
Here is the header I am using:
<header>
<div class="content-wrapper">
<div class="float-left">
<p class="site-title">#Html.ActionLink("FantasiTrade", "Index", "Home")</p>
</div>
<div class="float-right">
<section id="login">
#Html.Partial("_LoginPartial")
</section>
<nav>
<ul id="menu">
<li>#Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")</li>
<li>#Html.ActionLink("Browse Units", "", new { area = "", controller = "Units"})</li>
#{ if (User.Identity.Name != null) { if (User.Identity.Name != ""){
<li>#Html.ActionLink("Sell Unit", "Create", new { area = "", controller = "ActiveTrades" })</li>
<li>#Html.ActionLink("Your Profile", "profile", new { user = User.Identity.Name, area = "", controller = "ActiveTrades"})</li>}}}
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</header>
I want the "menu" list of links to stay aligned at the bottom of the header rather than floating to the top when I replace:
<p class="site-title">#Html.ActionLink("FantasiTrade", "Index", "Home")</p>
With:
<img src = "mybanner.jpg" />
Thanks to anyone that can help me out!
CSS as requested, I THINK these are the relevant parts, the actual file is massive, let me know if you want to see it all:
/* site title
----------------------------------------------------------*/
.site-title {
color: #000000;
font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", Rockwell, Consolas, "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
font-size: 3em;
margin: 0px;
margin-left: 25px;
}
.site-title a, .site-title a:hover, .site-title a:active {
background: none;
color: #000000;
outline: none;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* login
----------------------------------------------------------*/
#login {
display: block;
font-size: .85em;
margin: 0 0 10px;
text-align: right;
}
#login a {
background-color: #d3dce0;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-right: 3px;
padding: 2px 3px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#login a.username {
background: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-decoration: underline;
}
#login ul {
margin: 0;
}
#login li {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
}
/* menu
----------------------------------------------------------*/
ul#menu {
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight: 600;
margin: 0 0 5px;
padding: 0;
text-align: right;
}
ul#menu li {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
padding-left: 15px;
}
ul#menu li a {
background: none;
color: #999;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul#menu li a:hover {
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
}

try <img src = "mybanner.jpg" /> it migth also be an unclosed tag somewhere although your header looks clean apart from unclossed double quotes.

Aligning Label and Ajax Rating Control in single line

I'm not able to align the label and Ajax Rating Control in a single line.
Code is,
<label class="Informlabel" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; float: left;
width: 100%; overflow: auto; display: block; vertical-align: top;">
Rating :</label>
<asp:Rating ID="Rating1" runat="server" MaxRating="5" CurrentRating="0" CssClass="ratingStar"
StarCssClass="ratingItem" WaitingStarCssClass="Saved" FilledStarCssClass="Filled"
EmptyStarCssClass="Empty" AutoPostBack="false">
</asp:Rating>
Here is the css of Rating tool
li
{
clear:both;
margin-bottom:1em;
border-bottom:1px solid #eee;
}
/* ****************** RatingStar ****************** */
.ratingStar
{
white-space:nowrap;
margin:1em;
height:17px;
vertical-align:top;
}
.ratingStar .ratingItem {
font-size: 0pt;
width: 20px;
height: 16px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
display: inline-block;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
cursor:pointer;
}
.ratingStar .Filled {
background-image: url(Images/Rating/Selected.gif);
}
.ratingStar .Empty {
background-image: url(Images/Rating/Empty.gif);
}
.ratingStar .Saved {
background-image: url(Images/Rating/Hover.gif);
}
Can you Help me out ??

It's because you have display:block on your label, it should be display: inline-block; same for the output of Ajax Rating Control

Panel in Horizontal List item showing behind Button

On my Master page, I have created a Horizontal menu, styled by CSS. The list items show panels with link buttons on them to take users to different pages.
The Panels always show above controls, except for one page.
The content of the page shows 2 asp:Buttons. On this page, the panel gets hidden behind the buttons, but the border for the panel still shows.
The image below will illustrate clearly:
The CSS for the horizontal menu is as follows:
/* Horizontal menue style */
ul
{
padding: 0;
margin: 0 0 0 0 ;
list-style: none;
}
li
{
cursor: default;
float: left;
position: relative;
width: 90px;
color: darkgray;
text-align: center;
background-color: white;
height: 23px;
padding-top: 2px;
}
li:hover {
background-color: white;
color: black;
padding-top: 2px;
}
li ul
{
display: none;
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
margin-top: -9px;
width: 100px;
}
li > ul
{
top: auto;
left: auto;
}
li:hover ul, li.over ul
{
display: block;
}
The panel goes through a skin file:
<asp:Panel runat="server" CssClass="menuWrapper" SkinID="MenuWrapper"></asp:Panel>
.menuWrapper
{
z-index: 500;
font-size: small;
margin-top: 15px;
margin-left: -2px;
padding: 5px;
padding-left: 15px;
line-height: 25px;
background-color: white;
width: 190px;
text-align: left;
border-left: 1px lightgray solid;
border-bottom: 1px lightgray solid;
border-right: 1px lightgray solid;
border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px;
}
Ive even fiddles with the z-index. How can I create a solution.

The answer lies in the z-index of the UL.
I have changed the UL css to the following:
ul
{
padding: 0;
margin: 0 0 0 0 ;
list-style: none;
z-index: 499;
}
Which has now fixed the issue.