| How to log into
ECNChat Room |
To start chatting, enter your user name (ECN
nickname) and your Password. You must be an ECN Forum Member
to use this Feature |
| To send a message |
To start chatting, Chat messages are displayed
in the main chat window. To add to the conversation, type in
your message in the text box below the main chat window area
and click on 'Send' button or hit the return key on your
keyboard. If you are on a Macintosh you will need to hit the
Return button on your keyboard.
By default your message is
sent to all users. |
| Send a private chat request to a
user |
You can send a private chat request to any
user in a room. To send the request to the visitor, click on
the visitor's name from within the user list, and click on the
'Private Chat' button. You can also double click on a user to
invoke the private chat command. You will see a smaller window
pop up and you can chat with the user in that
window. |
| Ignore a user |
You can ignore any visitor in a room. To
ignore a user highlight a user's name, from within the chat
user list, and then click on the 'Ignore' button. All ignored
users will display a strike-thru through their name.
You
will not see anything the ignored visitor types, and the
ignored visitor will be unable to have a private chat with
you. To un ignore a visitor, click on the user's name from
within the chat user list, and click on the 'Accept' button.
You can ignore as many people as you wish. |
| Ignore Private Messages |
You can ignore all private messages. When a
private message is initiated you can click on the 'Ignore'
checkbox and all future private messages will not be seen.
|
| Log Off button |
If you wish to leave a chat room, click on the
'Log off' button and you will exit the room |
Control Panel 
(customize your chat session & roam to a
different room)
see Examples
below |
The 'Control Panel' button
invokes the
Chat Control Panel. The control panel allows you to
customize your chat session. The control panel allows you to
do the following:
-
Rooms Tab - displays other available rooms chat in.
-
Create Tab - create a new public or hidden room
-
Users Tab - search for other users
-
Color Tab - displays a list of colors that you can use to
change your displayed user name in the main chat window.
-
Icons Tab - click on a icon to be displayed in the main
chat window.
-
Font Tab - local font size, my user font, and window
color.
-
Settings Tab -
-
Double space text
-
Beep on enter
-
Beep on exit
-
Join/leave message
-
Timestamp messages
-
Heartbeat - set a pulse to stay connected to the chat
room
-
Block all private - blocks all private massages
-
Turn off Profile - turns off profile information
-
Page admin (if room admin is present)
-
Admin Console (if you are logged in as admin)
-
Moderation Console (if moderation is turned on)
-
About Tab -
|
Bold Button  |
If you wish to BOLD your messages in
the main chat window. |
Italic Button  |
If you wish to Italicize your messages
in the main chat window. |
Color Button  |
If you wish to change the color of your
messages in the main chat window. |
Smile Button  |
|
Note:
All of the Smileys
below may not be available, and there are also some that
are but not on this list. |
| Keyboard Shortcut |
Image |
Name |
|
| :) |
 |
Smile |
| :( |
 |
Angry |
| :D |
 |
Big Grin |
| B) |
 |
Cool |
| :)) |
 |
Laugh |
| :O |
 |
Oh My |
| (:) |
 |
Ninja |
| :L |
 |
Tongue |
| o:o |
 |
Wacko |
| >:) |
 |
Wub |
| ::blink |
 |
Blink |
| ::blush |
 |
Blush |
| ::closedeyes |
 |
Closed Eyes |
| ::excl |
 |
! |
| ::glare |
 |
Glare |
| ::happy |
 |
Happy |
| ::huh |
 |
Huh |
| ::mad |
 |
Mad |
| ::mellow |
 |
Mellow |
| ::rolleyes |
 |
Rolleyes |
| ::sad |
 |
Sad |
| ::sleep |
 |
Sleep |
| ::unsure |
 |
Unsure |
| ::beer |
 |
Beer |
| ::coffee |
 |
Coffee |
| ::smoke |
 |
Smoking Man |
| ::eye |
 |
Eye |
| ::lips |
 |
Lips |
| ::rose |
 |
Rose |
| ::thumbup |
 |
Thumb Up |
| ::thumbdown |
 |
Thumb Down |
| ::aspirin |
 |
Aspirin |
| Add Custom Icons |
|
Float Button  |
If you wish to resize your chat room, click on
the "Float" button. This option opens the chat room in a
separate window. This separate window can be resized and moved
about on your screen. Close the window or click Unfloat
to return the window to the original Web page. The default size
of the floating window is 75% of your screen. Drag a corner or
edge to resize it, or use the 'Maximize' Button on your Browser. |
Help Button  |
If you have any questions on how to operate
your ParaChat room, click on the "Help" button and you will be
directed the the ParaChat help pages. You can also type %help
to see help commands in the main chat room. |
Clipboard Button  |
Click the "Clipboard" button to "screen dump"
the chat text from within your main chat window into a
separate plain text window. When the chat text appears in the
plain text window, you may copy the text using your keyboard's
"CTRL-C" Copy function, or your "right-mouse" button's "Copy"
option. |
| "User(s) in" |
This option displays the number of people in
the room. |
| Page Room Admin |
To page the room administrator / operator ,
open your control panel, click on the Settings tab and then
click "Page Room Admin" button. This will notify the admin
user that you would like to chat with them. If the admin is
not present, you will be given a message notifying you of this
fact.
If you would like to use keyboard commands, type %page
|
| Leaving a chat room |
If you wish to leave the chat room click on
the "Log off"
button. |
