# Glide's Community Built Messenger **URL:** \ **Category:** Project Showcase\ **Created:** [December 24, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247 "2020-12-24T05:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/21 "2020-12-28T19:12:51Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/22 "2020-12-28T19:13:53Z")
Will probably be making a group chat son. Since Glide is the way that it is I will have to determine the max amount of people to allow in a group chat, any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/23 "2020-12-28T19:39:12Z")
@Jeff_Hager reworked the CSS field for us once again and gave us an even better entry field that expands for multiple lines. Here’s the revision. If any of you feel like you have ideas to contribute please by all means make the changes and post them. I love the idea of a community app that we are all involved in. I think @Wiz.Wazeer, @Robert_Petitto, @Lucas_Pires, @Rosewebstudio, and @MaxB just to name a few of the amazing creators we have on here should take a shot at this app and see what they could add to it. Jeff Hager is pretty humble in his helping as well as the others I’ve mentioned. I say we pick an app every so often and make it the best it can be for the community. Make a free template that shows newcomers and the community here what Glide is really capable of. I challenge you guys to make it better 😁 > **[Glide's Community Messenger](https://free-chickens-8769.glideapp.io/)** ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/24 "2020-12-28T19:43:48Z")
I renamed the APP as well as this posting to reflect that I am no longer the only person building this app 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/25 "2020-12-28T20:12:39Z")
I was trying to find a way to have the list auto jump to the bottom with new messages, but I’m thinking that would require some javascript magic to achieve that. ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/26 "2020-12-28T20:13:31Z")
I like the building in public element of it! ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/27 "2020-12-28T20:39:09Z")
Really cool with the message area at the bottom of the chat. I still prefer the Comments method of building a chat app because of the fact that the individual comments don’t count towards a row limit, but this method really adds more options and functionality. ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/28 "2020-12-28T20:41:18Z")
Love what your doing ! Also happy to see @Jeff_Hager magic in action ! ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/29 "2020-12-28T21:13:00Z")
I think the comments option is very limited, thats why I went this way with it. Besides I imagine most people can start a new app that they need chat with using this template and would probably make that app pro. easily add a script that removes messages older than a month out fo the chat. I listed a script for that in my scripts post. ---
**Author:** ![PabloMFalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablomfalero/32/31166_2.png) [@PabloMFalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/PabloMFalero)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/30 "2020-12-28T21:19:11Z")
Agree. It does look way better than the comments, but it has the issue that it will add endless rows, especially if it’s an app with a lot of users. ---
**Author:** ![George\_Lewis1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_lewis1/32/5517_2.png) [@George\_Lewis1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_Lewis1)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/31 "2020-12-28T21:23:24Z")
This is super cool guys, love the collaboration 🙌 ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/32 "2020-12-28T21:32:23Z")
@PabloMFalero and @kyleheney. I’ll tell you what. I will write the code and setup the link for anyone using the app to create a storage system that prevents this from ever going over 500 rows. It’s easy and simple. I can even create a history recall system so you can retrieve previous chats. ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/33 "2020-12-28T21:44:31Z")
Ok, so this is an easy setup. I will explain it if people want to build it themselves. It applies to any app really. I setup a new Google Sheet that is not related to the Glide App directly. It imports all chat data to a blank sheet. This data is copied over to another tab nightly. This is done with a timed script. At the same token another timed script that is set to go off an hour later will clear the previous day’s chat. So when this is done you will start a new row count every day. I will setup a way to retrieve the data here in a moment that will exist in the app but not use additional rows. ---
**Author:** ![PabloMFalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablomfalero/32/31166_2.png) [@PabloMFalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/PabloMFalero)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/34 "2020-12-28T21:44:46Z")
You got me then, nothing to say 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mariano\_Betta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mariano_betta/32/17895_2.png) [@Mariano\_Betta](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mariano_Betta)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/35 "2020-12-28T21:57:05Z")
Are the messages currently comments? or are they rows from glide tables? ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/36 "2020-12-28T22:06:14Z")
They are rows from google sheets. Why did you ask Jeff? ---
**Author:** ![Mariano\_Betta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mariano_betta/32/17895_2.png) [@Mariano\_Betta](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mariano_Betta)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/37 "2020-12-28T22:10:04Z")
Because I was creating a chat for myself, but on the sliding tables. Nor do I know how to go to the last chat, but what I do is filter the last 4 for example. Of course it is not the best, I was just going to comment. ---
**Author:** ![eltintero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eltintero/32/76520_2.png) [@eltintero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/eltintero)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/38 "2020-12-28T22:14:54Z")
@Manan_Mehta why don’t you show the group chat you did for the AWC client? ---
**Author:** ![Mariano\_Betta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mariano_betta/32/17895_2.png) [@Mariano\_Betta](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mariano_Betta)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/39 "2020-12-28T22:22:22Z")
The text box and the floating button are very good. ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247/40 "2020-12-28T23:29:13Z")
It’s not just the row limit, but the native comments field gives push notifications for Android users. For specific cases, I can still see the Comments method being more attractive to some folks, especially those who want an “all in Glide” approach with no scripts, etc. Your idea will work, it just likely won’t be able to be a template given the scripts. [Previous page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glides-community-built-messenger/20247.md?page=3)