General Chat Room Usage

[Morning Glory]

Logging In

To login to the chat room you must first register and become a member of the forum. After your registration is complete simply click on the Chat link on the blue navigation bar on the top of the main forum page and enter the chat room. Selecting Float mode, will cause the chat room to launch in a separate pop-up window.



Chat Rooms

• Sober Lounge: This is the entry room in chat. This is where most open chat takes place.

• General Chat and Open Chat: These are alternative open chat rooms.

• Meeting Room: This is where meetings are held. Please do not interrupt when entering this room. Indicate that you want to share by typing "!". The host of the meeting will call on you when it is your turn to share.

• Crisis Center: This room is for members in crisis who want to have a conversation without interruptions. Please share your support. This is not a room for open chat. Please hold casual conversations in one of the open chat rooms.

• Create a Room: You can create a new room with or without a password by clicking on this image This custom room will disappear when all the participants exit.
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Content (Chat) Display Region





The main chat display region is where messages appear have been sent to the chat room. All users in the room will see the same messages.

You may copy and paste content from the display by selecting the text with your mouse; press ctrl-c to copy, and ctrl-v to paste (the mouse copy-past function does not work properly). . Right click anywhere in the display region to view a menu allowing you to copy text, clear the display, set font size & style, and much more. Explanations for items whose functions aren't apparent are provided below:

Ignore IM's: Ignore all incoming instant messages
Font Face & Size: Here you may set the font style and size used in the main display. Other users will not see the setting you have chosen.
Show Markup: Enable or disable special markup, including text colors, HTML markup, and BBCode.
Show Time: When selected, every public message will indicate the time it was received.
Audio: Enable or disable sounds from being played.
Audio Notify: Play a short message when a public message is received.
Popup Notify: Popup a small window indicating when someone has entered a new message.



Logo & Advertisements
The upper-right hand corner of your chat room may display a small logo image. You may click on this image to be taken to the advertised web site. Some chat rooms may also randomly display a new image (advertisement) every one to five minutes.

If a new window does not open when you click on a logo or advertisement image, hold down your Shift while clicking on the image.

User Status Setting (Not working right now)
Your chat room may allow you to change your status to Away and back to Online while you are logged in. When you need to step away from your computer for a short period, or if you are consumed with an instant-message session, you may wish to change your status to Away.

The User List




The User List provides a list of all users logged into the chat system, including a list of all available chat rooms. Chat rooms are indicated by a gold door icon (see image to the left) and users are indicated by a pawn icon. Your chat room may be using slightly different icons to represent users and rooms.

Blue icons indicate a user with normal privileges. Green icons indicate a Guest Speaker or Celebrity. Yellow icons are reserved for Moderators. Finally, red icons are used to denote a user with administrative privileges. A full user function menu (right click on a user in the user-list to see this menu) for administrators is shown to the right. Beginning with version 8.05, accounts without moderation features are equipped with a 'Flag User' option which allows an administrator to change the user-list icon color of another user in the chat room. The default color user list flag color is green.

You may double click on a room name to enter that room. Some rooms may prompt you for a password before continuing. Double click on a username to open up an instant message (one to one private message) with that user.

Users with administrative privileges may perform most required administrative duties using the user function menu.

Other functions may also be indicated in the user list that are now shown here. For example, your chat room may be equipped with a special user profile system which has been integrated with the chat room.



The Toolbar

	Turn on/off Bold text in your input field. Usually bold is indicated by and BBCode commands.
	Turn on/off Italic text in your input field. Usually italic is indicated by and BBCode commands.
	Turn on/off Underline text in your input field. Usually underline is indicated by and BBCode commands.
	Show Emoticon Popup Selection Tool
	Show Audio Emoticon (Audicon) Popup Selection Tool
	Show Avatar Popup Selection Tool
	Increase Font Size
	Decrease Font Size
	Clear Screen
	Enable/Disable Timestamps Next to Messages
	Enable/Disable All Sounds
	Float the chat room in a separate (popup) window
	Request Help
	Logout
	Create new Room

Emoticons







Emoticons are image representations of emotion, used to convey thoughts or feelings with an image that replaces a single word (trigger). The emoticon window will display emoticons available in your chat room.

Click on any emoticon to add it's corresponding trigger to the input field. When you send your message to the chat room, the emoticon image will display instead of the trigger.

Audicons (Audio Emoticons) [/CENTER][/CENTER]




Audicons, or audio emoticons, are audible representations of emotion, used to convey thoughts or feelings with a sound that replaces a single word (trigger). The audicon window will display audio emoticons available in your chat room.

Click on any audicon to add it's corresponding trigger to the input field. When you send your message to the chat room, the trigger will display and the corresponding sound will be heard by all users who have audio enabled.

Avatars (Not working right now)




Your chat room may be equipped with Avatars. Avatars are single images used to represent you in the chat room. You may select any single avatar, or click the Do not use an avatar button to choose not to use an avatar.

Once you have selected an avatar, your avatar image will appear next to all messages that you send to the chat room.

The Input Field
Use the input field to enter and send messages to the chat room. After typing a message press Enter, or click the Send button to send the message to other users.

You may also right-click your mouse in the text input field for additional features. A input field right-click menu is shown at the right. The Emoticons and Audicons submenu allow you to quickly select an emoticon without using a popup emoticon window. The Markup window allows you to customize your message by inserting BBCode or HTML code. Administrators may also access Macros from this menu.

The following commands may also be available to you in the chat room. To enter a command, ensure the text input field is blank, and begin the command with a forward slash (/) followed immediately by one of the commands listed below. E.g., to clear the chat display, type /cls and press Enter.

User Commands:

/a "message"	: Send Action Message
/clign	: Clear Ignore List
/cls	: Clear Screen
/create "room" "password"	: Create Room (Password optional)
/help	: Help & Command List
/ignore "username"	: Ignore User
/info	: Program/Version information
/join "room" "password"	: Join Room
/listen "username"	: Un-ignore User
/msg "username" "message"	: Send Private Message
/ping	: Check server Ping response time
/whereis "username"	: Locate user
/whoami	: Your username

Instant Messaging




To send an instant (private) message to another user, you may use the /msg command, or simply double click on another user's name in the user list.

By double-clicking on another user's name, a new window will appear allowing you to have a one-on-one conversation with that user. To send a message, simply type your message in the input field and click the Send button.

[ashleycross73]

hello

[Dee74]

Hi Ashley

this is the chat room forum - it's mostly administrative

If you want the chat room itself - see the blue toolbar at the top of the page? You'll see chat room on it to the right?

click on that....then click enter chat room on the pull down menu that appears

Welcome
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[riverview]

Hi I am kind of looking for ALanon??

[least]

Try this forum.


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