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<div class="container bootstrap snippets bootdey">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-4">
<div class="portlet portlet-default">
<div class="portlet-heading">
<div class="portlet-title">
<h4><i class="fa fa-circle text-green"></i> Jane Smith</h4>
</div>
<div class="portlet-widgets">
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-white dropdown-toggle btn-xs" data-toggle="dropdown">
<i class="fa fa-circle text-green"></i> Status
<span class="caret"></span>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle text-green"></i> Online</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle text-orange"></i> Away</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle text-red"></i> Offline</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<span class="divider"></span>
<a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#chat"><i class="fa fa-chevron-down"></i></a>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div id="chat" class="panel-collapse collapse in">
<div>
<div class="portlet-body chat-widget" style="overflow-y: auto; width: auto; height: 300px;">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<p class="text-center text-muted small">January 1, 2014 at 12:23 PM</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="media">
<a class="pull-left" href="#">
<img class="media-object img-circle img-chat" src="https://bootdey.com/img/Content/avatar/avatar1.png" alt="">
</a>
<div class="media-body">
<h4 class="media-heading">Jane Smith
<span class="small pull-right">12:23 PM</span>
</h4>
<p>Hi, I wanted to make sure you got the latest product report. Did Roddy get it to you?</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="media">
<a class="pull-left" href="#">
<img class="media-object img-circle img-chat" src="https://bootdey.com/img/Content/avatar/avatar6.png" alt="">
</a>
<div class="media-body">
<h4 class="media-heading">John Smith
<span class="small pull-right">12:28 PM</span>
</h4>
<p>Yeah I did. Everything looks good.</p>
<p>Did you have an update on purchase order #302?</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="media">
<a class="pull-left" href="#">
<img class="media-object img-circle img-chat" src="https://bootdey.com/img/Content/avatar/avatar6.png" alt="">
</a>
<div class="media-body">
<h4 class="media-heading">Jane Smith
<span class="small pull-right">12:39 PM</span>
</h4>
<p>No not yet, the transaction hasn't cleared yet. I will let you know as soon as everything goes through. Any idea where you want to get lunch today?</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portlet-footer">
<form role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Enter message..."></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default pull-right">Send</button>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.col-md-4 -->
</div>
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.portlet {
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.btn-white {
border-color: #cccccc;
color: #333333;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
.portlet {
border: 1px solid;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading {
padding: 0 15px;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading h4 {
padding: 1px 0;
font-size: 16px;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading a {
color: #fff;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading a:hover,
.portlet .portlet-heading a:active,
.portlet .portlet-heading a:focus {
outline: none;
}
.portlet .portlet-widgets .dropdown-menu a {
color: #333;
}
.portlet .portlet-widgets ul.dropdown-menu {
min-width: 0;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading .portlet-title {
float: left;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading .portlet-title h4 {
margin: 10px 0;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading .portlet-widgets {
float: right;
margin: 8px 0;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading .portlet-widgets .tabbed-portlets {
display: inline;
}
.portlet .portlet-heading .portlet-widgets .divider {
margin: 0 5px;
}
.portlet .portlet-body {
padding: 15px;
background: #fff;
}
.portlet .portlet-footer {
padding: 10px 15px;
background: #e0e7e8;
}
.portlet .portlet-footer ul {
margin: 0;
}
.portlet-green,
.portlet-green>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #16a085;
}
.portlet-green>.portlet-heading {
color: #fff;
background-color: #16a085;
}
.portlet-orange,
.portlet-orange>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #f39c12;
}
.portlet-orange>.portlet-heading {
color: #fff;
background-color: #f39c12;
}
.portlet-blue,
.portlet-blue>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #2980b9;
}
.portlet-blue>.portlet-heading {
color: #fff;
background-color: #2980b9;
}
.portlet-red,
.portlet-red>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #e74c3c;
}
.portlet-red>.portlet-heading {
color: #fff;
background-color: #e74c3c;
}
.portlet-purple,
.portlet-purple>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #8e44ad;
}
.portlet-purple>.portlet-heading {
color: #fff;
background-color: #8e44ad;
}
.portlet-default,
.portlet-dark-blue,
.portlet-default>.portlet-heading,
.portlet-dark-blue>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #34495e;
}
.portlet-default>.portlet-heading,
.portlet-dark-blue>.portlet-heading {
color: #fff;
background-color: #34495e;
}
.portlet-basic,
.portlet-basic>.portlet-heading {
border-color: #333;
}
.portlet-basic>.portlet-heading {
border-bottom: 1px solid #333;
color: #333;
background-color: #fff;
}
@media(min-width:768px) {
.portlet {
margin-bottom: 30px;
}
}
.img-chat{
width:40px;
height:40px;
}
.text-green {
color: #16a085;
}
.text-orange {
color: #f39c12;
}
.text-red {
color: #e74c3c;
} 
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