{"id":207,"date":"2019-01-03T11:45:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markpraschan.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2019-01-03T13:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:58:32","slug":"beep-boop-bop-fun-with-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/development\/beep-boop-bop-fun-with-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"Beep, Boop, Bop &#8211; Fun with Bots!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No matter what you call them (chatbots, leadbots, virtual assistants, &#8220;Clippy&#8221;) website bots are becoming more and more popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at one chatbot-building service and an example demonstrating how easy it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robotos-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robotos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robotos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robotos-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robotos-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robotos.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption> &#8216;Cartoon Robots&#8217; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/59202159\/Cartoon-robots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nnena Irina<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to services like <a href=\"https:\/\/landbot.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Landbot<\/a>, bots are more helpful and easier than ever to build. I&#8217;ve created a few test bots as a sort of proof-of-concept and I encourage you to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure what a bot is, I&#8217;ve included a little guy I call <strong>HostingBot<\/strong> right here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/static.landbot.io\/landbot-widget\/landbot-widget-1.0.0.js\"><\/script>\n<div id=\"landbot-1546534587178\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 500px\"><\/div>\n<script>\n  var myLandbotFrame = new LandbotFrameWidget({\n    container: '#landbot-1546534587178',\n    index: 'https:\/\/landbot.io\/u\/H-116544-LNFA3HAUD7YU0DOE\/index.html',\n  });\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular bot took only about 30 minutes to build and I had fun putting in a few extra things to give it some personality. The sky is the limit here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bot-flow-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bot-flow-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bot-flow-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bot-flow-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/markpraschan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bot-flow.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A view of the backend\/flowchart of HostingBot. It&#8217;s much easier than it looks, I promise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Try it it out for yourself to see what you get. I&#8217;ll admit, there&#8217;s not a ton of logic built in, but the recommendations are still reasonable based on user input.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what you call them (chatbots, leadbots, virtual assistants, &#8220;Clippy&#8221;) website bots are becoming more and more popular. 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